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TOPNOTCH SCHOOL IN QUEZON CITY RECEIVES FURTHER BOOST

By: Suzette Tumale Catalla

     Pag Ibig sa Nayon Elementary School (PNES), a consistent topnotch in DepEd Quezon City’s National Achievement Test receives a complete educational television (ETV) video library from ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. (AFI) and employees of Abu Dhabi Cooperative Society and Costless Electronics in United Arab Emirates. Organized by Mr. Michael Manlogon, Filipino employees contribute by joining the raffle dubbed “Tulong Dunong for a Cause” in partnership with the “Adopt Your Hometown School” of AFI. The campaign appeals to Filipinos overseas to give public schools access to television-assisted learning. The donation of video materials of ETV shows Sine’skwela (Science), Mathtinik (Mathematics), Bayani (History), Epol/Apple (English) and Hirayamanawari (values education) hopes to bolster academic performance of more than 200 students of PNES and improve classroom instruction.

SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOLS: YOUTH POWER IN LINIS ESKWELA

By: Suzette Tumale Catalla

     It was an extraordinary Saturday for young student-members of Rotaract San Pedro East as they trooped to Malaban Elementary School (MES) in Biñan, Laguna. When most of the teen-agers are in gimmicks, malling and parties, these students opted to share their time with Sagip Kapamilya’s Linis Eskwela volunteers in cleaning public elementary schools devastated by typhoons Ondoy and Santi. Soaked in ankle-deep murky water, MES served as an evacuation center. Classes could not be conducted here. Teachers opened their homes and made them as temporary classrooms. Some occupied opened spaces in the baranggay. On the other hand, nursing class has never been the same when Professor Ethel Santos brought her students from Unciano College to Banaba Elementary School in Cainta, Rizal. Instead of the usual white uniform, students came in their casual, “get dirty” clothes, and helped in filling a land-slid part of the school, removing thick mud in the classrooms and disinfecting chairs and tables. For Mrs. Santos, exposing the students to the “real world” inculcates essential values necessary in nursing profession -- values that they won’t just learn in the four corners of their classroom. ABS-CBN Foundation, Inc. continues to help in rebuilding the lives of Filipinos affected by the recent calamities and assists public schools in its rehabilitation. Linis Eskwela is its first step in its desire to normalize situations in schools. Together with professional cleaners Diar’s Assistance Inc., volunteers work hand in hand in scrubbing, dusting, mopping and disinfecting the classrooms. In its 8-week operations, Linis Eskwela has cleaned more than 120 classrooms in Quezon City, Rizal, Bulacan and Laguna affecting 17,361 students and 414 teachers. Aside from the clean-up, schools were also given school supplies and teacher’s kits.

WILL YOU STILL BE SCARED OF MATH IF . . .

…your program host delivers straightforward, stand-up instruction and drills on topics such as division of fractions, least common multiple, inverse proportion, and simple probability aided by colorful graphics, props, music, and humor?

… he presents lessons directly in a pleasant, non-intimidating manner?

…he uses clear, simple language to explain mathematical concepts and processes, and imparts a vibrant enjoyment and enthusiasm for all things mathematical?

…he regards the audience as intelligent beings, and presents Math as fun, easy and doable?

Catch the exciting episodes of Math Tinik with host RJ Ledesma, Saturdays, 7:50am to 8:15am over ABS-CBN 2.