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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Manila Zoo: A Jungle In The City

📆 Wednesday, February 25, 2015 • ⌚ 11:29 AM • 😇 rossetteayu

It was a fun day with the Grade V kids who did photojournalism today!

It was sort of a "challenging" place for the contest and the theme proper (I think), but overall the experience was awesome. It was fun to see kids play and be all happy after the shoot, and the smile that graced each of their faces as they roamed around the zoo were indeed priceless. We've seen the ever famous Malik, a 40-year old elephant of Sri Lankan decent, and one of the main attractions of the zoo.

Though it was fun and amazing to see an elephant like him walk around the zoo, I think he felt a bit sad knowing he's all alone... and it seems he's not as comfortable at the place he's currently in.

On a lighter note though, it was not just the kids who had fun time after the contest, because it was also a chance for us teachers to take a little bit of time-off from all the hustle-bustle at the school—a time-off away from stress, paperwork, and yeah... stress.

A fun-filled day indeed.

Edit 02/28/15: Yay!!!

The Division Grade V Mini-Press Conference for this year has officially come to a close, and it's a great thing to note that in one way or another, the kids managed to do well and even brought home awards for their hard work. It's also funny how, after the announcement of the first ever winner for our school was made, everyone was like "Yes! Yes! May grade na tayo! May grade na tayo!" instead of congratulating their classmate. Haha. Way to go kids! =)

Jhon Venedick Garay: 7th Place, Science Writing

Kayleen Mara Celso: 8th Place, Photojournalism

Sebastian Iñigo Diaz: 8th Place, Kartuning

To everyone else who joined, you may not have had awards as the others did, but for me, you are all a winner. For overcoming your fear and working it through this all, you are all a winner. Congratulations!

Dream Come True: The 35th Metro Manila Young Writers Conference and Contests

📆 Friday, October 31, 2014 • ⌚ 7:09 PM • 😇 rossetteayu

We may have had very few photos... but it's real! We made it to the regionals!

Monique with Alaiza for the October 11 contest: News Writing and Editorial Cartooning.

Patricia for the October 18 contest: Photojournalism.

DIVISION TRAINING

Prior to the contest, a week long training (includes a holiday training dated October 6) was done where pupils were further honed of the skills they already have and those they still need for the contest. Various trainers, including teacher-advisers who were already an expert in their respective fields, assisted the kids with their work.

A mass was then held during the last day of training, everyone asking for blessing and guidance from the one above.

PHOTO SESSION

The photojournalism contest was comprised of two sets of contests, one for the photo session and the other for the photo layout. This year's regional photo session was held at Rizal Park where pupils were asked to take shots of anything they deem to appeal to the heart and also the eyes.

In the end we didn't win (though overall Manila was at second place), but the experience... yeah, it was all worth it. It was such a hype to see all flags of the different cities in the Metro being waved during the opening ceremonies, and in spite of this not being a first for the school (the first MMYWCC qualifier of MPES was Job, year 2012, for Editorial Cartooning (or so I remember), followed by Georjie, year 2013, for Pagsulat ng Editoryal (she won 6th); it was a first for all of us... and the experience was super.

Thus, we hope (and aim) to be a part of something as big as this, or even bigger than this, next year.

Congrats Team Manila! Kudos kids!

Brigada (is)Kwela 2014: No gift is too small

📆 Monday, May 19, 2014 • ⌚ 11:19 PM • 😇 rossetteayu

Images via DepEd Philippines FB Page.

The National School's Maintenance Week or more commonly known as Brigada Eskwela/Bayanihan Para Sa Paaralan, is a yearly campaign encouraged by the Department of Education to ensure that schools are ready and conducive to learning by the start of classes come June. It is a joint effort of internal and external stakeholders as well as LGUs and NGOs who takes a time off from current tasks to lend a hand in repairing and doing maintenance work for the benefit of the school.

Today is the start of the week-long campaign for school's nationwide, and will continue up until Saturday, May 24, 2014.

So, how can you help?

The Department of Education provided various pointers and guidelines in conducting Brigada Eskwela for this year, which are as follows:

Help can also be given through donations in time or in kind.

It is always a pleasure to lend a helping hand, to care without reserve, and to give without expecting something in return. No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. As Desmond Tutu puts it, "...it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

Realizentiments

📆 Monday, September 10, 2012 • ⌚ 11:00 PM • 😇 rossetteayu

Had quite a rough day today. Almost everything has gone haywire—got soaked, got stuck in traffic and got extremely hungry too. But at the end of the day, no matter how tired or grumpy or hungry I was, it no longer mattered. Just the thought of how children dropped by either to randomly tell how their day went or to proudly state how well they performed in their respective classes simply did magic. Last week it was Harzel, this day it was Reynan. And Chrycel.

Chrycel happened to pass by the stairs after I sent the kids home this afternoon. She greeted me, gave me a warm smile and proudly said "ma'am first ako!". Wow, that's already the second "ma'am first ako" statement I heard kids from my previous class say. =)

And Reynan. The kid made my day when he went to me (yes, he went to my class like Harzel did, minus the card) and told me that he has a good news for me. Flashing a smile, he proudly said that he managed to beat a number of first honors from previous third grade sections in his class, and that his highest grade was 93 and his lowest was 83. Good job! I have always believed in this kid—he had sooo much potential. Some of his talents though weren't probably in complete bloom yet back then due to the competition with the other kids who were well known in class. That, or he probably just needed more push and encouragement (as he didn't seem to fully mind participation back then even if he knows the answer, unless you call him). But look at that, he seems to be blooming now. Sweet. Telling his previous teacher of these achievements? Sweeter. =)

Aww that feeling... It felt like I was a family or something, what with the kids sharing news like that. That being said, I remember the phrase I always tend to end education related essays that I write:

"Teaching is more of a vocation rather than a profession. That is, to give more of yourself to millions of children by touching their lives at every point you have lived."

It might contradict to say that I never wanted to become a teacher when I always say phrases like that, but truth be told, I never did. (I still don't even know what I want in life or where I am going to either.) And though I still am doubting being a teacher at some point in times, it is in situations like these that I find the aforementioned phrase ringing a bell somewhere in my system. Is this what people call "the calling"?

Whatever.

Whatever it is, I'll just continue doing my best. As the old saying goes, all's well that ends well. Le me will do me best, le kids will do they best. All's well that ends well.

Fighto~