SCROLLfinal2014 - SAN MIGUEL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SDS Mostoles
initiates action
research workshop
The
Dr. Zenia G. Mostoles, Schools
Division Superintendent initiated
a workshop on action research for
Master Teachers and “doctors”
(Ed.D. and Ph.D.) of the division,
August 7 at the Zambales Teachers’
Training Center, Iba, this province.
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Reutotar, Casiano crowned
Mr. , Mrs. SMNHS 2014
School-Community Paper of San Miguel National High School
San Nicolas, San Antonio, Zambales
What is right must be kept right; what is wrong must be set right.
December 2014
SMNHS to be renamed P&DCMNHS
by Janine Forbes
SMNHS (San Miguel National High School), will be renamed
P&DCMNHS (Pablo and Dalmacio Carpio Memorial National
High School following a request of the heir of the school site
donor Madam Maria Brena F. Carpio in a letter addressed to
the school principal, Madam Jane Pantaleon Jose, Dec. 22.
P&D Carpio stands for Pablo
and Dalmacio Carpio who used to
own the lot where the school is now
located. The said property was donated to the school with the Transfer
Certificate of Title in 1997 by dint of
Ma. Brena F. Carpio representing the
heirs of the late Pablo and Dalmacio
Carpio, the father and the uncle of
Ma. Brena F. Carpio.
The School Principal, Jane P.
Jose with Head Teachers Manolito
B. Basilio and Emelyn C. Lacerona
then immediately addressed the
concern following the procedure as
stipulated in DepEd Orders No. 12
s. 2003 and No. 29 s. 2011 (Revised
Guidelines on the Naming and Renaming of Schools).
An ndorsement was made to
the Municipal Mayor, Dr. Estela D.
Antipolo through the Local School
Board (LSB) to recommend to the
Sangguniang Bayan (SB) through
its Presiding Officer, Hon. Lugil
S. Ragadio, Municipal Vice Mayor
who in turn will enact an ordinance/
resolution on the matter.
Thereafter, a copy of the recommendation of the LSB accompanying the ordinance of the SB shall be
forwarded to the National Historical
Institute through the Office of the
DepEd Secretary at the Central
Office.
The endorsement was forwarded to and received by the Office of
the Municipal Mayor Dec. 22 and is
yet to be worked on following proper
procedure.
SMNHS wins silver for Best SA
Tourism Jingle by Karizza Mae Agasa
The song writers and singers of San Miguel National High School
won as 2nd best San Antonio Tourism Jingle held at Liberty Park, San
Antonio Zambales, September 20, 2014.
This contest is open to all amateur singers and song writers within
the district. The composition must be written in English, original and
must have the phrase “Magyaya sa San Antonio” and “Gusto ko Healthy
ka,” in the lyrics.
The jingle was entitled “San Antonio Here We Come” which sang and
performed by Nikki Mari Watanabe, Sharmaine Barsales, Jerico Hercules
Mutia, Karriza Mae Agasa and PatriciaServillejo. The lyrics came from
Ranjit DC. Corpuz Jr., Beverlyn V. Tolentino and Josefina F.De Leon.
The group got a cash prize worth 2,000 pesos.
The criteria for the selection are; Melodic Arrangement-40%, Lyrical
Content-30%, Harmonics 20%, and Audience Impact-10% for a total of
100%. Valiant Educational Institute got the first place plus cash incentives
as well.
What’s Inside
Lakan and
Lakambini 2014
Colors, cheers and smiles. The atmosphere created in SMNHS’s 44th Founding Anniversary epitomizes unity as stated in the theme of the celebration.
Studes maximize
involvement in NRM
by Gelmer Tamayo
San Miguel National High School celebrated the National Reading
Month (NRM) and School English Month in November.
The NRM was celebrated in SMNHS with various activities from
individual reading in the classes to group story-telling and interpretative
reading.
The month long celebration maximizes students’ participation because
of activities like readers’ theater, dramatization or the so-called act what
you read, comprehension quiz and I-caught you reading.
The culmination was the simultaneous reading at 9:00 o’clock in the
morning of November 27 and which was followed by “Act-What-YouRead”. This is a playfest presented by select students on stage held last
November 27 and 28.
Fourth year students were grouped and read the play script to one
another, internalized, memorized and acted it before the students of SMNHS
in the school covered court. The culminating day featured six one-act plays:
Cadaver and The World is an Apple by Filipino playwright Alberto S.
Florentino, The Oil Lamp by Augusto C. Catanjal, The Diamond Necklace
– an adaptation from a short story by Guy De Maupassant, Why Women
Wash the Dishes by Filomena Colendrino and Where Love Is – also an
adaptation from a short story by Leo Tolstoy.
Teachers also participated in the month long celebration by monitoring,
supervising and guiding students participation in the activities inside and
outside the classrooms.
Why Women
Wash the Dishes...
Frederick Reutotar of Grade-9
Sapphire and Henessy Joy Casiano
of IV-Diamond bagged the Mr.
and Ms. SMNHS title for this
year’s search for the SMNHS 44th
Foundation Day.
The same couple was crowned
as the King and Queen of the Night
who earned the highest amount of
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Festivities mark
44th Founding
Anniversary
With the theme, “44 Years of
Unity towards Relevant Education,” this years celebration of
the school’s founding anniversary was filled with festivities
that showcased both students’
talents, parent-teacher initiatives
and community related activities, Dec. 16 to 19.
The annual variety show,
Awakening in its seventh year,
was staged Dec. 16 and 17. It
featured students talents in dancing, acting, and a whole lot of
performances that entertained
audiences.
The coronation night of the
Mr. and Ms. SMNHS was held
Dec. 18 with the presence of
local officials, parents, students
and guests that included Ms.
Maria Brena F. Carpio, one of
the heirs of the donor of the
school site.
The following day, Dec. 19
was the parade, field demonstration, family day and gift-giving
respectively in which students,
parents, teachers and stakeholders participated.
“This is a manifestation that
the SMNHS spirit of unity and
cooperation is very much alive,”
said Manolito B. Basilio, Head
Teacher VI.
The night of Dec. 19 gave
the students the luxury to enjoy
their Christmas/Year-End Party.
Admin commits to
Project PDI
This school year ’s InService Training dubbed Project
PDI (Personnel Development
Initiative) focused on Action
Research, Midyear Results-Based
Performance Management Review
and Evaluation (RPMS), and
Gender and Development(GAD)
Sensitivity seminar-workshop.
It was attended by the SMNHS
Personnel at Canoe Beach Resort,
San Antonio Zambales, October
25-26, 2014.
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Bringing the Culture...
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The Scroll
December
SMNHS is Brigada Eskwela
Best School Implementer
News
Admin commits to Project PDI
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December
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SMNHS hosts District GSP-PLT
by Arjae Esteban
San Miguel National High
School was awarded as one of
the best school implementers for
this school year’s Brigada Eswela
during the Second Provincial
Education Summit, Iba Zambales
last October 17, 2014
Since 2004, the Department
of Education (DepEd) has been
recognizing elementary and
secondary schools which best
implement the Brigada Eskwela.
The Office of the Undersecretary
for Partnership and External
Linkages (OUPEL) through the
Adopt-a-School Program (ASP)
issued the enhanced selection
criteria for the effective selection
process of the search.
The criteria are; 1.Scope
of work – 40%, this is the
repair and maintenance work
completed based on school
improvement plan; 2.Diverse
volunteer participation – 30%,
the 10% comes from Private
Sector Involvement, another
10% for community involvement
and the last 10% for Government
Agency Involvement (National
Government and LGUs);
3.Generated resources- 20%; and
4. Alignment of the maintenance
effort to current theme of Brigada
Eskwela – 10%.
The Brigada Eskwela week
was scheduled from May 1924, 2014. Although this event
happened on the same week as
the Regional Training for Grade
9 Teachers and majority of the
faculty members attended the
training, still SMNHS managed
the Brigada Eskwela headed
by its coordinator Mr. Romulo
Canonizado.
“Congratulations to us
especially to Mr. Canonizado
for a job well done,” said by Mrs.
Jane P. Jose, Principal I when she
announced the good news.
Any school who wanted
to become an awardee must
follow the criteria and submit the
Brigada Eskwela accomplishment
report to support their claim.
SDS Mostoles initiates
action research
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problems and make innovations in education in the division through action
research,” said Dr. Mostoles.
The workshop focused on the processes involved in conducting action
research with emphasis on the format and technical specifications.
“We have to agree on how action researches have to be presented
for uniformity as we will compile them and come up with a division
compendium of these scholarly works,” the superintendent added.
The workshop also gave the participants insights on possible topics,
issues or problems that can be undertaken for action research aimed at
improving learners’ development, achievement level, schools’ performance
and the system in general.
“Everyone is required to do action research as this is one of your
functions as stated in your RPMS duties and responsibilities,” Madam Zenia
stressed as challenge to the participants.
In conjunction, Mrs. Maylene M. Manuel, Division Mathematics
Coordinator, shared in a few slides about writing the abstract which is said
to be done after having completed the write-up for the whole action research.
According to her, the abstract in 300 to 400 words includes the
introduction, purpose, methods, results, evaluation, and conclusion/s.
Some of the participants who have finished and submitted their action
research were instructed to work on and submit their abstract as output that
same day for the purpose of editing, compilation and publication.
Participants were divided into two workshop sessions - master teachers
in the morning, then the “doctors” in the afternoon.
The workshop facilitator, Mr. Rodil Callo, Science Education Program
Supervisor, is also in-charge of the division action research editorial board
and publication.
(by Manolito B. Basilio, Head Teacher VI)
Wellness dance energizes studes
by Crischea Joi Evangelista
Mornings are energized as
SMNHS students dance with the
beat of the new dance craze, the
Wellness dance since it was launched
August 2014.
Nestle Philippines together
with the Department of Education,
National Capital Region (NCR)
developed the Wellness Campus
program for high school students
to get into the wellness habit by
combining physical activity and
nutrition education.
“The MAPEH teachers should
discuss about my wellness plate and
shall integrate it in their everyday
lesson,” ma’am Jane P. Jose said.
It is expected that students will
be oriented with the importance
of drinking milk, getting enough
sleep and eating breakfast after
knowing the my wellness plate.
Exercising every day, eating fruits
and vegetables and using the my
wellness plate were the top three
topics applying by the students after
the program.
After knowing the Wellness
song and dance, SMNHS made it
as a part of everyday flag raising
ceremony.
The Nestle wellness campus
was implemented in 250 schools
in NCR with over 750,000 high
school students participating in the
program.
Mr. & Ms. SMNHS 2014. Acknowledging the title, Frederick Reutotar & Henessy
Joy Casiano seize their moment for the night.
