VISION: 2009

Monday, October 19, 2009

LEAD EDITION Volume 29, Number 11 October 19, 2009

LPS BAY REMAINS UNDER WATER; REGULAR CLASSES AT LPS LOS BAÑOS

Little People’s Bay remains flooded, but the floodwater is receding slowly. Last Saturday, October 17, we brought additional armchairs by boat, then the LPS vehicles, to Los Baños, installed an electric wall fan in the porch of the first house, installed fishnet along the west side of the newly constructed shed, and finished the shed by nailing properly the roof and putting braces in preparation for any typhoon to come. After three days, things are stabilizing. Now the children, and parents as well, are getting used in crossing the busy highway, with the aid of traffic officers (barangay tanods) that we had earlier arranged to help. Children complain about the small campus that they cannot run freely; comfort rooms are limited to one for boys, one for girls, and one for the preschool children; rooms are smaller than in LPS Bay; and there is only one wall fan in every room, that those having classes in the shed do not have any for anyway the rooms are open and the roof is relatively high for an open classroom.

Class activities are delayed, but we are doing things to catch up with the lessons, so that the second quarter tests will be given on October 23 and 24 (Thursday and Friday). Efforts are done to have schooling as near to normal as possible. TLE or HELE, PEHM, GMRC or Homeroom, and Computer Education are suspended temporarily until we return to LPS Bay.

We start rehabilitating LPS Bay by cleaning the classrooms that are already dry this Sunday (October 18), then we shall fix the doors, chairs, and tables that were submerged in the flood waters. As of October 18, those that are already dry are those in the northeastern wing of the high school building, from the prayer room to the third year room; also the southwestern wing from the reading room and library down to the grade six room. The western side of the high school building, including the Science room, has still about an inch of water. The primary school has about 6-inch of floodwater while the canteen has about 3 inches. The Admi and preschool buildings are not affected. The depth of water in the raised cemented road in front of the Admi building is about 7 to 8 inches, and we are waiting for this part to dry up completely before installing wood planks to be able to cross from one building to another. Please pray to the good Lord that weather remains favorable, so that we can return to LPS Bay within a short period of time.

LIFE AT LPS: REACTIONS TO THE TRANSFER TO LPS LOS BAÑOS

LPS is here in Anos, Los Baños for a long time ago already, even when daddy (Doc Junjun) was a child who lived here. But this time LPS and our home is in San Isidro, Bay. But it is flooded, so LPS returns here in Anos for a while that there is flood in San Isidro, Bay. If only LPS were in Bay, all 12 levels would have classes the whole day. LPS here in Anos has only six classrooms, so each level is only half day. But our home is still in San Isidro, Bay.

Vernon V. Ventura, First Year

My reaction was being happy and excited but a little disappointed because I get to study in a different place but still the same school. I’m happy that I can be together with friends and teachers again to study. I’m also excited to start new things and being transferred to LPS LB. Experiencing is also a part of learning after all. And I’m also into these kinds of situations. But being in another place, LPS LB, made me miss the original LPS in Bay. Also, different levels and years are divided between morning and afternoon sessions that made our classes shorter. Each subject can only last for 40 minutes so we get to learn lesser things. But I know that this is only a challenge for us to stay together. Learning is not just only about time, but it is how we decide to learn no matter where we are. That’s why I thank LPS, the teachers and other employees. Thanks to all of you for trying your best to teach and support us.

Chelsea Gonzales, Grade Six

The first time I heard that LPS in Bay would transfer here in Los Baños, there was a side of me that was happy and there was side that was sad. Happy because it became nearer, so I can travel easily from our house to LPS in Anos. And sad because LPS Bay is flooded, and we will wait for a long time to go back there, and go back to normal classes. And now that we’re here in Los Baños, it’s hard because we are sitting on monoblock chairs and we found it hard to write. Also, it’s hot but we still need to study so we are here.

Marjorie Aguinaldo, Second Year

My reaction is happy and excited because this is my first time to see Mrs. Ventura’s first school when she was younger, and also she told me that this is her first house. Even when it is the first day of school in Los Baños when I woke up I was very excited so I prepared all my things very fast. That was my feeling of being very happy because even our school is small the important thing is I can study very well and finish to advance to grade six.

Exequiel Xavier A. Viñas, Grade Five

I would feel disappointed for one thing my house is in LPS Bay, but LPS Los Baños is not. Another, LPS Los Baños does not have computer classes, but the worst part is I have to wake up early, ride a boat, and wait for the school service for a long time. And lastly, it is hot in LPS Los Baños.

Voltaire V. Ventura, Grade Five

My reaction is happy because it is near our house here in Los Baños. Also, we are half day. Also, I’m sad because our school in San Isidro is big and our school in Anos is a small one. I’m not so happy because our chair has no writing arm; we are just sitting in monoblocks. Also, it is hot in our place but sometimes windy. But I’m happy because there is not so much dirt here. I’m also happy because the canteen is nearer to us.

Mica Nicole L. Peñana, Grade Five

This year a very strong typhoon goes to our country. It is named “Bagyong Ondoy.” It affects many people and destroys a lot of properties. One of the most affected is Laguna. The flood is very scary. This time our President and Principal decided to leave LPS Bay and transfer to LPS Los Baños. My reaction is sad because our house is far from that place but I understand their situation. So, my parents decided to take a service to go to that school. Furthermore, I understand that we need to transfer because we need to learn new things for our future.

Corina Faye de Jesus Rosario, Grade Four

I was afraid because of crossing the highway, but now I know that the barangay tanods will help us to cross the way. And I feel sad because I cannot see my friends in high school.

Ma. Swietenia Sabarias, Grade Six

When I read in the VISION on October 12, 2009 that we’re transferring to LPS Los Baños, I thought about LPS Bay because I’m worried about the school, it is one of the school that’s harmed by the typhoon, if the school became an evacuation center that we would not have rooms to study anymore. I’m glad that we have LPS Los Baños for us to study; it is quite small but at least we have a place to study.

Laisa Marie A. Garcia, Grade Six

Few days had passed when I heard the news that LPS Bay will be transferred to LPS LB. I was shocked about the circumstances of what our school is experiencing. The flood caused by the typhoon went inside the LPS Bay ground. There was no choice but to transfer to another site. I’m experiencing a little risk of traveling form my house in Masiit, to Anos like the value-added jeepney fare. Also, LPS LB is too far from our place that’s why I need to prepare myself earlier. In addition, I am expecting that I’ll arrive at home lately. I hope that God will help us to overcome this problem.

Rosmund Tolentino, Third Year

I never expected that LPS Bay would be flooded. I thought our classes will be suspended for a month and I never expected that we will transfer in LPS LB. I’m glad that our lessons in our subjects will continue and I’m very thankful that our school faculty gave its efforts in making the classrooms.

Charlene B. Cinco, Fourth Year<

When I heard that LPS Bay was flooded, I felt sad for what happened. Then, my classmates texted me that LPS will be transferred to Los Baños for the meantime. I was excited that I will experience studying in LPS LB, but sad because the time for every subject is shortened. We all hope that the flood in LPS Bay will be gone after a few days so the schedule will be back to normal.

Claire Alyssandra F. Tanghal, Fourth Year

Message from Mrs. Emma C. Ventura, Principal

We are publishing here some of the unedited reactions of our children in transferring temporarily LPS to Los Baños. I am glad that at least the complaints are constructive, and the critical ones are mostly in the classes assigned in the porch of our old house. But we are now correcting some of their problems by providing armchair to children, and installing a wall fan in the porch. We assigned rooms as to the size of the class, and it so happened that grade five and second year classes have the least number. We also installed fine fishnet at the western side of the shed to reduce the effect of sunlight in the afternoon. Inasmuch as there is still some space, we arranged the chairs further from each other for better ventilation. The two comfort rooms in the main house served their purposes well being used nearly every minute of the day. This is one of the primary fears if we had transferred to another place where we would share comfort rooms with other people. At least the children are more comfortable here, they can move around freely for this is also LPS. All of them have complaint about the half-day classes, but please understand that this is only very temporary; we transferred to Anos so that at least we have continued classes. We have the preschool classes in the second house, with their own comfort room, and I think they are the least affected. The school service vehicles have more trips to accommodate children from Bay, and I am glad that our three drivers are cooperating. I instructed them to be very careful in driving, not to be in a hurry for the classes will wait. I ask apology for the parents waiting for their children for I cannot provide them with a waiting shed, except for the small porch in the second house for the preschool. Please bear with us.

On the first day of classes, our children had difficulty crossing the busy street in front of our school, Barangay Anos Chairman Facio Olan, had to assist, shout on top of his voice in directing everybody to use the pedestrian lane and wait for the signal of the traffic officers. Now the children, and parents too, know how to use the pedestrian lane and follow strictly the traffic officers. With this procedure, everybody is safe. Now we know how to live in the city!

LPS Los Baños has an area of only 700 sq. m. and it is for kindergarten classes, and this school is good for 50 to 100 children, while LPS Bay has an area of about 10,000 sq. m. that can accommodate up to a thousand children. Their reaction papers show that they terribly miss their LPS Bay, they miss running around the vast grounds, but at least I am happy to note that now they realize the value of having a spacious campus, hoping that they will love more their school.

Sometimes I feel the urge to improve further LPS LB by putting a roof on the stage to serve as faculty room and constructing another shed for two additional classrooms so that all the high school classes would be for the whole day. But observing the rise and fall of floodwater in our LPS Bay shows that as long as there will be no strong typhoon to come, then perhaps we can return to Bay within three weeks or so. We are not going to wait for the floodwater to fully recede; it will be enough that the raised cemented road in front of the Admi Building will come out so that we could install wood planks in between buildings. By that time our school vehicles could enter LPS. Perhaps this time it would be better to save our limited budget in the reconstruction of LPS Bay then spending more for the expansion of LPS Los Baños. Yes, there will be many things to do, like changing of rotten doors, replanting of ornamental plants (only those attached to the trees are left), fixing of equipment like the submerged water pumps, repairing of tables and chairs, and some repainting jobs.

On the lighter side of things, I like our children to experience having a flooded campus, with many kinds of fishes swimming around. Our school was flooded also about 20 years ago (this seems to be a cycle), and we also transferred to Los Baños for several weeks, but we did not wait for the water to go down entirely to return to Bay; we put wood planks for the children to move easily from one building to another. It was a nice thing for children having their fish lines or net trying to catch fish around. The children commented that their school was a fishing resort!

We better have our second quarter tests this week, on October 22 and 23, to be in line with our activities. We postpone to November the educational field trip of the elementary and preschool pupils. We postpone to February the educational field trip of the high school to Baguio so that it will be timed with the Penagbenga (Flower) festival there. We shall not have any semestral break anymore because of the 12 days without classes that we had earlier, and that the Christmas vacation will be shortened.

