St. Gabriel International School

St. Gabriel International School (SGIS) in Pasig City was founded in 2000 by Dr. Mildred Go and Engr. Roman Go, who had earlier opened its sister school, Manila Xiamen International School, in China. It offers the Philippine K-12 Basic Education programme, accredited by the Department of Education, from preschool to senior high school, and holds a Bureau of Immigration permit to accept foreign students; its community mixes children of overseas Filipinos, returning families, other foreigners and local students. Preschool covers Nursery (age 3), Pre-Kinder and Kinder, elementary runs from Grades 1 to 6, junior high from Grades 7 to 10 with career exploration built in, and senior high (Grades 11-12) offers the STEM, ABM and HUMSS academic strands and a technical-vocational strand in cookery. Classes have at most 25 students, upperclassmen mentor younger pupils, and seniors receive career counselling and work immersion before graduation.

The campus has grown from a single building of 12 classrooms in 2000 to seven multi-storey buildings housing classrooms, function halls, offices and sports facilities; a three-storey building with function rooms and an indoor pool was added in 2014. Classrooms are designed for a ratio of one teacher to 25 students, and information technology labs give students access to desktop computers. Younger children have a children's library with fiction and non-fiction and indoor playgrounds for active play. Sport and the arts are served by four multi-purpose halls used for assemblies and shows, plus a covered court, an indoor basketball court and a swimming pool.

Arts and sports are part of the curriculum at SGIS. Beyond physical education and sports fests, the school fields varsity teams, and in recent years its basketball, taekwondo, badminton, volleyball and swimming teams have won divisional meets. A house system of Eagles and Sharks drives friendly competition through sports and arts festivals, and events such as Buwan ng Wika and Nutrition Month give students a creative way to engage with social issues, alongside a range of co-curricular clubs and civic-exposure activities. Students can also join a cultural study tour at the sister school in Xiamen, where they take classes in the International Baccalaureate programme, learn Chinese language and culture and visit the city's cultural and historical sites.