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YOUNG MONARCHS WIN AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD



YOUNG MONARCHS WIN  AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD

“It is with great joy to see our students achieving in the various fields of sciences. I am overjoyed with our students’ success. They have achieved so much at such a young age and with their growth mindset and grit, they are bound to achieve more,” says Teacher Sheryl Manalo, Southville Grade School Deputy Principal in the recent wins of several Grade School Students in the Hong Kong International Science Olympiad (HKISO). Close to 500 students from all over the world joined the HKISO where they competed in various categories in Physics, Biology, Chemistry, & Integrated Sciences.

Ten young monarchs … [Read more]

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.

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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 ‘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]

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]