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Grade 12 students begin practicum



UPIS Batch 2018 was deployed to various on-campus internship sites last August 23.
As a major part of the school's K-12 curriculum, the internship program enables the students to apply the skills and knowledge acquired from Kinder to Grade 11. It also provides a venue to explore their preferred occupational roles and to develop proper work attitudes.

DAY 1. The Institute of Civil Engineering orients its interns on the branches of the field and functions of the site on their first day. Photo Credit: Institute of Civil Engineering.

For the first semester, students undergo on-the-job training in various UP Diliman institutions.
Each track has five internship sites, namely the College of Architecture, University Health Service, Marine Science Institute, Institute of Civil Engineering, and the Diliman Interactive Learning Center for the Applied Sciences and Engineering Track; the University Food Service, Home Economics’ Tearoom, University Hotel, Bahay ng Alumni, and Balay Kalinaw for the Business and Entrepreneurship Track; and the College of Arts and Letters, College of Mass Communication, Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, Diliman Information Office, and College of Social Work and Community Development for the Social Sciences and Humanities Track.

PLEASE COME IN. Interns from the Business and Entrepreneurship Track prepare themselves to enter and work at the University Hotel. Photo Credit: Ms. Laarni Cabrales


ON-AIR. DZUP, the official radio station of UP Diliman, welcomes the interns from the Social Sciences and Humanities Track in the College of Mass Communication. Photo Credit: DZUP
Students must fulfill 100 hours of deployment in their respective sites. On-campus internship is expected to conclude on November 15.

The program is made possible with the full support and active participation of partner institutions and companies.

Students will be deployed to off-campus internship sites in the second semester. // by Aldous Dela Pena, Rachel Siringan

Bornilla takes home bronze in IESO 2017



UPIS Grade 12 student Adrian Bornilla won bronze in the International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) held last August 21-30 in Nice, France.

REPRESENT. Members and mentors of the Philippine team hold the Philippine flag with great pride just before their flight to France. (L-R) Prof. Miguel Cano, Mikhail Torio, Eugene Toribio, Janine Juachon, Adrian Bornilla, and Dr. Marietta de Leon. Photo Credit: Prof. Miguel Cano
The annual IESO tests its participants’ skills in all major areas of earth sciences such as geology, geophysics, meteorology, hydrology, and astronomy. The tests consisted of two written exams that focused on the said areas, as well as four practical exams that required them to do lab tests and field work.

Bornilla ranked among the top 30% of 120 students from the 29 participating countries, resulting in a bronze medal finish.

Three other students from Philippine Science High School, namely Mikhail Torio from the Main Campus, Eugene Toribio from the Bicol Campus, and Janine Juachon from the Central Luzon Campus were sent with Bornilla to represent the Philippines.

There were other activities prepared by the IESO such as the International Team Field Investigation (ITFI) and the Earth Science Project (ESP). Each activity required members of the Philippine team to collaborate with students from other countries, emphasizing IESO’s objective to foster camaraderie among the students.

Competing individually, they bagged multiple awards namely 2 silvers and 2 bronzes from the main event, 1 gold and 1 silver from the ITFI, and 1 gold from the ESP. Of the medals, Bornilla won the gold for his participation in the ITFI.

“Ang IESO ay isang unique and humbling experience kasi it’s been so long since the Philippines last participated in the competition,” Bornilla shared. “Sobrang competitive nung atmosphere yet sobrang fun kasi we were able to meet different students from different cultures.”

The Philippine team was trained by members of the International Geoscience Education Organization namely Prof. Miguel C. Cano and Dr. Marietta De Leon.

It has been six years since the Philippines last competed in the IESO. // by Rad Pascual, Raymund Creencia, Chesca Santiago, and Hannah Manalo

News: UPIS, nakamit ang ikalawang gantimpala sa DAGITAB


Nakuha ng University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS) ang ikalawang gantimpala sa DAGITAB, isang Electronics Workshop and Contest, noong ika-18 ng Pebrero sa Computational Science Research Center (CRSC).

Nagwagi ng ikalawang gantimpala sa paligsahan sina Julianne Sasing ng Grado 8, at Christian Sarabia ng Grado 9. Pitong puntos ang lamang sa kanila ng kampeon mula sa Philippine Science High School habang nakamit naman ng Manila Science High School ang ikatlong puwesto.