Reutotar, Casiano crowned
Mr. , Ms. SMNHS 2014 (from page 1)
Interactive workshop. Madam Mylene M. Manuel gives her personal action research as an example in the discussion on
how to conduct an action reseacrh before the workshop of SMNHS faculty.
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personnel about School Based
discuss Gender and Development
The participants were twenty
Management (SBM) after
Sensitivity. He also gave the standard
teachers, two administrative
answering all the issues and
format of making an action research
assistants and the school principal
concerns about conducting an
for a total of 23 trainees.
as to its manuscript, Tahoma 12 in
action research.
T h e o p e n i n g c e re m o n y
A4 paper with borderline.
“School Based Management
The last day was full of
started at 8 o’clock in the morning
is
not
only
the
business
of
the
unforgettable moments especially
followed by a zumba dance which
school principal, it is everybody’s
when a celebrity came on the way.
was led by Mr. Manolito B.
concern” madam Mylene said.
Basilio, Head Teacher-VI. After
It was Richard Gomez who visited
The discussion was followed by
the energetic opening ceremony,
Canoe Beach on that the same day.
an action research workshop and
Mrs. Jane P. Jose, Principal I of
ma’am Mylene M. Manuel,
presentation of their plan and
SMNHS gave the recap of the twoEducation Program Supervisor
proposal.
(EPS) discussed RPMS and the
day seminar workshop as she closed
The second day was for
the program after lunch.
Action Research Process. She
sir Rodil M. Callo, EPS to
also enlightened the SMNHS
(by Beverlyn V. Tolentino)
Search for Lakan, Lakambini
highlights Buwan ng Wika
money during the first
canvassing held last October 10,
2014. They even exceeded the
which
quota for the search
is 5,000 pesos. 1 st runners-up:
Clyde Daniel Raña of Grade-7,
Aquamarine and Rita Cabante of
Grade- 9, Spinel; 2nd runners-up:
Lon Benedic Lazaro of IV-Diamond
and Shena Macaoile of IV-Pearl; 3rd
runners-up: Juan Carlos Villarosa
of Grade-8, Tanzanite and Riana
Lyzel Jose of Grade-7, Aquamarine;
4th runners-up: Mhelvin Cantillo of
Grade-8, Ruby and Krissiah Lazaro
of Grade-8, Emerald are the top 5
pairs who raised the highest amount
of money during the last canvassing
which was held last December 05,
2014.
For the 5th runners-up: Ronald
Navarro of Grade-7, Amethyst and
Rikki Alumpe of Grade-7, Amber;
6 th runners-up: Gelmer Tamayo
of IV-Gold and Leah Estabillo of
Grade-7, Alexandrite; 7th runnersup: Aeron Gwen Basilio of Grade-7,
Alexandrite and Remejane Aseo
of Grade-7, Amethyst; 8th runnersup: Matthew Williams of Grade-9,
Spinel and Precious Agasa of Grade8,Topaz; 9th runners-up: Mark Glenn
Alibaya of IV-Pearl and Jeezel
Rodriguez of Grade-9, Sapphire; 10th
runners-up: Justin Anthony Campos
of Grade-9, Silver and Aprilyn
Rafanan of Grade-8, Tanzanite;
11th runners-up: Uriah Duque of
Grade-8, Emerald and Dinnis Anne
Basilio of Grade-9, Silver and 12th
runners-up: Ricardo Dagupan of
Grade-8, Topaz and Jenny Almondia
of IV-Gold.
The Search for Mr. and Ms.
SMNHS with the theme “Apatnapu’t
Apat na Taong Pagkakaisa Tungo
sa Makabuluhang Edukasyon,” is
supported by the Parents Teachers
Association (PTA)and was approved
by Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) to raise fund
for the construction and relocation of
the school stage.
(by Raymark Ramelo)
Precious Agasa and
Michael Angelo Valdez
Josephine Agaton and
Jims Bernard Tabon
San Miguel National High
School (SMNHS) hosted the District
Girls Scout of the Philippines Patrol
Leader’s Training at SMNHS-Main,
San Nicolas, San Antonio, Zambales
last October 16, 17 and 18, 2014.
The training was attended and
participated by the four public
secondary schools in the district
namely; San Miguel National High
School (SMNHS), San Antonio
National High School (SANHS),
Pundakit High School (PHS) and
Anghel C. Manglicmot High School
(ACMHS).
The training was attended by
over 200 Girl Scouts in the district.
16 Patrol Leaders from PHS, 77
from SANHS,30 from ACMHS and
89 from SMNHS for a total of 212
participants. The girls were taught
on how to carry an injured person,
Basic Fire Prevention and First Aid
which was discussed by Bureau of
Fire Protection, San Antonio.
Day two was commenced
by the discussion of the history
of GSP which was discussed by
the speakers or teacher trainers
Mrs. Janice Casiano, Mrs. Adeline
Dysoco and Maria Fe Jasareno.
The girls participated completely
in the 8-point challenge which was
discussed by their teacher trainers.
Challenge of Spirituality and WellBeing was given by Mrs. Aida
Hibaya, Challenge of Family Life by
Mrs. Emelyn Lacerona , Challenge
of Economic Self-Sufficiency and
Challenge of the Environment by
Mrs. Venus Ibas, Challenge of
Preparedness and Challenge of
Heritage and Citizenship by Mrs.
Jade Amos of PHS. Challenge of
the Arts was led by Mrs. Felarica
Maneja and Challenge of the World
Community was discussed by
Mrs. Aubrey Domingo both from
SANHS. They also gave a lecture
about basic knot tying. Teacher
trainers from ACMHS also imparted
the girls information about hand and
whistle signals and flag folding.
The Girls were all set after their
early dinner for their Camp Fire
as it signals their last night in the
training.
The training aims to provide
the Patrol Leaders a wide range of
knowledge about scouting; develop
on them the basic indoor and
outdoor skills needed in undertaking
scouting activities;develop dynamic
and creative patrol leaders who
can disseminate and put into
practice all beneficial information
learned;develop a more a active
and responsible patrol leaders
who will lead this patrols during
School, District and Provincial
Encampment.
(by Len-Len Lazaro)
Why Women Wash the Dishes dubbed as the best
By Michaelle Jane Ancho
The highlight of this year’s Buwan ng Wika celebration was the firstever search for the Lakan and Lakambini of SMNHS held at the school
covered court Aug. 28, 2014.
The celebration for the Buwan ng Wika kicked off with the entrance of
the Lakan and Lakambini of each section per year level.
Traditional performances were performed like cultural dances and
balagtasan as a sign of respect to the Filipino culture and a reminder on
how our national language had came to be.
For the pageant, the top 5 candidates were judged by Mrs. Amelia Delos
Reyes, Mrs. Marie Eleanor F. Esteban, and Mrs. Melita Isidro. They came
head-to-head for the title of Lakan and Lakambini 2014 as well as for the
special awards such as Best in Filipiniana Attire and Best in Talent.
The question and answer portion became the highlight of the event when
Niel Angelo Ferrer was asked by one of the judges if what he thinks he is
Neil Angelo Ferrer and
after ten years; “Gusto ko pong maging isang tao… isang matagumpay na
Crischea Joi Evangelista
tao,” Neil said. This answer made him won the title.
For the 4th runners-up, Willvic Amanonce of Grade-9 Sapphire and
Precious Agasa of Grade-8, Topaz; 3rd runners-up, Alexis Piocos of Grade-9
Sapphire and Michael Angelo Valdez of Grade-7 Aquamarine; 2nd runnersup, Jaypee Roy of IV- Pearl and Josephine Agaton of Grade-7 Amber; 1st
runners-up, Michaelle Jane Ancho of IV- Diamond and Jims Bernard Tabon
of IV- Diamond with a special award of Best Filipiniana Attire.
Finally Crischea Joi Evangelista won the special awards as Best Michaelle Jane Ancho and
in Filipiniana Attire and Best in Talent with her partner Neil Angelo Ferrer Wilvic Amanonce
who got the Best in Talent as well and was crowned as Lakan and Lakambini
2014.
Alexis Piocos and Jaypee Roy
Patrol Leaders in the making. Alert and eager to learn, the girls are ready for the 3-day training together with their things
all prepared, their skills and confidence with them.
Revitalizing instruction.Through the Department of Education’s Computerization Program, this new computers can be beneficial in teaching -learning process.
SMNHS receives
DCP grant batch 25
San Miguel National High
School received the 25 th batch
of computers as a part of the
Department of Education
Computerization Program last
August 12, 2014.
Mrs. Jane P. Jose, Principal I
together with Mrs. Dolores Piocos,
Property Costudian and Mrs. Venus
Ibas, ICT Coordinator inspected
and checked all the materials
delivered.
The DCP aims to provide
public schools with appropriate
technologies that would enhance the
teaching-learning process and meet
the challenges of the 21st century.
The Department of Education
believes that through this program
and the combined efforts of other
government agencies and private
sector, 5,409 public secondary
schools have been provided with at
least one computer laboratory each.
SMNHS is now ready to use
its computer laboratory since it
has 50 units of HP V192 monitor,
8 units HP Compaq desktop,
complete package of HP desktop
keyboard and mouse, and 3-in-1
inkjet printers. Everything is there,
complete, all branded and brand
new.
The training for the faculty
members was scheduled right after
the delivery for the immediate
usage of the computers in their
instruction.
(by Kyle Cristal Asucan)
Internalized play. Philippe Maria Cabrera, Best Actor and Crischea Joi Evangelista,
Best Actress, give their best shot in portraying their roles infront of their audience
to make them understand the play.
Why Women Wash the Dishes
dubbed as the best play in the
recently concluded English Play Fest
held at San Miguel National High
School-Main, November 27-28.
The English Playhouse Play Fest
2014 was participated by English-IV
classes; Diamond, Gold and Pearl, as
part of their class performance for
the third quarter. The play featured
six (6) one act plays from the three
sections. These are; The Diamond
Necklace, Cadaver, Where Love
Is, Why Women Wash the Dishes,
The World is an Apple and The Oil
Lamp.
With the fourth year English
students, other classes from all
year levels were also excused to
watch and be the audience in their
scheduled time.
Special awards were given to
the students who performed well
in the play. It was being judged by
their English Teacher, Mr. Manolito
B. Basilio. Cadaver and The World
is an Apple got the special award
for a full-length one-act play. The
Diamond Necklace got the special
award for a play adaptation. Why
Women Wash the Dishes won the
special award for double casting.
Gelmer Tamayo got the special
award for a script for The Diamond
Necklace, Cedric Navarro for an
in-depth story characterization by a
male role and Clarisse Villarosa for
The World is an Apple by a female
role.
