NAVARRO SNATCHES WORLD MATH OLYMPIAD BRONZE

STONYHURST SOUTH VILLE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Batangas Campus

NO. 4 A.Y. 2019-2020 AUGUST 23, 2019

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Fully Accredited by

WASC, USA

STUDENTS AND PARENTS’

VISION

A premier learning

institution with

national and

international

recognition,

developing lifelong

learners and leaders

with competencies,

global perspectives,

and hearts of

service in a culture

of academic and

values excellence.

MISSION STATEMENT

We are committed

to provide quality

international

education through

the 5Cs:

Competence,

Character,

Commitment to

Achieve,

Collaboration and

Creativity.

We seek to develop

lifelong learners and

leaders.

We prepare learners

to respond to the

needs of the 21st

century.

STONYHURST

SOUTHVILLE

INTERNATIONAL

SCHOOL

Batangas City,

Philippines

Tel. No. (043) 7233595 www.stonyhurst.edu.ph

infobatangas@stonyhurst.

edu.ph

T hird-grader, Paul Vincent Leandrei L. Navarro outwit-

ted student math wizards from over 10 countries and

grabbed the Bronze Award in the recently concluded

14th World Cup of the World Math-Fusion Olympiad held at

Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, last August 10-12.

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VALIANT KNIGHTS:

T he Valiant Knights’ love for

reading has once again

paved way to numerous

awards in this year’s Scholastic Read-

ers’ Cup.

First off, the school won the First

Place - Synergy Award together with

SSIS Malarayat. This is the second year

that the SSIS Schools had received this

award. This award is for the Emerald Category or schools that have a population

of 300-499 students. SSIS had garnered the highest average number of books read

last academic year with 132 books per student.

The school also received a Third Place finish in the Emerald Category after

SSIS Batangas garnered the third highest average of books read for schools na-

tionwide with a population of 300-499, with an average of 135 books per student

last academic year.

Lastly, the school also received a Special Award as 100% of the students

from Grades 1-10 was able to read the Scholastic target of 40 books in one aca-

demic year.

Congratulations to all the Valiant Knights from Grades 1-10 of AY 2018-2019

and the Library Teachers, Debbie Almarez, Sharmaine Kristine Ginete, Geneca

Barola, Angel Gabriel Cuaresma, Christelle Aya, Alaiza Joice Guinihin, Rosa

Jealyn Manalo, and Cheyenne Rose Buitizon along with Dr. Raquel Plata, Scholas-

tic Literacy Program Coordinator and Ms. Joy Ramirez, last year’s School Librarian!

CHAMPIONS OF LITERACY VALIANT KNIGHTS:

CHAMPIONS OF LITERACY

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M ufti Day is the time for the students to build their school spirit by observing a particular theme

every first Wednesday of the month. It is the time for them to be creative and to be resourceful.

In celebration of the School Spirit Week and Buwan ng Wika, there will be a SPECIAL MUFTI DAY

on August 30 2019. Everyone, including the teachers and staff, are encouraged to wear Philippine Na-

tional Costume with the touch of the school colors (navy blue, dark maroon, and silver gray).

The Student Council will recognize the students who will show the most creative, stylish, and relevant

outfits. Thus, selected students will be awarded as Mr. and Ms. Mufti Day. There will be one male and one

female student per class who will be chosen to participate in the said competition.

One pair will be hailed as winners in the following categories: Nursery/Kinder – Senior Kinder,

Grades 1-2, Grades 3-4, Grades 5-6, Grades 7-9, and Grades 10-12.

Aside from promoting the love for our school and our mother tongue, this endeavor aims to foster

students’, teachers’ and staff’ character and creativity.

With that said, make sure to be at your best on that day, Valiant Knights!

GUIDELINES:

Following the school’s dress code is a must.

Homeroom adviser will pick two representatives (one girl

and one boy) from his/her advising class.

All the representatives from each department will model

their outfits during the Culminating Day on August 30

CRITERIA FOR JUDGING:

Relevance to Theme - (30%)

Style & Originality- (25%)

Grooming & Demeanor - (15%)

Contemporariness - (15%)

Attention to detail with accessorizing -

(15%)

Dress to Express! on Special MUFTI Day

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The competition, hosted by the WMO Organizing Committee was attended by nearly 200 stu-

dents from China, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia,

and Malaysia.

The goals of the WMO competition are to promote international exchange among mathemat-

ically gifted students, to establish a math-based innovative education paradigm, and to cultivate

future convergent leaders with the ability to view learning and the world from novel perspectives by

stimulating their curiosity and spirit of inquiry.

The World Math-Fusion Olympiad (WMO) is a global Math competition attended by multina-

tional elementary and middle school students who enjoy Math. Closely related to real-life experi-

ences and connected with science, technology, engineering and art, WMO breaks the traditional

format of math competitions by challenging contestants to apply creative and integrated methods

to solve problems that focus on border-crossing thinking through interesting and entertaining activi-

ties in a festive atmosphere.

