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November 18, 2019

DR. ESTELA R. CARINO Regional Director IV Department of Education Region 02

Dear Madam:

Greetings!

We are from the University of the Philippines lambak (UP Lambak), a university-based organization of University of the Philippines Diliman students from Cagayan Valley {Region II), espousing a scholarly and service-oriented thrust that is geared towards the pursuit of academic excellence, regional solidarity, and social, cultural, and economic awareness through various activities and projects within the region and beyond.

Resolute to our mission and vision, the UP Lambak will be holding Valleygsahan 2019 on December 15-16,2019 (Sunday and Monday) at Solano East Central School, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya.

Valleygsahan is an annual regionwide competition pooling the best elementary and junior high school students from the region. A portmanteau joining the words "valley" and "paligsahan", Valleygsahan means "Paligsahan sa Valley." The competition aims to promote the intellectual, social, and cultural awareness of the students of the region. The events in the two-day gathering include the Quiz Show, Poster Making, Essay Writing, Extemporaneous Speech, and Debate Competition.

With this, we would like to request the endorsement of your good office and to help us in the sending of invitation letters and attachments to the various schools in the region through the release of an official DepEd regional memorandum. The success of this noble endeavor shall depend greatly on the number of schools that will participate. In this, the organization is seeking your much-needed support and help. We have attached herewith the invitation letters for both Elementary and Junior High Schools.

For any inquiries, we will gladly discuss these at your convenience. Feel freeto .. send an e-mail to valleygsahan@gmail.com or contact any of the numbers below.

We hope for your favorable action on this matter.

Thank you very much!

Respectfully yours,

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November 2019

Dear Sir /Madam:

Greetings!

We are from the University of the Philippines lambak (UP lambak), an organization of University of the Philippines Diliman students from Region II geared towards the pursuit of excellence and regional solidarity through the initiation of various activities and projects within the region and beyond.

Resolute to our mission and vision, the UP Lambak is once again holding the annual Valleygsahan, a regional level academic competition pooling Cagayan Valley's best minds. A portmanteau of the words "valley" and "paligsahan", hence roughly meaning "paligsahan sa valley11

, Valleygsahan aims to promote the intellectual, social, and cultural awareness of the students of the region through an interscholastic competition.

With this, we would like to invite you to participate in Valleygsahan 2019 on December 15-16, 2019 (Sunday and Monday) at Solano East Central School, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. For the Junior High Division, the contest events are the Quiz Show, Poster Making, and Essay Writing (in English and in Filipino), Extemporaneous Speech (in English and Filipino), and Debate Competition.

The registration fee for students and coaches in the Junior High Division is Php 200.00 (two hundred pesos) per participant, inclusive of one (1) lunch meal per day. Pre-registration for all events is now ongoing and doses on December 13, 2019 for non-Debate events, while registration for the Debate Competition closes on November 29, 2019. Walk-in registration for non-Debate Competition will be open only during the first day of Valleygsahan 2019 and for a limited time only.

The event guidelines, mechanics, and pre-registration forms can be downloaded from pitjjC[\/al!f~~l1!2.n£Ql.2_.

For more details and inquiries, you may contact Kara Gascon at 09972105710 or Mark Bricenio at 09753049496. You may also email us at valleygsahan@gmail.com or through our Facebook page (facebook.com/UPLambak), where we also post updates and announcements.

Thank you very much!

Respectfully yours,

JESA KAI GASCON School Relations Head Valleygsahan 2019

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Zennia Flores Vice-Chairperson for

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GENERAL GUIDELINES ... )an annual regional level competition open to all elementary and junior high school

c and private schools within Cagayan Valley (Region II).

2019 contest events are as follows: Quiz Show (Elementary and Junior High School division)

.. Poster Making (Elementary and Junior High School division) Essay Writing/Pagsulat ng Sanaysay (Elementary and Junior High School division) Extemporaneous Speech/Oagliang Talumpati {Junior High School division only) Debate Competition (Junior High School Division only)

• A school may send a maximum of one (1) team composed of three (3) students for The Quiz Show, one (1) representative for the Poster-Making Contest, two (2) representatives for the Essay Writing Contest {one for English and one for Filipino), two (2) representatives for the Extemporaneous Speech Contest (one for English and one for Filipino), and a maximum of one {1) team composed of three {3) students for the Debate Competition. (NOTE: A student may participate in only one contest. Please see the mechanics for each contest event.)

• For the Debate Competition, only the first eight (8) teams to register by the end of Debate registration can join the competition. This is to give enough time for the entire tournament to take place.

• Contestants are encouraged to wear their school uniforms except for the contestants in the Extemporaneous Speech Contest and Debate Competition. Extemporaneous Speech and Debate Competition contestants are required to be in corporate/business attire.

• In line with the University of the Philippines' policies for academic and intellectual honesty, plagiarism or any form of cheating on the part of the participants shall be penalized. o Depending on the weight of the offense, the penalty may range from necessary point deductions

to disqualification in the participated contest event. In case the offense was found out after the contest proper of Valleygsahan 2019, UP Lambak may revoke awards given to the participant.

• The panel of judges for all the events shall be composed of selected UP Lambak regular members and alumni, who possess knowledge and skills required by each event. UP Lambak may also invite non­members into the panel of judges, who possess knowledge and skills required by each event.

• The panel of judges shall decide in the contest proper and rule upon queries or complaints based on these contest rules and mechanics and other guidelines UP Lambak may provide. However, if problems are unable to be resolved by the judges, the UP Lambal< General Assembly, the totality of the regular UP lambak members present during the event, shall act to resolve such matters ln accordancewith the UP lambak constitutional procedures .