Major awards like best director
got by Crischea Joi Evangelista
for directing Why Women Wash
the Dishes. Best SFX was tied
up by Where Love Is and Why
Women Wash the Dishes. Three
major awards went to The Diamond
Necklace as Best Choreography,
Best Props/Visual Effects and
Best Wardrobe together with Why
Women Wash the Dishes. Caren
Panogan of the Oil Lamp won as
Best Supporting Actress while
Edmar John Manglicmot of Why
Women Wash the Dishes got the
Best Supporting Actor.
Finally, Philippe Maria Cabrera
was selected as the Best Actor and
Crischea Joi Evangelista as the Best
Actress both from Why Women
Wash the Dishes, which made this as
the Best Play for this year’s English
Play Fest.
“To all fourth year students,
congratulations for a job well done,”
Mr. Basilio said after he announced
the result after the flag ceremony,
Monday morning, December 01,
2014. (by Mery Ann Ramos)
Some Thoughts
on RPMS
What really is RPMS? What
does it expect from us? How is it
different from other performance
assessment in the past? Everyone
must know its salient features.
The Results-Based Performance
Management System (RPMS)
is an HROD (Human Resource
Organizational Development)
intervention that will help ensure
strategic, responsive, and effective
delivery of Human Resources
Management and Development
(HRMD) services at all levels of
Deped so that it can effectively
implement a learner
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The Scroll
Opinion
December
Opinion
Second
Thoughts
A lift for Filipinos
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Still a contest
Gutsy
Stance
Janine B. Forbes
S
ome think that it is just a
test of unity, some think
that it is a way of letting the
students realize how important
cleanliness is but most think that
it is a contest that is needed to
be won.
Project C.R.O.W. or Cleanest
Room of the Week of San
Miguel National High School
was launched last school year
2013-2014 by the English Club.
It is being implemented until
now. Every week, 3 to 5 floating
teachers and others from the
administration are being invited
to judge and rank each classroom.
Every Monday, the result is
being announced right after the
flag ceremony to acknowledge
the winner or the Cleanest Room
of the Week.
Students’ passion for creating
and decorating are coming out
because of this project. It builds
their character to be responsible
enough to take good care of their
classrooms and their surroundings.
Of course, their competitive
attitude appears. Students seem
to take this thing seriously and
Circumstancially
Factual
S.Y. 2014-2015
personally which is a funny thing
to think but at least has a good
effect. It enables them to become
a mature individual and to know
what their task really is.
The English Club through
its officers and advisers deserve
commendation for their initiative
in the continuation of this project
which sets the conducive learning
environment in SMNHS.
This project is a great
help, not only for maintaining
the cleanliness of students’
classrooms but also for making
responsible students however,
everybody must not forget that
this is still a contest.
Subsiding respect
Michaelle Jane F. Ancho
San Miguel National High School - Main, San Nicolas, San Antonio, Zambales
JANINE B. FORBES Editor-in-Chief
MICHAELLE JANE F. ANCHO Associate Editor
CRISCHEA JOI J. EVANGELISTA News Editor
RANJIT DC. CORPUZ, JR. Feature Editor
GELMER R. TAMAYO Literary Editor
JIMS BERNARD M. TABON Science Editor
ARJAE ESTEBAN Sports Editor
REMBRANT DAVID A. ASADA Artist
GELMER R. TAMAYO Cartoonist
ACE PETER JAMES R. YUNTING Photojournalist
PHILIPPE MARIA CABRERA Lay-out Artist
AERIELLE THEMINE R. RAFANAN, CHAIRMANE E. CALLO, MICAH
JOY A. BASILIO, KYLE F. ASUCAN, LENLEN M. LAZARO, JOSHUA
AQUINO, RAYMARK RAMELO, MARIA LOURDES C. MENDOZA, MERY
ANN RAMOS, ARGILTAL MOFFSON BASILIO, FRANCIS ADRIAN B.
VENTURA, KARIZZA MAE P. AGASA
Writers/Contributors
Mr. MANOLITO B. BASILIO
Mrs. BEVERLYN V. TOLENTINO
Advisers
Mrs. JANE P. JOSE
Principal I
ZENIA G. MOSTOLES, Ed.D.
The Scroll is the Official English Publication of San Miguel National High School with office
located at M.S. Evangelista St., San Nicolas,
San Antonio, Zambales.
Pressures all around
Crischea Joi J. Evangelista
Ranjit DC. Corpuz Jr.
I
n the eyes of many, Philippines is one of those poor and slow
progressing countries. Poverty is always an issue that everybody
wants to eliminate or reduce.
At least today we can see changes, an attempt to uplift Filipinos’
lives. In November 2006, the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) with technical assistance from the World
Bank, started implementing the National Sector Support for Social
Welfare and Development Project (NSS-SWDRP). The PANTAWID
PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4Ps) was created.
This developmental program was designed to promote investment
in human capital among poor families with 0-14 years old children. Its
main objectives are for social assistance and for social development.
Thus it provides cash assistance to the poor families to alleviate their
needs and to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty through
investments in human capital; nutrition, health and education.
It is good to envision that this 4Ps will address the following
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); 1.Reduce extreme poverty
and hunger; 2.Achieve universal primary education; 3. Reduce child
mortality; 4.Improving maternal health; 5.Promote gender equality
and; 6. Empower women.
Who can ask for more? The government is doing everything
to help its countrymen although some people marked this program
as short term poverty alleviation. We can still identify significant
differences in our community compared before when no government
programs are religiously being implemented like; 1. Significant
increase in the number of pregnant women getting ante-natal, postnatal
care and child birth assisted by a skilled birth attendant; 2.Significant
increase in the number of children 0-5 years availing of health
preventive services and immunization; 3.Significant increase in school
attendance; 4.Significant increase in enrolment in elementary school
and high school lastly; 5. Significant increase in the average years of
education completed.
This program is not only for the benefit of the young but also
for the parents to become more responsible and accountable for the
welfare of their family. Of course, the beneficiaries have to remember
their duties and responsibilities before getting any money from the
government. Non-compliance to the conditions will result in the
suspension of their cash grants or dropping from the program.
The assistance is already there, all the parents need to do is to
meet the specific conditions given to them and be responsible. 4Ps
enhances their role as parents and helps them accomplish their duties
and responsibilities to their children. It encourages them to invest in
the future, their own, and those of their children. It is indeed a lift in
their lives as Filipinos.
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N
owadays, I can observe
students who go in and
out of their classrooms
during class hours whenever
they please without even asking
permission to the teacher. Normally
when the teacher says “Silence!,
students follow and become quiet
but now it’s different; they continue
making noise and doing things that
are not related to their subject thus
they have lost the so called respect
because they no longer listen to their
teachers.
Students come to school to
formally learn from their teachers so
it is expected that students will obey
their teachers and follow whatever
they are saying because after all
whatever they are, they are all for the
betterment of the students.
They are the ones who prepare
the youth for a brighter future.
Imagine a student who has a dozen
of siblings.
Imagine his or her parents
would have a hard time in providing
all their needs, taking good care of
them and loving them equally.
It is also as hard as the
responsibilities of a teacher having
more than 200 students in the 6
sections that he or she is handling.
Obviously, it takes a lot of pressure
and hard work to deal with the
different kinds of students every day.
Teachers serve as one of the
pillars of a successful country;
Feed thy spirit
P
The Lord keeps watch of us...
without them there would be no
doctors, engineers, chefs, soldiers,
architects and more. This might have
been the reason why it is called the
noblest profession. They are part of
everybody’s lives.
Let us not forget the sacrifices that
our teachers are giving all throughout
their service.
Come to think of
this; Do we really deserve to be called
a student if our behavior towards our
teachers is becoming uncivilized and
the respect that we must give to them
is subsiding?
Teachers need to be respected
for they are our second parents.
Students must give the respect that
they deserve.
Remember that the respect we
give to others is also the respect that
we give ourselves.
On bended knees
hilippians 2:5-11 is perhaps the greatest declaration of Christ’s deity and humanity in the Bible. In
His incarnation, Jesus did not replace His deity with humanity, but added humanity to His deity; He
did not cease to be God, but surrendered the independent use of His divine powers and the right to
manifest His own glory as God. Before He went to the cross, Jesus prayed that the Father would restore
to Him the glory He had with the Father “before the world was” (John 17:5). Jesus’ prayer was answered
when the Father “highly exalted Him and [gave] Him the name which is above every name, that at the name
of Jesus every knee should bow . . . to the glory of God the Father” (Phil. 2:9-11).
rge and urge and urge, always
the procreant urge of the world.
- -W. Whitman
Each of us is often pressured by
our mentors whenever we are given
projects or a particular task-for us to
meet a certain deadline.
Whenever we are pressured, we
often think that we are on hot seats;
that our mentors’ eyes are always on
us. It seems that we are the center of
everybody’s attention.
If we are pressured, we should
not give up; instead, we should urge
ourselves in making the assigned
task better. Here, our mentor’s trust
on us is at stake. It’s either we gain
or lose it.
In contrast, if we easily get
daunted when we are reprimanded
for not carrying-out the job promptly,
we will never improve. Nothing
good will happen to us if we would
just shrug our shoulders and sulk
in discouragement. We should be
grateful for our teachers who always
give us the break to prove our worth.
Let us thank them for trusting us and
believing in us.
After all, it pays off to be
pressured because it helps a lot in
developing our personality.
On leadership (again). Leaders
play an important role in our society.
To them responsibilities are entrusted
for the maintenance of peace and order
in the community. Being a leader is
difficult despite the fame and honor
it gives.
Nowadays, our country lives in a
controversy of having untrue leaders.
People believe that they have weak
and unreliable leaders. We can attest
to that belief.
We wonder why there are leaders
who do their responsibilities just for
the sake of money. Yes, money is the
primary reason why leaders go wrong.
In my
Eyes
Are these leaders able to sleep tight at
night despite of all these controversies?
It is true that leaders are the ones
to blame for the mistakes because they
are not leaders indeed. But in some
instances, we blame them just to hide
our faults as followers. We do not
realize our roles in our society.
Why do followers always rely
on their rulers? Let us not wait for the
leaders to take action. Let us not just
sit there and wait on what the leaders
will do. Let us stand and utilize our
mere presence. For the leaders, bear
in mind that a good leader must be a
good follower. As leaders, focus not
much on making good followers but
on molding effective leaders. Truly,
nobody is perfect; even the leaders
have weaknesses, much more with
imperfections, too.
