CATALOG
FEATURES P9
NEWS P2
THE CRY OF A FARMER’S CHILD
The Official English Publication of Aurora Senior High School Region 2, Division of Isabela Volume III, Issue No. 1
FLOOD CRISIS
July 2024 - April 2025
THE
QUEST RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM IS OUR AIM
SCIENCE P15 REGRETFULLY SATISFYING DEATH TRAP OPINION P5
Illustrated by Yz-ra Pajarillo Photos from Vera Files (Willie Revillame), Philippine Star (Bong Revilla, Apollo Quiboloy)
MIRRORS AND LENSES
45% of 300 ASHSIANS (aged 15 and above)
First week of school, it is high time to elect the classroom officers. Back in grade school, the President should always be the smartest of the whole class. The one with the most legible handwriting will obviously get elected as the Secretary. Even the muse and the escort were chosen for their looks. Needless to say, children are choosing the ones who are actually qualified with the role. But as we grew up, we tend to deviate from what is basics.
Aware of what COMELEC is
*HALF of 45% have no idea of its roles
DepEd eyes fewer SHS subjects to promote employability; ASHSians favor the plan by Azlenne Timoteo To better promote Senior High School (SHS) graduatesʼ employability, the Department of Education (DepEd) works on revising its curriculum by reducing the number of core subjects focusing more on work immersions. “If we reduce the subjects of our SHS curriculum, the students will have more time for the on-the-job training or work immersion needed by the industry so that our senior high school graduates will become more employable even if they lack work experience,” Secretary Sonny Angara highlighted during the 2024 Regional-
Conference on Educational Planning in Asia. With the expected implementation of it next year, Aurora Senior High School (ASHS) is ready to adapt to the new guidelines in case it will be implemented. Currently, the Grade 11 students are taking 10 core subjects while the Grade 12-students are required to take 5 core subjects. Meanwhile, as Stand Alone Senior High School, teachers, parents and students of ASHS support this agenda of DepEd.
“Dahil part ang Senior High School sa Basic Education, ‘yung foundation dapat talaga matatag yung foundation, kaya maganda na maiwan yung mga subject na kakailanganin sa higher education, entrepreneurship, at pagtatrabaho,” Arturo B. Nool Jr., Principal IV, reiterated in an interview. In a survey conducted by The Quest, out of 600 interviewed learners, 98% of students agreed while 97% of parents also goes along with the said revised curriculum. “Mas magandang mas mahaba ang work immersions kase mas maipeprepare kami sa mga trabaho in real life,” Alysha Balbin, a grade 11 HUMSS learner said.
On the other hand, for Lany G. Acang, mother of Andrea Acang of 11 Archimedes, giving more attention to work immersions will enhance the skills of the learners. “Nu ad-adu ti oras da nga agwork immersion, ad-adu met ti maadalan da nga skills,” Mrs. Acang shared. Meanwhile, for Katleen Capellan, a HUMSS teacher in ASHS, reviewing the content of the curriculum will improve the learnings gained by the learners and will give them more experience in the job aligned to their tracks.
However, for Dhionelle Andreigh Bernardo, a grade 11 HUMSS student “kapag may natanggal kasi na subjects for me is parang mababawasan din yung mga bagay na dapat sana matututunan namin sa subjects na tatanggalin nila.” Recently, in the Kapihan sa Manila Bay Forum, Angara confirmed that from 15 core subjects, it will be reduced to just 5 to 7, which includes Communications, Filipino history, Basic math and Science, Computing, and Life or Soft skills, while giving the schools the opportunity to add elective subjects to offer based from their preference.