Welcome to ISA

Iloilo Scholastic Academy

The Iloilo Scholastic Academy (ISA) started its operation in April, 2004. ISA is a formal educational institution duly recognized, and strictly complies with the curriculum prescribed, by the Department of Education of the Philippines. The school offers subjects such as Communication Arts in Filipino, English and Mandarin; Mathematics; Sciences; Social Studies; Music, Art, Physical Education and Computer.

Campus aspiration

A collection of articles written by ISA Facilitators
Academics
The ISA program gives emphasis on English, Math, Social Studies, and Science. read more
Community
Learn more about the ISA community and what it does. read more
Sports
ISA is very much involved in sports activities. read more
Off-campus
Many interesting things happen outside the four corners of the classroom. read more
The Guidepost
The Guidepost is ISA's manual of procedure and general guide book. read more

"March On! The Heirs of I.S.A."

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ISA HS Math Teams Captured 3 MTAP Math Challenge Titles ISA HS Math Teams Captured 3 MTAP Math Challenge Titles ISA HS Math Teams Captured 3 MTAP Math Challenge Titles

ISA HS Math Teams Captured 3 MTAP Math Challenge Titles

Three ISA secondary Math teams made it to the top three in the 2010 Math Challenge Final Rounds, an annual city-wide tilt jointly sponsored by Metro Bank, Math Teachers Association of the Philippines, and the Department of Education. The contests were held at Iloilo Central Elementary School on 12 February.

7 Secondary Graduating Learners Accepted at UP and AdMU

9 ISAers Won 15 Awards at 4th GASTPE English Festival

Private school learners in Iloilo City, Iloilo province, and Region 6 gathered at Colegio del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, DepED Iloilo Division, and El Grande Resort successively for the city (25January), provincial (28 January) and regional (26 February) competitions of the 4th GASTPE English Language Festival. Among the 8 elementary and 6 high school ISAers who joined the contests, 5 in the former and 4 in the latter brought home 15 major awards.

7 Secondary Graduating Learners Accepted at UP and AdMU

7 Secondary Graduating Learners Accepted at UP and AdMU

Seven ISA Secondary graduating learners were accepted by the University of the Philippines and Ateneo de Manila University. They represent 35% of this school year's secondary graduating learners.

4 won, 11 Received Honors in the MTAP Math Challenge Individual Competition4 won, 11 Received Honors in the MTAP Math Challenge Individual Competition

4 won, 11 Received Honors in the MTAP Math Challenge Individual Competition

Four ISAers won in the 2010 Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Mathematics Challenge Division Individual Competition held last 14-15 January at the Social Hall, Department of Education Iloilo Division

ISA Alumni Share College Experiences

ISA Alumni Share College ExperiencesISA's mission is to nurture graduates who could render greater service to the Motherland.
Last 4 January, high school learners spent an afternoon with the 3 ISA alumni whoare presently pursuing their studies in two prestigious universities. Fritzie Gayle Diez of Class 2008, and Sunshine Elizabeth Do and Harlene Lu, both of Class 2009.

Directors of AdMU-Confucius Institute Visit ISA

Directors of AdMU-Confucius Institute Visit ISADr. Ellen Palanca, Director of the Ateneo de Manila University - Confucius Institute and Associate Director Professor Zhang Shitao visited ISA on 16 February. They were warmly welcomed by ISA Executive Director Mr. Peter M. Chan and the ISA faculty.

National Career Achievement Exam 80% Graduating ISAers rated >91%

National Career Achievement Exam 80% Graduating ISAers rated >91%Results of the Depar-
tment of Education - adminis-
tered National Career Achievement Examination given to all secondary graduating learners nation-wide last 26 August were released early this month. Among the 20 graduating ISAers, 16 received general average ratings of higher than 91% in Math, English, and Science.

IloPRISAA Academic, Lit-Mus ISAers Won in Math, Declamation IloPRISAA Academic, Lit-Mus ISAers Won in Math, Declamation

IloPRISAA Academic, Lit-Mus ISAers Won in Math, Declamation

The annual Iloilo Private Schools Athletic Association (IloPRISAA) academic, literary-musical competitions took place in the third week of November. Forty-six private schools in Iloilo City joined this year's events. ISAers performed well in high school math and declamation.

