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CavSci, kicks off Brigada Eskwela 2012

     Bayanihan spirit flame intensifies once again in Brigada Eskwela ’12 of Cavite National Science High School (CNSHS), started May 21 and runs until May 26.

     Mrs. Estrellita M. De Vera, the principal of the school, started the Brigada and encouraged everyone with a warm welcome with her encouraging words from her speech at the opening program. Pastor Ilagan, the Third Year Level PTA president, also gave his meaningful and encouraging words of God in his speech.

     After the Opening Program has ended, each of the students and parents went to their respective sections and planned everything they should accomplish within the week.

     Parents, teachers, students, alumni and volunteers worked together for the improvement of the school facilities. The members of the Brigada cleaned and worked on the assigned area for each of their year level.                                                            

     Some trimmed the grasses, some swept, and some painted the lockers, armchairs and tables. Some repaired the cabinets, chairs and other repairings, some transferred things from one place to another. They have contributed sweat and effort for this task.

     The Brigada bayanihan does not stop after May 26. It continues all year long.

SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. Students and parents working together for the success of Brigada Eskwela 2012.

CNSHS journalists uphold Seminar Workshop

     To widen the knowledge of the student-journalists of Cavite National Science High School (CNSHS), a Seminar Workshop on Campus Journalism was launched in the said institution, May 22-25.

     The seminar was headed by Ms. Elenor L. Alcantara, adviser of The Molecules/Ang Molekyuls, official publications of CNSHS. It was attended by students from Grade 7 to Fourth Year.

     The first day was initiated by Ms. Alcantara wherein she discussed the basics of layouting. Assigned to teach news writing were Joseph S. Diquit and Ricardo Miguel V. Castillo. The next lecturers were Neil Wilayn V. Granados and Antoinette Gabriel A. Buclatin who shared their knowledge on photojournalism.

     Jestine Jennica R. Cabiles and Emman Joy Angelic L. Bendo jolted the second day by discussing editorial writing. After the writeshop, Joniel B. Nuevo talked about editorial cartooning. The group of Janella Grace H. Paris, Arianne Christian G. Tapao and Lorenzo D. Montenegro, who were the last lecturers for the day, tackled about feature and literary writing.

     The following day, sports writing and copyreading, and headline writing were discussed by Fransen Joseph R. Serrano and Hind Mahmood Saleh P. Dobradaran, according to sequence.

     After all the lectures, students were grouped and asked to make a mock paper. The mediums of the mock papers done by the participants were English and Filipino. The said mock papers were passed on the last day.

DepEd initiates K to 12
     Starting this school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) will implement the first phase of the Aquino administration’s K-to-12 basic education program.

     DepEd has revised the curriculum for the school year 2012-2013. This new curriculum will be first applied to the incoming first year students. From the original 10 year basic education for students, now to 12 years. Two years have been added to secondary basic education or high school. This was applied to improve the quality of education in the Philippines. This is just one solution to Philippines’ problem in education.

     The phased implementation of K-to-12 program was started last school year, 2011-2012, wherein they offered the Universal Kindergarten Program, which obligates all children to finish kindergarten before entering Grade 1. The full implementation which adds two years to basic secondary education is expected in the school year 2016-2017.

     Under the said program, the traditional 10 years of basic education will be extended to 12 years, 6 years of elementary, 4 years of junior high school, and 2 years of senior high school. The first year students will be called Grade 7, the second years will be Grade 8 and so on. This new curriculum is expected to improve the students’ learning capabilities.

     The students may choose their own course for the additional 2 years. The students can also work after they have finished senior high school.

     One part of the new curriculum is the mother tongue-based teaching wherein the students from Grade 1 to 3 will be taught using their native language. The Department of Education tries to produce the materials needed for all of the projects under the K-to-12 program.