Let us join hands in doing our
responsibilities in our school, in our
family, in our community especially
in our country. We must not live under
the threat of having no future at all; let
us now start to change because what
we are now is not what we are forever.
True service
T
aking it in a larger scale,
we cannot certainly
acquire what a true service
frankly means. We are already
getting different services from
the time we moved out in our
own house until such time that we
returned. A person could say that
he was being served if his needs
were given by a liable service
provider.
“A service is the intangible
equivalent of a good.” Thus, it
will never be free. “The benefits of
such a service, if priced, are held to
be self-evident in the consumer’s
willingness to pay for it.” We have
to compensate whatever resources,
energy end efforts that were being
consumed.
If a person wants to go in
to a service, there are different
kinds; 1. a person who’s a career
Synergists
Angle
detailed, specific and thought
wisely for the benefit not of the
few but of the majority of people;
not sometimes but always; not
uneven and selfishly done but
equal and willingly served.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
once said, “Not everybody can
be famous, but everybody can
be great because greatness is
determined by service.” This is the
modern definition of greatness.
“Everybody can be great
because everybody can serve. You
only need a heart full of grace.” If
a person wanted to be great, he or
she needs to have a true service.
In today’s society, many
people are still hoping for the
existence of services which
are performed without any
expectation of result or reward,
this is a true service and it is
selfless. Who can make it happen?
Be iOS for K-12
Manolito B. Basilio
Be inspired.
Be optimistic.
Be sincere.
The K-12 Regional Training
for Grade 9 teachers, May 1923, 2014 opened with a video
presentation in which Sec. Armin
Luistro and Undersecretary Dina
Ocampo elucidated the salient
features and developments of
the most daring reform in the
Philippine Basic Education system.
Recalling and processing the
speech video of the DepEd Chief
and the Undersecretracy, I was
caught dumbfounded and I realized
how eager, how determined, how
inspired, how optimistic and how
sincere they are in their commitment
toward the implementation of the
K-12 program.
I thought the same spirit must
radiate from us teachers for as what
Undersecretary Ocampo said, “The
real challenge is in schools. It is
in you.”
And so, like the two key
persons in DepEd, let us remember
the Apple operating system iOS inspired, optimistic, sincere.
Let us be INSPIRED (by these
key persons and by the students who
are the reasons why all these things
are being done); be OPTIMISTIC
(that the K-12 venture would
become successful through us
teachers; and be SINCERE (in
doing our part in carrying out this
major education reform in the
country.
K-12’s success is in us. And
we just can’t stand the thought of
wasting the time, effort and wisdom
of the people behind this and most
of all, the billions of pesos from
the DepEd purse already spent and
will be spent. The willpower in the
implementation is so strong that we
are all compelled to doubly commit
ourselves to it and all together
march forward to success in the
field. And there is no turning back.
Let us all be iOS - inspired,
optimistic, sincere.
05
Common good
Head
Line
Jane Pantaleon Jose
A
“Every thought, every deed must be for the good of all.”
t times I may be misconstrued, misunderstood why I say
and do things my way. At times I get unjust responses and
treatment. A few may have understood while many are still
skeptic of my purpose.
Since I stepped into the hallowed grounds of SMNHS, all I had with
me was the genuine aim of serving the school clientele and contribute
to the general improvement and development of the school populace.
Initially, it was quite challenging as I needed to reorganize things
the way I thought would make the organization and the overall functioning of the school better. Too many hurdles to mention and a number
of conflicts on the way, but with the cooperation of both internal and
external stakeholders (especially the PTA), things were gradually placed
in their proper perspective. Thanks for the very receptive attitude of all
in the workplace. This is truly commendable.
Positive results in terms of the following points were unveiled:
Time-on-task, students’ discipline, staff reorientation, school programs,
projects and activities, best practices were revitalized.
The overall system has tremendously advanced and enhanced:
leadership and governance, curriculum and instruction, accountability
and continuous improvement, and management of resources. SchoolBased Management (SBM) has undergone full circle.
All these are done for the common good. I hope that everyone will
be more enthusiastic in bringing out the best for the betterment of San
Miguel National High School.
Let us all work together for the good of all.
I know this time you understand me better.
Beverlyn V. Tolentino
employee of the government is
into a Civil Service, 2. a person
who has a part of the work
load of university faculty is in
the Administrative Service, 3.
the provision of assistance to
customers or clients is called
Customer Service, 4. a volunteer
who serve for the benefit of
a community is in lined with
Community Service, this can
also be a punishment that maybe
imposed by a court 5.a person
who wants to become one of a
country’s armed forces is into
Military Service and
6. the
services carried out with the aim
of providing a public good is
called Public Service.
Of all these kinds of services,
to be identified as a public servant
is the most difficult thing to do.
With the demands and challenges
of proving common good for the
people, is exactly a prominent
remarkable act. Every action is
December
Mailbox
Garbage attitude
Dear Editor
One’s ways are reflective of his upbringing.
Why is cleanliness hardly maintained within the campus?
Are students in SMNHS like jungle savages who throw their
wastes just anywhere?
Everybody knows that SMNHS has only one tidyman(called
utility man) who would look after the cleanliness of the school
premises. The government can’t afford to give us more nor the
school populace can’t afford to pay another one (for not everybody is open to collection of fee for such matter). So, who should
maintain cleanliness of the school surroundings?
While there are many students who observe the proper way
of disposing trashes and take the initiative of picking up seen
wastes around, there are still a few who recklessly throw their
wastes just anywhere and pretend to be unmindful of the eyesores
around. Insensitive they are.
Oftentimes, teachers are heard saying to one or some
students, “Pakipulot mo/n’yo naman ang mga kalat, please?”.
The nerve. The shame. Do we still need to be told when what
are obviously seen around are pieces of paper, candy wrappers,
and the like? Insensitive.
Our school is our second home. In fact, we consume most
of our conscious time here than in our own homes or anywhere
else. Isn’t it just proper for us to really make it clean all the time?
How about devising a scheme for zero waste management?
Or garbage segregation? (Attention: YES-O / Science Club)
Or post reminder boards like “dispose wastes properly” in waste
prone areas? (Attention: SSG) Or to the least, impose fines to
“insensitive” students?
Yes, everybody must have been informed of the “AntiLittering Ordinance.” This can be one of the best solutions to
solve the problem. Besides, the initiative of the English Club with
the Project CROW (Cleanest Room of the Week) is indeed a
big help; it makes the rooms and the assigned areas tidier than
it used to be. Kudos to the officers, members and advisers of the
English Club for such an altruistic endeavor.
We appeal to all the functional student organizations of the
school to work collaboratively for this cause.
Argiltal Moffson D. Basilio
IV Pearl
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The Scroll
Mindful
Business
Opinion
December
A Christmas perspective
An open letter to the East Coast San Antonians and Unified
San Antonians, benefactors of some students in SMHS.
Jims Bernard M. Tabon
B
ack in the time when I first
received different presents
from my godparents, aunties,
uncles, parents, and even from Santa
(according to my mother). I knew it
was Christmas.
For me, it was the time of “gift
giving.” For a seven year old child,
it means normally the same. For
parents, Christmas would mean
“reunion,” a time for a memorable
gathering for the whole family
member. For grandparents, it is only
for the children, the apple of their
eyes every time this joyful occasion
comes.
For street children, Christmas
would probably mean “splendid
lights and huge lanterns.” These
possibly make them feel the spirit of
Christmas while in the road of hunger
and isolation. For politicians, it would
indicate the time to take everything
in advantage and make their foot one
step forward in the election. What a
nice game!
For young couples, some would
attach it to the beginning of “simbang
gabi,” make some oath to complete
the 15 days and then whisper a wish.
Others most likely think, Christmas
is the start of “-ber” months. For
chorale groups, perhaps it is the right
time to earn funds by singing their
Christmas songs. For different groups
and affiliations, Christmas probably
means “party!” For the students and
most probably for the whole world,
Christmas connotes “vacation and
holiday.”
As time goes by, I am continually
meeting people who are not
celebrating Christmas. With an old
view in mind, ancient practice and
tradition in celebrating Christmas,
I first ask this people why they
are seemingly deviant during this
occasion not realizing that they find
me the same way too. “Should you
celebrate Christmas every day?” a
simple question in a form of thoughtprovoking answer. Some would
say that Jesus Christ’s birthday is
originally unknown that is why 25th
of December is not really significant.
At this moment in my high
school life, I can still remember
one traditional way of celebrating
Christmas. After Christmas party in
school, of course with “exchanging
gifts” with somebody and if I did
not receive anything in return I feel
very depress so our teacher needs to
reprimand the whole class because
it appears to be unfair, our week
long vacation starts and I just need
to wait for the “noche buena” to
welcome Christmas in our house,
most of the time the foods in our
table set our moods during the 25th
day. The day concludes by counting
the money that I received, checking
the gifts that I gathered and sharing
exciting stories about the food I ate
in different houses.
Imagine our world celebrating
Christmas every day? No doubt,
life in the streets would never gain
its darkness, obscurity and gloom.
Though sounds awkward, every day
you would hear Christmas carols
accompanied by percussions or
any musical instrument. Every day
you’re going to receive surprises.
What a marvelous aspiration!
Yes, we do have different
perspective about Christmas, how to
celebrate it, when and why. We just
need to respect each other’s opinion
and perception and everything will
follow. Certainly, it is nice and good
to know that we are beginning to
understand and search out what
really Christmas means. It is not
about “receiving” but “giving.” It is
not about “owning” but “sharing.”
Neither it means the manner on
how we celebrate it nor the things
or foods we have while celebrating
it. All these things do not matter
actually. It already depends on
how we perceive, comprehend and
appreciate the spirit of Christmas.
What matters most is that Christmas
should always be in our hearts!
Some thoughts on RPMS
(from page 3)
centered, school-based
management system and the K to
12 strategies to improve the quality
of education in public schools.
As stated in the RPMS
Manual, priorities and objectives
cascade from the DepEd Central
Office, Regional Office, Division
and Schools. Again, as always,
the bottom line is to improve the
quality of education. All efforts
redound to the achievement of
system goals anchored on DepEd’s
vision and mission as spelled in the
following RPMS Objectives: (1)
alignment of individual roles and
targets with DepEd’s direction;
(2) track accomplishments
against objectives to determine
appropriate, corrective actions if
needed; (3) provide feedback on
employees’ work progress and
accomplishments based on clearly
defined goals and objectives; and
(4) serve as a tool for people
development.
Performance Management
(PM) is an organization-wide
process to ensure that employees
focus work efforts towards
achieving DepEd’s vision, mission
and values. This means that we
really have to work harder than
usual. Results of our efforts must
be explicit, concrete, relevant,
measurable, tangible.
