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Volume: LXXXIII No.1 | January - May 2023
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The Off icial Publication of Marcelo H. del Pilar National High School NEWS FEATURE
JOURNESKWELA: THE JOURNEY THAT NEVER STOPS
SURVIVING THE SIZZLE
HIGH HEAT INDEX STRIKES EDUCATION SECTOR
JOYCE ANN BARTOLOME (10 SPJ NAKPIL)
To be free is to reach veracity.
JOYCE MALLARI (10 STE SANTOS) NERRY ROSE BULAONG (12 STEM K)
ALARMING HEAT LEVEL. Ingrid Dumlao, a student from 10 SPJ Nakpil, attempts to cool herself amidst the extreme heat temperature in the classroom. Photo by Edward Rye Espiritu (12 STEM A)
With lack of proper ventilation in classrooms, public schools have become the primary victim of soldering heat, leaving students wondering whether the pursuit of education is worth sacrificing their health and safety. Being one of the biggest public schools in the province, students of Marcelo H. del Pilar National High School (MHPNHS) experienced the
physical and psychological toll posed by the phenomena first-hand. Janelle Carpio, a student from 10 STE Zara, shared the impact of the high heat index on her daily routine, including the inability to walk to school due to the intolerable temperature. “Before, I used to walk from the footbridge to school in order to save money but due to the high heat index,
I never got the chance to do it again because I felt like it is burning me slowly. With that being said, this also affected the routine I used to make as a student with a lot of workloads, walking is the only exercise I could guarantee to myself, and with the weather condition I can’t do the things I used to do before,” Carpio said. According to the student, the heat
has posed a threat to her academic performance, sharing how the rising temperatures forced alterations in her usual methods. “I have observed major changes [in myself], particularly in my ability to focus. If it is too hot outside, I find that I become irritable, which leads me to do my duties at night when I may feel a little more calm and less irritated,” Carpio added.
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BRIDGING THE GAP
BROADCASTING BEYOND BORDERS
MALOLOS BOASTS OF FIRST EVER ROVING RADIO STATION
BRIGADA PAGBASA HONES DELPI LITERACY JOYCE MALLARI (10 STE SANTOS) NERRY ROSE BULAONG (12 STEM K)
KHEIYA MENDOZA (9 SPJ LOCSIN) NERRY ROSE BULAONG (12 STEM K) Airing free and informative coverage, the city of Malolos boasts of its first ever Roving Radio Station in the province of Bulacan, which hits the road last February 13. Malolos City Mayor Atty. Christian D. Natividad said that the primary driving forces of the project was to use it as a tool to easily disseminate important information to the general public, to provide access to education to farflung barangays in the city, and to promote and bring entertainment through performances of local artists and provide potential services closer to the barangays. This project is seen as useful innovation specifically by the education sector which caters to the learners under the Alternative Learning Systme or ALS. “This project is very useful in disseminating lessons on air. Lalo na dun sa mga estudyante natin sa ALS in the market. Naririnign nila ang broadcast lesson kahit habang nas atrabaho sila,” said Salvador Lozano, EPS I and ALS Coordinator. The Roving Radio Station is also
open for Maloleños to broadcast and exhibit their talents, creativity, and skills in singing, spoken word poetry, as well as share news in their respective communities to a much larger audience, which can eventually lead to bigger doors opening for them in the future. Aside from demonstrating Maloleños’ talents, the Roving Radio Station aims to resolve the long-standing issue with lack of transparency, inadequate communication channels, and a reluctance to disclose sensitive information in the country, the radio station serves can act as a medium for an open forum between members of the community in an entertaining manner. With most Maloleños obtaining their information from the “Balitang Malolos” Facebook group, which is prone to distributing inaccurate information, the radio station serves as an additional platform for obtaining news from citizens themselves. In line with the concept of traveling and visiting various locations in the city, it strives to reach and inspire....
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GIFT OF KNOWLEDE. Julia Pulumbarit, one of Aklatang Gabriel A. Bernardo’s reading advocate, personally guides the Brigada Pagbasa ‘s Grade 7 student beneficiary.
Photo by Mark Dominic Delos Santos (12 HUMSS F)
From the written scriptures that molded the world together, to the modern perspectives that set worlds apart, the pillars of society were passed on from generation to generation through the compelling power of writing. However, in
modern times, beneath the depths of knowledge-carrying literature lies a pressing barrier to the cycle of learning that has long plagued the education sector; illiteracy. Throughout the years, the doors of education have been failing by
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One of the most fundamental and essential features of a truth defender is to hold the echoes of wonder that lie within accuracy and claim the triumph that will emancipate us from the shackles of deception. Proving it once again, young students from the Special Program in Journalism (SPJ) of Marcelo H. Del Pilar National High School (MHPNHS) came together and were befittingly selected as resource speakers with their expertise regarding campus journalism. The Journeskwela 2023 was conducted under the management of Ma’am Tara Anne Valdez, the program chairman and SPJ Coordinator, then soon arrived with the aim to provide high school students with an opportunity to engage in community service through journalism by educating young and aspiring campus journalists in the primary level what is it about and its function in the society. With the theme of “JOURNESKWELA 2023: A Community Service by the Special Program in Journalism, Unleashing the Power..
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degrees to cater a massive number of illiterate students. However, despite the pressing impediment at war with schools, soldiers of hope stood their ground against the storm. Being one of the largest public high schools in the region, the campus took on the initiative of Brigada Pagbasa, an afterschool reading program addressing the profuse learning gap in literacy and numeracy. Rooting from the prior struggle of learners to meet the learning standards in language proficiency and analyticall thinking based on their grade level, the Department of Education (DepEd) raised an advocacy for reading remediation programs in line with the DepEd Memorandum No. 173, “Hamon: Bawat Bata Bumabasa (3Bs Initiatives).” In a joint effort, various departments of MHPNHS set their barricades against the said phenomena through launching individual programs in line with the DepEd advocacy, namely; Pagbasa, Pag-asa; Reading Booster Shots; OHSP React; Bida sa Pagbasa, and; Celo Reads, reading programs promoting collaboration and participation of every department...
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