Colegio De La Inmaculada Concepcion- Mandaue

By: Jolina G. Bolando

          Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion is a private Catholic school for boys and girls that was established in May 1880. Popularly known as CIC, the school has been governed by the Daughters of Charity since 1895. CIC has two campuses; the main campus is located at Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City and the second branch in Mandaue City. Both offer pre-elementary and basic education (elementary and high school). The school used to have a college department but it was phased out in 1998 to focus on the Christian formation of young students. Complete with all the necessary facilities to provide quality education, CIC also teaches their students to become patrons of social work. The school’s services to the community work hand in hand with academics. Through the St. Louise de Marillac Foundation, Inc., which is a two-storey building that houses the wide-ranging school-community services, the school is able to fund the material and spiritual needs of poor families. CIC has yearly concerts and productions to finance their foundation. CIC is open to any student who wishes to avail of its Christian Marian Vincentian education, provided he/she meets the school’s specific requirements and regulations. However, the school reserves the right to admission or re-admission of students under certain conditions.

          The School was also able to update their curriculum based to what DepEd requires. They are already able to offer Senior High School. With it are the different strands being offered: Accountancy & Business Management (ABM), Science, Technology, Engineering, & Medicine (STEM), Humanities & Social Science (HUMSS), & General Academics (GAS). As for the this S.Y. 2018-2019, they only offers ABM, STEM, & HUMSS. The SHS is implemented by the school following the required curriculum from the DepEd and together with their additional values and skills they want their students to be trained of. 

⏩THE FOUR MAIN STRANDS ⏪

• General Academics (GAS) 
•  Is great for students who are still undecided on which track to take. You can choose electives from the different academic strands under this track. These subjects include Humanities, Social Sciences, Applied Economics, Organization and Management, and Disaster Preparedness. 
• Humanities & Social Science (HUMSS)
• Is designed for those who wonder what is on the other side of the wall. In other words, you are ready to take on the world and talk to a lot of people. This is for those who are considering taking up journalism, communication arts, liberal arts, education, and other social science-related courses in college. If you take this strand, you could be looking forward to becoming a teacher, a psychologist, a lawyer, a writer, a social worker, or a reporter someday. This strand focuses on improving your communication skills. Oh! And priesthood is a choice in here too! Curriculum 
• Science, Technology, Engineering, & Medicine (STEM)
• Are intertwining disciplines when applied in the real world. The difference of the STEM curriculum with the other strands and tracks is the focus on advanced concepts and topics. Under the track, you can become a pilot, an architect, an astrophysicist, a biologist, a chemist, an engineer, a dentist, a nutritionist, a nurse, a doctor, and a lot more. Those who are also interested in Marine Engineering should take this track. Curriculum 
• Accountancy & Business Management (ABM)
• This strand would focus on the basic concepts of financial management, business management, corporate operations, and all things that are accounted for. ABM can also lead you to careers on management and accounting which could be sales manager, human resources, marketing director, project officer, bookkeeper, accounting clerk, internal auditor, and a lot more.
• Subjects
• Subjects in the ABM will give you the tools you will need on your journey to success in the corporate world. Expect that you will be studying financial and management accounting alongside the legal, business, and organizational contexts that you will be encountering in enterprise. In taking this strand, you will be able to analyze assets, interpret profitability, understand financial positions, and prepare audit accounts. Curriculum 
• What Can I Do After SHS?
• There will be 2 options, Management or Accounting job opportunities. For Management, here are the following: Sales Manager, Marketing Manager, Assistant Manager, Project Manager, Human Resources Manager, Director Of Sales, General Manager, or District Manager. For Accounting, here are the following: Accountant, Staff Accountant, Bookkeeper, Accounting Manager, Accounting Clerk, Tax Manager, Accounts Payable Clerk, or Internal Auditor.
• Factors in choosing ABM
• You are willing to have a business someday. It is because in this strand, you are going to study how to have a business, What characteristics does a business man/woman have? How to manage a firm?, entrepreneurship, and others about the business world.
• Inclined with the subject Mathematics. But not all because some student says "If this is your weakness, you should give more focus here." Most of the students choose this strand because they are good in Math which it is make it easier for them.
• A heart that loves what he/she do as an ABM student. You cannot achieve your goal if you don't love your course. If you love everything about ABM, you can give your full effort and attention just to achieve your dreams.
•  ABM is a strand which a student choose because they want to become a successful accountant or to become a successful business woman or man. ABM is a strand which a student choose because they want to become a successful accountant or to become a successful business woman or man.

WE ARE VINCENTIANS

Daring Missionaries of Mercy and Compassion

Audacious Christ-centered educational institution

committed to empowering communities of learners

into inner-directed Vincentian leaders

who are advocates of persons in poverty situations

and of God's Creation

Vincentian Quote

“Wherever we go, we always take ourselves and our imperfections with us.”

                                                                           – St. Vincent de Paul