P M i s a s y s t e m a t i c
approach for continuous and
consistent work improvement and
individual growth. This requires
us to be more organized and
Thanks to you
document-oriented on evidences
that show our initiatives, processes,
actions and results of what we
positively do for improvement
contributory to the overall levelingup of the organization.
There may not be any or much
difference from the past performance
assessment systems, only there are
add ons for improvement aimed for
a more systematized management
towards the continuous quest for
development and excellence.
Needless to say, much more
is expected from each of us this
time. Leaving our comfort zones
may be the best recourse if we want
to be productive and contribute
to the advocacy of our leaders
in the DepEd especially with the
formidable challenge posed by the
San Miguel National High School
San Antonio, Zambales
2206 Philippines
December 25, 2014
The East Coast San Antonians (ECSA)
and Unified San Antonians (USA)
U.S.A.
Dear Benefactors,
First, we would like to extend our warmest greetings to everyone. May the Lord’s graces be with you.
We are truly privileged for being the recipients of your scholarship program which greatly helps us realize our dreams.
Life here in the Philippines is hard and it is getting harder
everyday especially now that economic crisis is prevalent,
worsened by the hostilities between the government and the
leftists. This is the very reason why we, people in the grassroots,
could hardly meet the demands of today’s living; it even puts
our education in jeopardy.
Being petty fishermen, vendors, and small-scale farmers, our
parents cannot stretch their very meager income to suffice our
daily necessities. What more with our education? Hopelessness
already enveloped us until you came to the rescue.
We thank God for people like you who have the hearts of
reaching out to needy students who are eager to finish their studies like us. Thank you so much for your support. Rest assured
that we will do our best to excel; in that way, we could at least
reciprocate your kindness. We just hope and pray that you will
never get tired of us, students desiring to lift-up the kind of life
we have through education supported by you.
We can’t express our gratefulness enough for having you as
our benefactors, but God knows it.
May He give you more than you deserve.
Enjoy!
Thank
you...
Respectfully yours,
SMNHS ECSA Scholars
2014-2015
grandest reform so far in Philippine
Education - the K to 12 or the
Enhanced BEC.
When everyone is marching
forward in unity with all these
initiatives, can anyone afford to
be left behind? Regardless of our
work orientation and beliefs, we
will be better off by leaving our old
self from the hard-to-break habit
of procrastination, indifference,
complacency, blame-culture, and
what else...
If we choose to remain in the
system, we have no other choice
but to abide, challenge ourselves to
exceed expectations, and embrace
change and reforms. No “ifs”, no
“buts”, no complaints.
Let us be iOS - INSPIRED,
OPTIMISTIC, SINCERE - for
RPMS, K-12, DepEd.
Let’s go. Inshallah.
(by Manolito B. Basilio, HT VI)
There are two things you can do when you make a mistake. You can feel sorry for yourself and give up or you can learn ...
Getting profit from your mistakes
Who does not commit mistakes
(or error or lapses or blunders, whatever you call it). Its part of existence.
It is inevitable. It makes life real life.
So you have made a mistake or
many mistakes! So have we all. But
all do not realize that there are intelligent ways as well as stupid ways
of confronting errors. The smart
approach is to recognize that it’s not
so much the mistakes you have made
as what you do about those mistakes
that really counts. You can duck and
dodge and alibi and mope and give
up trying to eliminate and correct
mistakes, or you can use your head
and profit from your own errors and
those of others.
1. You profit by facing mistakes squarely.
2. You profit if you don’t let mistakes get you down.
3. You profit if you learn
how to take criticism.
4. You profit most by learn-
ing from your own mis-
takes and those of others.
5. You learn by taking cour-
age from the fact that oth-
ers, even the famous, make mistakes also.
John D. Rockefeller was a
master at analyzing his mistakes as
well as his successes.
In his way Rockefeller was
using the “scientific” approach to
benefit from his mistakes. It is an
approach that is used either consciously or unconsciously by all
desiring to profit from mistakes and
succeed in their occupational and
home life and their relations with
other people. Here are the steps:
Step one - Determine carefully just what it is you are trying to
accomplish and why. What is the job
of the moment? What is its purpose?
Step two - What are the
pertinent facts involved? Can you
get additional facts bearing on your
problem from friends, from reading,
from associates and leaders of others
in a position to know?
Step three - After considering all of the facts available you
should be able to determine various
possible courses of action and consider each possible course carefully.
Study both its advantages and its
disadvantages.
Step four - Narrow down
the possible courses of action to the
one that comes closest to accomplishing your purpose.
Step five - If you have carefully followed the first four steps
and not done a lot of conclusionjumping, you may be sure that your
analysis has given you the one best
course of action for you, and the
important step is to do something
about it, beginning now.
It is no crime to make mistakes as long as you are trying. It
is, however, almost a crime against
yourself, at least, to just be around
and do nothing. And the gravest
mistake of all is to continue practicing mistakes without learning to
minimize or eliminate those errors.
It’s not the mistakes you
make, but what you do about those
mistakes that really counts.
(From “A Treasury of Success
Unlimited” edited by Og Mandino.
Thanks to Douglas Lurton.)
Feature
Philippine festivals
in our hearts
The Scroll
December
07
The SMNHS way...
by Aerielle Themine R. Rafanan
For the first time in SMNHS, Grade-9 students showcased three festivals in the school. Aside from this is a part of
their performance in MAPEH, they di did this to share to the Miguellians their knowledge about each festival. They
brought the spirit and culture of each festival by doing the actual performance in a form of a contest. This activity
developed students’ cooperation, camaraderie and creativity.
Here are some insigths from Grade-9 students who participated in the activity.
Why do we have festivals? As a student, how can you contribute in keeping the festival in your community alive?
Here in Zambales, we have mango festival and we commemorate this to promote the
Zambales mango as the sweetest mango in the world. Celebrating this means patronizing
our own product and culture.
As a student, I can contribute in keeping the festivals alive by actively joining the event.
We do have festivals to show the importance of every
Through this I can demonstrate to my fellow youth that it is worthy to join such activity.
patron
in our culture. It’s important to study each of them.
Janine B. Forbes
I can contribute in keeping the festivals alive by
studying each festival sincerely then share my knowledge to
We have festivals because we honor a very important thing that became a part of our
others.
Alexis Piocos
culture, our history and our lives. Doing festivals signify the unity and cooperation of the
people in the community.
We do have festivals to emphasize our culture so that many
As a student, I can contribute in keeping the festivals alive by not putting behind all the
tourists
will visit us and we Filipinos can be proud of it.knowledge that I’ve learned in school and always placing the value of each festival in my heart.
As a student, I can help in keeping the festivals alive by
Aerielle Themine R. Rafanan
joining them if there are opportunities. Through this I can
encourage my fellow youths to join and support any
Festivals are being done to meet festivals and of course be proud of them.
Chairmane Callo
specific purposes, especially in regard to
commemoration and thanks giving. They are
associated with celebration and may also
provide entertainment. These celebrations
offered a sense of belonging for religious,
social, or geographical groups. Festivals
that focus on cultural or specifically ethnic
topics also seek to inform members of their
traditions and the involvement of community
elders sharing stories and experience provides
a means for unity among families.
Grade-9 Spinel
Panagbenga
T’nalak Grade-9 Silver
T
T
his is an intricately woven tapestry of intense and striking colors.
The hues of intertwined abaca fabric depict the vivid spirit of
the people whom this unique and artistic weaving has invariable
come to represent. This symbol of woven dreams is a fundamental
part of South Cotabato’s culture, a culture steeped in mystique. The
T’nalak Festival is an annual celebration that commemorates the
Foundation Anniversary of the dynamic South Cotabato province
amidst the dual presence of tradition and progress. Much like the
choreographed contrast of this unique tapestry, the T’nalak Festival,
is a mix of varied events that likewise characterize the South Cotabato
people and their vibrant spirit, a people who distinct culture and
multi-ethnicity contribute to the image of this emerging province – a
province that is steadfast in weaving its wealth towards advancement,
and a province undoubtedly beyond compare.
his is a month-long annual flower festival in Baguio, the
summer capital of the Philippines. The term is of MalayoPolynesian origin, meaning “season of blooming”. The
festival, held during the month of February, was created as a
tribute to the city’s flowers and as a way to rise up from the
devastation of the 1990 Luzon earthquake. The festival includes
floats that are covered mostly with flowers not unlike those used
in Pasadena’s Rose Parade. The festival also includes street
dancing, presented by dancers clad in flower-inspired costumes
that are inspired by the Bendian, an Ibaloi dance of celebration
that came from the Cordillera region.
Bringing the Filipino
culture into life
F
ancy spoon…out! Silver
fork…out! Extravagant
plates and glasses…out!
This is a military style of eating
called Boodle Fight. This way of
eating is a symbol of brotherhood
where food is served and spread
on top of the banana leaves. The
prepared Filipino food, usually rice
and pancit, should be eaten with
bare hands. Some people might
find it unhygienic but sometimes
we cannot be too choosy, especially
when we want to survive in the
middle of nowhere.
Facing the age of technology
and modernization today, it is
very Filipino
at heart to
still do these ways
of gathering and
eating together
with our family
members and with
other people. Many
Filipinos used to
eat using their bare
Grade- 9 Sapphire
hands. This is very popular in fiestas,
barangay gatherings and even in
baptisms and weddings.
In San Miguel National High
School, we see to it that this Filipino
culture will not be forgotten. In every
occasion like, Teachers’ Day, Sport
Fest, District Meet and even during
simple lunch breaks,
if we have sufficient
time to prepare, we
always prefer to eat
in a “boodle fight”.
This way of gathering
is somehow creating
a closer bond to each
member who will join
the eating session.
T
Sinulog
his is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third
Sunday of January in Cebu City, and is the center of the Santo
Niño celebration in the Philippines. Other places like Maasin
City, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental and Southern Leyte also have
their own version of the festival in honor of the Santo Niño.
The Sinulog commemorates the Filipino people’s acceptance of
Christianity (specifically, Roman Catholicism), and their rejection
of their former animist beliefs.
The laughter and stories are
added to give more dynamics
to the jamming.
This is bringing one of
the Filipino cultures into life.
As a matter of fact, if we are
going to check some places,
this culture is so alive in the
culture and in the hearts of
people. They still practice
it and always delighted
especially when they hear
the shout…happy eating!
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Feature
December
Live in us, Rizal
T
ime passes by so fast. We
can’t really have a track of
time because in a minute,
it’s there and for another second,
it might be gone. This could have
been the last time that I’ll write
about this. This could have been
my best memory of time.
