St. Scholastica`s College

St. Scholastica’s College
Manila
Established in 1906
2560 Leon Guinto Street, Malate Manila
Tel: 632-5677686; 632-5597593
SOME BASIC INFORMATION ON K – 12 AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1. What is K – 12 Curriculum according to Department of Education?
- This means primarily that Kinder plus 12 years of basic education is provided for all
Filipinos and that the Enhanced curricula are geared toward college ready /job prepared
graduates who are at par with the ASEAN and Global standards.
2. What is the Vision of Department of Education in implementing these new curricula?
- After going through Kindergarten, the enhanced Elementary and Junior High curriculum,
and a specialized Senior High program, every K to 12 who graduates, would be ready to
go into different paths: may it be further education in college, employment, or
entrepreneurship.
3. What are the Special Features of K -12?
- Every Filipino child now has access to early childhood education (universal kindergarten)
which was taken for granted in the old curricula.
- There would be an in-depth knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to be developed in
students using continuity and consistency approaches across all levels and subjects
through contextualization and enhancements provided in the curricula
- The spiral progression paradigm in learning where the most basic to the more complex
concepts according to the developmental stage of students would be utilized.
- Ensuring College Readiness: alignment of Core and Applied Subjects to the College
Readiness Standards (CRS) and new General Education (GE) Curriculum of CHED.
- Strengthening TVET Integration in SHS: This will ensure that any Grade 10 finisher and all
Grade 12 TVL graduates are eligible for TESDA competency/qualifications assessments
(i.e. COC, NC I or NC II)
4. How does this new curricula on K to 12 ensure holistic development?
- Consider the curricula at a glance to illustrate this spiral and developmental paradigm
being envisioned:
5. When would the K to 12 curricula be implemented?
- The Universal Kindergarten started in SY 2011-2012.
- The new curriculum for Grade 1 and Grade 7 (1st Year Junior High School) was rolled out
in SY 2012-2013, the new curriculum for Grade 2 and Grade 8 (2nd Year Junior High
School) was rolled out in SY 2013-2014, and the rest of the curriculum is being
progressively introduced in the other grade levels in succeeding school years.
- Grade 11 will be introduced in SY 2016-2017 and Grade 12 in SY 2017-2018
- The first batch of students to go through Senior High School (SHS) will graduate in
March 2018
- Non-Dep. Ed. schools can begin to offer the SHS Program prior to SY 2016-17 provided
that they secure a provisional SHS permit from Dep. Ed.
- St. Scholastica’s College - Senior High School (Leadership Academy) will start operating
in SY 2015-2016. Permit to operate has already been given to the school by Dep. Ed.
6.
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What is Senior High School?
This is comprised of two years of specialized upper secondary education
Students may choose a specialization based on aptitude, interests, and school capacity
The choice of career track will define the content of the subjects a student will take in
Grades 11 and 12.
There are core, contextualized, and specialized subjects to be taken up depending on
the chosen track of the students
7. How does St. Scholastica’s College respond to K to 12 mandate of the Department of
Education?
- We have done benchmarking of all the curricula from kinder to junior high school and
we are setting up of a Senior High School with a slant on developing the leader in every
Scholastican, thus, a “Leadership Academy.” Besides the Dep. Ed. Mandated Curricula,
we are providing our students in Senior High School, a formation of their Christian
values and leadership skills to be at par with the challenges of globalization.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL – LEADERSHIP ACADEMY OF ST. SCHOLASTICA’S COLLEGE
1. What are the Vision, Mission and Goals of our Senior High School?
- Our Vision: A leading senior high school forming young women leaders who are Christcentered, imbued with Benedictine values and equipped with necessary skills to take on
responsibilities in society in and through their chosen fields of specialization.
- Our Mission: We are committed at forming young women leaders who are both
prepared for college and employment, conversant with the changing times, life-long
learners, academically competent, critically aware and socially responsible agents of
change.
- Our Objectives: The holistic formation of every Scholastican through the Leadership
Academy aims to develop in our students
a. Leadership abilities that are anchored on Benedictine values especially Christcenteredness and social responsibility
b. Creative and critical thinking, the art of effective communication, problem
solving skills and research aptitudes that meet higher learning standards in
college level
c. Technical and academic competencies pertinent to their chosen career
d. Appreciation of the need to establish interconnection among various academic
disciplines, knowledge and skills, linkages and networks that sustain growth and
social transformation.