Please pray every evening that the weather becomes favorable so that floodwater in LPS Bay will recede soon, so that we can return to normal classes in a few weeks time. Thank you very much.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

October 22 and 23 (Thursday and Friday), Second Quarter Tests

Monday, October 12, 2009

LEAD EDITION Volume 29, Number 10 October 12, 2009

WELCOME TO LPS LOS BAÑOS; CLASSES RESUME OCT 14

LPS Bay is flooded, thus we are moving temporarily to LPS Los Baños, which is located in Anos, Los Baños, Laguna along the highway, at the opposite side of the Los Baños Memorial Garden. It is actually an interior property with a 3-m right of way, about 30 m from the highway. The lot area is 700 sq. m. (400 m2 owned by LPS and 300 m2 by the PNR).

LPS Los Baños is the original LPS, founded by Mrs. Emma Ventura in 1977, along the railroad track. There are two houses, the original house that was previously used as the LPS Kindergarten with two spacious classrooms, two comfort rooms, a porch that is spacious enough for another classroom, and a program stage. The second house was bought later with one classroom and a porch that may serve as waiting area for parents of preschool children.

We can house only four classes at a time in this property thus we are presently constructing a shed that could accommodate two more classes to enable the holding of six classes in the morning and six classes in the afternoon. The shed is in the PNR property with an area of 6.0 m x 10 m, sufficient for two classrooms. This shed will be available by October 14. This is the reason why we have delayed reopening of classes.

LPS RESORTS TO HALF-DAY CLASSES

We are under state of calamity, thus, we are reducing classes to four and a half (4 ½) hours. To balance the number of students, the morning classes are the nursery-kindergarten, grades 1, 2, 3, 5, and first year. The afternoon classes are the preparatory, grades 4, 6, second year, third year, and fourth year. Morning session is from 7:30 to 11:45 A.M. and afternoon session is from 12:15 to 4:30 P.M. Unfortunately, we cannot have the two preschool classes in the morning because they have the same teacher.

Class periods have been reduced to 40 minutes per subject. PEHM, Homeroom, GMRC and Computer Education are suspended.

Arrangement has been made with the Barangay Chairman of Anos, Honorable Vacio Olan to provide barangay tanod during classes primarily for children crossing the highway. The school vehicles will be parked along the side of the school for the arrival and departure, otherwise they are parked inside the LB Memorial Park.

Mrs. Zenaida Quintos will go around on Monday and/or Tuesday (October 12 and 13) to make arrangement with every student/parent for transportation either by going to Anos alone or with the school service. We have only three vehicles and three drivers thus, it is necessary that proper arrangement would be done.

For the meantime, children are required to bring their own “baon” for heavy snacks or lunch as we are not going to allow anybody buy from outside for safety measures. We see to it that there is time for them to have their heavy snacks or lunch before going home (for the morning classes) and just after arriving (for the afternoon classes). We have limited time for classes, so we must take advantage of every minute for schooling.

LIFE AT LPS

LPS Maintenance Crew in Full Action

The LPS Maintenance Staff takes center stage this time of preparing LPS Los Baños for the transfer of classes. Mr. Gervacio Lopez, Mr. Salvador (Boy) Ulpindo, Mr. Gilbert Acuarda, Mr. Roman Hipona, Mr. Agustin (Odgie) de los Reyes, and Mr. Victor (Jojo) Marquez do carpentry, mason and other works from 7:00 A.M. to 5:00P.M., everyday including Sundays. Despite the pressure of work, they keep their composure, not forgetting to smile and make jokes while working. Mr. Lopez leads in the construction of the shed, the drivers do the pathways and cyclone wire fence to enclose the whole campus, and Mr. Hipona leads in the painting work. They made our pathways very nice, including the small bridge crossing the drainage canal, and the temporary shed now looks like a permanent structure already. Their work started with the cutting and slicing of mahogany and coconut trees from the school’s farm in Pila to the construction of the shed in Anos. They asked that work would be up to Tuesday, October 13 to finish the minimum requirements of the school, including transfer of chairs and other things needed for schooling. Hopefully we can have classes already on Wednesday, October 14.

LPS Bay is All Right

LPS Bay is all right, with Dr. Junjun Ventura making sure that everything is safe and sound. The floods reached, and stayed up to this writing (October 12), the floor of the primary school building, canteen, and high school (library to audio-visual room). An inch or two for a few days flooded the preschool building and the northeastern wing (prayer room, H.E., Guidance room, fourth year and third year) of the high school building only then water receded. The Administration building housing the school offices and computer room is spared from the floods.

Worst hit is the primary school building, canteen and library. Chairs stumbled, books in the lowest layer of the bookshelves were wet, and up to now still submerged. We have to raise our farm equipment, refrigerators, and other things in the canteen, tool room, and storage room.

Nothing to worry about the school dog, Dory, who seems to know what is happening, she sleeps most of the time. Yes, the six lovebirds are all right also, and they keep on chirping and kissing despite the high waters.

As of this writing (October 12), the floodwater has receded significantly already, with the corridors in the preschool exposed, showing that may be we can return to LPS Bay earlier than anticipated. We can return to LPS Bay when our school vehicles can enter our campus already, inasmuch as we can easily install wood planks to be able to move from one building to another.

Message from Mrs. Emma Ventura, Principal

It is very unfortunate to have this nationwide calamity. Now, our best option is to transfer temporarily to LPS Los Baños. The good mayor, Honorable Bunoy Ramos agreed to house temporarily our school in the second floor of the under construction Chipeco building, but a close inspection of the place showed that it may be difficult for our children to stay there, and since we have LPS Anos, and with this calamity, it is better to let others stay there. I am sure our teachers, children, and parents would be more comfortable in LPS Anos. I should like to express the profound gratitude of my family for the unselfish job that our maintenance crew has shown.

I personally talked with Anos Barangay Chairman Olan for the assigning of barangay tanods primarily for the crossing of children across the highway. The Barangay Hall is just across LPS. The entire school in Anos is enclosed with cyclone wire fence, the entrance is directly from the highway, and the gate to the railroad track is permanently closed. We like to confine our children inside the campus. Thank you for your kind understanding. Please bear with us.

LITTLE PEOPLE’S SCHOOL, INCORPORATED

San Isidro, Bay, Laguna

October 12, 2009

Dear LPS parents and children,

I should like to apologize for writing only now because the electricity was returned to LPS Bay only Saturday evening, October10. Nevertheless, I am pleased to inform you that classes will resume on Wednesday, October 14, at LPS Anos, Los Baños, which is located along the highway, opposite the Los Baños Memorial Garden. A barangay tanod and an LPS employee will be in front of the school on Wednesday to assist LPS children and their parents in crossing the street. To be easily recognized by the barangay tanod and employees, children should be in their blue uniform, even not ironed, and this time rubber shoes and slippers are allowed.

We shall have half-day classes: Morning (7:30 to 11:45 A.M.) for the nursery-kinder, grades 1, 2, 3, and 5, and first year high school; Afternoon (12:15 Noon to 4:30 P.M.) for the preparatory, grades 4, 6, second year, third year, and fourth year.

We require everyone (student, teacher, employee) to bring his or her “baon” of heavy snacks or lunch; we do not let anybody to go out of the campus for security reason. The campus is entirely enclosed with cyclone wire fence and there is an LPS employee to guard the gate.

Mrs. Zenaida Quintos will come around to arrange for the transport of students. We shall appreciate very much if some of you will commute because we have only three drivers and three school service vehicles. I will appreciate if you can come and visit us at LPS Los Baños.

Please fill up the form below and return to Mrs. Quintos immediately.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Emma C. Ventura

School Principal

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Date

Dear Mrs. Emma Ventura (Principal),

This is to inform you that I have read carefully the VISION October 2009 Edition and your notice regarding the resumption of classes in LPS Los Baños starting October 14. Regarding the transportation of my child _________________ who is in Grade/ Year _________

may I request that:

__ my child will commute by himself/herself or I will personally bring him or her to LPS Anos.

__ my child will take the school service, with the pick up point in __________________. Please bring back my child in _________________. I agree with the school service fee as discussed with Mrs. Zenaida Quintos.

I understand our situation this time thus I will provide “baon” of heavy snacks or lunch for my child. I will come and visit LPS Los Baños during my available time. Thank you.

Yours truly,

Signature of parent above printed name

Saturday, September 19, 2009

STUDENT EDITION Volume 29, Number 9 September 19, 2009

LPS TO HOST 2010 BAY DISTRICT SPORTS MEET

The Bay District Sports Meet will return to LPS next year, 2010, as requested by all other high schools in the district. They requested us to host once again the district meet to enable the holding of most games in the same venue, which is not possible in other schools because of limited space. Thus, everybody at LPS should join hands in preparing for this event that will be held in September 2010. In the District Meet 2009, we were champion in Boys Basketball and runner-up in Girls volleyball but were asked to represent Bay in both basketball and volleyball in the Unit Meet held last September 9 to 11 in the Laguna Sports Complex, Sta. Cruz, Laguna.

UNIT MEET: Bay is 3rd in Boys Basketball, 4th in Girls Volleyball

LPS HS athletes showed their best in the recent UNIT MEET, placing third in Boys Basketball and fourth in Girls Volleyball. LPS boys in basketball were Ghio Lapitan, Kevin Marquez, Christian Hamilton, Philip Paruan, Mark Jaruin Jaraplasan, and Angelo Aguinaldo. Bay District Volleyball team included Charlene Cinco, Diana Liza de los Santos, Ma. Khariza Dapilaga, Jessa Matanguihan, and Sherleen Masa. Gene Louie Panisales participated in track and field. The coaches were Mr. Albert Rivera for basketball and Mrs. Nelia Lanip for volleyball. UNIT II Laguna is composed of Alaminos, Bay, Los Baños, Calauan, Pila, and Victoria.

Bay is Unit Champion in Girls Volleyball, Elementary Level

Bay District is the champion in the Unit II Meet in Girls Volleyball with our own Jacille Laroza as one of the players. Thus, Jacille Laroza will play in the coming Laguna Provincial Meet. Congratulations to the Bay Girls Volleyball Team, and wishing for its success in the coming Provincial Meet.