44th IloPRISAA Sports Competition ISAthletes brought home 27 Awards

The 44th Iloilo Private Schools Athletic Association sports competition opened on 21 November. As expected, ISAthletes performed remarkably, and maintained their strong presence, in table tennis, badminton, and track and field. For three consecutive years, ISA's Table Tennis Elementary Boys and Girls teams proved unbeatable, both teams were champions again this year.

ISA Executive Director Attends
1st World Sino Ed Con in Chengdu

ISA Executive Director AttendsUpon the invitation of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, through the Chinese Consulate Office in Cebu, ISA Executive Director, Mr. Peter M. Chan, was in Chengdu, China from 18-23 October to attend the First World Chinese Education Convention.

Australian Math Awardees

Australian Math Awardees

Nine ISAers won Distinction and Credit awards in the 2009 Australian Mathematics Competition held last 6 August at the Social Hall of DepEd Iloilo Division.

A Celebration of the Prevailing Spirit of Unity and Harmony

A Celebration of the Prevailing Spirit of Unity and HarmonyThe celebration of the 6th Founding Anniver-
sary of ISA last 9 October 2009 was both an act of looking back to the six years of hard work and dedication to educational excellence, and looking forward to the future with more feats and ideals to pursue.This year's production featured a variety of performances in-line with the theme: “ISA, in bridging the past and the future: the start of a new beginning”.

Gr. 6, 2nd Yr. National Achievement Tests ISA Ranks 3rd & 7th Respectively in Iloilo

Gr. 6, 2nd Yr. National Achievement Tests ISA Ranks 3rd & 7th Respectively in Iloilo The results of the National Achieve-
ment Tests (NAT) given by the Department of Education to all public and private school 2nd year students, and all public and selected private school grade 6 pupils last March were released in June 2009. ISA ranks 7th among the 55 schools in Iloilo City. Of the 17 selected private schools in Iloilo City designated by DepED to participate in this year's grade 6 NAT, ISA ranks third. The results further reveal that grade 6 ISAers rank 1st in Math.

ISA's Multimedia Classrooms A Revolution versus convention

ISA's Multimedia Classrooms A Revolution versus conventionThe school takes pride of having installed ALL classrooms with multimedia facilities and gadgets this year. Classrooms are fully equipped with LCD projectors to provide the best possible learning experience to her learners.

ISA Montessori for Preschoolers Opens in SY 2008-09

ISA Holds 2nd Science FairISA Holds 2nd Science Fair

As a tribute to the 4th founding anni-
versary of ISA, learners held second Science DemoExhibit at SM City on 21-23 September 2007. A total of 22 on-the-spot experiments were shown to the public.

ISA Celebrates International Literacy Month

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Fourth Year Reaches Out to S.O.S.

Fourth Year Reaches Out to S.O.S. The 4th year class was the first batch to go out and visit S.O.S. Village in Zarraga, Iloilo last 26 June 26 2010. The visit started with the getting to know activity with the facilitators and the learners.

SY2010-11 Student Council Officers Election Lara Hudak Elected SC President

SY2010-11 Student Council Officers Election Lara Hudak Elected SC PresidentAiring their sentiments on campus issues and revealing their platforms during the room-to-room campaign on 6 July, and the grand rally on 8 July, the candidates under the ISAchievers and the SMILE parties appeared robust and confident in the morning of 9 July, the day when the grade 4 to fourth year ISAers elected the new set of students council officers for school year 2010-2011.

Facilitators Attend UbD seminar

Facilitators Attend UbD seminar“Begin with the end in mind.”

The two-day seminar of the ISA facilitators last 17-18 May on Understanding by Design (UbD) approach and implementtation centered on that thought. The seminar was conducted by Mr. Rolly Remitar, a much sought-after speaker of the Asian Psychological Services and Assessment based in Manila.

A Celebration of Good Health

A Celebration of Good HealthIn order to be happy, we need to be healthy.

On 10 July, ISA celebrated Nutrition Day’10 with the theme: “Sa Pagkaing Tama at Sapat, wastong Timbang ni Baby ang Katapat”.

With the help given by the high school learners, each elementary class prepared a presentation that enhanced the knowledge of the audience about healthy living. There were 3 dentists and 3 medical doctors who conducted the medical and dental check-ups to make sure that all the learners are in good health. The ISAers were also given the chance to watch six video presentations prepared by the high school learners on healthy living.

