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In-Person English Festival Returns After 3-Year Lull



In-Person English Festival Returns After 3-Year Lull

An event beloved by Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) students returned to Luxembourg Campus after being held virtually in 2020, 2021, and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. English Fortnight lined up various activities for Grades 6 – 12 students to live the language in a fun setting.

They engaged in various contests to show their competence in communicating in English while showcasing their natural talents. The festival ended with an awards ceremony in which student speakers, performers, and artists are recognized for their accomplishments. The champions in the various levels are:

Grade 6

Spoken Word – Sukhmeen Kaur … [Read more]

Monarchs continue to soar in international math contest



Monarchs continue to soar in international math contest

Continuing the school’s string of victories in international math contests, students from Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) brought home awards from the heat  round of the 2022/23 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao  Greater  Bay  Area (Big Bay Bei) Mathematical Olympiad. Gabriel Dino of Gr.  3  – Peace emerged as the first prize winner in his level featuring delegates from many countries around Asia.

Bagging the second prize award was Jenica Beatrice Roque of Gr. 4 – Love while Joshua Jhonsonian Brakmore-Canterbury of Gr.1 – Newton, Hyorin Lee of Gr. 4 – Hope, and Subin Cho of Gr. 5 – Honesty received the … [Read more]

Patient Care to IT: Jerald Bartolome Shares His Nursing Journey



Patient Care to IT: Jerald Bartolome Shares His Nursing Journey

The foundation of a career is essential to its success. This is true for many professions, including nursing. For Jerald “Jhay” Bartolome, his career’s foundation began here at Southville International School and Colleges – College of Nursing (SISC).

Starting his professional career at the Methodist Healthcare System, Jhay worked as a Patient Care Tech in a Cardiac Telemetry Unit while preparing for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). After passing, he became a Registered Nurse on the same unit and worked his way up from a night shift staff nurse to a day shift charge nurse. His hard work and … [Read more]

Welcome Message from the President – AY 2022-2023



Welcome Message from the President – AY 2022-2023

Let me be the first to welcome you to Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) for the academic year 2022-2023! 

I hope you share my excitement in welcoming students back to campus for blended learning. We have many reasons to be proud of the ways in which our students have risen to the challenges of adjusting to learning in new virtual formats, but we are excited about the prospect of all of them enjoying experiential learning, campus life, and community engagement once again.

You will remember that we embarked on a partial return to campus last academic year and managed … [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]

Topnotcher Francine Beatrice L. Cruz, in her own words



Topnotcher Francine Beatrice L. Cruz, in her own words

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing has been one of the popular programs chosen by incoming college students yet it is also seeing  major shortages in terms of declining number of skilled nurses staying in practice, strained not only by the retirement drain but by the recent COVID 19 effect on job-related stress, impacting turnover rates.

No healthcare system can function without skilled nurses. As of February 2021, registered nursing was the fifth-most in-demand job in most parts of the world. The demand will continue to rise as healthcare facilities, faced with increased patient demands, will need competent RNs to … [Read more]

Southville Launches THREE New College Programs



Southville Launches THREE New College Programs

Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) has launched three new degree programs namely BS Management Engineering, BS Computer Engineering, and BS Real Estate Management. The programs were chosen based on their global employability and expected growth rate. SISC looks at the career of its students five years from now, anticipating the upturn in the country’s economy and that of the world. 

BA Management Engineering

BA Management Engineering is a high-end business program that combines technical execution and business implementation. More commonly known as Industrial Engineering, the course focuses on management system design, software development, service analysis, information systems, and operations … [Read more]

Southville College of Business Thrives at Local and International Competitions



Southville College of Business Thrives at Local and International Competitions

Students from Southville College of Business welcomed the first quarter of AY 2021-2022 with recognitions and awards obtained from the ASEAN Students for Future Sustainable Leaders (ASFSL) and the 15th Search for the Best Business Idea (BIDA) under the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). Southville received a certificate of recognition being one of the Top 11 finalists at ASFSL and scored the second and third place spots at BIDA respectively. 

ASFSL contestants were asked to submit a 10-minute minimum video talking about their chosen Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and providing a solution to the said problem. After the … [Read more]

Southville Institute of Tourism Receive National Awards and Recognition



Southville Institute of Tourism Receive National Awards and Recognition

In light of the pandemic which have greatly affected the tourism and hospitality industry, several organizations in the country have stayed committed to strengthening alliances as they bring livelihood infrastructures back to operations. Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) team up with industry experts in their transformative efforts and look at the COVID-19 pandemic as another crisis the industry has been surviving from among other worldwide upheavals such as The Financial Crisis of 2008, The Great Depression of 1929 – 39, and The Asian Crisis of 1997. The Southville Institute of Tourism (SIT) signifies its numerous contributions not just in … [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]