This is a joint project of the school and the Supreme Family Council (SFC). In school year 1994-1995, the school again became a co-educational institution. On March 28, 2000, the name Notre Dame of Kidapawan was officially changed to St. Mary's Academy of Kidapawan. In 2009, the Notre Dame of Kidapawan for Girls - St. Mary's Academy of Kidapawan Alumni Association was granted an Incorporation Status by the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission, thus proclaiming it as Notre Dame of Kidapawan for Girls- St. Mary's Academy of Kidapawan Alumni Association, Inc. In 2009, a new building in line with the "Seat of Wisdom Building," as well as a new gate were constructed. On April 10, 2010, the new Administration Building was finally blessed. Venerable Ignacia del Espiritu Santo  "Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo is the genuine product of the nation in the highest order" runs an article in the September 7, 1863 issue of the Weekly Paper, Las Illustracion Filipina. She was the foundress of the religious institution that still lives its pristine spirit vigorously two centuries after its foundation. Data on the early life of Mother, now Venerable, Ignacia are very sketchy; the whole summary is recorded in her baptismal entry. The "Libro de Baustimos de la Iglesia de los Santos Reyes de Parian" states that she was the daughter of Jusepe Iuco and Maria Jeronima; baptized on March 4, 1663 by the Dominican, Fray Alberto Collares, with Catalina Malinang as godmother. The same record gives her devotional name, del Espiritu Santo, a providential choice which may have the officiating priest. The next record we have of this Charismatic figure which is given by the Jesuit historian, Fr. Pedro Murillo Vellarde, is a comprehensive account of the grown-up Ignacia. In 1684, when she was 21 years old, her parents decided it was time for her to get married. However, matrimony held no attraction to Ignacia. She was more inclined to a life of total dedication to God. The Beaterio de Santa Catalina seemed to be the answer. Seeking direction from the Jesuit, Paul Klein, she was advised to make the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius so that God's Will may be known to her.