Fourth Year Class Starts Research Projects

The fourth year class students start this September their individual research projects. Research is composed of the following parts: 1) looking for problem and preparation of research plan, 2) conducting the research project through experiments, and 3) doing statistical analyses of data gathered and preparing research report. Research project should have the following criteria: 1) significance, 2) originality, 3) data gathered can be subjected to statistical analyses, 4) duration of study from one to three months only, 5) within the capability of the student. Mr. Albert Rivera is the class teacher but other Science teachers (Mrs. Alice Tanghal, Mrs. Zenaida Quintos, and Miss Liz Joy Garcia) may be taken as research adviser.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

September 19 (Saturday, starting at 8:00 A.M.), Parents-Teachers’ Meeting; issuance of Report Cards

September 21 (Monday), RAMADAN day, Holiday, no classes

October 16 (Friday) and 19 (Monday), Second Quarter Tests

October 29 (Thursday), Educational Field Trip for the Elementary Level (Tentative)

VISION EDITORIAL STAFF

Christelle Jaraplasan, Editor-in-Chief

Victoria Veterana

Sheena Jean de Jesus

Mussaenda Sabarias

Jelriz Joi Lanip

Voltaire Ventura

Claire Alyssandra Tanghal

Corina Faye Rosario

Anne Beatrice de Guzman

Matthew Silab

John Morris Garcia

Nikki Estenor

Miss Rosa A. Aguirre, VISION Adviser

Message from Mrs. Emma Ventura, School Principal

I reluctantly accepted LPS to be the venue of 2010 District Meet after realizing that children were roaming around because activities were being scattered in different schools. Here at LPS all activities are done in one place, except track and field and swimming. Thus, teachers, support staff and students will have additional work in preparing the school for this district activity. Anyway, we got twelve months.

We are going to have the parents and teachers meeting on September 19. The main purpose of this meeting is to have a dialogue between parents and teacher regarding academic performance for the first grading period. I know every teacher has many things to say about every child; the same is true for every parent to the teacher of his or her child. This is therefore a very important meeting. Mrs. Zenaida Quintos and yours truly will be around during the meeting for referrals, if necessary. I expect teachers and parents to discuss about class attendance; conduct of projects, experiments, and composition writing; and class behavior. I wish that teachers would be honest enough to tell the real issues so that we can solve the problems better. I pray for a cordial discussion between every parent and teacher. The teacher will present to every parent the report cards for the first grading period. Joint efforts of school and home should be highlighted.

HONOR ROLL, FIRST GRADING PERIOD

KINDERGARTEN

Jayvee Orbillo, 90.84

PREPARATORY

John Carlo Martinez, 91.45

Akeisha Jayzel Quilop, 90.02

GRADE 1

Mark David Ebron, 92.16

Erick Michael Monseratt, 91.34

Kaiou Mingi, 90.18

GRADE 2

Charles Arwin Rosario, 91.73

Marnella Manarpaac, 91.60

Daniella Silab, 91.18

GRADE 3

Charisse Panisales, 91.20

Hannah Casao, 90.39

Nicole Lopez, 90.11

Ruth Replan, 90.02

GRADE 4

Corina Faye Rosario, 91.10

Maui Barredo, 90.02

GRADE 5

Rhizza Marie Solmerano, 91.92

Voltaire Ventura, 90.42

GRADE 6

Matt Jaypril Tolentino, 91.87

Chelsea Claire Gonzales, 91.58

Ma. Hannah Maghuyop, 90.13

FIRST YEAR

Jessa Mae Matanguihan, 91.50

Janine Curibot, 90.22

April Elomina, 90.07

SECOND YEAR

Sheena Jean de Jeus, 91.40

Marjorie Aguinaldo, 91.15

Mussaenda Sabarias, 90.11

THIRD YEAR

Rosmund Lemuel Tolentino, 91.39

Lhorain Jane Lapitan, 90.68

FOURTH YEAR

(Nobody qualified)

Monday, June 8, 2009

STUDENT EDITION:June 8,2009*Volume 29, Number 6

CLASSES START ON JUNE 8 (Monday)

Classes in all levels start on June 8, 2009. The opening of classes was delayed for one week to enable our teachers to prepare their classrooms and teaching materials for the school year. The faculty remains the same except for five new teachers who replaced those who resigned at the end of last school year. Enrolment will continue for one more week for the new and late registrants. Enrolment is expected to be either similar or will increase a little as compared to that of last school year. There is one section for every grade or year level. Like last year, nursery and kindergarten will be one class under Mrs. Helen Martinez.

Mussaenda Sabarias

TEACHERS PREPARE WORKBOOKS

LPS teachers spent summer 2009 in preparing workbooks to be used for the whole school year. Books prepared by the teachers have many advantages like having more activities, lessons go hand in hand with the topics, and have some sort of mastery because they were the ones who prepared them Mrs. Ventura bought recently a RIZO multiplying machine and a Xerox machine for this purpose. The teachers are the authors of these workbooks and have their names written on the front page of the workbook. We are also preparing laboratory activities for easier conduct of Science laboratory experiments and exercises and we expect to complete Grade 3 to Fourth Year by next week.

SUMMER CLASS 2009 CLOSING PROGRAM ON MAY 22

Summer classes are coming to an end. LPS will hold its annual closing program to award the students who attended the summer classes the certificate of attendance. The program is set on May 22, 2009, Friday at eight ‘o clock in the morning onwards. The students from the tutorial classes give a dance number, while Corina from the Journalism class renders a song number. Mussaenda Sabarias serves as emcee. Miss Rosa Aguirre, English teacher, gives the welcome address, Mrs. Emma C. Ventura, school founder and principal gives the keynote address. She, with the school president, Dr. Wilbur B. Ventura, Sr., awards the certificates. Mrs. Zenaida B. Quintos, Guidance Counselor, closes the program. Parents are required to participate in this program.

Voltaire Ventura

FIRST PARENTS AND TEACHERS MEETING ON JUNE 20

We shall have our first parents and teachers meeting on Saturday, June 20, 2009, 8:00 A.M. to introduce the new teachers, explain the slight change in school fees and instructional system. Dr. Wilbur B. Ventura, Sr., Administrator will introduce the new teachers, Mrs. Emma Ventura, Principal, will explain the instructional system, and Mrs. Zenaida B. Quintos, Guidance Counselor, will discuss the school rules and policies. All five new teachers will have a short talk.

UPCAT-NCAE REVIEW IN PROGRESS

LPS conducts an UPCAT (University of the Philippines College Admission Test) Review for fourth year students up to the first week of August 2009. The review served as an edge to pass UPCAT and other college Admission Tests as well as for the NCAE (National Career Assessment Examination). The reviewers are Mrs. Alicia Tanghal (Biology and Earth Science), Mrs. Nelia Lanip (Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry and Physics), Miss Rosa Aguirre (English Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Literature, Writing, and Filipino) and Miss Liz Joy Garcia (Chemistry). The fourth year students will have series of pretests, discussions and post-tests from June to August. There is no additional fee for the review except for the P250.00 per child for the test materials.

Nikki Estenor

JOURNALISM CLASS IN SUMMER 2009

Summer class in Journalism was from April 13 to May 22, 2009 at Little People’s School that was handled by Dr. Wilbur B. Ventura, Sr., School President, and Miss Rosa Aguirre, English teacher. This aimed to improve English grammar, writing skills and penmanship of students. It also opened the door for the aspiring writers to be part of VISION Newsletter. Journalism class emphasized the topics such as, parts of speech, verbal phrases, sentence diagramming, improving sentences and introduced fresh ideas on how to write news, editorials, features, and literary articles. Students who attended were Sheena Jean de Jesus and Mushenda Sabarias (Second Year); Nikki Estenor (First Year), Voltaire Ventura (Grade Five), Matthew Silab and Corina Faye Rosario (Grade Four). VISION Student Edition serves as the output for Journalism students. This group of students will continue to handle the VISION Editorial Staff up to August 2009 to give way for the regular members to review for UPCAT.

THINGS TO REMEMBER WHILE AT LPS

Cell phones should be put off while inside the classrooms. This is to avoid distraction of the flow of discussion or activity during classes.
Anti-Littering Drive. We must ensure that the school premises are clean and that all students show their concern in keeping the school spick and span. It is a part of the training of our children, thus, every piece of paper, candy wrapper or trash of any kind should be picked up and thrown in the trashcan or trash bag, whether in the classroom, corridor, canteen, or ground. This includes keeping our comfort rooms clean by flushing the toilet bowl or urinal after use and not writing anything on the walls and doors.
No Smoking Inside LPS Campus. LPS never tolerates smoking in campus. This is applicable to everybody who comes to LPS.
Wearing of Proper School Uniform. School uniforms should be worn properly and neatly, together with a pair of black leather shoes, and not rubber shoes, with the school seal. Uniforms should not be worn hanging in one’s shoulder. Students who will wear their incomplete uniform will be referred to the Guidance Office. For the first week, students may not yet wear their school uniforms.
LPS Canteen Rules. Our policy in the canteen is SELF-SERVICE. Part of the policy is to return spoon, fork, plates, and bottles in their proper places. Tabletops should be kept clean, and avoid throwing or dropping anything on the floor. Trash should be placed properly in the trashcan. Students should fall in line in buying.
Check with the school office all the things your child needs like notebook, crayons, pencils, and the text-and workbooks for the school year.
Make arrangement with the school office about the school transport service so that the driver will know the direction of your residence and will come and fetch your child on time for the first day of classes. Your child must be ready before the vehicle arrives to avoid the children from being late.
Some foodstuffs are spoiled already by lunchtime because of packing problem. Check your food container, and make sure that the food has cooled off before packing it.
Give provisions for extra clothing for children have many outdoor activities in school.
Inform the office about the health condition of your child, especially if your child has some health constraints, so that the teacher will know what to do in case during physical education activities or cleaning of the classroom. Better still, make appointment with our school doctor to be sure that your child will be safe and sound while in school.
We require parents to follow up the lessons and activities of their children in school. It is essential to check the homework and assignments, so that they can complete these before returning to school, or able to procure the “things-to-bring” before your children need them for certain experiments and activities.
We require parents to attend school meetings and programs that showcase the talents of the children. For how will you know what is happening in school for your child if you are not attending meetings? And who will give warm applause for a good performance of a child if not the parents and relatives themselves?
Inform the school if your child is absent due to sickness or other reasons. You may call through our school PLDT phone (536-4580).
We discourage colored hairs and wearing of earrings among boys and more than two sets of earrings for the girls.
We give two weeks for the preschool pupils to adjust themselves. For the first week or two, parents may sit with their children inside the classroom, but after that they should slowly distance themselves so that the children will gain self-confidence and can work on their own.

