Intramurals 2019

Ilocos Sur National High School started the intramurals 2019 with a parade. The colors led the way followed by the ISNHS band, CAT officers, and the stars of this very event, the athletes of every grade level, with their muse and escorts dressed up to the theme.

The parade ended at the gymnasium of the school wherein the opening program kicked off. Along with the school-based sports competition are the booths prepared and handled by the clubs. The fight between each team for every sport was facilitated by the teachers of each and every department.

During the last day of the intrams, bikers had the opportunity of riding in the Fun Bike, orchestrated still by the school. Afterwards, both the students and teachers joined the zumba led by the zumba instructor. And I must say, I am very glad to have experienced such dancing. i enjoyed and at the same time, let out sweat.

Even after a very tiring morning, the games continued. During that very day, we saw how the members of the Alternative Learning System (ALS) showcased their skills in sports through the competition. And just like any other, everyone strived to do their best  and win.

source: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2731999060184779&set=pcb.2731999380184747&type=3&theater

A Month to Celebrate

Science month celebration with this year’s theme, “Metabolize: Nourishing the Filipino Youth towards Nutritional Well-being”, is a month long celebration during September.

It is celebrated to give emphasis to the importance of science used in the daily lives of the people. To display the capabilities, abilities, and the knowledge of students, different activities are also held.

And in Ilocos Sur National High School, it is led by the Science and YES-O club with their club advisers. Some of these activities are Sci-Quiz, Sci-Fight, Himig Kalikasan, Battle of Bottles – where you use plastic bottles to create things, Sci-Tricks – wherein students from grade 7 to 10 are enjoined to display science tricks that fall under either earth science, chemistry, physics or biology. And the most awaited event is the Ginoo at Binibing Kalikasan, wherein those who wish to join, send their bet from each section of every level to go through screening and then comes the battle. A battle of beauty and brains, with a dash of talent.

It is one of the most awaited months of the year. Especially to Special Science Classes, who always take part in the success, from the very opening to the closing of the science month celebration, even if it’s just being a part of the crowd or with moral support.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr_g6JQg6qY

Solidarity Making

Vigan City, as the only heritage city in the Philippines, once again celebrates.

Every year, for the month-long of September, Vigan City would celebrate the World Heritage Solidarity Cultural Festival.

This celebration aims to strengthen the pride in the city’s history and culture, promote friendship and diversity between countries and serves as a great venue for forging ties and understanding through community’s involvements in the city’s various activities that highlights love for culture, acts, and entertainment.

Its long-term goal is to preserve the 630 heritage structures that date back from the 18^th and 19^th centuries.

In Vigan City, this special festivity is celebrated through different activities set for each day. And as part of the celebration, the festival has been featuring both the Chinese and Indian Community Solidarity Day to appreciate the contributions of the Chinese and Indian community in the development of the city. 

Zarzuala Ilocana, Historia Oral, and Cultural Quiz Bowl are only a few of the activities held in celebration of the World Heritage Solidarity Cultural Festival. And with these many activities, a one-day celebration would not be enough to showcase the heritage of the city, so the city government under then Mayor Eva Marie S. Medina, made the whole month of September as World Heritage Cities Solidarity Cultural Festival.

Sources:

1.https://tawidnewsmag.com/world-heritage-cities-solidarity-fest-vigan-city/

2.https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/258075589/indian-community-solidarity-day-promotes-anti-racism-in-vigan-city

3.https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/philippine-daily inquirer/20140909/281625303497437

Spreading Happiness Is The Key

Different kinds of emotions are what we feel inside us. And in school, we encounter situations wherein we or that certain situation makes us feel those emotions, even maybe a mixture of those. But what we should always remember is that a school should be an enjoyable place for the students. 

 

The Happy Schools’ Movement was launched seeking to promote every school in the region as a better and enjoyable place to study. With a happier and more positive school culture, the learners’ spiritual, emotional, social, and intellectual conditions or aspects may be uplifted.

