High School Life (TV series)

High School Life is a 2016 Philippines teen drama television series directed by Veronica B. Velasco and Jerrold Tarog, starring Gabbi Garcia and Ysabel Ortega are the leading roles. The series premiered on IBC and worldwide on Global IBC on October 3, 2016.

The school-themed drama received by the high school teenagers due to heartwarming scenes, moral values and valuable lessons in effort to target for teenage audience about the Philippine public grade school. The series has also been known to educate its viewers and empower Filipino learners about Philippine basic education for teens.

It is considered as the second school-themed drama series of IBC after the first ever school-themed drama and the first ever teleserye adaptaton of Korean drama Glory Jane (under IBC and Secarats Talent Management Services).

Plot
High School Life is a heartwarming high school drama follow the journey of Nicole (Gabbi Garcia) and Bianca (Ysabel Ortega), their two high school teenagers who are studying and learning the lesson for junior-senior high school as they became bestfriends in effort to teach our valuable, moral and academic education. Both of them study in different subjects are include History, English, Filipino, Science, Arts and Literature, Mathematics and Mapeh. During the lesson for classroom, Nicole and Bianca ruined their reputation by questioning the lesson of teachers and principals.

Their moral valuable in their parents – Nicole's daughter Ria (Kaye Abad) and her love interest and foster father Bianca himself Albert (Paul Jake Castilo) – are paired for love. After years of being separated from each other, Ria reunited her husband to pair Albert, her true love, to reunite her pursue in the moral student of Nicole.

Nicole and Bianca are loved to study in high school as they tried to learning for good.

Main Casts

 * Gabbi Garcia as Nicole Aguilar
 * Ysabel Ortega as Bianca Aguilar
 * Kaye Abad as Ria Aguilar - Nicole's daughter.
 * Paul Jake Castillo as Albert Aguilar - Ria's love interest and foster father of Bianca.

Supporting Cast

 * BJ Forbes as Ricky Garcia - Bianca's love interest.
 * Paolo Santiago as Gerald Hermoso - Nicole's romantic bestfriend.
 * Aaron Atayde as Alvin Garcia - the foster brother of Ricky.
 * Paula Peralejo as Michelle Garcia - Ricky's elder sister.
 * Elizabeth Oropesa as Linda Hermoso - Gerald's grandmother.
 * Joseph Andre Garcia as Patrick Rementilla - one of Bianca's friends.
 * Kristine Sablan as Andrea Ramirez
 * Jon Avila as Arjo Ramirez - Andrea's father.
 * Mara Lopez as Rizza Ramirez - Andrea's younger daughter.
 * Dale Baldillo as Carlos Alonzo
 * Celine Lim as Lauren delos Santos
 * Angel Sy as Abigail Bernardo
 * Carlo Lacana as Enzo Paderna
 * Hiyasmin Neri as Teacher Camille Estrada
 * Sherilyn Reyes  as Anna Alvarez - the principal in high school.
 * IC Mendoza as Mr. Butch - the effeminate drama and art teacher.
 * Louie Angsico as Benjie Miranda - the coach in high school.

Guest Cast

 * Aria Cariño as Jenny Tobias
 * Kurt Perez as John Arellano
 * Yna Uy as Linda Garcia
 * Paul Salas as Paolo dela Cruz
 * Tom Taus as JM Martinez
 * Abigail Francisco Macapagal as Jenny Ramirez
 * JM de Guzman as Efren Vargas
 * Ayla Mendero as Andrea Bernardo
 * Franchesca Salcedo as Linda Raymundo

Special Participation

 * Kendra Kramer as young Nicole Aguilar
 * Jana Agoncillo as young Bianca Aguilar

Production
IBC president and CEO Boots Anson-Roa unveiled the creation of a school-themed drama series recommended by the curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd), a responsible for the K–12 basic education geared towards educating and teaching moral values and life lessons and particularly capture the high school education and the fascination of our students in a high school level in a mix of both public and private schools in terms of using a school uniforms (Filipino: uniporme or kasuotang pang-paaralan; Literally: our school attire in an effort to study and learn among the teenagers in junior high school and senior high school, ages 12-19 years old.

Teen actress Gabbi Garcia and Ysabel Ortega are the high school classmates involing the lead roles, in a suitable for young audiences in terms of uniforms, term papers, and class cards. Gabbi is a consistent member of her student council. They also remaked the school-oriented storyline with a heartwarming scenes where they educate and target our struggles of teenagers and our students, valuable lessons and moral values about basic and public education, by giving a lesson in school.

Casting
After her numerous projects of IBC including Janella in Wonderland, Before I Fall in Love and her regular supporting role in Maya Loves Sir Chief, teen actress Gabbi Garcia landed as her leading role after she crossover topbill in the Kapuso telefantasya Encantadia on GMA Network. Garcia paired with Ysabel Ortega in her first lead role who landed as her third project after Janella in Wonderland and Anna Luna. It also marks the first time real-life couple Kaye Abad and Paul Jake Castillo are working together in this series, playing the role of Ria and Albert.

High School Life was launched during an IBC trade event on held on June 30, 2016 at the NBC Tent in Bonifacio Global City.

Filming
Filming for High School Life began in July 2, 2016 (two weeks ago after the opening of classes in high school as of June 13, 2016).

On October 1, 2016, IBC aired a 30-minute TV special entitled The Making of High School Life, featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes and interiews of the cast and crew on how the school-themed drama was created.

Soundtrack
Due to the success of the high school drama, the original soundtrack album for the high school teleserye  of the same title was released October 10, 2016 under IBC Records. The physical copy of soundtrack is available in leading music stores and digitally via iTunes.

The soundtrack of the high school teleserye featuring our songs performed by the lead stars like Gabbi Garcia and Ysabel Ortega.


 * 1) Here I Am Again (composer: Jimmy Antiporda) - Alyssa Angeles
 * 2) Saving Forever for You (composer: Diane Warren) - Alyssa Angeles
 * 3) I Still Believe (composers: Antonina Armato and Giuseppe Cantarelli) - Ysabel Ortega
 * 4) Crazy for You (composers: John Bettis and Jon Lind) - Ysabel Ortega
 * 5) Dub-I-Dub (composers: Susanne Georgi and Pernille Georgi) - Gabbi Garcia
 * 6) Crush on You (composers: Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman) - Gabbi Garcia and Ysabel Ortega
 * 7) Unusual As Usual (composer: Christian Martinez) - Alyssa Angeles
 * 8) High School Life (composer: George Canseco) - Gabbi Garcia