FACULTY STAFF, SY 2007-2008

Dr. Wilbur B. Ventura, Sr., BS Agric., Cum Laude (AUF), MS Agric. (AUF), PhD in Soil Biology and Chemistry (Nagoya U., Japan), with 10 years of teaching at AUF and 24 years as Scientist of IRRI, President

Mrs. Guillerma C. Ventura, BS Commerce, major in Accounting (FEU), BSEChEd (PCU), Specialization in Preschool Ed (PNU), MA Ed, Psychology (PCU), Values Education, Founder of LPS, with two National Awards as Best Principal and Golden Service in Education, Principal and Vice President for Academics

Dr. Wilbur C. Ventura, Jr., DVM (UP), Computer Education, Vice President for Administration

Dr. Grace Joy V. Ventura, BS Zoology (UP), MD (DLSU), Residency Training (UP-PGH), Diplomate (Philippine Academy of Family Physicians), Vice President for Student Affairs and School Physician

Mrs. Zenaida B. Quintos, BSHE (UP Los Baños), MA Ed. (PNU), Guidance Counselor and Home Economics Teacher, in her 23rd year of teaching at LPS

Mrs. Nelia C. Lanip, BSEd, major in Mathematics (LC), Statistics, Algebra, Elementary Mathematics, Third Year Class Adviser, in her 21st year of teaching at LPS

Mrs. Helen Miga Martinez, Associate in Agric (LSPC Siniloan), BS Commerce, Accounting major (LCBA), BSEd, major in English (Union College), Kindergarten and Preparatory Teacher, in her 12th of teaching at LPS.

Miss Rosa A. Aguirre, BSEd, major in English (LSPU Sta. Cruz), English and Literature, Fourth Year Class Adviser, in her fourth year of teaching at LPS.

Mr. Jay Rick Borgoños, BSEd, major in Mathematics (LSPU Sta. Cruz), Mathematics, PEHM, Grade 4 Class Adviser, new.

Mr. Monciar Negrete, BSIEd, major in Architectural Drafting (LSPU, San Pablo), TLE and HELE, PEHM, new.

Mr. Cesar Comia, BSEd, MA Ed., Vice Mayor of Bay, Laguna, LPS CAT Commandant, in his 15th year of teaching at LPS

Miss Marivil Francisco, BSEd, major in English, Cum Laude (LSPU Los Baños), English and Literature, Grade 6 Class Adviser, in her fourth year of teaching at LPS.

Mrs. Alice Tanghal, BS Zoology (FEU), BSEd and MA Ed. units (CEU), Biology and General Science Teacher, Second Year Class Adviser, in her third year of teaching at LPS, taught for four years in another private school.

Mr. Mark Lyndon Rafer, BSEd, major in Social Studies (Camarines Norte State College), Social Studies Teacher, First Year Class Adviser, new.

Miss Madel de la Cruz, BSEd, major in English (LSPU San Pablo), English Teacher, Grade 5 Class Adviser, new.

Mrs. Cyrene Caliwagan-Salem, BS Psychology (Canossa College), BSEd Values Ed (Laguna College), Grade 1 Teacher, LPS graduate (from Nursery to High School), 3rd year of teaching at LPS.

Miss Melody Uichangco, BSEd, major in Filipino, (LSPU San Pablo), Filipino Teacher, Grade 2 Class adviser, new.

Miss Liz Joy Garcia, BSEd, major in Chemistry (LSPU Sta. Cruz), Chemistry and General Science Teacher, Grade 3 Class Adviser, 3rd year of teaching at LPS.

MESSAGE FROM MRS. EMMA VENTURA, PRINCIPAL

May I first welcome you to Little People’s School for school year 2009-2010? Thank you for entrusting your children to us in this most important endeavor.

Our faculty staff for school year 2009-2010 is a combination of experienced and new teachers. Many of them have been here for several years already, with Mrs. Quintos and Mrs. Lanip topping the list who are in their 23rd and 21st years, respectively, of teaching with us. Five of them are new graduates and to compensate for their insufficient experience, we trained them with our instructional system for two summer months, expecting that now they are ready to face their classes. I am honestly pleased with this well-balanced faculty, having the desired number of teachers in English, Math, Science, Filipino, History and TLE.

We find some problems with the commercial workbooks, for in many cases the activities are not enough, and so I thought of preparing them ourselves, like what U.P., Ateneo, De la Salle and other schools are doing. I am glad that all of our summer teachers obliged, even the new ones. We shall start with what we have done, then revise and improve them as we go on. I told our teachers not to copy word for word from the references, to make some changes, and to add new things in the workbooks, based from their teaching experiences.

As what I promised earlier, our construction will start with the widening of the corridor in front of the library and having roof on it, so that we can have program even if it is raining. We shall also continue in cementing the walkways between buildings, with covered roofs. Trust that we can do them with your timely payment of school fees. Please bear with us.

This June issue of the VISION Newsletter is the product of the Summer 2009 Journalism class. Take note that we did not edit further their work to show their progress as writers. I am pleased with their performances and please expect them to be writing more for this year. It is indeed a good work for the teacher, Miss Rosa Aguirre. It is our way of giving provision for the expression of the writing talents of our students.

EDITORIAL: WHY I TOOK SUMMER CLASS?

LPS offers many sessions of summer classes every vacation like tutorial class, Journalism class and Review class for UPCAT. I took summer class in Journalism so that my difficulties in writing long compositions will be hastened and I chose going to school while learning rather than staying at home.

During my past school years here at LPS, I’ve always found little difficulties in writing paragraphs and essays especially in widening my ideas to expand my compositions. These were the main reasons why I attended Journalism Class this vacation. By this, I learned how to find ways on how to solve my problems in writing better essays such as using modification, subordination, and compounding. My two teachers also taught us on how to improve our English Grammar. We studied on how to write news articles, which will be published in our newsletter in school called VISION. We always wrote and wrote the whole morning so that even my penmanship was practiced. I believed that practice makes perfect so I can see now my improvements in writing long essays. My ability in writing compositions now is better than the last time. Journalism was a big help for us who are only beginners. It sharpened our skills in writing good compositions and also in thinking ideas. I’m happy that in our young age, we are now already practiced in writing long and meaningful essays and paragraphs. Through this, it will be easy for us when we were college students already.

Time is important so I chose to attend Journalism Class in our school rather than spending my whole day staying at house. I’m satisfied that this was my daily habit this vacation because attending Journalism Class helped me a lot. I’m bored in our house because there was nothing to do instead of watching movies, sleeping and some other activities that I know was not as important compared as attending Journalism Class. Likewise, I realized that those activities I usually do in house could also be done after the class in Journalism because it was only half-day. In this activity, my time was managed well; nothing was wasted because I spent my vacation with worthy activities. Many told me that I had only short time for enjoying my self for vacation, but attending Journalism Class for me was enjoyable because I also found new friends here who were younger than me.
These reasons made me attend Journalism Class this vacation. I know it will be a big help for me especially in my English subject because I can also apply all my knowledge in Journalism Class here. I’m excited to see all my improvements. I hope to become a good writer someday.

Mussaenda Sabarias

I took many summer classes before like the writing class and the hip-hop class. Now I joined summer class in Journalism to improve my penmanship and to learn how to write long essays.

I need to improve my penmanship because other people hardly understand my writing. Since Journalism requires a lot of writing, that is the perfect class to practice my penmanship. It also is a tough challenge because the editor will think that one word is another. I also need to write clearly and faster so I can finish earlier.

Also I need to learn how to write essays. Writing essays is very important especially when you are writing a book. Essays are also useful in writing contracts, making very strict rules, making instruction, and making plans. There are also stories with a lot of essays about great people like Albert Einstein, Alexander the Great, and even Aristotle. Writers like J.K. Rowling, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Dr. Jose P. Rizal also use essays. I want to be like these people. Therefore, I joined summer class to improve my writing skill.

Voltaire Ventura

FEATURE: LIFE at LPS

One night in our overnight camping, we all couldn’t sleep, so, we decided to play a game. We played “Spin the Bottle”. When the bottle pointed out to a person, he/she should tell a secret. It was fun because each of us revealed our secrets. Even I myself had no choice but to tell my secrets that I kept for a long time. But, Erika, our group mate, spilled out many secrets because the bottle pointed on her direction many times. That night, I was happy for I had the chance to get closer to my group mates but we promised not to tell anyone these secrets.

Sheena Jean de Jesus

Last March 13, 2009, at 9:00 am, in front of the LPS stage my classmates and I danced the theme song of Voltes Five. I had two classmates who were not able to join the dance, Exequiel and Jary, because their costumes were not painted and were destroyed by rats. The dance was fast and a little hard to master. My costume had silver arms and legs, black legs, a torso colored silver and red, and a helmet colored red, blue, yellow, and gray. The audience liked it but it was too fast, so they made us repeat it. We danced again while the audience clapped loudly.

Voltaire Ventura

One day my friends and I were playing Bum Sack here at LPS. I ran out the shortcut with my friends. I accidentally fell on the ground. My hands bled so I sat down. My cousin helped me to get up and return to our room. I touched and washed it, which made me feel the pain then I wrapped a towel on my hand. The next day, it was already healed so we played again but I didn’t run at that time anymore.

Matthew Silab

My friends and I joined the camping last February. That night we woke up at 11:00 P.M. My friends and I sat on the chairs, cracked with jokes and told some stories. Later on Ira, one of my teammates told us there was a man looking at us from the second year room and he was smiling. It was a white figure! We felt very scary but one of my students from the other team said, “Don’t look at that man and don’t be scared because it was only a white light. Slowly we regained our confidence. We learned not to think scary things. Instead, we just prayed to calm us down.

Corina Faye Rosario

With Open Arms

It seems like only yesterday when I first witnessed my fourth year student to receive their diploma on stage and that was year 2007. Now, it’s another school year, 2009-2010. I can imagine how time really flies so quickly. I feel very glad to write this article to welcome another batch of intelligent and responsible students who will be honed to help our motherland grow.

This is my 4th year in teaching here in LPS. I considered this place as my comfort zone. In my years of teaching, I’ve seen people who come and leave this place. It’s saddening on my part for I already established tight bond with them. But, I know that it’s the reality of life. I learned to accept it. Yes, accepting the fact that whenever something goes, there’s another to come. This is true for this new school year- a fresh 10 months for everybody, I start to see new students, new faces who will not only fill the vacant seats but also add another colorful stories in LPS.

The school worked hard to encourage parents and students to enroll and to start building a new and better study habits here in LPS. This institution is not just a place for studying; this is the home of quality education. It offers a curriculum that will train and mold young minds to ready them in the next chapters of their lives. It hires teachers who are capable of giving the best education for students. Most especially, a family who knows how a child should be raised and taught owns this school.

As the adviser of VISION, I want to welcome with open arms all the students, parents, and others who choose LPS to be their partner in education. Thank you and God Bless!