Being a field study student
contributed a lot in giving me
strength to finish this course. When
we were accommodated in our
cooperating school, San Miguel
National High School, I know I will
face the real world of teaching and
learning. The students together
with my cooperating teachers
helped me to see the reality. I
realized how teachers are needed
in the society. I remembered
saying to myself that someday,
I wanted to be remembered for
something. Here it is – being a
teacher. It is not a piece of cake,
yes but whether we like it or not,
whenever we encounter different
kinds of learners, deal with them,
come up with various activities
that will enhance their learning,
do our best to show that we care
for their future, and eventually
see them succeed, will give us
unexplainable happiness.
Being with these students
makes me young at heart. I
by Annabeth
The place where LEARNING takes place
(A Field Study Student,
RMTU – San Marcelino
Campus)
encountered all of these during
my observations here in SMNHS
during my Field Studies. This is
my last chance of observing and
after this, I will be an in-service
teacher (with God’s permission)
next semester. I have to take
note of my experiences. I have to
cherish every moment.
Come to think of it, this is
my last year in college. I don’t
have time to be lazy. I don’t
have time to waste. Time now
becomes our priceless treasure
that we have to keep and take
care of. Here I am, still facing my
flooding requirements. Nothing
can replace those moments that
I have to stay late at night to
remember all my FS experiences
and answer all my mountain-like
worksheets and do my lesson
plans. SMNHS will always have a
special place in my heart because
of the unforgettable moments,
happy and challenging ones that I
experienced here as a Field Study
student.
My daily time record ticks
fast and my world is spinning
so quick that I have to stop
for awhile and appreciate the
whirlwind of emotions that they
bring upon turning swiftly. This
time now is precious.
by Kyle Cristal F.Asucan
Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
and cooperation among students
and teachers especially in terms of
cleanliness.
Room
of
the
Week”.
Achieving these goals can easily
his is a short passage that
This basically aims to encourage be done. This project just needs unity,
stresses the importance of
students to contribute to the cooperation, fighting spirit and most
cleanliness among human
maintenance of cleanliness in the especially, following the guidelines
beings. If only people know the classrooms and beyond. This is a wholeheartedly and fulfilling the set
significance of having a clean vital instrument to ensure a conducive criteria eagerly to be the Cleanest
environment, they will change learning atmosphere which is an Room of the week. The criteria are:
immediately; not until a disastrous important factor to a better teaching a. Well- structured walls/ appropriate
e v e n t w i l l c o m e f o r t h e m i n and learning process.
and acceptable decorations/ add- ons
return because of their cruelty and
This project aims to cultivate, (20%) b. Clean windows, tables
exploitation to mother earth.
and other furniture (15%)
In school, cleanliness is
c. Clean/ Shiny floor and
...cultivate, enhance and develop
a must if a conducive learning
tolerable state of trash bins
atmosphere is the goal. This
(20%) d. Clean corridor
students’ sense of responsibility in
greatly contributes to the
and well- maintained
the maintenance of cleanliness in
general well-being of every
plants/ plant boxes (15%)
student in school. Teachers
e. Conducive and clutterthe classrooms and the school as
and students must deeply
free room (15%) f. Overall
a whole...
understand the benefit of
classroom atmosphere
having clean surroundings.
(15%) for a total of 100%.
The school community then enhance and develop students’ sense
This is not only about the banner
needs to ensure that cleanliness and of responsibility in the maintenance which bears the shout-out “Cleanest
orderliness are observed all the time at of cleanliness in the classrooms Room of the Week!” that was posted
least within the school vicinity.
and the school as a whole. Its in front of the winning classroom
To make certain of this, the intentions are to promote awareness makes the winning section proud but
English club took the initiative to on the importance of cleanliness for also the pride of knowing that they
create a friendly competition among a conducive learning environment, to did their best to win because they
the fourteen sections in San Miguel foster a school atmosphere that gives have realized the value of having the
National High School. The project is importance of maintaining cleanliness Cleanest Room of the Week.
called Project CROW or “Cleanest and to strengthen the spirit of unity
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December
09
diminutive nail
by Crischea Joi Evangelista,
Champion Orator, District Level
Written down in the history of our country are human sufferings, a cancer of a deadly character that the least touch irritates and awakens in
it the abrupt pains. Rizal’s works truly enlightened us to be independent and to fight for freedom.
When I was a child, I dreamed to become a President of my country, to serve my countrymen to the best that I can and give them the life that
they deserve which Rizal likewise dreamed of. However, whenever I watch television and see my countrymen suffering as blatantly exposed in
the news – gunshots, dying innocent people screaming for help, skirmishes between opposing forces in the society and government – I paused.
Could I ever be able to deal with all these? At a young age, I tried to be open-minded. I always asked my mom, “What is really
happening? I thought the battles are over? Why do Filipinos fight against each other? Why can’t we just give love, trust
and care? Why don’t they just stop senseless inhumane acts?” It was hard for me to understand.
So then I realized that this nation needs a good president who has strong political will to transform this
land and lift its people from the bondage of crisis, poverty, lethargy and complacency. He who can enjoin the
cooperation of the people; he who can be a model in aspects of character, intellect, nationalism. These are
the traits that Rizal possessed and which every leader of this country should have.
“Hold high thy brow serene, O youth where now you stand; let the bright sheen of your grace be seen,
Fair hope of my Fatherland!”
Rizal’s hopes rested on us. Are we going to be indifferent? Shall we heed the call? Do we care enough
for this country like he did that he gave his life just for our senses to be awakened? Is it too much
if we contribute something for this nation to be better for each of us and our posterity? For this
land to be healed? For this part of the world to rise up and shine?
My fellow youth, let us positively respond to Rizal’s call. Together, we can. As Tiny Hero
stated in his blog, “Heroes inevitably reflect their country”. We are the heroes. “We exist as
receptacles of a nation’s hopes and dreams. We are the guiding lights who help shape the
future. Our philosophies, ideals and examples act as the benchmarks for right
collective action.”
These, in reality, are what Rizal wanted us to be - the character makeup
of modern-day heroes. We are the heroes whether we like it or not. We are the
Ang bayan ko’y tanging ikaw,
heroes who will end human sufferings; who will make a peaceful place to live;
Pilipinas kong mahal;
who will usher transformation; who will make a difference.
Ang puso ko at buhay man,
I still want to become a president. But if not given that slim and eye-of-a-needle
Sa iyo ibibigay…
chance, I will be a hero in my own way. And I am! I won’t fail Rizal. I won’t fail my
country.
Rizal, Oh Rizal… Live in us.
MY
DAILY
TIME
RECORD
Feature
by Kyle Cristal F.Asucan
by Joshua Aquino
“When there is darkness, there is light.”
The primary reason why candle is made in
this world is to give light. Light that symbolizes
hope in the darkest part of our life. However, it
proves the notion that everything in this world
has an end.
There are many kinds of candles, different
sizes, scents and even color, but they are all
the same in composition. Like us, every person
is different from each other in many aspects,
especially the character that we have. But we
are all the same; God created us all.
People are continually passing by in our
lives, but only those people whom we believe
made a difference in our lives remained in
our hearts and minds. Those people who
enlightened and gave us hope in times of
facing our weaknesses. On the other hand,
candle gives light in the dark but its fire can hurt
everyone.
Sometimes we’re not expecting that the
person who enlightened our way to trace the right
path is the one who will leave us in the dark. Those
people whose leading us will somehow, someday
leave and hurt our feelings.
Nothing in this world has the ability to stay
forever. No one has the power to live for life.
Before it’s too late, the best thing to do is to forgive
and forget. Likewise, before the candle will vanish,
do important things while the light is still there.
Learn to appreciate simple things for it gives a
big impact in our lives. The small amount of light
that a candle can give is however encompasses
a certain place which can give us an idea of how
significant is to live with a light in the dark.
The Frozen Heart
of the Ice Prince
That’s the Pinoy way
by Ranjit DC. Corpuz Jr.
A prince who is a shame and rules nothing, come from
a land full of crops and a hut in the middle of it. He has no
robe, but a blue towel on his back. He doesn’t have crown, but
a triangular hat on his head. He is the Ice Prince.
At the age of 15, he was left behind the generation of the ruling
gizmos. As a teen, he needs to step up on his own walking on the floor of
wisdom. To challenge what he has, and to test until where he can pass.
He’s there! He’s everywhere! No one cares to walk with him, no one dares to sit beside
him, and no one wants him. As he enters the café, he closes his eyes, thinking what else can
the group of big men will do. Either punch him, kick him, and throw him somewhere else. He
doesn’t have his soldiers to protect him. He doesn’t have friends; he’s a loner. Even he enters his
kingdom, he is alone.
Like an ice that is always calm, he stays silent. But when circumstance change, it will melt
as breaks his frozen heart to anger.
He is the Ice Prince, a boy with shame. Like a monarch who rules only his heart. We are the
one who rule our own.
It’s me
who
rule!
by Micah Joy Basilio
Crisis
in
me
by Derma Falconit
In a relegate place, I sat asking myself, why I’m always
restraining? “Pok,pok,pok” Ouch! my head was throbbing,
because of hammer’s whack. Sometimes I am aggravating, I am
craving myself to leave this place, But how? that’s my meditation.
Here it comes the rain , my head and body will become soggy,
sooner I become rusty and corroded, but need to be strong cause it
is necessitate.
In the
furnitures,houses and
everything, You’ll
find that I’m always
there, sometimes
under,sometimes in the
center, but always in the
top. I need to be strong ,
for the foundation of my
position, like member of a
family, whom insistence to be strong, whatever lies instore for
them.
My drudgery is very complicated, but need to be urgent,
because sooner I will be disappeared.
The Earth is turning to pompous, many different things still
invent, I am frightened and terrified; why?
I perceived what if I would be vanished? Please!dont stop
thinking about me anytime, in my little graft , I hope that you
observe that I am also significant.
We have the true blood of a Filipino. We inhabit a
place of endless fun, beauty and a diverse country, the
Philippines. What more could you ask for? Being a Filipino
is the best.
We call every women ‘tita’ and men ‘tito’ even if
we’re not even related to them. We say ‘ate’ and ‘kuya’
to a person even if sometimes we’re older than them.
We bless to the elders and say ‘po’ or ‘opo’ because
that’s what we Filipinos do, we are full of respect. We ride
in jeepnies and drive tricycles to reach where we want to go.
We ride in carabaos to the farm and plow the land with
their help. Filipinos are fond of calling the attention of
a person by saying ‘PST’, especially in public places.