                           

It may not be true or others may disagree to it but a school is not just a place for learning but also a place for fun and enjoyment as they learn to enjoy what they are doing. Thus, the happy schools’ movement.

A happy school is composed of happy teachers, as well as happy employees built in a happy environment and form happy students.  

sources: https://depeddagupan.com/div-memo-no-201-s-2019-happy-schools-division-launching/

            https://bangkok.unesco.org/content/happy-schools-framework-learner-well-being-asia-pacific

Bridging The Gap

                We are one as Filipinos, though we have different dialects or in Filipino, wikang katutubo. Especially those who are separated by kilometers of distance away or are from different parts of the Philippines.

https://catholic-foundation.org/giving-services/needs/bridge-the-gap/

                Buwan ng Wika 2019 with the theme, “Wikang Katutubo: Tungo sa Isang Bansang Filipino”, recognizes Filipino as a national language that serves as the bridge to unite the many Ethno linguistic groups in the country. That even with diversity in our dialects, we are still able to connect and understand one another through one language.

                “Nais nating pagpugayan at patunayan na mahalagang bahagi ng ating pagkabansa ang 130 katutubong wika sa Filipinas.” that was according to Virgilio Almario, the chairman of Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF).

                It is said that language is the first cultural heritage of humanity. The richness of our past is in the language of indigenous wisdom.

                This year’s celebration of the Buwan ng Wika concentrated on the dialects that sooner or later may disappear permanently. According to Almario, every language has its own life and within those lives contain the many traditions of the Filipinos for generations. If it is not taken care of properly and soon is neglected, it will disappear. Leaving the next generations clueless about these.

https://www.sonata-software.com/csr/preservation-our-cultural-heritage

                No one would want our very own dialects to forever be forgotten and that is why we celebrate the Buwan ng Wika for the whole month of August, every year. To receive, pass on and to remember what our ancestors have come across, all through the years. A way of preserving our cultural heritage.  

Reflect On Your Experiences For It Is Where We Learn

For the first quarter, I learned and discovered things about blogs. The kinds of blogs and what they each contain, I even get to make/publish blogs through web log. I gained knowledge on how to make one and got to apply it. I even learned about the history of the Internet and the people who are connected in the making.

https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/233131718183090995/?lp=true

Though along the way, I encountered problems/challenges. It may not have been a big thing for the others but for me, I considered it to be a hindrance in achieving my goal thus finishing the first quarter. I struggled with the composition of the other things that were given, especially those who required what we knew about a certain event or celebration.

I did what I needed to do in order to overcome this hurdle. I read things about the upcoming celebrations/events and with that newly gained knowledge I wrote with confidence and overcame it.

Moving on, I will continue to learn new things and also continue making/publishing my very own blogs as I continue on with the other remaining quarters of the year 2019-2020.

Get Back Up and Face It

It is a common knowledge that Philippines is near the Pacific Ocean and is within the Ring of Fire, which is a major area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur. And that causes the constant disasters and tremors we experience.

                The National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM), observed this whole month of July with the theme “Kahandaan sa Sakuna’t Peligro Para sa Tunay na Pagbabago”, calls for action among the national agencies and local government units to implement disaster resilience campaign towards increasing public awareness on the importance of disaster risk reduction and management.

                Four thematic areas will be covered namely: disaster prevention and mitigation, disaster preparedness, disaster response and disaster rehabilitation and recovery. And this is according to the Department of Health’s page in the internet.

                National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) was formerly called National Disaster Consciousness Month (NDCM). It was renamed to shift from disaster awareness to building disaster resilience.

                As the theme applies, preparedness is something we really need to have in terms of any disaster that could happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. But we also need to remember that after everything that could possibly happen, even if worst does come to worst, we need to possess the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties brought by disasters. Especially when we are caught up in it or even if we are not the center of damage.

                It is what we would call a weapon and it would be used against disasters. To reduce damage and to stay alive.

source: https://disasterresiliencenews.com/2019/06/13/today-in-disaster-resilience-14-june-2019/