SCHOOL OF TOURISM (STM)

Treston Senior High School prepares students for higher education, employment, or entrepreneurship. The first year of Senior High School develops the student’s knowledge, skills, and potentials through hands-on learning and innovative teaching strategies. The Technical Vocational Livelihood - Tourism Promotion Services is a strand that will train students in the promotion of tourism products and services. Some of the skills they will acquire in this strand are: operating an automated information system, providing destination information and advice, identifying and interpreting product information, identifying customers’ needs and wants, suggesting products to meet customer wants, and a lot more. There are two specializations in Tourism during Grade 11: Tourism Promotion Services NC II and Food and Beverage Services NC II, that are specifically tailored for students to excel in their chosen field of specialization.

In the last year of Senior High School, Grade 12 students finish meeting their graduation requirements. Students enrolled in the Tourism Promotion Services strand may be required to undergo a Competency Assessment before graduation. A national certificate will be issued to students who pass this assessment. The specializations that they will obtain in this level are Events Management Services NC III and a Work Immersion to apply their competencies in authentic work environments.

The general education courses introduce students to various domains of knowledge and ways of comprehending social and natural realities. In this program, intellectual competencies, such as critical, analytical and creative thinking, and multiple forms of expression are developed. The course also enhances a student’s civic capacities needed as a member of the community, country, and the world.

Students gain specific core competencies in Tourism and Hospitality that will properly prepare them for their professional courses and internship.

These are courses required and deemed essential towards a specific Tourism competency within established standards. This is also a venue for students to experience working in the industry. The students will be able to bridge the gap between the classroom setting and industry practice. The students earn academic units in the performance of their training.

The course is a broad set of business management tools, with students having the choice of concentrating in Hotel and Restaurant Management, in order to tailor their degree to fit their careers and learning goals. The program curriculum prepares working professionals to become effective decision makers and managers in a world increasingly affected by globalization, technology and ethical challenges. It also positions those executives for new levels of innovative management and the creative thinking that an advancing international hotel, resort or restaurant business demands. The program provides industry professionals with sound knowledge, strong decision-making and team skills, and a rich global perspective.