Miss Rosa Aguirre

School Calendar:

June 8 (Moday) – First day of classes
June 12 (Friday) – Independence Day (no classes)
June 22 (Saturday, 8:00 A.M.) – Parents and Teachers Meeting
July 3 (Friday), First Friday Mass, to be officiated by Rev. Father Jessie Somosierra
July 16 and 17 (Thursday and Friday) – First Monthly Tests

VISION Editorial Staff

Mussaenda G. Sabarias
Sheena Jean A. de Jesus
Charlotte Nikki A. Estenor
Voltaire V. Ventura
Corina Faye D. Rosario
Matthew G. Silab
Miss Rosa A. Aguirre (Adviser)

WELCOME TO ALL NEW AND BALIKBAYAN STUDENTS!

Friday, May 22, 2009

STUDENT EDITION: May 22, 2009*Volume 29, Number 5

SUMMER CLASS 2009 CLOSING PROGRAM ON MAY 22

Summer classes are coming to an end. LPS will hold its annual closing program to award the students who attended the summer classes the certificate of attendance. The program is set on May 22, 2009, Friday at eight ‘o clock in the morning onwards. The students from the tutorial classes give a dance number, while Corina from the Journalism class renders a song number. Mussaenda Sabarias serves as emcee. Miss Rosa Aguirre, English teacher, gives the welcome address, Mrs. Emma C. Ventura, school founder and principal gives the keynote address. She, with the school president, Dr. Wilbur B. Ventura, Sr., awards the certificates. Mrs. Zenaida B. Quintos, Guidance Counselor, closes the program. Parents are required to participate in this program.

Voltaire Ventura

ENROLLMENT GOING ON; CLASSES START ON JUNE 8

Enrollment for school year 2009-2010 is now going on for old, new, and transferee students. In connection, Mrs. Zenaida Quintos, Guidance Counselor; Mrs. Nelia Lanip, Mathematics teacher; and Mrs. Alicia Tanghal, Science teacher started the enrollment drive to encourage children from Bay, Los Baños, Calauan, and Pila to enroll in LPS. The requirements for the enrollment are:

Birth Certificate
Good Moral Character
Report Card (transfer students)
Reservation Fee

Students are required to take the LPS assessment test in Science, English and Math. The school offers scholarship grants to valedictorians, salutatorians, and honorable mentions. Classes start on June 8, Monday, a week later for further preparation of classrooms.

Mussaenda Sabarias

UPCAT REVIEW IN PROGRESS

LPS conducts an UPCAT (University of the Philippines College Admission Test) Review for incoming fourth year students. This review started last April 6,2009 to the first week of August 2009. There were 22 students who regularly attended this summer class. The review served as an edge to pass UPCAT and other college Admission Tests as well as for the NCAE (National Career Assessment Examination). The reviewers are Mrs. Alicia Tanghal (Biology and Earth Science), Mrs. Nelia Lanip (Arithmetic, Algebra, Trigonometry, Geometry and Physics), Miss Rosa Aguirre (English Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Literature, Writing, and Filipino) and Miss Liz Joy Garcia (Chemistry). The fourth year students will continue the review with series of pretests, discussions and post-tests from June to August.

Nikki Estenor

JOURNALISM CLASS IN SUMMER 2009

Summer class in Journalism started last April 13, 2009 Monday at Little People’s School which was handled by Dr. Wilbur B. Ventura, Sr., School President, and Miss Rosa Aguirre, English teacher. This aimed to improve English grammar, writing skills and penmanship of students. It also opened the door for the aspiring writers to be part of VISION Newsletter. Journalism class emphasized the topics such as, parts of speech, verbal phrases, sentence diagramming, improving sentences and introduced fresh ideas on how to write news, editorials, features, and literary articles. Students who attended were Sheena Jean de Jesus and Mushenda Sabarias (Second Year); Nikki Estenor (First Year), Voltaire Ventura (Grade Five), Matthew Silab and Corina Faye Rosario (Grade Four). Journalism class as well as the other summer classes will end on May 22, 2009, Friday with a Closing Program. VISION Student Edition will serve as the final output for Journalism students. This group of students will continue to handle the VISION Editorial Staff up to August, 2009 to give way for the regular members to review for UPCAT.

Corina Faye Rosario

TUTORIAL CLASSES

The tutorial classes pre-elementary, primary and high school students started last April 13 2009,Monday and ends on May 22,2009, Friday at LPS. Tutorial classes help the student to read, write well, to add, count and subtract numbers correctly. The students who took the tutorial classes were Arvin Joseph S. Anda , Matt Zimri Sabarias ,Kim Marianne Manzanero, and Allysa Joy Manzarilla under Mrs. Alicia Tanghal who taught the subjects Reading, Writing, and Mathematics. One of the new teachers, Miss Melody Uichangco handled Vernon Ventura the Filipino subject every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Also, she taught Mark David Ebron, an incoming Grade one pupil. Likewise, Mr. Jayrick Borgoños, taught John Rogienel N. Morcoso; Mr. Mark Lyndon Rafer on Mark David Ebron and Clyde Adrian B. Quintos; and Mr. Monciar Negrete on Deborah Kristy Grace P. Racoma and Dan Morris Edward.

Meanwhile, two newly hired teachers supervise tutorial classes in English and Math for High School students. These were Miss Madel dela Cruz in English and Mr. Jay Rick Borgonos Math. This aimed to help the students to improve their reading, writing, and grammar in both subjects. The class was composed of Jezmael Lanip and Ralph Santos, incoming second year students and Ayumi Fukuda, an incoming third year student.

Matthew Silab

NEW TEACHERS

Miss Madel dela Cruz, English teacher, is both beautiful inside and out. She is a 20 year old graduate from Laguna State Polytechnic University- San Pablo City Campus with the course of Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English. She finished high school at Col. Lauro D. Dizon Memorial National High School and graduated in San Pablo Central School for her elementary. She lives in Dagatan Boulevard, San Pablo City, Laguna. Miss dela Cruz is beautiful inside. She has kind attitude especially when I see her always smiling at people. She also talks softly to her little students to whom she exerts effort and patience. Aside from being beautiful inside, she is also beautiful outside. She has round and black eyes, pointed nose, red lips, and straight hair. Also, she stands like a beauty queen.
Miss Melody Uichangco is a new Filipino teacher in LPS who is just 19 years old. She lives at 307 Limdico Street, Balayhangin, Calauan, Laguna. She studied and finished her course, Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Filipino, at Laguna State Polytechnic University- San Pablo City Campus; high school at Dayap National High School; and elementary at Balayhangin Elementary School. I can say that Miss Uichangco is a hardworking teacher because she always reads books and does her best in teaching. She is good because she answers politely when ask by her little students.
Mr. Mark Lyndon Rafer, Social Studies teacher, was born at Labo, Camarines Sur on July 5, 1987. His parents are Mr. Manuel Rafer and Mrs. Rebecca Rafer. He finished Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Social Studies at Camarines Norte State College last April 10, 2008. He studied high school at Vinzon’s Pilot High School and elementary at Labo Elementay School. He said “I hope my students will cooperate with me in my daily discussion.” Mr. Rafer passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) which he took April 2009.
Mr. Jayrick Borgoños is a new Mathematics teacher. He was born on October 14, 1988. He lives at 157 Brgy. Bangyas, Calauan, Laguna. He is a 20-year old graduate of Laguna State Polytechnic University- Sta. Cruz Campus with the degree of Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Mathematics. He is the second child of Mr. Narciso Borgoños, farmer, and Mrs. Necida Borgoños, housewife. He expects to establish good relationship with his fellow teachers and students in this coming school year.
LPS hired a new TLE teacher from Laguna State Polytechnic University- San Pablo City-Campus with the course of Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Architectural Drafting. He is Mr. Monciar Negrete, 20-year-old who lives in Calihan San Pablo City, Laguna. He is the eldest child of Mr. Melchor Negrete, driver, and Mrs. Evelyn Negrete, housewife. He was born on October 16, 1988. He studied at San Pablo College in high school while at San Pablo City Central School in elementary. He won many drawing contests before, a proof that he has a heart for arts and crafts. He stands 5’5’’ tall and weighs 120 lbs. He loves cooking, baking, drawing, and dancing.

Mussaenda Sabarias, Sheena Jean de Jesus, Charlotte Nikki Estenor,

Voltaire Ventura, Corina Faye Rosario and Matthew Silab

EDITORIAL: WHY I TOOK SUMMER CLASS?

LPS offers many sessions of summer classes every vacation like tutorial class, Journalism class and Review class for UPCAT. I took summer class in Journalism so that my difficulties in writing long compositions will be hastened and I chose going to school while learning rather than staying at home.

During my past school years here at LPS, I’ve always found little difficulties in writing paragraphs and essays especially in widening my ideas to expand my compositions. These were the main reasons why I attended Journalism Class this vacation. By this, I learned how to find ways on how to solve my problems in writing better essays such as using modification, subordination, and compounding. My two teachers also taught us on how to improve our English Grammar. We studied on how to write news articles, which will be published in our newsletter in school called VISION. We always wrote and wrote the whole morning so that even my penmanship was practiced. I believed that practice makes perfect so I can see now my improvements in writing long essays. My ability in writing compositions now is better than the last time. Journalism was a big help for us who are only beginners. It sharpened our skills in writing good compositions and also in thinking ideas. I’m happy that in our young age, we are now already practiced in writing long and meaningful essays and paragraphs. Through this, it will be easy for us when we were college students already.

Sheena Jean de Jesus

Time is important so I chose to attend Journalism Class in our school rather than spending my whole day staying at house. I’m satisfied that this was my daily habit this vacation because attending Journalism Class helped me a lot. I’m bored in our house because there was nothing to do instead of watching movies, sleeping and some other activities that I know was not as important compared as attending Journalism Class. Likewise, I realized that those activities I usually do in house could also be done after the class in Journalism because it was only half-day. In this activity, my time was managed well; nothing was wasted because I spent my vacation with worthy activities. Many told me that I had only short time for enjoying my self for vacation, but attending Journalism Class for me was enjoyable because I also found new friends here who were younger than me.
These reasons made me attend Journalism Class this vacation. I know it will be a big help for me especially in my English subject because I can also apply all my knowledge in Journalism Class here. I’m excited to see all my improvements. I hope to become a good writer someday.

Mussaenda Sabarias

Voltaire Ventura

Every student had his own reason why they joined summer class. I took summer class because I want to learn many things in writing composition.

I took summer class in Journalism because I want to learn many things in writing composition. I improved my sentences in Journalism class because Miss Aguirre taught us different topics such as the patterns in writing good sentences and sentence diagramming. Also, I learned how to write good paragraphs and essays. In this class, methods in expanding sentences like by modification, by subordination and by compounding were being taught. I already wrote several compositions to determine if I improved or not.