UPIS PRIDE. Nagwagi sa sina Julianne Sasing (kanan) at naging kinatawan din ng UPIS si Marius Barcenas (kaliwa) sa katatapos lamang na DAGITAB 2017. Photo credits: G. Rafael Ibanez

“Masaya siya, marami akong natutunan kasi parang it was more of a learning experience rather than a competition. Naramdaman ko na although focused kami sa pagkuha ng points, mas focused pa rin kami sa kung anong pinapagawa sa amin,” pagbabahagi ni Julianne Sasing ukol sa kaniyang karanasan sa patimpalak.

Lumahok din sa nasabing paligsahan si Marius Barcenas na kinatawan ng isa sa mga team na ipinadala ng UPIS. Sina G. Raffy Ibanez at Prop. Regina Taduran ang tumayong tagapayo ng mga kalahok na estudyante.

Ang DAGITAB ay isang patimpalak ng UP Engineering Radio Guild (UP ERG) na nilalayong mahasa ang interes sa Electronics at Engineering ng mga estudyante. Nagkaroon ito ng limang session sa loob ng isang buwan kung saan tinuruan ang mga kalahok ng basic electric circuit and logic circuit analysis, basic programming, at microcontrollers.// nina Chesca Santiago at Marianne Sasing

UPIS, 1st runner up sa Caduceus Cup

Nakamit ng UPIS team A ang 1st runner up sa ginanap na Caduceus Cup 2014 noong Nobyembre 22 sa Palma Hall.

Nakakuha ng 84 puntos ang UPIS team A na binubuo nina Marco Barrientos (10-Acacia), Michael Basilio (10-Lauan), at JC Berja (10-Molave). Kinulang lamang sila ng 14 puntos laban sa kampeon na Chiang Kai Shek na may iskor na 98. Pumangatlo naman ang Xavier School team A na nakakuha ng 75 puntos.
Ang UPIS Team A na nagkamit ng Ikalawang Gantimpala sa
ginanap na Caduceus Cup 2014.


Sina Xyd Agapito (10-Lauan), Franz Candido (9-Gold), at Allysa Pabiona (10-Acacia) naman ang kabilang sa UPIS team B na bigong makapasok sa finals.

Ilan pa sa mga paaralang lumahok sa kompetisyon ay ang Saint Theresa’s College, Diliman Preparatory School, at iba pang paaralan mula sa NCR. / nina Andrei Vertudes at Nicole Rabang

Literary: Bakit Nga Ba?


2014-2015 Academic Calendar still not final

UPIS is still waiting for the University Administration’s final decision on whether classes are to start on June or August 2014.

Dr. Ronaldo San Jose, UPIS Principal, announced last March 28 that there will be no shift in calendar for all UP Basic Education units in accordance to the constitutional law that basic education starts in June of every academic year.

However, after deliberation with the UP College of Education's (CEd) Student Teaching Committee, it has been found that the basic education school calendar could start between the first week of June until the last week of August.

For this reason, Dr. Rosario Alonzo, Dean of the College of Education, sent an appeal to the University Administration requesting that UPIS follows the shift in the academic calendar and starts its classes in August. The College of Education thinks that it would be more fitting that UPIS moves the start of classes in step with the college since the school serves as its laboratory school.

Whether classes start in June or August, the UPIS administration is ready for the changes.

"Either way, we’re ready, we have academic calendars for both prepared,” assured Prof. Roselle Velasquez, Assistant Principal for Academic Programs. / by Jemuel Aberin, Anthony Dacoco, Angelique Liwag

Learning Plus to start this school year

The Department of CA English, Music and Art (CA EMA) has started preparations for a reading remediation program for Grades 3-9 students this school year.

According to Prof. Ma. Lourdes Vargas, head of CA EMA department, the Learning Plus or L+ program was started by Prof. Bernadette Santos in AY 2005-2006. It was revived in 2011, but due to conflicts in the schedule it was discontinued. This year, the schedule has been set in place and the program is more structured.

Students part of the program are required to attend 1-hour sessions which include lessons that aim to develop good reading habits and positive reading attitude. Parents with children part of the program will receive a letter regarding the session details.

