In 1964 Justice Carmelino G. Alvendia, Sr. of the Court of appeals was offered to buy a school in its chronic stage of decay.

There was only one (1) section per year level with total school population of 89 students. This was even less than its enrollment in its first year of operation in 1953 - 92 students.

That was when Bago Bantay was a relocation area for squatters from Sampaloc and Intramuros ( Manila ), the very people that the Academy aimed to serve. But there was the big public school nearby, The San Francisco Highschool. Obviously, QCA was receiving scanty patronage from the people it aimed to serve.

But Justice Alvendia, an educator and an economist, was made of sterner stuff. He was a visionary. He saw in Quezon City Academy a bright future. He bought the school. He brought in new school administrators. And new teachers. In 1965, enrollment rose to 132. In the 1980's, population peaked to an average 2,700 with 450 graduates, clear indications that patronage of residents of Bago Bantay, Project 7, Project 8, Sto. Niño, Pag-asa, Project 6, Balintawak, Bagong Barrio, San Francisco del Monte, West Avenue and other nearby areas has been won over by QCA. The vision of President Carmelino G. Alvendia has begun to materialize:

To-date, tuition and other fees in QCA are far less than that charged by other private highschools in Quezon City , whereas education in the Academy has always maintained its high standard. In the 1997-1998 National Secondary Assessment Test (NSAT), QCA carded a general average of 98.88%.

QCA students now talk of leadership and citizenship training as an integral part of their education in the academy, matter-of-factly. The fight for academic honors is very keen but healthy. Students are strongly proud of their school discipline in developing leaders. A student leader can be quoted in the proclamation before a gathering of parents and teachers: "Kami'y sumusunod sapagkat kami ang nagpapatupad."

QCA has graduates who have topped professional board and bar examinations. The Academy has been receiving many reports that many of its students are either in the dean's or president's lists and many have been graduating with honors in colleges and universities, including the University of the Philippines.

But the vision of President Alvendia is one that has to be attained year after year. Students come and go. New students have to be trained into leaders. So, there is a continuing need for internalization of the vision. And the guidelines to follow in order to make the mission meaningful. Thus groups of students, teachers parents, alumni, and administrative officials participated in in sectoral workshops on how to attain the vision. thus, sectoral or group mission statements and strategies for doing so were formulated, with the hope that with these guideposts on the road, the traveler can easily wend his way to the attainment of the vision sustained by the age-old-axiom:

The Overall Mission of Quezon City Academy

1. Mission of the QCA Citizen (Individual Student)
a. Mission Statement
“As a student citizen in the Quezon City Academy community, I shall develop myself into a leader and a model student by studying my academic lessons conscientiously and getting involved in the HRRCD and CECA programs, projects and activities.
b. Strategies
I shall therefore:
(1) Commit to mind and heart the contents of the QCA Student Handbook and comply with school rules and regulations;
(2) Exercise my student government right of suffrage well so that those for whom I shall vote are those who can discharge their official functions.
(3) Being vigilant of my rights, ask questions when necessary but doing politely and to people who can do something about it;
(4) Seek my God constantly and understand my way to Him through love of nature and the environment;
(5) Apply information technology in my daily learning and discovery process with proper school ethics and protocol;
(6) Participate in all programs of the student government; and
(7) Aspire to study in the more prestigious schools of higher learning. Like the University of the Philippines , through better academic preparations in Quezon City Academy , passing college admission tests and bagging scholarship grants.

2. Mission of the QCA Student Leaders (Local and Central Student Officers)
a. Mission Statement
“As an official Student Government, I shall develop myself into a leader in the school community through frugal co- and extracurricular activities without sacrificing my formal curricular education, thus preparing myself as a community leader now and in the future.
b. Strategies
I shall therefore:
(1) Internalize the functions o the office to which I have been elected or appointed and discharge my duties and responsibilities fully and well;
(2) Act as a role model to schoolmates in complying with school rules and regulations;
(3) Involve myself in in-campus and off-campus projects of the student government whenever I am needed.
(4) Confine my projects and activities within Student Government budgetary limitations.
(5) Earn grades of 80% or higher in all my academic subjects or give up my SG office until I shall re-qualify.
(6) Aspire to be a student leader and a scholar as much as possible in a prestigious college or university, like the UP, Ateneo, Mapua or La Salle;
(7) Protect and promote the community in which I live and the environment upon which I depend, as a way of understanding God.

3. Mission of the ECHO and GINTONG ANI Editors/Staff Members
a. Mission Statement
"As editor/staff member of the ECHO /Gintong Ani, it is my duty and responsibility to develop campus opinion that could synthesize school and community issues and/or chronicle current events for reference in the future.”
b. Strategies
I shall therefore:
(1) Help publish at least five issues of the ECHO and one Gintong Ani, for the school year, respectively.
(2) Work, whenever necessary, on “Extra” issues of ECHO;
(3) Develop expertise in writing articles, help train others to learn the art of writing for publication, and speak for those who cannot speak for themselves;
(4) Give full support to the programs of the Student Government and the school administration.
(5) Conduct studies and surveys on issues and concerns that contribute to news features and article sourcing and development;
(6) Focus principally on the ECHO or the Gintong Ani as my CECA concern and responsibility with priority over my personal responsibilities in academic requirements and in other CECA concerns, and
(7) Enrich my life by enriching the life of my fellowmen through a brotherhood with nature and the environment.