EDITED NEWSLETTER VOLUME 5 A.Y. 2024-2025 (3)

NEWS | VOLUME V

SISC Strengthens Anti-Bullying Efforts With Anonymous Reporting System

SISC, SSISB Capture SGEN Debate Cup 2025 Titles

• Southville
• International School and Colleges and Stonyhurst
• Southville

International

School Batangas (SSISB) emerged as champions in the Junior and Senior High School divisions, respectively, at the SGEN Debate Cup held on May

• 17, 2025, at Southville
• International
• School and Colleges Luxembourg Campus.

The Junior High School title went to SISC

Team

B, composed of Seung Bin Bae, Aeisha Isabel De Jong, and Ethan Fitzgerald Pollard. The Senior

High

School championship was claimed by SSISB, represented by Nicolo Simon Balina, Keith Constancio Hernandez, and Kirsty Smith.

• Meanwhile, the Top Senior High
• School
• Debaters recognized were
• Kenichi
• Maruyama, Nicolo
• Balina, Kimoon
• Kim, Celine Santamaria, Mikaela Manalo, Ella
• Bartolome, Hernandez, Dustin
• Keith Tiu, Daniel Baniqued, Sydney

Jordan, Owen Ward, and Lucas Van Tuin.

The one-day, face-to-face competition began with elimination rounds in the morning, where teams competed for slots in the semi-finals. These rounds were closed to guests and limited to adjudicators and competing teams. After a lunch break and the announcement of results, the tournament continued in the afternoon with the semifinal rounds, leading to the championship matches. Only the final rounds, held at Luxembourg

Hall, open to guests.

were

The tournament followed a revised version of the Asian Parliamentary format. Each debate featured two teams of three speakers, with 15 minutes allotted for preparation. Each speaker was given a maximum of four minutes to deliver their speech, with a one-minute interval observed between speeches.

• Participating included schools Southville
• International Colleges, Southville
• School and Stonyhurst International

School Stonyhurst International

Malarayat, Southville School Batangas, South Mansfield College, and International Affiliated with Southville School Foreign Universities. A shadow team from the SISC Debate Club joined the competition to balance the number of teams but did not receive official awards.

Outstanding performances individual were highlighted through the Top Debater awards in both divisions. The Top Junior High School Debaters were Isabelle

Tabora, Rainniel Caryn Reyes, Blaise D’Aran, Gabriel Decena, Aeisha De Jong, Christina

Nazareno, Ryeohun Kim, Seung Bin Bae, Sofia

• Macalalad, Aiyesha
• Cruz, Anne
• Tuin, Ethan Shakira Lang.

Pollard, Van and QR codes linking directly to an anonymous reporting form are now posted around the campus of Southville

International School and Colleges (SISC), making it easier for the school community to report bullying and protection concerns.

child

This initiative reinforces SISC’s zero-tolerance policy on bullying and aligns with the Western Association of Schools (WASC)

and Colleges Category

D recommendation, which highlights school culture, child protection, and community involvement. The QR codes, also attached to the School Policy Bulletin, allow students, teachers, staff, and visitors to submit reports in an accessible and confidential manner.

The school emphasized that all reports supported by must facts, be as integrity and accountability remain central to reporting process.

the The Office of Discipline will implement and monitor the system throughout the Academic Year as part of its ongoing efforts to promote a culture of respect and preventive discipline.