CA English teachers will handle the remediation classes. / by Yaoi Gabriel and Micah Macasieb

UPIS joins Econvergence 2013

UPIS participated in the UPLB Economics Society's annual inter school competition, Econvergence, last February 9 at the College of Economics and Management, UP Los Banos.

Two UPIS teams composed of seniors Christine Prieto, Arielle Gabriel, and Rendelle Rafin, and CJ Hernandez, Ian Villanueva, and Joanna Pagulayan competed in the Ekonomika Quiz Bee while Mikee Neri and Red Bartolome were the representatives in the Intellectual Debate Ecounter. Louanne De Sales-Papa and Paul Enriquez represented UPIS in the Poster-Making contest.

Juniors Eldrich Marquez and Lino Licuanan joined the Essay Writing contest while Karmela Gabriel was the contestant for the Photo Essay competition. Diego Manansala and Jibreel Fernandez joined the Impromptu Speaking contest.

Though the UPIS teams failed to bring home awards, it was a good learning experience for the representatives and this kind of exposure would be valuable in similar competitions they will join in the future. ● Joanna Pagulayan

UPIS 3-6 places second in PSO Finals

The UPIS 3-6 team of Jarod de Luna, Henry Marquez, and Bertrand Diola won 2nd place in the Philippine Science Olympiad finals last September 30 held at the Ateneo de Manila University.

On the other hand, Mariel de Luna, Zena del Mundo, and Christine Prieto placed 9th in the high school division.

The competition was a quiz bee composed of questions regarding Information Technology, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Science.

From 300 competing schools in the elimination round, the pool was narrowed down to 20 schools in the semi-finals. From the 20 schools chosen, 10 qualified for the finals. ● by Sandy De La Paz, Rya Ducusin, Miguel Flores, and Hannah Garay

Gelera brings home Math Wiz title

Christian Philip Gelera of 6-Garnet was crowned the 2012 Little Math Wizard during the 3rd Region-wide Search for the Little Math Wizard held at the UP Math Building last September 15.

Gelera bested all his competitors in the four-round competition, making him the over-all champion.

Nathan Arthur Banatao, Zeidrich Monares, John Henry Marquez, Sean Albert Gelera and Jastin Cedric Cruz also joined the grade 5 level but only Banatao, Monares and Marquez qualified for the semi-final round.

At the end of the finals, Banatao placed 1st and Monares placed 3rd. ● by Camille Babaran, Bianca Pio, and Sandy De La Paz

UPIS Grade 6 students win in MathSciAka 2012

Several UPIS elementary and high school students participated in the MathSciAka 2012 held at the PHILVOLCS auditorium in UP Diliman last September 22, 2012.

The event was divided into several categories including a series of take-home experiments, an extemporaneous speech contest for high school students, a slogan-making contest for elementary students, and an interactive workshop.

Grade 6 student Phil Bryan Cosep won first place in the take-home “Organic Battery” experiment while the his batchmates Patience Ventura, Craig Alexander Aquino, and Zeidrich Monares won third place in the interactive workshop of the elementary division.


The overall champions for MathSciAka 2012 were Sorsogon Pilot Elementary School and St. Jude Catholic School. ● by Miguel Flores and Shari Oliquino

Forum to compete in Voice of our Youth 2012

UPIS 7-10 Forum members will be participating in The Voice of Our Youth 12th National Impromptu Speaking Competition next month.

The competition will have three elimination rounds and one final round. The first elimination round will be on October 20, the second on October 27, the third on November 3 and the final round on November 10.

The competition aims to inspire the Filipino youth to attain world-class proficiency in English Communication, in furtherance of universal understanding and cooperation. ● by Reagene Fernando and Patricia Lim

UPIS tops PSO elims

Two UPIS teams qualified for the final round of the Philippine Science Olympiad 2012 after topping the ranks in the elimination round held last September 8 at the Angelicum College.

The Philippine Science Olympiad is organized by the Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs. It is divided into Bracket I (Elementary) and Bracket II (High school).

The UPIS students who participated in Bracket I were Jarod De Luna, Henry Marquez and Bertrand Diola. Their team was able to place in the top 20 for national level and top 3 for NCR level. As for the UPIS participants in Bracket II, seniors Mariel de Luna, Zena del Mundo, and Christine Prieto were able to place in the top 20 for National level and top 2 for NCR level.

