MULTILINGUAL NEWSLETTER VOLUME NO. 5 ISSUE NO. 5
THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF FILAMER CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY - SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 2022
Back on track in the ‘now normal’
FCUSHS faces ftf classes
After two years of distance learning, Filamer Christian University Senior High School (FCUSHS) has opened its doors for a face-to-face (ftf) classes for school year 20222023 following the evaluation and order of the Department of Education (DepEd). Based on the DepEd Order No. 44 series of 2022, titled “School Calendar and Activities for the School Year 2022-2023,” all school are expected to return
to ftf classes if approved by the department - one of the major targets of Vice President and DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte before the year ends. “It is preferable [to me] for students to attend school rather than take online classes. Students can interact with teachers and even [their] classmates; they can share ideas and emotions,” Ms. Urla Dela, High School Principal, said affirming the return of the inperson classes.
FCUSHS started its dryrun for in-person classes way back August with classes set in half-day schedule alternately for Grades 11 and 12, and sections were divided in two groups. “Face-to-face learning is the ideal and most effective way of learning, it allows both students and teachers to do their job right. Parents can also worry less of their children’s education because they know that the school is responding well to the students’ adjustments,”
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which eventually flowed to the first district towns of Panitan, Pontevedra, Roxas City and Maayon. Classes and works were suspended in the province by each municipal chief exceutive. Meanwhile, several Filamerians were not spared by Paeng as they found themselves either submerged in the flood or stranded in the city. In mission to help
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Sofia Francine Vista, Student Governor of FCUSHS, shared. However, based on the probing of the publication, some students and even teachers are not yet ready for the implementation of full face-to-face classes due to some disadvantages, such as the commuter fiasco that they have to
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Capiz submerges anew
Tropical storm Paeng flooded and damaged Capiz when it entered the country on October 25 affecting both districts of the province, the second weather disturbance to do so this year after typhoon Agaton also ransacked the province in April. Due to heavy rainfall caused by the typhoon, 24 barangays from the municipalities of Cuartero, Dumalag, Sigma, Jamindan, Mambusao, and Tapaz were first affected by the flood
NOW NORMAL EDUCATION. Students gather in front of the Senior High School building every Monday for a flag ceremony, part of the in-person classes routine. Photo by Mikylla Jeane Borro
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