ISA Mentors Join FAPE INSET

ISA Mentors Join FAPE INSETTo deepen the under-
standing of the educators on the UbD approach, FAPE hosted an in-service training for teachers last summer. Many private schools sent their first year teachers in Math, English, Science, Social Studies, and Filipino. ISA sent five facilitators: Ms. Fria Divinagracia (English), Ms. Michelle Penaflor (Math), Mr. Rodgen Jabor Social Studies), Ms. Ronella Lapore (Science), and Ms. Cheryl Anne Poral (Filipino).

ISA President, BOT Members Visit Universities in Xiamen, Quanzhou

ISA President, BOT Members Visit Universities in Xiamen, Quanzhou"It has long been our intention to meet with the adminis-
trators of the Chinese tertiary institutions, particularly those which have been sending Chinese volunteer-facilitators to ISA, to personally express our gratitude for helping our school promote Chinese education. Furthermore, we also intend to seek greater opportunities for establishing closer bilateral relations with them." ISA President Mr. Vicente C. Tiu said before the 11-member delegations of the ISA Board of Directors flew to Xiamen City on 21 May for a three-day official visit of the three Chinese universities.

ISA Head Facilitator Rodgen Jabor is PRISAAP Most Outstanding Teacher

ISA Head Facilitator Rodgen Jabor is PRISAAP Most Outstanding TeacherMr. Rodgen M. Jabor, ISA Makabayan Head Facilitator, was announced Most Out-
standing Teacher in the 4th Search for the Most Outstanding Private Secondary School Principal, Teachers, Student Leaders and PTA/PTCA Organizations organized by the Private Secondary Schools Administrators Association of the Philippines in cooperation with the Department of Education Region 6.

Update: School Building Construction

Update: School Building ConstructionThe latest meeting of members of the construc-
tion committee with the contractor, Mr. Benito Uy, and Architect Larry Ng reaffirmed that the entire structure will be due for interior furnishing by end of August, while ground and second floors can be turned over by mid-July. Moving to the new campus was set at the start of the second semester this school year.

ISA has its Avenue

ISA has its AvenueThe paving of the 15 meter wide, 200 meter long ISA Avenue, a concrete boulevard leading to the 4-story school building from the main access road, began in March this year. ISA Avenue is expected to be passable by early September 2010.

6th APSA Assessment Reveals Elem Sci. Proficiency Goes Up

6th APSA Assessment Reveals Elem Sci. Proficiency Goes Up In preparation to ISA's long range plan of giving more HOTS (higher order thinking skills) assessment, facilitators attended a two-day writing workshop. Last 17-18 May at the ISA library, facilitators had a refresher course on essay writing, technical writing and basic journalism in preparation for more essay-type assessment this school year.

3rd Batch English Class Valedictorian Receives 3 Outstanding Student Titles

3rd Batch English Class Valedictorian Receives 3 Outstanding Student Titles ISA Third batch high school English graduating class valedic-
torian, Karl Francis Chan, was conferred the title of 'Most Outstanding Student of Iloilo' for SY2009-10 by the Outstanding Students Circle of Iloilo, the JCI-ABS-CBN, and the Department of Education-Private School Administrators Association of the Philippine.

Exec-Dir at 5th World Congress of Chinese Community Leaders held in Beijing

Exec-Dir at 5th World Congress of Chinese Community Leaders held in BeijingAccepting the invitation of the Office of the Overseas Chinese Affairs of the State Council of China, Executive Director Mr. Peter M. Chan was in Beijing and Shanghai on 6-11 May. Mr. Chan was among the nearly 600 Chinese-descent business and community leaders, educators, entrepreneurs who came from 120 countries attending the 5th World Congress of Chinese Community Leaders held at Jingxi Hotel, Beijing.

Activating Chinese Reading Program: Timely or Premature?

Activating Chinese Reading Program: Timely or Premature?Against all odds, ISA has started the reading program on pilot basis during the 4th quarter of last school year. Though still quite far away from our goal, but we know we are steadily heading to it.

CAMPING 2010

CAMPING 2010Camping 2010, with a theme: Instilling the Spirit of Unity and Account-
ability, was held last 18-20 February at Anhawan Beach Resort, Oton, Iloilo. The annual activity aims to enhance the learners' sense of camaraderie, leadership, survival skills and independence. Learners from Grade Four to 4th Year joined the said activity.



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