The Olympiad quiz bee is an exam taken individually by each student. The scores they got from the test were added to the scores of their group mates, and were ranked according to the total score of the students in each school.

The Philippine Science Olympiad finals will be held on September 30. ● by Hannah Garay, Shari Oliquino, and Bianca Pio

UPIS wins RowBoatics championship

The UPIS team composed of Rafael Luis Aenlle of 9-Neon, Maragtas VII Sano Amante, and Harold Michael Prudencio of 9-Argon won 1st place in the RowBoatics competition at the UP College of Engineering last September 1.

RowBoatics is an inter-high school machine competition which challenges the students to design and build a rubber band-powered watercraft. The event is hosted by the UP Gears and Pinions, a mechanical engineering organization in celebration of their 57th year.

Each team was given only 2 hours to produce a watercraft. The organizer provided them with 4 rubber bands, a ruler, a pair of scissors, masking tape, 10 drinking straws, a long folder, a plastic folder, a marker, 2-feet of steel wire, 10 barbeque sticks, cutter, glue gun with 4 glue sticks, 2 pencils, and Styrofoam.

Aenlle, Amante, and Prudencio were declared champions after scoring 94% with their time of 1.94 seconds. Another UPIS team composed of Karmela Mae Gabriel from 9-Xenon, Joshua Caesar Lorenzo of 9-Argon, and Luis Fernando Raynon Jr. of 9-Neon placed 7th. ● by Arielle Gabriel, Benjo Hernandez, and Eric Madriaga

UPIS tries out computerized records system

There's always something new!

Apart from reverting back to 4-day schedule and handbook, the administration has also been trying a computerized system for UPIS students’ records.

Start
According to Prof. Velasquez, the initial idea of the computerized system first started back in 2004 when Dr. Julian Abuso was still Principal and Dr. Ronaldo San Jose was the Assistant Principal. They conducted a trial run and encoded the data using diskettes. Unfortunately, the project was discontinued after the pilot testing because of several glitches in the system.

Developer

 Prof. Velasquez adds that it has actually been a year since the beginning of this project. The current administration enlisted the help of Ms. Elizabeth Loyola of UPIS batch 2008 in programming the system. Ms. Loyola is currently taking Computer Science in UP Diliman. She is also part of a corporation that makes computer programs for various companies. She has volunteered to do this project for free since she saw the need for computerization even when she was studying in UPIS. Prof. Velasquez says that this is a huge help since it would have cost roughly Php 130,000 if they were to hire other developers. Another advantage is that Ms. Loyola is already familiar with the UPIS system so she is to customize the system to suit the needs of the school.

Objectives

 Prof. Velasquez explains that the main objective of the computerization is to ensure the accuracy of the student records. She says that in the past, the student body’s grades are written down one by one by a handful of staff, thus, there is always a high possibility for human error to occur.

"The computerized system is also helpful for the generation of school transcripts that are often requested by alumni. The new system is also of use for future researches to be conducted by the ORDP," adds Prof. Velasquez.

How the Program Works

 A computer server hosts a program which contains the database of the students' records. It has the capacity to handle the update of grades and student and faculty profiles, and can generate the permanent record, transcript, honor roll, and class list of every batch. Because it holds all of the students' data, the server is dedicated to house only the files related to the computerization project.

The staff of the records office has updated the student profiles into the database. Now, teachers can finally access the terminal where they can input and print the grades themselves, and just sign it after. This makes the result more accurate since it is only accessible from a limited number of terminals.

The project team is still continuing to update the program based on the school's needs. They also recommend getting new equipment for the use of the records office.

Advantages

On the surface, the effect of this new system may not be visible to this year's K-10 students, but for the ones who have always been calculating and writing the grades of every UPIS student, it is a huge help. Not only is it a faster way of updating everything, it also provides a more efficient and more accurate way of recording for the teachers and the ORDP staff.

Progress

The project is composed of 5 phases: developing the framework of the project, encoding and software development, pilot testing, completing and refining the modules, and completion of the program.

Grades encoding and generation is now computerized, in time for 1st Quarter Card Giving on September 14.