In addition, I also learned the different kinds of paragraph like descriptive paragraph to describe; narrative paragraph to narrate; and expository paragraph to explain the topic. Knowing and improving my knowledge in writing paragraphs were essential for an incoming first year student like me. It would be easy for me to write paragraphs and essays because I already had the idea about them. Because of summer class, I learned many things. So, I thanked summer class because I gained many ideas in writing.

Nikki Estenor

Every vacation Little People’s School offers summer classes for the students who want to improve their skills in writing, reading, solving problems and others. Some students took summer classes like me. I attended the summer class in Journalism because I want to improve my writing skills and I want to be part of VISION Editorial Staff.

I want to improve my writing skills so I attended this summer class. In Journalism class, I will know more in writing. I need to read Dictionaries and newspapers to improve my articles. Now, I feel better in writing paragraphs, sentences, essays and many others because of our teachers Miss Rosa Aguirre and Dr. Wilbur B. Ventura Sr., our school President who taught us how to write paragraphs, essays and sentences everyday. Topics such as parts of speech, sentence diagramming and expansion of ideas were taught to give us the basic knowledge in writing.

Also, I want to be part of VISION Editorial Staff because I want to be an Editor – in – Chief someday like my big sisters in Journalism; Arian, Sheena, Claire and other who were trained to be good in writing articles. Another reason is I also want to be a journalist someday, a writer for the Philippines.

Journalism sets a good example of a summer class here at LPS because it will improve writing skills. I enjoyed learning how to write here in my first ever summer class.

Corina Faye Rosario

Sheena Jean de Jesus

When I was in grade 1, I had a classmate who was not talking at all so we did not become close to each other. Years passed, when we were already in grade 5, I had a chance to talk with her one day. Then I realized that she was kind and easy to be with; also polite and honest. She respect elders and tells the truth when I’m asking her something. She was not boastful. Afterwards, we became friends and after many experiences that we were together, we became best friends. Until now, she is a true friend of mine. We share secrets and also problems. For me, she is a secret box who will keep secrets as secrets. I did not expect that she would be my best friend. Her name is Abiegail Aldana, who remains as my classmate up to now.

Mussaenda Sabarias

Voltaire Ventura

My most unforgettable experience was when we were in grade four. It was November 15, 2006 when we failed in Mr. Escondo ’s HELE subject. That time we were doing our project when I stood beside the door to look for Mr. Escondo. I didn’t expect that Zyrah, Joshua, Neil and Jayson would follow me. A few seconds later, we did not notice that Mr. Escondo saw us and said: ”Why are you standing beside the door?” We were nervous so we couldn’t answer, Mr. Escondo got angry because we were not doing anything. So, when the bell rang we went back to our room, to get our things while our classmate were discussing what Mr. Escondo did to us. The following day, Mr. Escondo had told of and allowed us to attend his subject again. I learned to behave in class and followi teacher ‘s instruction.

Nikki Estenor

My friends and I joined the camping last February. That night we woke up at 11;00 O’clock P.M. My friends and I sat on the chairs, cracked jokes and told some stories. Later on Ira, one of my teammates, told us there was a man looking at us from the second year room and he was smiling. It was a white figure! We felt very scary but one of the students from the other team said: ”Don’t look at that man and don’t be scared because it was only a white light. Slowly we regained our confidence. We learned not to think scary things. Instead, we just pray to calm us down.

Corina Faye Rosario

Matthew Silab

Miss Rosa Aguirre

Message from Mrs. Emma C. Ventura, Principal

May I take this opportunity to welcome all of you to Little People’s School for school year 2009-2010. I hope and pray for a cordial relationships and fruitful endeavors with you.

I should congratulate Miss Rosa A. Aguirre for coming up with this issue of the VISION Newsletter. Dr. Ventura told me that he did not edit much this issue to show to all of you what our six members of the Journalism class 2009 have accomplished.

We got five new teachers for this school year. We took a long time in screening applicants and I am glad that we got the teachers that we want for our academic program. I asked them to help prepare for learning materials in the form of lecture notes and laboratory manuals, and I am glad that all five of them have contributed their share.

We spent a big part of summer preparing for our learning materials, especially in the lower grade levels, in Science laboratory manuals. I am pleased with the outcome; they may not be as impressive in prints than the commercial books but I am glad that they compete in terms of contents. We better encourage our teachers to write more this year.

Although we hired new teachers, there is nothing to worry about because we retained our best teachers – Mrs. Zenaida B. Quintos, Mrs. Nelia C.Lanip, Miss Rosa A. Aguirre, Mrs. Alice Tanghal, Mrs. Helen M. Martinez, Mrs. Cyrene Caliwagan Salem, Miss Maribil Francisco, Miss Liz Joy Garcia, Vice Mayor Cesar Comia. It would be nice to see how the old group blends with the new ones for this endeavor in education. God bless!

VISION Editorial Staff

Mussaenda G. Sabarias
Sheena Jean A. de Jesus
Charlotte Nikki A. Estenor
Voltaire V. Ventura
Corina Faye D. Rosario
Matthew G. Silab
Miss Rosa A. Aguirre (Adviser)

WELCOME TO ALL NEW AND BALIKBAYAN STUDENTS!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

LEAD EDITION:March 18, 2009*Volume 29, Number 4

32ND COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES ON MARCH 20;

JAYVEE MATANGUIHAN IS CLASS VALEDICTORIAN

The LPS thirty-second commencement exercises will be held on March 20, 2009 at the school quadrangle from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. There are 32 graduating students in high school, 24 in elementary and 37 in the pre-elementary level. Leading the class this time is Jayvee Matanguihan who will receive the LPS Medallion of Academic Excellence in high school, Ynno Barredo in elementary, and Mark David Ebron in the preparatory. Salutatorian in high school is Carl Matthew Replan, salutatorian in elementary is Joseph Gabriel Anit, and second honor in preparatory is Erick Michael Monserrat. First honor in kindergarten is John Carlo Martinez. The awarding of medals and testimonial certificates to honor students and to those who excelled in co-curricular activities will be done during the Recognition Program on March 19 (Thursday), at 4:00 P.M. This will be preceded by a Baccalaureate Mass to be held at the Saint Augustine Church, Bay, Laguna at 9:00 A.M. of the same day (Thursday, March 19) as a thanksgiving of teachers, parents, graduating students, and the honorees.

CAT FIELD COMMENCEMENT AND REVIEW ON MARCH 13

The Field Commencement and Review of the Citizenship Advancement Training (CAT) was held in the LPS grounds last March 13, under the supervision of Vice Mayor Cesar D. Comia, LPS CAT Commandant, and Mr. Sonny Esmade as Assistant Commandant. The Guest of Honor was Mr. Alexander G. Darvin, Department of Agriculture Municipal Agriculturist of Bay. The cloudy weather gave soothing effect on the cadets as they formed their lines, did fancy exhibition of handling their arms, and in the pass-in-review. The LPS CAT Unit Batallion and Staff for SY 2008-2009 is made up of:

Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Awdry Bryan de Guzman, Batallion Commander
Cadet Major Jayvee Matanguihan, Batallion Ex-O Adjutant
Cadet Major Danica Blanca Sison, Batallion Intelligent Officer/S2
Cadet Major Jean Claire Tolentino, Batallion Training Officer/S3
Cadet Major Rizchelle Ann Brena, Batallion Operation Officer/S4
Cadet Major Preciousa Lara Punzalan, Batallion Logistics Officer/SS5
Cadet Major Shelumiel Ortiz, Company Commander, “A” Coy
Cadet Major Marjorie Escueta, Company Commander, “B” Coy
Cadet Major Shaira Janina Manalo, Color Officer

TWELVE FINALISTS COMPETE IN SCIENCE POSTER COMPETITION

Twelve (12) fourth year students entered in the Science Poster Competition held last March 13, with Miss Emelita Bacsit, Senior Science Specialist of the DOST; Dr. Virgilio Villancio, University Researcher 4 of the College of Agriculture, UPLB; and Mr. Alexander Darvin, Municipal Agriculturist, Bay, Laguna, as guests of honors. Each of them gave a short message about the importance of research in high school and as a career later on. The finalists are:

Andres Nico Aldipollo, Acceptability of Banana Peeling and Pineapple Peeling in Vinegar Making
Kathryn Aguilar, Use of Locally Available Materials for the Preparation of Organic Fertilizers
Ma. Inah Comcepcion Rarugal, Improving the Flowering of Euphorbia
Amhertsia Sabarias, Acceptability of Tuba-Tuba Oil as Additive to Commercial Diesel
Guian Paolo Crisostomo, Comparative Study on the Germination of Rice Seedlings in Different Growing Media
Jayvee Matanguihan, A Study on the Preparation of Organic Fertilizers and Their Effects on the Growth of Mustard
Kier Melvin Ebron, Effect of Different Organic Materials and Refrigeration on the Control of Boll Weevil
Elizah Joy Corpuz, Efficiency of Home-Made Charcoal Briquettes from Forest Wastes as Biomass Fuel
Chester Ramos, Feasibility of Cuttings, as Compared to Seeds, as Propagating Materials of Narra
Lorenza Manarpaac, Control of Golden Apple Snails in Rice Seedlings
Rizchelle Ann Brena, Comparative Study on the Quality of Semi-Ripe and Fully Ripe Mangoes for Wine Preparation
Jett Reinierre Anit, Growing Tissue-Cultured Lakatan in Different Potting Media

The Most Outstanding Research Project Award will be bestowed during the Commencement Exercises.

SCHOOL CALENDAR

March 18 (Wenesday) – Deadline of submission of workbooks and notebooks for annual checking. (Note: You may get back your things on Monday, March 23)

March 18 (Wednesday), 7:30 to 11:30 A.M. – Dress rehearsal for the Recognition and Graduation Programs.

March 19 (Thursday), 9:00 A.M. – Baccalaureate Mass at the Saint Augustine Church with Father Jessie Somosierra officiating. Please do not forget to bring your mass offerings.

March 19 (Thursday), 4:00 P.M. – Recognition Program at the LPS Quadrangle. Parents of First Honors in Kindergarten, Preparatory, and Valedictorians in Elementary and High School are requested to prepare short messages for the program.

March 20 (Friday), 4:00 P.M. – 32nd Commencement Exercises at the LPS Quadrangle. First Honors in Preparatory and Valedictorians in Elementary and High School will deliver their Valedictory Addresses. (Note: Submit a copy of valedictory address to Miss Rosa Aguirre for editing and if possible improvement of the address.)

