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Students of Davao City Region experienced headaches, exhaustion, -and dehydration due to extreme hot weather condition.
PTA: Band-aid Solution
SCHOOL CALENDAR Saving summer season for students to relax
By: Clairee Truzzel Khate Magbanua
By: Clairee Truzzel Magbanua
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resident of Regional Federation Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Louie Bryan M. Lapat guaranteed that they tapped Department of Education (DepEd) to bring back the original school calendar to spare students in the summer season, at Nabunturan National Comprehensive High School (NNCHS) on Saturday, May 20. COVID- 19 pandemic has become a hindrance for students since school is affected that resulted in converting face to face classes to blended learning modality and changing the school calendar. “The main rationale is to spare students in the summer season,” Lapat said. He added that they tapped DepEd to take faster action to bring back the old school calendar, starting from June to March which takes 10 months, to secure the summer season for students to relax. Indeed, bringing back the old school calendar is really a big help for students and teachers to help them prevent extreme hot weather condition that happens in summer season.
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resident of Regional Federation Parents Teachers Association (PTA) Louie Brian M. Lapat emphasized that modular blended learning is only an alternative way to cope up with the students’ way of learning, at Nabunturan National Comprehemsive High School (NNCHS) on Saturday, May 20. Some district in Davao City experienced hot weather condition that resulted to schools’ implementation of the modular and blended modality, an alternative way of teaching the students amidst weather crisis. “Our priority is the welfare of the students,” stated by Lapat. He added that there is already a Department of Education (DepEd) order that allows school heads to postpone classes for them to prevent further cases due to hot weather condition. “All schools are compliant of the
ARTIFICIAL INTELLEGENCE A new way of learning for students A new way of learning for students By: Clairee Truzzel Khate Magbanua
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resident of Regional Federation Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Louie Bryan M. Lapat affirmed that there is nothing wrong of using online tools to inform students the consequences of using it, at Nabunturan National Comprehensive High School (NNCHS) on Saturday, May 20. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an online tool that often used by students to make their assignments and use it to write essays, change is inevitable and one of
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“The main rationale is to spare students in the summer. Because of the pandemic, reverting the old school calendar will be conducted next year. Demanding modular distance learning is one of the band aid solution. 180+ students had led to suffering from dehydration, nosebleed, and fainting, causing massive hysteria.” Turn to Page 3
alternative way of learning to still reach the level of quality of learning education,” uttered by Lapat. He added that to spare the students from further circumstances, they tapped DepEd to take steps to find solution that will answer the unstoppable weather condition. However, this alternative way is only for the meantime as the PTA federation reached out to the DepEd to make solutions to the continues problem. “Band-aid Solution,” said Lapat. He added that one of the reason why students suffer more from the hot weather condition, is the lack of ventilation. Indeed, students are the most affected of the hot weather condition as it hinders them to their way of learning and it can cause dehydration, exhaustion or worst, skin cancer that will result to bad health condition.
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Strengthening Passion over Distraction By: Clairee Truzzel Khate Magbanua
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ivision School Press Conference (DSPC) participants overlooked the hot weather condition to continue participating and listening for their own respected categories at Nabunturan National Comprehensive High School (NNCHS) on Saturday, May 20. Participants are standing in an open field so they really feel the heat since there is no other venues where they can conduct their activity. “Bisan init nagpadayon japun mi og paminaw kay wala man gihapon mi mabuhat sa init,” uttered by Angel Maceda, DSPC participant. She added that the hot weather condition is really a big distraction but it is nothing compared to their passion to win and strive to be the best. Indeed, there is nothing that hinders the participants since they have a goal to achieve.
these changes is the revolution of technology, it becomes the new way for students to learn. “Students’ intellectual capacity is decreasing as they rely more on using online tools, but using AI is not bad if we are able to harness it properly” stated by Lapat. He added that students are becoming dependent on using AI that somehow they forgot to use their own knowledge to make their works and teachers are accountable to teach the responsible way of using it.
“Makatabang jud ang mga online tool kay easy access raman gud and mas mapadali ra imong trabahoon kung mogamit ka ani,” uttered by Jhon Seniego, Divison School Press Conference (DSPC) participant. He added that he noticed some students irresponsibly using it since they use it to cheat on their exam. Truly, AI is a helpful tool that makes people’s lives easier and it is easy to use but we should be responsible of the consequences.