User:Jodi Tio/sandbox/Childlink Learning Center

Childlink Learning Center & Childlink High School, Inc (CLC-CHSI) (Traditional Chinese: 宿務同心培幼學校; Simplified Chinese: 宿务同心培幼学校; Pinyin: Sù wù tóngxīn péi yòu xuéxiào) commonly known as Childlink Learning Center (CLC) or simply as Childlink is a private, co-educational, non-sectarian school based in Cebu, Philippines which offers Chinese in its curriculum. The grade levels offered by the school begin with Playgroup (for children aged 1 to 2) then Nursery 1 and 2, Kindergarten 1 and 2, all the way up to Senior High School. It is the first and only School of Character in the Visayas region.

History
Childlink Learning Center was established in June 1997 by Maria Theresa F. Tio. When it first opened, the school was known as Childlink Play Center and functioned as a daycare center that offered preschool classes. In 2000, the school began to offer Chinese language classes in its curriculum. The following year, in 2001, the addition of elementary levels began and the school was renamed as Childlink Learning Center.

By June of 2006, the institution was able to establish a complete elementary course (Grades 1 to 6). Then, in January 2008, Childlink Learning Center was authorized by the Bureau of Immigration to accept foreign students. In June of the same year, the school director, Maria Theresa Tio decided to establish its secondary or high school program and it was able to complete the secondary course by June 2012. By this time, the school was once again change its name to be officially known as Childlink Learning Center & Childlink High School, Inc.

K-12 Program
Under the administration of Benigno Aquino III, the Department of Education (Philippines) implemented the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 which put the K-12 program into Philippine law. Following this, Childlink Learning Center decided to establish its Senior High School program to accommodate 11th and 12th graders. The institution is currently offering the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Mathematics) strand to its students.

School of Character
In 2016, the Character Education Partnership awarded Childlink Learning Center with an accreditation as a School of Character for its inclusion of Character Education in its curriculum; thus, making it the first School of Character in the Visayas and Mindanao region of the country.

Annual School Play
Every year since 2001, Childlink Learning Center has produced an annual school play directed by Tio herself. Early productions were focused on Biblical stories but in 2007, Tio ventured into other themes. By 2010, Tio decided to produce plays based on the the scripts and stories written by local writers.

Below is a list of the annual school plays of Childlink Learning Center: