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Southville requires a certain English proficiency score before college graduation



Southville requires a certain English proficiency score before college graduation

To ensure that students’ communication skills are at par with international standards and industry requirements, Southville International School and Colleges requires all college seniors to earn a minimum score in the Test of English in International Communication (TOEIC) before getting their diploma. Graduating college students have required a TOEIC score of at least 785, or B2 Level on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, to be awarded their degree.

A TOEIC score of 785 shows that a student can use English in the workplace, enhancing his or her credentials for future job prospects. Graduates with a level of … [Read more]

International Baccalaureate students launch Art Exhibit 2022: #equalityIB



International Baccalaureate students launch Art Exhibit 2022: #equalityIB

Experience of gender inequality is an issue that plagues society, continuously restricting and hindering others from attaining their full potential. Efforts to bring awareness to this long-standing issue have reached the youth who no longer tolerate it, and hence, stand up against it.

Southville International School and Colleges’ International Baccalaureate (IB) students have made the initiative to launch their own Art Exhibit this 2022 with the theme #equalityIB. It has two main goals in mind: help raise awareness about inequalities going on in the community & use creativity as a means to express and deliver the message of gender inequality [Read more]

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 Wins Global Performance Excellence Award as only Philippine-based Institution Honored



Southville Wins Global Performance Excellence Award as only Philippine-based Institution Honored

Southville International School and Colleges (SISC) celebrates another global milestone as the only institution from the Philippines to receive the Quest for Excellence Award from the 2021 Global Performance and Excellence Award (GPEA). SISC was especially commended for two of its best practices namely the Virtual Online Learning and Teaching (VOLT) Program for e-learning, and the Southville Innovation and Risk Management Framework.

In its congratulatory letter, GPEA wrote, “We are pleased to announce that Southville International School and Colleges is one of thirteen role model organizations from six countries that are being recognized for achieving significant milestones on their business [Read more]

Southville VOLT Receives Platinum Recognition from Asia Pacific Quality Organization for International Best Practice



Southville VOLT Receives Platinum Recognition from Asia Pacific Quality Organization for International Best Practice

Following the Quest for Excellence given by the Global Performance Excellence Program (GPEA), Southville’s Virtual Online Learning and Teaching (VOLT) program has been awarded platinum by the APQO International Best Practice (AIBP) during its conference in Australia in 2021. The AIBP is under the Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO) which encourages and recognizes quality professionals and organizations, domiciled in the Asia Pacific region primarily in New Zealand, bringing together professional quality organizations that border on the Pacific Ocean. Southville met the Platinum Award requirements having exemplified VOLT’s relevance, performance standards, and positive business impact in the pandemic.

Southville … [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]

Southville Finishes Third Place in an International Business Plan Competition



Southville Finishes Third Place in an International Business Plan Competition

The only Philippine Team finalist made up by Southville BS Entrepreneurship students recently won at the ProVeg International , a non-government organization domiciled in Germany with four country offices respectively in Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It aims to address dietary campaigns to prevent the increasing number of serious health issues such as cancer and heart diseases through innovating plant-based products. This year, ProVed Asia launched the very first ProVeg Food Innovation Challenge that welcomed pioneer participants from all over the world including Southville’s very own, Keessy Almazan, Nadine Magnaye, and Venus Rubia who finished 3rd Place among participants … [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]