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WHAT’S INSIDE? pg. 02 | news
DMLMHS I-Read supports Nat’l Reading Program
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edicating every Friday throughout the whole school year for reading, values, health, and peace education, the Department of Education (DepEd), launched “Catchup Fridays”, last January 12, 2024. pg. 04 | opinion
ALTER THE CURRENT TO A BRIGHTER PROSPECT
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he country’s educational quality results still need to meet the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) standards, as demonstrated by the consistently low scores. This sad reality raises the question, can we submit quality citizens in this existing structure? pg. 08-09 | feature
PUVMP deadline extends anew, steers talk among Monsai commuters By: Marywin Love Julito
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ollowing the controversies surrounding the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approved the Department of Transportation (DOTr)’s recommendation to extend the franchise consolidation of jeepney drivers and operators by another three months last January 27, 2024. “The President has approved Transport Secretary Jaime J. Bautista’s recommendation, granting an additional three months until April 30, 2024, for the consolidation of public utility vehicles. The extension is to give an opportunity to those who expressed intention to consolidate but did not make the previous cutoff,” Presidential Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said. DOTr Secretary Bautista noted that the extended deadline will allow drivers and operators alike ‘to meet the consolidation requirement’ and will also enable them ‘to fast-track the implementation of the PUVMP.’
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illustration by: Julian Curt Flores
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t was the warm noon that made my sweat slowly trickle against my face. Running out of gas, I went back to our room after a wild chase of shots encapturing the highlights of a school event - an another bustling day for us student journalists. pg. 11 | sci-tech
school-based | news
DMLMHS Project I-Read bags 3rd in CIRCLE Awards’23 By: Marywin Love Julito & John Martin Geronimo
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oña Montserrat Lopez Memorial High School (DMLMHS) ’s school-based reading program, “Project I-READ” ranked 3rd as the Most Outstanding Reading Program (Secondary) in Western Visayas.
RESEARCH OF PLENTY
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esearch is part of the Science, Technology, and Engineering (STE) curriculum in Doña Montserrat Lopez Memorial High School (DMLMHS), teaching students how to conduct proper studies at an early age. In School Year 2023-2024, the Grade 10 research groups brought forth and grew their research.
The Project I-READ was recognized at the 2023 Curriculum and Instruction Regional Champions for Learning Excellence (CIRCLE) Awards, held at Eon Centennial Resort Hotel & Waterpark in Jaro, Iloilo City, last December 15, 2023. Led by School Literacy Coordinator Rina Rose Perez and the English Department, the School-
I-READ SA BARANGAY. Teachers from the English Department of DMLMHS conducted a community-based reading initiative as part of the school’s literacy program, Project I-READ.
based reading program highlights the importance of improving learners’ literacy levels and minimizing the number of frustration-level readers inside the campus. Aiming to help improve learners’ literacy levels, the program is congruent with the priorities of the DepEd in revitalizing the K - 12 curriculum as part of the MATATAG: Bansang Makabata, Batang Makabansa agenda. Moreover, Silay Special Education (SPeD) Center qualified as one of the Most Learning-Focused Inclusive Programs in the category of Special Needs Education Program (SNeD) (Secondary) while the Don Felix T.
photo by: Project I-READ
Lacson MNHS earned the award of Most Learning-Focused Secondary School (K Stage 4) G11 - G12, Small School Category.
The CIRCLE Awards recognize the passion, creativity, and commitment of educators and educational institutions in shaping a learner’s future in society.