ISAers Reach All Time High 500 enrolled by Mid of May

“Can we reach 500 in the next school year?” Although the growth rate of the learners population at ISA has been increasing at an average of 14% in the past six years, no one can be so sure if this can still be true faced with the pin-down effects caused by multiple restrictive factors such as high tuition fee, economic downturn and the proliferation of schools in the community. For private schools to maintain, let alone expand, its learner population is a grim possibility in most instances. Nevertheless, during the regular monthly board meeting in February, the body set 500 learners as the minimum target for school year 2010-2011, and if possible one-third of whom should be in the preschool. By any standard, this poses a great challenge to the school administration.

	In the middle of May 2010, it’s the turn of the administration to finally heaved a sigh of relief when number of enrolees hit 500. Consequently, aside from adding one section to Grade 5 (Chekov) as planned, another section was hurriedly added to First Year (Li Bai) to accommodate the unexpected influx of transferees.
	The downside of this supposedly happy event is the slashing of 40% of the area in the laboratory, 60% of the P. E. area to be converted into classrooms. More likely, this knotty scenario can only be resolved once ISA moves to the new campus in the second semester of SY 2010-2011

 

3rd Batch English Class Valedictorian Receives 3 Outstanding Student Titles

ISA Third batch high school English graduating class valedictorian, Karl Francis Chan, who is also the Chinese graduating class salutatorian, and president of the ISA Student Council SY2009-2010, was conferred the title of ‘Most Outstanding Student of Iloilo’ for SY2009-10 by three groups of educational and civic associations: the Outstanding Students Circle of Iloilo, the JCI-ABS-CBN, and the Department of Education-Private School Administrators Association of the Philippine.

The awarding ceremonies were respectively held at the Division Office of the DepED Region 6 on 19 March, SM City Iloilo on 21 March, and Sarabia Manor Hotel on 6 May. The citation was made on the basis of the recipient’s exemplary academic achievements, active involvement in social services, and impressive performance in various inter-school competitions. There are five to ten high school students cited annually by these organizations chosen from among the best students of public and private high schools in the city and province of Iloilo.

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

Accepting 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.

	Besides engaging in social exchanges, the guests attended cultural and economic symposia given by prominent professors and leaders in China Mainland.
	As part of the itinerary arranged by the Chinese hosts, the guests spent a day visiting the different pavilions at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. Photos show the colorful Philippine Pavilion, and Filipino art performers rendering melodious classic folk songs and graceful ethnic dance steps at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, Philippine Pavilion.