2. SHS – Leadership Academy Logo, symbols and meanings
3. What did we consider in crafting our track offerings?
School’s
VMO and
advocacy
Programs
Excelling in
Community
SHS
School
Facilities
Clientele
(students)
Human
Resources
4. Senior High School – Leadership Academy’s Curriculum at a glance
Career
Pathways /
Tracks
Leadership
Program
Leadership
Academy
Core Learning
Areas
Immersion /
Practicum
Program
5. Prescribed Curriculum for Senior High School by the Department of Education
Core Learning Areas, 80
hours per semester (to be
taken by all students)
Language
Subjects
Oral Communication
Reading and Writing
Communication
Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa Wikang Filipino at
Kulturang Pilipino
Pagbasa at Pagsusuri ng Iba’t Ibang Teksto Tungo sa
Pananaliksik
st
21 Century Literature from the Philippines and the
World
The Contemporary Arts from the Regions
Media and Information Literacy
Mathematics
General Mathematics
Humanities
Statistics and Probability
Science
Earth and Life Science (Lecture and Laboratory)
Physical Science (Lecture and Laboratory)
Social Science
Personal Development
Understanding Society and Culture
Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person
P.E. and Health
Physical Education and Health
Contextualized Track Subjects, 80 hours per semester (to be taken by all students)
English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Research 1: Qualitative Research in Daily Life
Research 2: Quantitative Research in Daily Life
Pagsulat sa Filipino sa Piling Larangan (Academic, Sports, Arts & Design, TechVoc)
Empowerment Technologies (E-Tech): ICT for Professional Tracks
Entrepreneurship
Research Project / Culminating Activity
Dep. Ed. Recommended Tracks
Academic
•ABM (Accounting, Business and Management)
•HESS (Humanities, Education, Social Sciences)
•STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathematics
Tech-Voc
•Home economics
•Agri-fishery
•Industrial arts
•ICT
Arts & Design
Sports
• Certificate in Music Performance
•Animation & Gaming (ICT)
• Visual Arts
•Coaching / Fitness Sports & Recreation
Leadership
6. What are the SHS- track offerings for SY 2015-2016 of St. Scholastica’s College
approved by Department of Education?
Academic
Tech-Voc
Arts & Design
Sports
•ABM (Accounting, Business and Management)
•STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics
•GAS (General Academic Strand) - electives from
different strands
•ICT and Gaming
•HRM (culinary)
• Certificate in Music Performance
• Visual Arts
•Coaching / Fitness Sports & Recreation
Leadership
7. Why are we offering these tracks?
- In order to secure a license to put up Senior High School Dep. Ed. Requirements must be
fulfilled. Certain factors must be considered and all resources (human and material)
should be in place. Thus, the following were considered seriously upon application.
School’s
VMO and
advocacy
Programs
Excelling in
Community
SHS
School
Facilities
Clientele
(students)
Human
Resources
8. What may be the schedule of students in grade 11, semester 1?
Find below tentative schedule of classes for the three tracks regardless of their strand
choice FOR GRADE 11, FIRST SEMESTER.
ARTS &
DESIGN
Monday
7:30-8:00
8:00-8:30
8:30-9:00
9:00-9:30
Theology
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Komunikasyon at
Komunikasyon at
Oral
Oral
Pananaliksik sa
Pananaliksik sa
Communication in
Communication in
Wika at Kulturang
Wika at Kulturang
Context
Context
Pilipino
Pilipino
9:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-1:00
1:00-1:30
1:30-2:00
2:00-2:30
2:30-3:00
3:00-3:30
3:30-4:00
4:00-4:30
4:30-5:00
Literature
Generel
Mathematics
Literature
Generel
Mathematics
Culture
PerDev
Culture
PerDev
Sining
English for
Academics &
Professional
Purposes
Sining
English for
Academics &
Professional
Purposes
PEH
LEADERSHIP
ACADEMIC
7:30-8:00
8:00-8:30
8:30-9:00
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Komunikasyon
Komunikasyon
at Pananaliksik
at Pananaliksik
Generel
Generel
sa Wika at
sa Wika at
Mathematics
Mathematics
Kulturang
Kulturang
Pilipino
Pilipino
Friday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Culture
Empwrmnt Tech
Culture
Empwrmnt Tech
Theology
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
Oral
Oral
10:30-11:00
PerDev
PerDev
Communication
Communication
11:00-11:30
in Context
in Context
11:30-12:00
PEH
12:00-12:30
12:30-1:00
1:00-1:30
Earth & Life
Earth & Life
1:30-2:00
science
science
2:00-2:30
LEADERSHIP
Research in
2:30-3:00
English for Acad
Daily Life 1
3:00-3:30
3:30-4:00
Culture
Culture
4:00-4:30
4:30-5:00
SPORTS
7:30-8:00
8:00-8:30
8:30-9:00
9:00-9:30
9:30-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-12:30
12:30-1:00
1:00-1:30
1:30-2:00
2:00-2:30
2:30-3:00
3:00-3:30
3:30-4:00
4:00-4:30
4:30-5:00
PEH
Cont Phil Arts
PerDev
Cont Phil Arts
PerDev
LEADERSHIP
Media & Info
Literacy
Generel
Mathematics
Media & Info
Literacy
Generel
Mathematics
Earth & Life
science
Komunikasyon at
Pananaliksik sa
Wika at Kulturang
Pilipino
Earth & Life
science
Komunikasyon at
Pananaliksik sa
Wika at Kulturang
Pilipino
Theology
9. What makes the Senior High School – Leadership Academy of St. Scholastica’s College
distinct from other schools?
- We take pride in our value formation (theology courses) and leadership skills
development. These are imbedded in all the tracks, thus envisioning “women leaders” in
the different fields and sectors of society. There is a leader in every Scholastican! Please
click on our website to view “Our Notable Alumnae” who have made a difference in
their career; another proof of our commitment to provide quality education and
relevant programs toward holistic formation of our students!
10. When is the application for Senior High School – Leadership Academy?
- Application is now on-going. Priority is given to those who reserve early. Slots which will
not be availed of by our Grade 10 students will be made available on a first come first
serve basis only. Limited number of students may be accepted.
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Should there be other concerns on:
o Application for our Senior High School – Leadership Academy, please coordinate
with our Admissions Officer, Miss Anna Cecilia Alvarez at 5677686 local 170
o Track offerings, Curricula, etc. please contact our principal,
Dr. Rebecca Cacho at 5677686 local 197