We point at something using our lips because we like to
keep things lay low. We beat the heat using ‘paypay’ and
eat halo-halo. Who knew shaved ice would taste good with
other ingredients. Filipino loves eating street foods like
‘kwek-kwek’ and ‘balut’. They also love eating exotic foods
because that is the Filipino way. You are not Filipino if you
have not experienced any of this.
by Michaelle Jane Ancho
True Paradise
by Ranjit DC. Corpuz Jr.
Have you ever
wondered why,
I was different from
you?
Have you ever
wondered what,
I went through?
Surrounded by mountains, trees and oceans
Plants, lovely flowers and humans,
In a top of a hill, I am standing
Anything that my sight could reach, I’m busy staring;
With the help of God
who’s enlightening my
way,
I always see a new hope
and a brighter day;
Have you wanted to
know
All about my life
It’s full of so much
anger
sorrow and strife
I’m living in a home
with a broken heart
and piece by piece
it’s falling apart
Standing straight I look the sky
Indeed it was very high,
Wide, cloudy and really blue
But going to that place is hard to do;
The broken parts of my
life,
I fixed to make it whole,
Because it’s me who
rule!
I don’t know about you
but I don’t know about
me
and I can’t live for so
long
being unhappy…
I hold my decisions and
everything I own,
But of course my
destiny is unknown;
Often times mistakes
are taking place,
Consequences alone I
face.
I felt happy and contended that time,
Looking the people alone I love, they are very fine
Not only them I see,
But also people in that place having peace and unity;
Then I look at the ocean and stare
I notice something that is very rare,
I should consider it as a period of tranquility
The first time it was happening to me;
I closed my eyes and realize
I learned something from paradise
Even ideal, It can be found everywhere
It is in you; Are you aware?
CONGRATULATIONS to Crischea Joi Evengelista for garnering 2nd Place in the Division Schools Press Conference, NEWS WRITING ENGLISH
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Sci&Tech
Sci&Tech
December
Promoting Moringa Oleifera
The SMNHS initiative... the YES-O way!
I
f you will visit San Miguel
National High School, you will
be surprised at the numerous
leafy malunggay tree in the
campus. Through the initiative of
Mrs. Venus D. Ibas, science teacher
and Youth for Environment in
School Organization (YES-O)
adviser, students took great part in
planting malunggay every semester.
The school community assures that
every plant in the campus is in good
condition. As a result, the plants are
abundant in foliage.
It is scientifically proven that
fresh malunggay (Moringa oleifera)
leaves are rich in vitamins A, B, C,
calcium, potassium, protein and iron.
Studies showed that malunggay
gives a feeling of wellness and at
the same time balances sugar and
cholesterol content in the body.
Leaves can be prescribed to treat
anemia.
Dubbed as miracle vegetable or
the power gulay, malunggay is now
being processed as food fortificant,
food supplement, and even potent
medicine.
Malunggay is identified as
the One Town One Product of
our town San Antonio. The
Local Government Unit of San
Antonio (LGU-San Antonio) is very
much interested in developing the
malunggay industry in the locality.
As a matter of fact, a training
on the preparation of Malunggay
Products was conducted by an
Typhoons
and the
Philippines
by Jims Bernard Tabon
typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in
western part of the North Pacific Ocean. This typhoon
causes calamities every year and it affects Filipino lives.
There are six main requirements for typhoon formation and
development:1.sufficiently warm sea surface temperature, 2.
atmospheric instability,3.high humidity in the lower to middle
levels of the troposphere,4.enough corrolis force to develop a low
pressure center,5.a pre-existing low level focus or disturbance,
and 6.low vertical wind shear.
In the history of our country, the deadliest overall cyclone to
impact the Philippines is believed to have been the September
1881 typhoon which is estimated to have killed up to 20, 000
people as it passed over the country in the said date but in modern
meteorological records, the deadliest storm was typhoon Haiyan
with a local name Yolanda. This typhoon became the strongest
land falling tropical cyclone ever recorded. It crossed the Central
Philippines on November 7-8, 2013, some of the days that every
Filipino will never forget.
Philippines Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration (PAGASA) is the agency of government
responsible of typhoons and responsible of giving public storm
signals. Signal number one is the weakest and usually signal
number four is the strongest.
Just this school year, Zambales experienced almost 3
suspensions of classes because of typhoons. Typhoon Glenda,
being the strongest with storm signal number 3 which happened
in July 16, typhoon Luis in September 15 and typhoon Mario in
September 19 occurred in Zambales.
Storm signals are very important to class suspensions. Classes
for preschool are cancelled when signal number is in effect.
Elementary and High School classes are cancelled when the storm
warning is at two and Colleges and Universities are cancelled
when the storm is in signal number three and four.
A
Industrial Technology Development
Institute (ITDI) expert, Ms. Lourdes
Montevirgen, in San Antonio,
Zambales on April 25-26, 2012 for
14 participants. From then on, the
association continued to process
malunggay products.
According to the 2012 Annual
Report of the Department of Science
and Technology Provincial S&T
Center Zambales, the LGU-San
Antonio sought the assistance
of DOST that would provide
technology intervention for the
establishment of the malunggay
processing center.
As a response, the DOST-III,
through its Grant-in-Aid Program,
Take a step...
by Len-Len Lazaro
Supporting San Antonio’s One-Town-One-Product
approved a funding assistance
amounting to three hundred sixty
eight thousand pesos (P368,000) on
December 4, 2012.
These funds were allotted for the
acquisition of one unit of mechanical
dryer, one unit of pulverizer, one unit
of oven, one unit of noodle making
machine, one unit of mixer, and one
unit of horizontal band sealer.
Furthermore it was stated
that the LGU-San Antonio shall
provide two hundred thousand
pesos as counterpart for the
product development, renovation/
construction of the building,
operating expenses, and promotion
and marketing.
by Chairmane Callo
The Bureau of Agricultural
Research (BAR) included
malunggay in its Indigenous Plants
for Health and Wellness Program
and identified the development of
malunggay as priority project.
With the realization of its
importance and benefit to humans,
SMNHS will continuously support
the planting and growing of more
malunggay in the campus through
the help and effort of the schoolcommunity.
To prove how beneficial
malunggay plant is, the canteen
personnel easily prepare a healthy
meal for the teachers and students
during lunch break because of the
abundant source of malunggay
that surrounds the campus.
Top stories of 2014
from space exploration to medicine, technology, paleontology and environment
Stir your curiosity... Read on... search... and read... and explore.
1. The Ebola explosion. Scientists and health
workers scramble to contain the world’s worst
Ebola outbreak.
2. Climate in crisis. The year brought new
evidence that human activities are altering the
climate in ever more obvious ways.
6.
3. Rosetta’s Comet Rendezvous makes
space history. A 4-billion-mile journey ended this
2.
year when Rosetta reached Comet 67P.
4. A new path to better cybersecurity.
Hackers breached the computer systems of major
retailers this year. What can be done?
7.
5. Marijuana goes legit, but the future
of research is hazy. The limited number of
marijuana studies are inconclusive regarding the
drug’s safety and efficacy.
6. The year in Science fraud. What can we
learn from the scandals that plagued scientific
research in 2014?
Bio means life and diversity means
variety of species; Biodiversity means
the life of different species. In our
community there are so many types
of species that is said too much
quantity. Community pertains
to the number of individual in
a specific place.
In our science class we
talked about biodiversity. We
also took activity on how to
identify the number species
in a certain area called Index of
Diversity. Our teacher gave us an area
to identify different species in our school. She
also gave us a data table that includes the number of
species, number of runs; number of trees, and also the
formula on how to compute the activity. We had easily
identified that our school has a low index of diversity. We
also noticed the importance of growth of every species.
In our English class, our teacher let us watch a
video clip about global warming and climate change.
We teenagers should take a stand for the next
generation. The video clip shows the factors that contribute to global
warming like smoke belching, over population, illegal logging, and many
more. We knew that these factors were created by us, humans. The point
is; we must care for our mother Earth and observe the effect of this action.
The time is not yet tired running. We should take a step and start making
a difference. A legacy that will remember in every generation. Don’t wait
for us to be outnumbered.
LIS: Easy,
helpful
by Jims Bernard Tabon
The best in science from the past
1.
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This school year is DepEd’s fourth year of implementing the computer
generated system for maintaining the registry of learners in the Philippines,
the Learner Information System or LIS.
LIS is used to update learner information at the school and community
learning centers through the Learner Reference Number (LRN). LRN is a
unique and permanent 12-digit number assigned to a person who enters the
Philippine Basic Education Program. It is intended to reference a “Registry
of Learners” which serves as a centralized and authoritative database of
learners’ basic information.
Teachers in SMNHS are among the workforce in the education sector
that make student-records systematic by looking closely into the LIS
database and updating it from time to time.
Through this, we can have an easy access to learners’ profile in the
registry and even performance data as he or she completes the program,
whether it be in the formal or non-formal mode of learning. Teachers also
proved how helpful the LIS as it improve the accuracy of enrollment data
from public/private schools and ALS Learning Centers in the Philippines.
Nothing is impossible if we will work hand in hand for the betterment
of our country and if we are open to changes and innovations. Let us make
this 21st century productive and progressive. This is another salient factor
in the upgrading of education through the K-12 program.
8.
7. New dwarf planet redefines solar system.
3.
The discovery of minor planet 2012 VP orbiting
beyond Pluto changes the borders of our solar
neighborhood.
8. The lives of the galaxies. Astronomers
gained new insights into the life cycles of galaxies.
4.
9. Dengue vaccines clears major trial
hurdle. Clinicians may soon have a new tool to
combat the virus.
10. Researchers construct first designer
chromosome. The synthetic yeast chromosome
marks the first step toward synthesizing a
eukaryotic organism.
5.
9.
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Electronically involved. Today’s teachers become well engaged in managing
school records and pertinent student data through computers and the online
trend in education that necessitates innovations to become globally acceptable.
December
11
A Taste of Ashitaba
by Manolito B. Basilio
My former high school teacher and then coteacher, Mr. Rogelio Ballon, retired December
2013. Sad to say, he did not enjoy his retirement
for long. He succumbed to death last April for
signs of cancer aggravated by complications as
he was diabetic too.
As expected, we visited his wake in his
home in San Marcelino. Although he never
really stayed there while he was connected with
our school for 30 long years, his wake had to
lie where he rightfully belongs. He considered
Barangay San Miguel his real abode for reasons
of proximity, economy, convenience, affinity
and what not.
While we were
there, one of my coteachers suggested that
we sat at the back part
of the house where a
variety of robust plants
grow. One familiar herb
caught our attention: the
Ashitaba. According to
my colleagues, it is a
wonder plant.