Some information from: http://wmoi.org/upcomingevents/8Jrx.html

NO. 4 A.Y. 2019-2020 Page 3

1st to 10th Grade Levels

Subject Grading

English

Long Tests (2) – 35% Performance Tasks/GRASPS –

35% Term Test – 30%

Mathematics Science Filipino SLGE Business Foreign Language Physical Education

Performance Tasks/GRASPS – 60%

Written Output – 15% Final Practical Test – 25%

Home Economics Technological and Livelihood Education Arts Music

Artificial Intelligence (I.C.T./Robotics)

Hands-on Activities/Laboratory Work – 45%

Performance Tasks/GRASPS – 25%

Final Practical Tests – 30%

Christian Living/Values Edu-cation

Work Attitude – 30% Performance Tasks – 40%

Reflection/Written Work – 30%

GRADING DIMENSIONS

11th and 12th Grade Levels

Subjects Grading

Core Subjects Performance Tasks/GRASPS – 35%

Mid-Term Test – 20% Pre-Final Test – 20%

Final Test – 25%

Research 1 and 2

Physical Education Performance Tasks/GRASPS – 60%

Written Output – 15% Final Practical Test – 25%

Contemporary Philippine Arts

Artificial Intelligence (I.C.T./Robotics)

Hands-on Activities/Laboratory Work – 45%

Performance Tasks/GRASPS – 25%

Final Practical Test – 30%

Foreign Language (French) Long Test – 30% Performance Tasks/GRASPS –

35% Term Test – 35% Financial Literacy

11th Grade only Subject Grading

Creativity, Action, and Ser-vice

Performance – 50% Individual Participation in Activi-

ties – 50%

12th Grade only Subject Grading

Work Immersion Attendance (Punctuality) -10% Portfolio – 20%

Written Work – 25% Performance Tasks – 45%

Research Project (PASS) Oral Presentation - 40% Final Paper - 40%

Work Attitude - 20%

CALL FOR COOPERATION

O ne of the behavioral problems of the

students that the school is working

hard to combat is tardiness. Punctuali-

ty is an essential school skill we consistently ex-

pect, and consistently teach. Once trained to

be punctual, many students are expected to

show lasting improvement.

To help the school in this endeavor, please

make sure to adhere to the following protocol:

Upon the student’s arrival to school at

8:01 AM (or onwards), the guard will

be giving him/her a “tardy” slip.

The student will be filling the slip out

right away.

The accomplished tardy slip should be

brought to the Principal for signing.

The student will surrender the signed

tardy slip to his/her Homeroom

Adviser.

REMINDERS: Parents SHOULD NOT get the tardy

slip from their child.

Late students WILL NOT be allowed

to ENTER THE CLASSROOM without

the accomplished and signed

ERRATUM In the previous SP Bulletin issue, the banner

story, “Valiant Knights Remain Unrivalled: Students

grab awards in various disciplines”, we have mis-

takenly put Danah Mendoza as one of the recipi-

ents of the iMWIC Merit Award instead of

Clemontine Dana M. Yanga. We would like to

apologize for this misinformation and extend our

pride congratulatory thoughts to Ms. Yanga!

NO. 4 A.Y. 2019-2020 Page 4

Anthony Paul M. Calado Principal

VALUE OF THE WEEK

Corner Parenting

QUOTE OF THE

WEEK QUOTE OF THE

WEEK

QUOTE OF THE

WEEK Do not judge me by my successes, judge

me by how many times I fell down and

got back up again “ ”

- Nelson Mandela

No problem can withstand the assault

of sustained thinking. “ ”

- Voltaire

What we hope ever to do with ease, we

must learn first to do with diligence. “ ”

August 28-29 Interest Club

Officers’ Elections

for ECED and GS

respectively August 29

University Tour for

SHS Students

August 30 Araw ng Wika

Culminating

Activities

Reply Slip

( ) I have received and read Students and Parents’ Bulletin No. 04 A.Y. 2019-2020.

Student’s Name Level/Section Parent’s Signature

Valuing Opportunities for

Growth & Improvement

August 26 National Heroes’

Day

August 28 Announced

Lockdown Drill

August 29 Theater

Thursday

(10—

Excellence)

- Samuel Johnson

The first step in teaching students to innovate is making sure

that educators have opportunities to be innovators themselves.

- Suzie Boss, Bringing Innovation to School

To continue with the dissemination on the important mat-

ters discussed during the returning parents’ orientation, we will

now present the various changes in the school’s academic pro-

grams and academic policies. In the school’s efforts to continu-

ously improve to better cater to the learning needs of its stu-

dents, the following innovations will be implemented starting

this academic year:

New Academic Programs

1. Common Core State Standards will now be used for

Grades 1-6 Math subjects.

2. Core Knowledge and Pennsylvania Learning Standards will

be implemented in Pre-School.

3. There will now be an Integration of Executive Functions

and Life Skills in the Pre-School Curriculum.

4. Artificial Intelligence will now be introduced to enrich ICT

and Robotics.

5. To further enrich Science skills learning of the students,

Khan Science will now be implemented from Grades 1-12.

6. We will now incorporate Grit and Growth Mindset in the

EQ/ACT Curriculum.

New Academic Policies

1. Senior High School will now follow a 2-semester curriculum

calendar.

2. While teachers will still be making use of formative assess-

ment tools, there will now be a focus on Performance

Tasks and Summative Assessments.

3. There will now be two long tests prior to the term/final tests.