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New Home, New Hope for Typhoon Odette Victims



New Home, New Hope for Typhoon Odette Victims

What Southville saw as the greatest need of Typhoon Odette victims is a home.

The Southville Global Education Network (SGEN) mobilizes once again its Southville for Others (SFO) Program to help rebuild a community in Bindoy, Negros Occidental devastated by super typhoon Odette. The SFO donation drive Help Rebuild a Home for Typhoon Odette Victims raised close to half a million pesos to purchase construction materials needed by affected families in Barangay Ilaya of the said town. 

SFO representatives on the ground reported, “The sight we saw was very grave. It was heart-wrenching to see residents stand on a spot [Read more]

DepEd Endorses Southville Basic Education Limited Face-to-Face Classes



<strong>DepEd Endorses Southville Basic Education Limited Face-to-Face Classes</strong>

Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) – Basic Education is honored to receive the approval from the Department of Education (DepEd) for the resumption of its face-to-face classes. Program levels grades 1, 2, 3,  12, and  the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP) 2 have been preparing for its anticipated return to campus. 

During the application in 2021, DepEd issued the School Safety Assessment Tool (SSAT), initially issued as School Readiness Checklist in 2022,to assess the readiness of schools to participate in the conduct of the pilot implementation of face-to-face learning modality. Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) – Basic Education  … [Read more]

Southville ‘TOPS’ Scholarship: Now Accepting Applicants



Southville ‘TOPS’ Scholarship: Now Accepting Applicants

The search for the 2022 Top Outstanding Performing Student (TOPS) is on!

Scholarship grants await graduating grade 12 students from public and private schools for the Academic Year 2022-2023 as Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) and South SEED-LPDH College launch this year’s search for the Top Outstanding Performing Students (TOPS). 

Aspirants are assessed based on their academic performances and general student profiles that must exemplify the school’s core values, the 5 Cs – Competence, Character, Commitment to Achieve, Collaboration, and Creativity. To date, Southville has graduated more than 200 hundred TOPS Awardees who were given scholarships and are now … [Read more]

Basic Ed Landslide Wins Abroad



Basic Ed Landslide Wins Abroad

Senior Earns Recognition in Global Short Story Contests

A Grade 12 student from Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) was selected as one of the winners at the recently concluded Future Folklore: Climate Fiction Contest conducted by the U.S.-based Stories to Change the World Publishing. Io Carpiso’s short story entitled Bayanihan in Redux is one of the ten Special Selection awardees out of 204 entries. The speculative fiction contest imagines a world where climate change initiatives have been set in motion to respond to the climate crisis. Carpiso’s story was chosen for its creativity and writing strength, and will be … [Read more]

Southville Celebrates its 31st Founding Anniversary



Southville Celebrates its 31st Founding Anniversary

Southville celebrates its 31st Founding Anniversary as it gives birth to a new generation of technologically-savvy academicians and students in the pandemic. Amid the turn of events, Southville has consistently forged international alliances and partnerships worldwide. Concurrent with its international milestones are Southville’s perpetual efforts to ensure academic and employment opportunities as part of the institution’s resolute approaches to the crisis. The institution has ensured both livelihood and operations stability in the last two years, providing technological and financial support to staff, faculty, and students in need. 

The institution actively supports the efforts of the Philippine government to recover from … [Read more]

From A High Schooler to College Dean’s Merit Awardee (Jodi Sta. Maria – A Timeline)



From A High Schooler to College Dean’s Merit Awardee (Jodi Sta. Maria – A Timeline)

“She may be Maya Dela Rosa, Amor Powers, and soon to be Dr. Jill Illustre but to us (Southville) she is Jodi Chrissie Sta. Maria , Bachelor of Science in Psychology’s Dean’s Merit Awardee, Class 2021.”

Dr. Jocelyn P. Tizon, President – Southville International School and Colleges.

Before her breakthrough as an actress, Jodi was a normal teenager who had a simple dream to perform well in school so she could make her mother proud. While opportunities in the limelight came early to this high schooler ,education has always been the center of her life. Jodi would spend hours taping … [Read more]

Abby Arevalo Makes it to Professional GOLF, Ranked 1st



Abby Arevalo Makes it to Professional GOLF, Ranked 1st

2019 SEA Games Golf GOLD Medalist (Women’s Team Event) and Southville homegrown alumna Abegail “Abby” Arevalo has finally reached the professional level for GOLF finishing TOP 1 in a Runway Fashion held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arevalo finished by 11 strokes at the Stallion Mountain Championship of the Cactus Tour posting one of the highest victory counts on record. She has represented the Philippines against Sweden, England, Arizona, Hawaii, California, and Las Vegas. 

Arevalo has been training for the professional level and after her big hit at the 2019 SEA Games, she continuously harnessed her game in various tourneys towards … [Read more]

“A Gift To My Late Father” – PMA Top 4, 2Lt. Jan Hernan R. Perez



“A Gift To My Late Father” – PMA Top 4,  2Lt. Jan Hernan R. Perez

Southville: Could you recall a moment when your father’s military success made an impact in your life?

I remember when I was young, I wouldn’t always see my dad. So whenever I was with him, I would see how great of a leader he was – being a strict father which was a given, there I knew that he was a great military leader. This was also confirmed by his subordinates who would always tell me that my father was a great mentor who had the purest intentions in all that he did.

2Lt. Jan Hernan R. Perez, affectionately known as … [Read more]

Nearing “Breakthrough” Amid PBA Delay Rookie & Southville Alumnus Carl Ravanes Is Almost There



Nearing “Breakthrough” Amid PBA Delay Rookie & Southville Alumnus Carl Ravanes Is Almost There

To make it to a national basketball league is most little boys’ dream. Yet, just when one thought that years of hard work will finally set forth, the waiting is more likely to be close to burning a time-out to set-up a play. 

The supposed PBA season kickoff usually held in April has been postponed until further advice on quarantine. The said league declared the third respite which is likely to keep its players in longer hiatus. For the veterans, it could be a relief to have longer days of preparation as they reflect from past performances. But for rookies … [Read more]

International Education: An Opportunity I Never Had – Andrew E



International Education: An Opportunity I Never Had – Andrew E

International curriculum is what I want for my kids because it’s an opportunity that I never had when I was young. Southville celebrity parent Mr. Andrew E has always dreamed of putting his children into an international to set the best starting point in their lives. As someone who came from a poor family, he took this experience as an inspiration to better himself as a person and eventually as a husband and father. Andrew E figured out that to achieve this, he had to be serious about the way he viewed the value of not just good but globally competent … [Read more]