Sir Ballon is a
plant lover. He used to
surround himself with
ornamental plants in
school and home. And this one called Ashitaba
seemed unnoticed in his backyard. I turned
curious and tried to verify hear-says about it
so I surfed the net and read testimonials and
scientific articles about this said-to-be wonder
plant.
The oldest written record of Ashitaba
appeared more than 2,000 years ago. Of the
many thousands of plants that are known,
Ashitaba belongs to the elite 1% category
considered to be medicinal plants.
Ashitaba originated in Hachijo Island where
the rich volcanic soil and Kuroshio ‘black
tide’ encourages plant growth. Ashitaba means
“tomorrow leaf” due to its ability to grow very
fast, exhibiting a strong energetic life force or
Qi. Ashitaba has a very long history of use: it
purifies the blood; detoxifies the liver; cleanses
the colon; improves lung function; enhances
blood circulation; and relieves muscle, joint,
and nerve discomfort.
During the Shogun era, in a ring of islands
called the Izu Islands, a plant which the residents
call the “longevity herb” thrives despite the
desolate and rocky environment, an environment
so harsh that it used to be a place of exile where
criminals and social outcasts were relegated. As
punishment, the exiles were forced to withstand
poor diets and hard labor, foraging their food
from the rock and sand. Records indicate that
despite harsh circumstances, the exiles were
healthy and lived long lives. The local herbalists
attribute this unusual healthfulness to the
continual consumption
of Ashitaba in their
diet. The powerful
nutrients, antioxidants,
and energetic life force
of the Ashitaba plant is
truly amazing.
If only Sir Ballon
had known of what
wonders this unnoticed
herb in his backyard can
do, perhaps he should
have tried it and felt the
benefits and lived a little
longer and enjoyed his
retirement.
By the way, I took three short cuttings of
Ashitaba from Sir Ballon’s backyard and my
sister planted it near our gate. It survived and
to my amazement, it thrived so quickly. Now
I take a daily dose of its fresh leaves every
morning. I do not want to claim anything about
its effect on me, but I believe that in due time,
it would manifest. For now, I can only say that
it contributes to the smooth and regular bowel
movement which gives a very good feeling of
relief and comfort to my overall system. I think
Ashitaba along with a healthy lifestyle may truly
promote longevity.
Again, I would like to emphasize my point
here, a healthy lifestyle is all that matters. And
I think this is one thing that Sir Ballon deprived
himself of.
Rest in peace sir.
Telekinesis: Mind over mechanics
by Maria Lourdes C. Mendoza
Science is one of the best
things life has ever offered us
over the years. It has gradually
taken over most aspects of most
people’s lives, and is constantly
growing through time. Some
people usually ignore the fact that
science is actually everywhere,
yet some, aside from being
fascinated, tend to utilize science
to make people’s lives better.
On this note, science is growing
rather faster that the speed of
light and many changes have
already occurred, some of which
involving new discoveries,
inventions and even the latest
trends.
We all know how technology
has helped us in so many ways, to
an extent that some people cannot
even imagine life without it.
These days, everything is easier
with the use of technology. The
health care delivery system has
evolved immensely, whether with
the use of the iPad, smartphones
or even simple texting, the health
provider and the patients are kept
in touch in a way that they have
never did before.
These trends have
never left, and the
more they grow,
the more people will
grow dependent.
Exploratory findings
are continuously made
consistently that are
changing the world we l i v e
in. Some major discoveries and
inventions never even got to
the limelight, but will change
our lives forever. To name one,
Telekinesis, or being able to
control the motion of objects, used
to be something we see only on
the television. Now, it has already
been a reality, using a technique
known as electroencephalography
, wherein five students from the
Minnesota College of Science
and Engineering, were able to
control the motion of a fourblade helicopter, also known as a
quadcopter. According to the lead
author of the study , Professor Bin
He, their study showed that for
the first time, humans are able to
control the flight of flying robots
u s i n g
just their
thoughts ,
sensed from
noninvasive brain
waves. The technique
(EEG) , recorded the electrical
activity of the subjects’ brain
through a cap fitted with 64
electrodes. In conducting the
research, those five students were
asked to imagine using their right
hand, left hand, and both hands
together; this would instruct the
quadcopter to turn right, left, lift,
and then fall, respectively. The
quadcopter was driven with a
pre-set forward moving velocity
and controlled through the sky
with the subjects’ thought. Brain
signals were recorded by the cap
and sent to the quadcopter over
WiFi.
Triple A Asian Baseball Tournament in Thailand
SMNHS alumnus plays
for the Philippine team
Vol.XVI No.1 December 2014
School-Community Paper of San Miguel National High School, San Nicolas, San Antonio, Zambales
Zambales sluggers
retain bronze
in CLRAA 2014
by Micahelle Jane Ancho and Francis Adrian B. Ventura
“I am glad we are able to retain our bronze pride.”
Thus exclimed Zambales coach, Mrs. Josephina Jesyble De Leon,
Teacher II of San Miguel National High School (SMNHS).
This year ’s Central Luzon Regional Athletic
Association (CLRAA), Zambales baseball sluggers were
proud to gain bronze for three consecutive years giving
their opponent a good fight every semi-finals.
Each deligation was categorized in 4 brackets;
Bracket A: Nueva Ecija, Olongapo City, Bracket
B: Aurora, Tarlac City, Bracket C:Angeles City,
Zambales, Bracket D: Pampanga, Bulacan, Bataan.
During the first game, Zambales fight against Angeles City. Zambales ruled with 3
homes while Angeles City scored 1.
The second game was against Olongapo City where Zambales dominated every inning
and ended with the score of 13-0. In the semi-finals, Zambales fought with Nueva Ecija
(NE). They came in head-to-head with NE, the three-time defending champs. Justine
Jan Canonizado became the hero of the season for catching a seemingly uncatchable
fly ball. From his post as a left fielder, sliding to the ground and caught the ball in
his glove leaving the spectators and everyone amazed and breathless sending off
loud cheer and applause.
In the battle for 3rd and 4th place with Bulacan, the visiting team
conceded as Zambales keeps gaining homes. Leo Bautista of Zambales was
the only players to hit home run among all the delegation admiring him as the
star player.
Zambales baseball sluggers brought pride during the game as San Antonio district will forever be proud
to its students who were all came from the district. Cristian Dave Prado, Jaypee Roy, Jim Carlos Lazaro, Aaron
Kyle Mercado, Eryn Agasa, Raymart Del Rosario, were proudly from SMNHS.
He used to play
for the San Miguel
National High
School Synergists
Sluggers, then for
the District of San Antonio, then
for the Zone, Province, and Region
(CLRAA) and then finally, the
most recent Palarong Pambansa.
This was how he started in the
game he passionately loved baseball.
With that beginning, he was
eyed by a university varsity scout
during the games and that made
him be absorbed in one of the
country’s prestigious academes
(at least in the field of sports) as
it fares well in the UAAP against
equally competitive and bignamed universities. The National
University harbored him and he
tries to meet expectations as a
member of its baseball team. While
there, he ventured into penetrating
the bigger diamond field and
tried out for the Philippine team
to compete in the Triple A Asian
Baseball Tournament in
Thailand, September 1-6.
He tried his best as part of
the team having loses and wins
against teams from other countries.
They have proven once and for
all that the Filipino spirit is never
dampened by odds, that Filipinos
are never shaken by disasters, that
they will keep on fighting until
they win.
They have overpowered the
defenses of China, Sri Lanka in the
eliminations.
In the quarter finals,
team Philippines likewise lamed
Korea of its chances to be in the
semis.
The results of the finals were
quite favorable as they placed
among the top five best batters in
Asia. The clash for the bases and
home was over but the experience
and the prestige of being a member
of the Philippine Team will remain.
With a 5-tool player like
Jordan Troy Cortez who can hit
for power, has a high average, has
good speed to steal bases, can field
his position well and has a strong
throwing arm, the sweet victory for
Team Philippines is again another
milestone to be awaited in the next
encounter. A good pitch away with
dinger and grand salamis from all
4-bagger members of the team will
surely make the future shining for
Philippine Baseball Team not only
in Asia but also in the whole wide
world.
Go far Jordan Troy Cortez,
SMNHS alumnus 2014. We are
proud of you!
May you continue your struggle
for excellence in the field and
become successful through the sport
you have chosen to excel in. This
is not just for yourself but also for
the pride of your Alma Mater, your
hometown, your province, region
and nation.
Keeping the Synergists’ spirit. Zambales Team (mostly from SMNHS) maintains the bronze slot and keeps sportsmanship
alive amidst the strong will to do better each time yet opponents seem to do the same or better as history says.
Great fighting spirit - Ramos
“We made a history!”
Tired, sleepless and restless after two
consecutive games, Zambales softball team
continued to play for the third time on the same
day fighting for the bronze. It was an unforgettable
experience on how our team reached that far.
Palarong Pambansa bound. Merry Ann Ramos of SMNHS (in set) is set to conquer
Palarong Pambansa 2015 as team mates wish her the best.
We won our first game against
Aurora province with the score of
8-2. Majority of the players were
proudly from San Miguel National
High School (SMNHS), these are
Mery Ann Ramos, Jewel Silva,
Jonalyn Mandi, Joemelyn Esposo,
Maxine Carpio and Rhoda Estrada
who became a part of the first nine.
We did our best to gain score and
defense as we won our first fight. In
the second game, we fight against
Bataan Province and successfully
won with the score of 9-1. As
the elimination game ends, team
Zambales leads the bracket.
The start of quarter finals
brought us tension anticipating the
win that will lead us to semi-finals.
We entered in a very close fight with
Pampanga with a final score of 2-1
and Zambales got its third victor.
For the semi-finals, we went to a
head to head fight with Nueva Ecija
(NE) in the extension game. Though
we made it possible to tied up with
Proud Team Philippines. Pinoy best batters in which Jordan Troy Cortez, an
SMNHS Alumnus, makes every bit of opportunity sports a way to realize dreams.
NE in the fifth inning, we were not
so lucky in the extension game and
NE won in the score of 3-2.
Unexpectedly, softball committee
decided to have our third game on that
the same day fighting for the 3rd or 4th
place against Tarlac City. This is why
we made a history. Zambales softball
team is the first team who did fight
for 3 consecutive games in a day.
We won the bronze! With our
fighting spirit, that third game,
restless, tired and sluggish, we got
the victory against Tarlac City in
the score of 2-1. Although we were
not able to reach the finals, at least
we know in our hearts that we are
always giving our best in our every
game. The cooperation and faith
that we have lead us to triumph. We
are very proud to say that we were
able to win the game, unexpectedly
despite the exhausted 2 consecutive
games; we won the bronze! That’s
because of our fighting spirit.
by Mery Ann Ramos