March 23 (Monday) – Last day to have make-up tests or activities to complete the grades for the school year. Teachers will be on summer vacation, thus, it is important to complete all requirements on this date.

March 23 (Monday) – Last day of enrolment for the summer tutorial, UPCAT review, and other summer activities.

April 6 (Monday) – Start of classes for the UPCAT Review (Note: Tutorial classes start on April 13)

MESSAGE FROM MRS. EMMA C. VENTURA, PRINCIPAL

It is the end of the school year once again, and may I express the thanks of the LPS Board of Trustees for your trust and cooperation with us.

Everything is going to places as we end the school year. We have five who passed as outright entry to the UPCAT, and two others are pending cases, who will ultimately enter U.P. also. There are five others whose ratings are high enough to warrant their easy entry to U.P. The results of the National Career Assessment Test (NCAE) show that four of our fourth year class got 97%, in which 11 of them got 90% or better. That is very good indeed! Then we have the Science Poster Competition in the presence of Scientists and the Municipal Agriculturist of Bay as part of the judging panel. I am happy to note that despite their young age, very short period of less than three months of experiments, they came out with more than expected results. Thanks to the able advisorship of our Science teachers and that of our Math teacher, Mr. Albert Rivera, who served as the Statistics adviser.

As we conduct our Recognition Program on March 19 and Commencement Exercises on March 20, may I congratulate all parents for the splendid job that you have done in guiding your children to attain all these proficiencies and awards. Thank you very much and may God Bless Us All!

VISION NEWSLETTER EDITOR (FOR LEAD EDITION): Miss Rosa Aguirre

Friday, March 6, 2009

STUDENT EDITION: March 6, 2009*Volume 29, Number 3

CIELO LLANES TOPS LPS POPULARITY CONTEST

Cielo Llanes, a grade six pupil, topped the Popularity Contest at LPS for 2009. The Mr. and Miss Valentine coronation was held last February 27, from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. at the LPS Quadrangle. The founder and principal of the school, Mrs. Emma C. Ventura, assisted by the father of San Isidro, Chairman Didinio Manipol crowned all the Misses and Mister Valentines, with the help of the San Isidro Barangay Councilors. All winners were serenaded by Jett Reinierre Anit of the fourth year class, and Lady Diane de Mesa of the second year class, and they offered bouquets of flowers to the Misses Valentines while all the Mr. Valentines were given garlands of flowers. Selected high school students entertained the winners and spectators with dances. Yes, there was a display of fireworks throughout the ceremony, getting the peak of firepower during the coronation of Mr. and Miss Valentines. The coronation was concluded by the traditional walk-dance of the Mr. and Miss Valentines. It was a fitting night for Mr. and Misses Valentines!

TOP FIVE WINNERS FOR MR. AND MISSES VALENTINES:
1) Micah Marie Galapon and Joshua Jose Señadora for High School
2) Cielo Llanes and Paul Angelo Suiza for Intermediate Grades
3) Jarry Brillante and Alexander James Ballesteros for Intermediate Grades
4) Darlene Garay and Louise Richard Lijauco for the Primary Grades
5) Kim Marianne Manzanero and Mark David Ebron for Pre-Elementary

OTHER WINNERS FOR MR. AND MISS VALENTINE
a) Alexandra Angeles, Anjeline Mae Agapito, Angela Reyes, Aneeza Bautista for the Kinder
b) Tyrone Velasco, Vint Alex de Jesus, John Carlo Martinez, and Shou Esquerra for the Kinder
c) Nodynice Crusit, Hannah Casao, Angela Nicole Maglalang, Jed Ebron, Michelle de la Cruz, Corina Faye Rosario, Ravford Dueñas, Kim Elindo, Mathew Silab, and Dan Alexander Abas for the Primary Grades
d) Swietenia Sabarias, Precious Dahl Alejandrino, Jan Marife Sarmiento, Joseph Gabriel Anit, Noah Ezekiel Batacan and Jeims Nathaniel Panisales for the Intermediate Grades

Coordinators of the program were Mrs. Zenaida B.Quintos, Guidance Counselor, and Mrs. Nelia C. Lanip, Math Teacher. Masters of Ceremonies were Miss Rosa A. Aguirre and Mr. Albert Rivera. In-charge of the stage decoration was Mr. Christopher Escondo.

Five LPS Students Passed UPCAT, Some Waitlisted

Five fourth year students passed the UPCAT (University of the Philippines College Admission Test), thus they are qualified outright to enter the University of the Philippines starting June, 2009: Jayvee Matanguihan, Carl Matthew Replan, Awdry Bryan de Guzman, Wanda Yekaterina L. Cruz, and Shaira Janina Manalo. Two others, Jofel Santos and Dean Carlson Alejandrino, are pending cases and they have to submit certain additional requirements to enter the University. Five others, Shelumiel Ortiz, Andres Nicole Aldipollo, Ma. Inah Rarugal, Jean Claire Tolentino and Guian Paolo Crisostomo got high ratings that would qualify them to enter U.P. The total number of possible UPCAT passers this year is 12. Congratulations to all outright entry passers, and we hope for the best to all those who are waitlisted!

Summer Review for UPCAT starts April 6; other tutorial classes on April 13

Summer review for UPCAT and other College Admission Tests at LPS starts on April 6 (Monday), while tutorial class in Journalism and special classes in English, Filipino, Math, Voice Lessons and Guitar Lessons will start on April 13. UPCAT reviews are in English, Filipino, Math (Basic Math, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics), and Science (Earth Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics). The Journalism class is about phrases and clauses, use of transition words and phrases, common errors in grammar, recasting of sentences, writing news items, sports items, features, editorial; the students will do actual activities for VISION Newsletter publication. Special classes in Filipino and English are about training the students to read and write properly in those languages. If there are some who will enroll in Voice Culture or Guitar Lessons, we shall hire a teacher who is a singer or musician for this purpose. School fees for the UPCAT review and tutorial classes in academic subjects are equal to the current monthly tuition fees for two months. The Voice Culture and Guitar Lessons fee will depend on the arrangement with the music teacher. The UPCAT Review is for 8 weeks and the tutorial classes are for six to seven weeks.

Science Poster Competition on March 13, afternoon

The Science Poster Competition will be held on March 13, starting at 1:00 P.M. at the LPS High School Building showcasing the best reports in Experimental Research. The oral defense of all fourth year students for their individual research works started yesterday, March 3 until March 12 next week. The oral defense had the Administrator, Principal, Statistics Adviser (Mr. Albert Rivera), English Critic (Miss Rosa Aguirre), and the Research Adviser as members of the Examination Panel. This panel will decide whether the application for graduation in High School will be approved or not. Likewise, the panel determines those who will qualify for the Poster Exhibit Competition on March 13, starting at 1:00 P.M.

As of these writing, three were selected for the final competition:

Guian Paolo Crisostomo, Improving Dapog Rice Seedling Performance
Chester Ramos, Using Hardwood Cuttings as Narra Propagation Material
Amhertsia Sabarias, Jatropha Bio-diesel as Additive to Commercial Diesel

Defense of research by the other students will be scheduled as soon as they are all ready. There are other nice researches, like the BIM-inoculated Organic Fertilizer, Wine from Locally Available Plant Materials, Vinegar from Locally Available Plant Materials, Inducing the Flowering of Euphorbia, Control of Golden Apple Snail as Major Pest of Rice, No-Caffeine Substitutes for Coffee, Improving Flowering of Bougainvilla, Mycorrhizal Effects in Tomato and Mustasa, Nursery Management of Tissue Cultured Banana, Sesbania and Azolla as Biofertilizers, and many more.

The criteria of judging for the Poster Competition are

Content, 40% (Presentation of Problem, Procedure, and Results, Use of Statistical Analysis, and Conclusion and Recommendations),
Form, 25% (Grammar and Sentence Construction, Design of the Poster Exhibit and Sample Display, Use of References, Notations, Legends), and
Originality and Significance, 35% (Original or Follow-up Study, Value of Technique or Procedure Used, and Usefulness of Work Results).

We are going to invite scientists and researchers from other institutions for the Science Poster Competition on March 13 to come and view our exhibits and help us in judging for this contest. Parents are also invited to attend, and we shall select parents to be included in the panel to judge for the Most Outstanding Research and Young Scientist of the Year. Prof. Emelita Bacsit, Senior Specialist and Laboratory Head, DOST Region IV-A Calabarzon will be the keynote speaker.

By Richelle Alejandre

National Achievement Test on March 5 (Grade 6) and March 11 (2nd Yr.)

LPS is included in the National Achievement Tests for Second Year on March 11 (Wednesday) and March 5 (Thursday) for Grade Six this school year, while Grade 3 is only for the public schools. Subjects included are English, Filipino, Math, Science, and Sibika. In this regard, LPS teachers conducted an intensive review in those subjects by their teachers starting February 16 up to the day before the test. Best wishes to all Second Year and Grade Six students!

By Claire Alyssandra Tanghal

Declamation Contest Winners Announced

LPS conducted its annual Declamation Contest last February 20, by grade and year level, aimed to develop ability in memorizing declamation pieces with action, correct intonation, and diction. Criteria of judging were 40% mastery of the piece, 30 % pronunciation, diction, and intonation, 20% audience impact, and 10% stage presence. The winners are:

Grade 1 - Charles Rosario (The Lamb by William Blake)
Grade 2 – Dan Kennedy Hipona (To A Butterfly by William Wordsworth)
Grade 3 – Maui Barredo (The Sparrow’s Nest by William Wordsworth)
Grade 4 – Rhizza Solmerano (I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth)
Grade 5 – Chelsea Gonzales (The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe)
Grade 6 – Ynno Barredo (The Indian Serenade by Persy Bysshe Shelly)
First Year – Nobody Qualified
Second Year – Rosmund Tolentino (The Song by Christina Rossetti)
Third Year – Jelriz Joi Lanip (Shylock’s Justification, in Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare)
Fourth Year – Shelumiel Ortiz (Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln)

All winners will receive the LPS TESTIMONIAL CERTIFICATES, except Shelumiel Ortiz who will receive the LPS Blue Medallion for being a perennial winner of Declamation Contest, as a HALL OF FAMER IN DECLAMATION in the Recognition Program on March 19.