The team targets to finish all the phases of the project by March 2013. ● by Aliyah Rojo, Ada Bayobay, and Hannah Garay

Banatao, Marquez win in Singapore math competition

Nathan Arthur Banatao and John Henry Marquez from grade 5-Arayat won gold and silver medals, respectively, in the 8th International Mathematics Contest held in Singapore last August 4.

They trained with the Mathematics Trainers Guild in preparation for the competition and competed against foreign students, all of whom are in their age group.

The medals given were based on the scores they got in the said competition. ● by Camille Babaran, Sandy de la Paz, and Bianca Pio

Gelera bags bronze in Taiwan math tilt

Christian Gelera from 6-Garnet won a bronze medal in the individual category of the Annual Taiwan Elementary International Math Contest 2012 held at the Affiliated Seniors High School in Taipei, Taiwan last July 25.

The Philippines sent twelve representatives in the contest. To qualify, Gelera had to join a competition against different schools in the Philippines. He and the other chosen participants attended a summer camp and continued to train until June.

Gelera and the Philippine team, which ranked first runner-up in the group category, competed against 31 other teams from different countries all over Asia.

“Review,” says Gelera to all aspiring kids who want to excel in Math. ● by Joanna Pagulayan, Camille Custodio, and Eric Madriaga

Araling Panlipunan, nagbago ng kurikulum

Ipinatupad ng Departamento ng Araling Panlipunan ang bago nitong kurikulum mula grado 3 hanggang sa grado 10 para sa akademikong taon 2012-2013.

Alinsunod sa programang K+12 ng pamahalaan, napagdesisyunan ng kaguruan ng departamento na ipatupad agad ang nirebisang kurikulum ng Araling Panlipunan.

Ayon kay Prop. Czarina Agcaoili, ang Puno ng Departamento ng Araling Panlipunan, layunin ng bagong kurikulum na sanaying mag-isip at maging mapanuri sa mga historikal na datos at mga isyung panlipunan ang mga mag-aaral habang bata pa.

UPIS pumangatlo sa GeoQuiz

nina Tristine Badong at Michell Molinyawe

Ang UPIS team na binubuo nina (R-L) Jasper Valentino, Zena del Mundo,
at Mariel de Luna sa awarding ceremonies ng GeoQuiz. Photo courtesy
of  Ms. Zenaida Bojo
Napanalunan ng UPIS ang ikatlong puwesto sa GeoQuiz na ginanap sa National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS), UP Diliman noong Oktubre 1.

Ang GeoQuiz ay isang pautakan tungkol sa Earth Science na nahahati sa dalawang bahagi. Ang unang parte ng kompetisyon ay isang individual test na binubuo ng 60 items at ang ikalawa naman ay isang group quiz na mayroong 30 items.

82 puntos ang naiskor ng mga kinatawan ng UPIS na sina Monty Banta, Mariel de Luna, Zena del Mundo, at Jasper Valentino.

Siyam na paaralan ang kalahok sa nasabing pautakan. Nakamit ng Philippine Science High School Bicol Region ang unang gantimpala, samantalang Rizal National High School naman ang pumangalawa.

UPIS nanalo sa MathSciaKa

Sarah Romero

Napanalunan ng UPIS high school team ang pangalawang gantimpala sa ginanap na MathSciaKa sa PHIVOLCS, Diliman, Quezon City noong Setyembre 17.

Nilalayon ng nasabing kumpetisyon na makagawa ang mga kalahok na ng mga kakaibang proyekto na gawa lamang sa mga espesipikong gamit.

Nakuha ng high school team ang unang pwesto sa paggawa ng Organic Battery at Marble Roller Coaster. Ayon sa isang kalahok ng nasabing paligsahan, hindi lang labanan sa katalinuhan kung hindi sa diskarte at kaalaman sa iba’t ibang bagay ang naging labanan.

Sa kabuuan, ang Jose J. Leido Memorial High School ang nag-kampeon sa High School Division.

Nakamit naman ng UPIS sa Elementary division ang pangatlong pwesto sa isang Interactive Workshop at sa paggawa ng isang Water Filter. Hindi man nakapasok sa Top 3, naging masaya at hindi mapapantayan ang kanilang naging karanasan sa kumpetisyong ito.

Ang Center of Excellence ang nag-uwi ng unang gantimpala para sa Elementary Division.
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