Stonyhurst Southville International School

Stonyhurst Southville International School
Location
Gov. Antonio Carpio Rd, Batangas, 4200 Batangas
Information
Type Private, international school
Motto Quant je Puis!
Established 1990
Headmaster Anthony Paul M. Calado
Mascot Stonyhurst KNIGHT
Website www.stonyhurst.edu.ph

Stonyhurst Southville International School (Batangas Campus) is one of the SGEN (Southville Global Education Network)[1] schools with its first campus being in Batangas City, Philippines.[2] It was established with the aim of making genuine quality education accessible to Batangas City and the Calabarzon region.

SSIS, as it commonly referred to by its students, is the only school in the province of Batangas to hold an international status due to it being fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), USA and having an I SO 9001:2008 Certified Learning Institution title.

History

The school holds quite a rich history in its 23 years of service. SSIS started off in 1996 offering only a Pre-school program as Stonyhurst School and integrating an English speaking environment. The name being reference to Stonyhurst College in the UK, the school where Peter P. Laurel, the founder of the school, studied.

In 1997, the grade school department opened with an Integrated Program, a developmental model for elementary schools, designed to better meet the challenges of the 21st century. This opened the doors of SSIS, at that time still Stonyhurst School, to more and older students. This allowed the school to expand its grounds and start constructing other school facilities like the gym and the cafeteria.

In 2005, Stonyhurst took a higher dimension when it was granted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon recommendation of the Department of Education, the international status thus the name, Stonyhurst International School. The year after, it merged with one of the leading international schools in the country, Southville International School and Colleges, a school recognized nationally and internationally, which also paved way to building its second campus in Lipa City.

In 2009, The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC, USA) granted Stonyhurst Southville International School full accreditation.

In 2016, the school began renovating its older facilities and adding new ones. This construction is ongoing at this moment.

In 2017, the school added robotics in its pre-school, grade school, and high school curriculum[3] and integrated a robotics lab making use of robotic programs involving Hexbots and Arduino.

Curriculum[4]

Early Childhood Education Department (ECED) is composed of the Pre-school Department (Nursery, Kindergarten, Junior Prep and Senior Prep), 1st Grade and 2nd Grade.

Early Childhood Education Department’s curriculum is patterned after Pennsylvania Standards.

GRADE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

SSIS Grade School Department is generally patterned after the Common Core State Standards for English, UK Standards for Mathematics and Science, and NCTM (National Council of Teacher of Math). It applies WASC Focus on Learning called Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLRs).

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

SSIS High School Department is generally patterned after the Common Core State Standards for English, UK Standards for Mathematics and Science, and NCTM (National Council of Teacher of Math). It applies WASC Focus on Learning called Expected Schoolwide Learning Results (ESLRs).

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS STRAND (S.T.E.M.)

This strand will focus on University and College courses such as Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering,Computer Engineering, Safety Engineering, Civil Engineering, Marine Engineering, Information Technology,Computer Programming, Data Encoding, Data Analyzing,Pre-Medical Courses, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental Medicine, Nursing, Medical Technology, Radiologic Technology, Phlebotomy, Pharmacy, Chemical Science, Biological Science, Physical Science, Organic Chemistry, etc.

GENERAL ACADEMIC STRAND (GAS)

Students who are still in process of choosing their preferred stand, GAS offers different specialized subjects from different strands as Electives.

ACCOUNTANCY, BUSINESS, AND MANAGEMENT STRAND (ABM)

A special program offering of Stonyhurst Southville International School-Batangas City Campus. Take your 11th and 12th Grade here in SSIS and get your College Diploma in just 2.5 Years at Southville International School Affiliated with Foreign Universities (SISFU)!

School Facilities

The school itself stands on about 125,000 square feet of land.

Motto and Yearly Themes

Sister schools

References

  1. ↑ "SGEN Celebrates the First Research and TQM Quest | Southville International School and Colleges, Las Pinas, Manila, Philippines". www.southville.edu.ph. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  2. ↑ "Stonyhurst Southville International School - Top School in Batangas - Home". stonyhurst.edu.ph. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  3. ↑ Admin, Web. "Stonyhurst Southville International School - Top School in Batangas - Grade School". stonyhurst.edu.ph. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
  4. ↑ "Stonyhurst Southville International School - Top School in Batangas - Academics". stonyhurst.edu.ph. Retrieved 2018-09-18.

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