By Christelle Jaraplasan

LPS Holds February Fair 2009

LPS held its February Fair last February 12 and 13. There were plenty of booths and activities prepared by the teachers and students to enjoy the two-day activities of the school. There were the horror booth supervised by the Juniors where viewers were treated with out-of-this world experiences; the food bazaar booth of many delicious goodies by the Sophomores under Mrs. Alice Tanghal; the torture booth by the Seniors led by Miss Rosa Aguirre; the flower booth where students bought for their close classmates, teachers, and parents; the jail booth of the Freshmen under Mr. Rhandy Punzalan, where many were “jailed” for offenses like wearing black shoes, wearing red shirt, crossing the path of the freshmen, or any other funny offenses; and the picture booth of the Values Club of Dean Alejandrino. In addition, we had the garage sale where used items, but still very good to wear, were being sold at very low prices, with Miss Mabel Francisco, Mrs. Nelia Lanip and Mrs. Cyrene Salem as “salesladies.” On the second day, Miss Rosa Aguirre conducted a film showing where the audio-visual room was full packed, that later on, the sign of “standing room only” was placed in front of the door. Mrs. Zenaida B. Quintos was the overall coordinator of this successful fair.

By Jelriz Joi Lanip

Overnight Camping

The overnight camping was held last February 20 at the LPS Quadrangle. To simulate real outdoor conditions, all rooms, except the lavatories and canteen, were closed so that all children and their teachers stayed outdoors with their built-up tents. The format was a combination of high school and elementary pupils, with the bigger children in high school playing big brothers and big sisters to the younger children from grade three to six, with a teacher assigned to every group. The tents of the boys were separated from the area of the tents of the girls. Cooking was done outside with chicken-pork adobo and liver with rice as their first meal for dinner. The children had to fetch their own water and firewood. It was a group work all the way.

After dark, Mr. Christopher Escondo, with selected students, conducted the rite of the light, “Paghahanap ng Ilaw”, by dramatically lighting the bonfire at the center of the quadrangle. There were many contests where all children participated like in the dance where teams Gardenia for girls under Mrs. Alice Tanghal and Scorpions for boys under Mrs Helen Martinez won. Iris team (for girls) under Miss Liz Joy Garcia and Scorpions (for boys) won the Yell Competition. The Tunog Tao presentation was the most applauded contest where children sang with the use of hands, feet, arms, and so on to produce sound (music). Team Leo of Mr. Rhandy Punzalan was the best in this category of Tunog Tao with Vernon Ventura as lead singer.

The high school class had their practicum in Values Education under Mrs. Emma Ventura where they had many activities related to good manners and right conduct especially while in a camping like this one away from home. The high school children had their test in dancing the “Tinikling” under Mrs. Ventura, where now and then, the knocking bamboo poles were pressing the beautiful feet of neophytes. After the program and activities in Values Education, the lights were put to dim volume for everybody was supposed to go to sleep in their tent. But, the whole night was spent bonding among group mates telling things interesting only to the young ones.

By daybreak, the whistle sounded to get up and cook for breakfast. This time, menu varied, made up mostly of canned goods and easy to cook foods. Everybody was eating a lot in the company of friends and schoolmates. Then it was time for jogging from LPS to Tagumpay Elementary School and back to LPS. There were some more activities before Mrs. Quintos, over-all coordinator, sounded the alarm for the dismantling of tent because parents started coming to fetch their beloved children who were away from them for one long, long night.

By Anne Beatrice de Guzman and Sheena de Jesus

MESSAGE FROM YOUR SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

Speech of Mrs. Guillerma Ventura on the occasion of Mr. and Miss Valentine’s Coronation on February 27, 2009

Honorable Didinio Manipol, San Isidro Barangay Chairman, Members of the San Isidro Barangay Council, the barangay tanods guarding us tonight, guests, visitors, parents, LPS teachers and employees, to all of you a pleasant good evening.

First, we thank the Lord for giving us this good weather to make this Coronation of Mr. and Miss Valentine a beautiful reality. Second, parents of our children are here with us tonight to share with our happiness in this celebration. Third, our students have good attendance. And fourth and last, the father of our barangay, Chairman Diding Manipol, is with us tonight.

Someone asked me, “Why the need for a Mr. and Miss Valentine Coronation?” This is always a part of schooling, where our children learn to read, write, count, and also to sing, dance, be good to others, expose them to talk or perform in front of a big crowd, and be sociable. Tonight we transformed our school into a sort of a kingdom, where we have a royal gathering of knights and princesses. Tonight, February being the month of hearts, we have many dances, songs, and then the coronation of the Mr. and Miss Valentine and their court of honors. This is a popularity contest, where silver and gold rein. Indeed, High School years are the happiest moment in our life, not only to prepare ourselves for College, but also to enjoy. This is the very reasons why we have activities like this, for when will our children enjoy life, enjoy schooling if not now?

Another one asked this other important question; where will you use the proceeds from this popularity contest? Indeed we have many projects that management cannot cope up alone anymore. We have the cementing of our frontage, but unfortunately, we run out of budget that the cementing had to be stopped. The plan here is to cement the frontage, from the main gate, including the parking space, down to the basketball court. Then, we have the extension of the roof of the corridors in the Primary School Building and in the Library in a way that children and their parents can conveniently sit there during programs, without any problem of sunshine or rain. Perhaps most important, but most expensive too, is the construction of our covered court between the Primary School Building and Library. The total cost of construction of all of these may already surpass P1M, so perhaps, we shall start with the construction of roof in the corridor in front of the library up to the Grade Six room. I am glad with this current popularity contest, that I can promise you that at least, we shall have covered corridor in the south wing of the high school building, or in front of the library, by June this year.

I just hope that something of this amount would be left so that we can also install floor tiles in the HE room, because this is the usual place where we entertain our visitors. By the way, this is a joint project of the CSO with Shaira Janina Manalo as president and the Values Club with Dean Carlson Alejandrino as president. With the success of their joint project, Janina and Dean will both receive the Leadership Award in the form of the LPS Blue Medallion in the Recognition Program on March 19. We must also remember that both of them were also instrumental in the floor tiling of the Science Laboratory through Christmas Caroling for two years.

We in management do our best to improve our school, not only academically but physically, like in the vast improvement of our Publication Section, by acquiring the RISO Copier and a sophisticated Xerox machine, thus we have now clear readable notices, newsletters, and test papers. We try to maintain our landscaped grounds for a healthy atmosphere for learning. We strive to improve our comfort rooms, and we tried the other day the flush toilet bowl in the primary girls comfort room, with much success, thus, we shall be installing flush toilet bowls in all our comfort rooms. We have now a land area of about one hectare, that we need to continue constructing cement wall fence at the southwest and northern sides of our campus.

After the coronation of Mr. and Miss Valentine, we shall have other activities to complete all of our scheduled practicum in Values Education and PEHM. Thus the High School Students will stay here overnight. There is nothing to worry about because Chairman Diding Manipol lent us some of his ever efficient and reliable barangay tanods, plus our teachers and maintenance staff who will always be with your children.

The school administration and faculty should like to express our sincerest thanks to all LPS parents who participated in this 2009 LPS Popularity Contest of Mr. and Miss Valentine, for many things are being improved in our school with your very kind help and cooperation. To all of you, again good night and thank you very much!

EDITORIAL: For A Change

According to Benjamin Disraeli, “a change is inevitable in a progressing system, change is constant.” I agree. I really had a hard time making up my mind on what to tackle in this Editorial. Perhaps thus is due to the pressure brought about my responsibilities as a teacher here. Writing the Editorial for this Newsletter and teaching were both quite taxing that I honestly feel like I am already running out of ideas. Hopefully, this would be another page in my life. But then, my day-to-day activities have already changed since I started teaching here. This is now my third year of teaching, and I must admit that I learned a lot, improved a lot, changed a lot. Everybody in school is happy now because classes are about to end and we are doing mostly co-curricular activities already. Progress of the children is conspicuous; they honestly have learned a lot, the fact that they have just built unique institutions for themselves.

Less than a month from now, I will be receiving again another set of fruits of my teaching here, since my grade 6 pupils will be graduating, that some of my pupils in grade six and all of my graduating students in fourth year will be leaving their alma mater for higher educational levels. I am proud that I become a part of their lives and I really enjoyed working and studying with them for three years. I am glad that most of my grade six pupils decided to stay for high school, thus I will have more time to be with them. Honestly, this is the beauty of the teaching profession – you work, you teach children who sooner or later develop some sort of closeness to you as their teacher, and this is the thing that I adore most.

Everything is changing, the institution, the individual student, and even me as their teacher. Thus, I have to learn to do the best things I can in this changing system, in conformity with these changes to improve my teaching abilities for the sake of my students that l have learned to like and care. To the graduating students, my best wishes to all of you!

Miss Marivil Francisco
Grade Six Adviser and VISION Co-Adviser

SCHOOL CALENDAR

March 3 to 5, 9 to 11 – Oral defense of Research Project (by schedule)
March 5 (Thursday) – National Achievement Tests in Grade Six
March 6 (Friday) – A.M. – Pre-Elem Day; P.M. – BINGO SOCIALS
March 11 (Wednesday) – National Achievement Tests in Second Year
March 12 (Thursday)– Deadline of Submission of Enrolment Confirmations for SY 2009-2010;– Deadline of Submission of Enrolment Forms for UPCAT Review Class; and Other Summer Tutorial Classes (Journalism, Remedial, Voice, Guitar)
March 13 ( Friday)
– A.M. – Citizens Advancement Training (C.A.T.) Graduation
– P.M. – Science Poster Competition
March 16 (Monday) & 17 (Tuesday) – Final Examination
March 18 (Wednesday) – Completion of Workbooks and other pending requirements
March 19 (Thursday)
– 9:00 A.M., Saint Augustine Parish Church – Baccalaureate Mass
– 4:00 P.M., LPS Quadrangle – Recognition Program
March 20 (Friday), 4:00 P.M. – 32nd Commencement Exercises
April 6 (Monday) – Start of Review Class for UPCAT and other College Admission Tests
April 9 and 10 – Holy Thursday and Holy Friday (no classes)
April 13 (Monday) – Start of Tutorial Classes (Journalism, Remedial, Voice, Guitar, etc.)

VISION (STUDENT EDITION) EDITORIAL STAFF

Richelle Andrea Alejandre, Editor-in-Chief
Christelle Jaraplasan, Associate Editor
Jelriz Joi Lanip
Claire Alyssandra Tanghal
Maria Victoria Veterana
Micah Marie Galapon
Noah Ezekiel Batacan
Sheena Jean de Jesus
John Morris Garcia, Managing Editor
Anne Beatrice de Guzman
Miss Rosa A. Aguirre, Adviser
Miss Marivil Francisco, Co- Adviser

QUOTABLE QUOTES
*Thinking is the talking of the soul with itself." -- Plato
*The chief aim of education is not to fill people’s heads with facts but to teach them how to think and how to use facts. – A.E. Wiggam
*Wealth can be produced only by intensive, persistent and intelligent toil." – Manuel Roxas
*… Trust yourself when all men doubt you… and make allowance for their doubting too. – Rudyard Kipling

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