Incoming first-year high school students may now apply for admission into UP High School Cebu. To be eligible for admission, the student must pass the High School Admission Test (HSAT), which will be administered on March 7, 2009.

The school accepts applications only from 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM daily (except Saturdays and Sundays) until March 2, 2009.

The applicant must come to the school's office in person to sign the application form and must be accompanied by a parent or a legal guardian. Both of them will be interviewed immediately after filling out the application form.

Using audio recordings, video clips, comics, and images projected on screen, a team of obstetricians and gynecologists conducted a symposium on teen sexual health issues to teenage students of UP Visayas Cebu College (UPVCC).

UPVCC's junior and senior high school students and National Service Training Program (NSTP) students attended the symposium held by the Philippine Obstetrical and Gynecological Society (POGS) Foundation, Inc. in the morning of July 25, 2008, at the UPVCC Conference Room.

Twenty-two UPV Cebu High School (UPVCHS) alumni from various batches delivered informational and motivational talks last July 14 to 17, 2008, to present various career opportunities that UPVCHS students can take after graduating from high school. The lectures were held at the UP Visayas Cebu College Conference Hall from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.

"With the career talks, hopefully, you'll be able to open up to the different careers you can actually choose," Purita Baltazar, principal, told the audience at the closing ceremony.

Baltazar also urged the students to choose the career that they really love. "As long as you love your profession, it's no longer a job," she said.

The four-day series of career talks was organized by the high school alumni as part of their week-long grand reunion and celebration of the UP Centennial Year.

When they were still students, UP Visayas Cebu High School (UPVCHS) alumni heard the ringing of the bell, and they knew class was about to start. In the morning of July 12, 2008, they themselves rang bells—to signal the start of a week-long series of activities for the grand alumni reunion.

Using a bronze bell, UP Cebu High School Alumni Association Interim Board of Trustees President Dionisio Auza, Jr. (Class 1975) led the Ceremonial Ringing of the Bells simultaneously with High School Principal Prof. Purita Baltazar, who rang the school bell to signal the formal opening of the UP Cebu High School Grand Alumni Reunion 2008 week.

After the opening program, the alumni cast their footprints on cement in a rite the organizers referred to as "Tunob" (footprint). May Christina "Micmic" Bugash (Class 1989), one of the brains behind the preparations for the reunion, explained that the footprint casts will be used for the Tunob Walk in the new high school building. She also said that the theme is an apt one for the alumni, since, as alumni, they have left footprints in the high school and the high school has left footprints in their souls.

About 200 alumni from 1975 to 2008 joined the opening day festivities.

About 20 UP Visayas Cebu High School (UPVCHS) alumni from Class 1983, and UPVCHS faculty and students held the first-ever Teofilo B. Lutao Inter-High School Math Quiz Bowl at the UP Visayas Cebu College Conference Hall last July 11, 2008.

Towards the end of the contest, the Class of 1983 also formally turned over to the high school their donation of two Elmo Digital Visual Presenters, two sets of desktop computers, and two computer printers.

Three second-year high school students from the University of the Philippines Visayas Cebu High School (UPVCHS) outran their college opponents in the Second Philippine Amazing Race in Cyberspace organized by the Computer Manufacturers, Distributors, and Dealers Association of the Philippines (COMDDAP) last July 3 to 5, 2008, at the Trade Hall of SM City-Cebu.

"We were ahead of the other teams by 22 seconds, and we needed to find the last place—Hong Kong Convention Center—before the other participants could."  Thus, recounted Jay Arnel Bilocura about the final moments before their team's victory in the online contest.  Bilocura, along with Christine Toledo and Niña Kathryn Alfeche, composed the only high school team in the online race.

The UP Visayas - Cebu High School (UPVCHS) will be hosting the first-ever Teofilo B. Lutao Invitational Interschool Math Quiz Bowl at 2:00 PM on July 11, 2008, at the UP Visayas Cebu College Conference Room.

A team of two senior high school students from each participating school will be pitted against other teams in mathematics topics such as number theory, algebra, geometry, and basic statistics.

Christine Z. Coca and Patrick R. Pata, two fresh graduates of UP Visayas - Cebu High School (UPVCHS), were awarded among the Ten Most Outstanding High School Students of Cebu last May 27, 2008, at the Grand Ballroom of Casino Español de Cebu.

