NEWS
RETURN OF THE MONARCHS: SISC OPENS AY WITH AWAITED HOMECOMING
On a damp but sunny Wednesday morning, tenth grader Kim Min Young (Charis) stood eagerly waiting by the Luxembourg Campus gate. Dressed in Hanbok, traditional Korean clothing, she was one among seven national attire-clad volunteers that were given a simple task: welcome and usher in any student that enters. That entrance soon overflowed, a first in over two years.
Charis joyfully observed what unfolded — students rushed to their old friends, some hugged, and all were simply catching up in a place where they always used to meet. All this happened while she greeted students and led reconnected friend groups to have their pictures taken at a photo booth. “I was very touched and I felt happy for them because . . . all students were just reuniting with their old friends and meeting their online classmates in real life,” she said.
and International Baccalaureate (IB) students physically returned to school for the opening of Academic Year 2022-2023 last August 31, 2022, marking the start of full-scale Hybrid Virtual Online Learning and Teaching (HyVOLT).
After over two years of online learning, the newly reopened Luxembourg and Tropical Campuses hosted friendly reunions between fellow Monarchs and day one orientations to the limited face-to-face setup. Meanwhile, those who opted to study via Virtual Online Learning and Teaching (VOLT) joined class Google Meet calls in sync with the oncampus discussions.