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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

Feature: Preparing for the Real World





When the second semester of the school year started, Grade 11 students were introduced to work programs as part of the K-12 Curriculum. The three academic tracks, namely, Business and Entrepreneurship, Social Sciences and Humanities, and Applied Sciences and Engineering each have their own work programs. Check them out so that you can decide what to take up in the future!

Business and Entrepreneurship

 In the Entrepreneurship work program of the Business and Entrepreneurship track, the students are taught skills in planning, budgeting, staff management, marketing, and sales. This is to prepare them for the actual business workplace. They are required to complete service hours either in the high school or elementary canteens. They are to promote and sell products which are usually snacks and drinks. They have three main responsibilities. First is to monitor the inventory and check what items are still left and the quantity of these items. Second is to assign who will be in-charge of the food preparation, sales, finance and clean up. Lastly, they construct the budget plan where they keep track of the sales, expenses, profit and total cash on hand. If you are a business-minded type of person, you should definitely consider taking up this track!

Social Sciences and Humanities

 Are you passionate about reading and writing? If you are, then you would enjoy this work program! They manage the Media Center (MC) which is the audio-visual, print, and broadcast work program of the University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS). They handle the official school publications like Ang Aninag and Ang Aninag Online, where they are responsible for the dissemination of information relevant to the school and its stakeholders. Ang Aninag Online alternates between publishing literary articles and news, sports, opinion, and feature articles weekly. Annually, they also publish Ang Aninag, the printed version of the school newspaper. They are also in change of the layout, write-ups, and the publishing of Sulyap, the graduating batch’s yearbook. Though it primarily aims to introduce the students to life in print and broadcast media, this work program sharpens not only their writing and broadcasting skills but also their practical life skills. Interesting? If you think so, be prepared for one fun chapter in your life if you decide to take up Social Sciences and Humanities!

Applied Sciences and Engineering

If you’re into exciting experiments, rocks, and animals, this is for you! Students in this track take the Applied Science and Technology work program, also known as the Science Learning Center (SLC). It prepares students interested in science to become future educators, researchers, and inventors. They are expected to develop scientific attitudes and gain more experience in experimental research by attending workshops and seminars. They are required to complete the Science Learning Project which includes instructional planning and demo teaching. In this activity, they need to design and implement an instructional plan for a specific science lesson. Other activities include presenting a scientific paper in a research colloquium and doing laboratory tours. If you want to be a scientist, an engineer, an architect, or take up anything science-related, this will be one out-of-the-world experience for you!

Life in Grade 11 will be like experiencing the "real world" while still in the comfort zone of your school. You get to try new things, make mistakes, and learn from them. If you are an aspiring businessman, writer or scientist this will be the beginning of your journey! It does not end in high school; it starts here! //by Layla Wadi

UPIS implements K-12 curriculum

Starting this academic year 2012-2013, the UPIS K-12 curriculum will be implemented for incoming Kinder, Grade 3, and Grade 7 students. This curriculum has a different framework from the Department of Education’s (DepEd).

The UPIS K-12 curriculum offers a Tracking System which is composed of three tracks—the Applied Sciences track which concentrates on the fields of Mathematics and Science; the Humanities and Social Sciences track for non-science specialists who prefer hands-on work and physiological activities; and the Business and Entrepreneur track for students who want to develop their business management skills.

The tracking system involves grouping together students according to their interests and overall school performance from Grades 7-10. They will be in their respective tracks starting Grade 11 and will do hands-on work, in and off campus at Grade 12.

After taking these courses and after graduating high school, students can either choose to work or to continue studying in college. However, students who belong to the top 10%-15% at the end of Grade 10 may opt to skip the tracking system and go straight to college. ● by Benjo Hernandez & Christian Boro
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