English 
Korean 
Chinese
High School Program
First Year to Fourth Year (Grades Seven to Ten)
Westfields International School High School program fosters a lifelong love of learning and prepares students for productive experiences in college and beyond. Teachers are interested in how their students learn and in helping them establish learning strategies. Through our enriched curriculum, students gain knowledge and self-esteem. Students at Westfields embrace learning in an informal atmosphere of respect. Teachers become friends who care about what is happening to their students inside and outside the classroom, who encourage their students to think deeply, and to test themselves in all areas.
High School Curriculum
Filipino
The Filipino curriculum focuses in communicative language learning so that the learners can meaningfully express themselves in both oral and written communication. Philippine literature is adapted in its approach.
English
The English Department Curriculum Framework provides a four-year program which affords students a wide spectrum of instruction. This instruction ranges from providing a non-English speaking student the instruction necessary to function in an English speaking environment to those skills necessary to succeed within a college or university environment.
The English core curriculum encompasses listening, speaking, reading, literature (including required CORE literature consisting of two selections from the traditional canon and one multicultural selection per year), spelling, vocabulary, study skills, usage, writing, and reasoning skills. Every student will also be given the opportunity to experience courses that provide challenges beyond the requirements of the core curriculum.
The English Framework provides a variety of enrichment courses designed to improve and/or enhance a student's knowledge and appreciation of the language and literature. An independent study course allows students and teachers to develop an English course that is not offered in the regular instructional program, while flexibility within the English scope and sequence allows students to appreciate better the courses while choosing literature that best suit their needs and abilities.
Scope
The scope for the English curriculum includes literature from the following areas: Literature Organized by themes in 7th grade, Literature from Around the World; in the 8th grade, American Literature: in the 9th grade, and British Literature in the 10th grade.
World Languages
Chinese 1 (Grade 7)
Students in this course will:
Begin to learn basic vocabulary and sentence structure needed to communicate in everyday situations.
Listen and speak meaningfully in Chinese.
Become acquainted with Chinese-speaking areas of the world
Chinese 2 (Grade 8)
Students in this course will:
Continue to build knowledge and understanding of vocabulary and sentence structure.
Continue to improve communication skills.
Become familiar with dining, shopping habits, and family life in China.
Explore the cultural and historical sites of China.
Chinese 3 (Grade 9)
Students in this course will:
Speak, listen , read and write meaningfully in Chinese.
Describe their present and future leisure activities, the weather and seasons, a city, and shopping.
Begin to describe their daily routine.
Continue to investigate Chinese culture.
Chinese 4 (Grade 10)
Students in this course will:
Continue to improve communication skills.
Continue to describe their daily routine and good health habits.
Talk about family celebrations, holidays and eating in the Chinese world.
Social Science
The major purpose of social science education is to prepare students to be humane, rational, understanding, informed, and participating citizens in a diverse society and in an increasingly inter-dependent world--students who will continue to progress toward a just society.
To function effectively as citizens of the community, Pampanga, the Philippines, and the world, students need to appreciate the Filipino heritage and their common human, historical, and cultural background, as well as to esteem their own and others' individual and group heritages.
To function effectively in society, the individual needs a breadth of knowledge about social situations and necessitates developing the knowledge and skills necessary to interact with others.
The individual needs an awareness of the ways in which other men and women have derived answers to the crucial questions of human existence. The individual needs the skills of acquiring and validating knowledge. The individual also needs the ability to appreciate the perspectives of others and to have the capacity for understanding multiple perspectives on historical and social phenomena. The individual must understand that the crucial questions of human existence are ethical as well as emotional and intellectual.
As participating members of a democratic society, men and women must know how to cope with social problems and how to use reason, evidence, judgment, and freedom of choice. They must be able to act with responsibility and to accept and respect the rights and dignity of others. The individual must have a well developed value system and be willing to act upon it, either independently or as a member of a group
Each student is entitled to receive a broad, balanced, well-planned, and well-integrated series of learning experiences in the social sciences throughout the educational program. Instruction in the social sciences must be compatible with the developmental characteristics of young people.
Goals
Knowledge - the traditional and obvious sources of knowledge are the social science disciplines. The use of data, concepts, and generalizations is drawn from the various social sciences to understand how societies develop and function.
Skills - are a major component of the social science program. The use of a variety of problem - solving skills is appropriate to social science disciplines.
Values - values are enmeshed in all social institutions and in all matters of public policy. The understanding and appreciation of different social and personal values are an important function of the social science disciplines.
Social Participation - the successful citizen of the nation and the world is one who can and does participate and interact in a variety of social situations.
Scope
The scope for the social science curriculum includes content from the following areas: Anthropology, Philippine History and Philippine Government, World History, World Geography and Cultures, Economics, Psychology and Sociology.
Mathematics
Within the broad curriculum, each student has the right to receive preparation in logical thinking and mathematical methods. This preparation should be sufficient to meet the needs of each student and provide the foundations necessary to function successfully as an adult. Students will be provided with the basic, fundamental concepts and skills that are needed in everyday living. As part of that, a strong background will be provided for those who will continue their advanced academic work.