Coca and Pata were among the top thirty who passed the written examination last April 12, 2008. Those who ranked in the top thirty in the exams were further subjected to a panel interview last April 23 and 24, and an on-the-spot essay writing competition last April 26.

The written exam comprises 40% of the total score, while the panel interview and essay comprise 30% each. The top ten students were selected by a committee of representatives from DepEd, Kiwanis, and Rhine Marketing Corporation.

UP Visayas - Cebu High School (UPVCHS) earned another feather in its cap as it won a Gold Award for its entry to the International Cyberfair Competition 2008. Volunteer evaluators, experts, and peer schools from different countries around the world participated in the Cyberfair's judging process, which culminated in the official announcement of the results last May 23, 2008.

The school won the award for "Tuba: A Toast to Life," a website devoted to tuba, a beverage made from the sap of coconut flower buds. UPVCHS submitted the website as its official entry to the Local Specialties Category of the International Cyberfair Competition 2008.

Only two Philippine schools submitted entries to the Local Specialties category of the Cyberfair: UPVCHS and Iligan City National High School.  A total of 22 schools from around the world sent entries to the same category.

Its 16 years of labored efforts has finally borne fruit: the University of the Philippines (UP) finally got its long-yearned updated charter as President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Republic Act 9500, or the University of the Philippines Charter of 2008, into law at the Conference Hall of the UP Visayas Cebu College last April 29, 2008.

Arroyo, herself a UP alumna and former faculty member, expressed in her speech her great pleasure in signing into law "what will confer on our alma mater the enhanced capability to fulfill its mission and spread the benefits of knowledge to our people."

She also described UP as the training ground of the country's top leaders in government, pillars of business and various professions, and a great number of intellectuals.

In a closed-door deliberation meeting last March 28, 2008, the high school faculty recommended the graduation of 67 students who have successfully completed the requirements of the high school program.

Leslie Adolfo will graduate as class valedictorian, having earned a grade-point average (GPA) of 91.542. She will be given the Dr. Eduardo Bernardo, Sr. Scholarship Award, the Mercury Drug Gold Medal for Excellence in Science, the Don Sergio Osmeña Academic Excellence Award, the Manuel B. Villar, Jr. Excellence Award, the Expressions Academic Excellence Award, and the ABS-CBN Academic Excellence Award.

Ma. Fatima Carla Bertulfo will graduate as class salutatorian, having earned a GPA of 91.367. Bertulfo will also receive the Mercury Drug Gold Medal for Excellence in Mathematics, as well as the Dr. Josefina C. Carvajal Gold Medal for Excellence in Science, the Expressions Academic Excellence Award, and the ABS-CBN Academic Excellence Award

Both Adolfo and Bertulfo will graduate "With High Honors," a special citation given to graduates whose GPAs fall between 91.000 and 93.999.

A team of 12 neophytes, 9 sophomores, and 2 seniors has published the results of its collaborative project on the tuba, a native beverage made from the sap of coconut flowers. 

The team's website entitled "Tuba: A Cebuano Toast to Life" is UPV Cebu High School's official entry to this year's International Schools Cyberfair Competition, under the local specialties category.

With the full support of the high school faculty, staff, and Parents-Teachers Association, the Cyberfair team was able to launch the site on schedule. The site's URL is http://cyberfair.uphighschoolcebu.edu.ph

For the first time, the first year students (aged 12-13 years) were the ones assigned to take a major role in the implementation of the collaborative project. They interviewed, researched, and wrote articles about the project's topic: the tuba.

In the recently held Student Council (SC) elections last March 14, 2008, incoming senior student Stacey Kay Fortuna won the SC presidency, leaving behind fellow contender Rowela Aguillon by 21 votes. MC Cherry Ann de Leon won the vice-president's seat over fellow aspirant Dan Clever Gigantone by 39 votes.

Fortuna, who will be installed into office next school year, foresees a lot of challenges and changes not only in the campus cleanliness but also in the discipline of the students. Meanwhile, a very grateful Chic Madonna Tambagan, outgoing SC president, expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to hone her potentials, to experience being of service to the school, and to learn the true essence of excellence, service, and leadership.

Two political parties vied for the different positions in the Council: LIFE (Leaders in Full Energy) and ACTS (Alliance of Concerned and Transformed Students). ACTS will be forming the majority of the positions in the Council, though, as 6 of the 9 elective positions were won by ACTS.