• ID!?tructions not included in this contest rules and mechanics may be added byU P Lambak, which shall ·. · . Ji~}C!J1pounced on the contest proper. Failure to abide with such instructions shall be dealt with

accordingly. Moreover, UP lambak reserves the right to change the mechanics as deemed necessary and provided that all the participants arrive to a consensus. ·

EVENT MECHANICS

Quiz Show involves questions from (8) categories of various fields of

(a) Science and Technology, (b) Mathematics, (c) History, (d) Current Events, (e) Culture and the Arts, (f) Language and Literature, (g) Sports and Entertainment, and (h) Genera/Information and Trivia. The Current Events category shall include current events from November 1, 2019 up to the day before the first day of Valleygsahan 2019.

3. Participating teams shall each be given official slates for them to write their answers on. Scratch papers shall also be provided.

4. All questions that do not require any computation must be answered within twenty (20) seconds only (regardless of the difficulty of the question). Questions answerable with necessary computations must be answered within a specified time stated in such questions.

5. The use of any calculating devices during the competition is not allowed.

6. Questions shall only be read twice. The timer starts after the question is read for the second time. Contestants may solve for and write their answers on the slates while the questions are still being read.

7. Only the contestants may raise complaints and/or clarifications that shall be dealt with accordingly. The contestants must bring up their complaints immediately after the answer to the question is given. Once a new question is asked, complaints and/or

•. clarifications about previous questions shall ·no longer be entertained.

· Br ~(~pible and concrete sources must be · :.); ·~r~.St;aflted to back claims for errors in the

· ··· 'questfons. Online sources maybe stated as well;. except for Wikipedia and similar

·~~ The presentation of such kYI:!fjiiJI!!Illllllilli,.;,d(jes guarantee the validity of

claims, for the error may be on the part of the source.)

A. Elimination Phase

1. The Elimination Phase is composed of three (3) rounds: Easy, Average and Difficult rounds. A total of ten {10) questions shall be asked in each of the three rounds.

2. Every correct answer shall merit a corresponding two (2), three (3), and five (5) points for Easy, Average, and Difficult, respectively. There will be no demerits for incorrect or no answers.

3. After the Elimination Phase, the total scores of each team will be computed and ranked. The qualifiers for the Final Phase shall be determined from the rankings in the eliminations regardless of any tie on the final scores of the teams. The number of qualifiers for the Final stage shall depend on the total number of participating teams, which shall be announced on the contest proper.

4. Teams advancing to the Final Phase shall have initial scores equal to a quarter (25%) of the total scores they earned during the Elimination Phase.

B. Final Phase (Elementary Division)

1. The Final Phase is composed of three (3) rounds: Easy, Average and Difficult. A total of twelve (12) questions shall be asked in each round.

2. Every correct answer shall merit a corresponding five (5), seven (7), and ten (10) points for Easy, Average, and Difficult, respectively.

3. Every incorrect answer shall deducted a corresponding "two three (3), and five (5) pointS f()1{ · Average, and Difficult; res~pei(.:tt~te "no answer" is. rtofinrt'1rl"ra,rr

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EVENT MECHANICS . . provide any answer will not

· points. . e pointing and deduction system for

the Final Phase is summarized as follows:

5. After the Final Phase, the total scores of the teams will be computed, the winners shall be declared based on the rankings. The top three (3) teams shall be awarded. (NOTE: In case of ties, the affected teams shall be subjected to a series of do-or-die questions until the ties are resolved.)

C. Final Phase (Junior High Division)

1. The Final Phase is composed of three (3) rounds: 50~50 Quiz, 1-2-3 Quiz and The Ultimate Quiz. A total of twelve (12) questions shall be asked in each round.

•!• 50-50 Quiz (Difficulty: Easy to Medium) Each question shall have two (2) choices, one of which is the correct answer. A team who solely answers a question correctly (i.e. all other teams fail to answer correctly} shall receive 10 bonus points.

•:• 1-2-3 Quiz (Difficulty: Medium to Hard)

. < , > A team who garners three {3) correct · .. •.•· .: :,;:~pswers consecutively shall receive 10

· ·· ·· bonus points. (NOTE: Once a team gained the bonus, the counter for the

·· · ·· ·· correct answers shall reset to

::;;;:~2k~'t:l"~iJM--~(j))forthat team.)

•!• The Ultimate Quiz (Difficulty: Hard) In this round, a colored gem shall be shown on the screen for each of the twelve (12) questions to be asked. Four (4) of the gems are green, four (4) are red and four (4) are blue, for a total of twelve (12) gems. If a team solely answers a question correctly, a bonus of 10 points shall be awarded to that team.

2. The pointing, deduction, and bonus system is as follows:

Round

50-50 Quiz 1-2-3 Quiz The Ultimate Quiz • Green Gem • Red Gem • Blue Gem

Deductions Bonus Points Incorrect No

3. After the Final Phase, the total scores of each team will be computed, the winners shall be declared based on the rankings. The top three {3) teams shall be awarded. (NOTE: In case of ties, the affected teams shalf be subjected to a series of do-or-die question until the ties are resolved.)

EVENT MECHANICS

. shall be asked to make a poster the spot, based on a certain topic which

shall be announced on the contest proper. Any kind of drawing and coloring materials may be used. However, UP Lambak may require restrictions on the type of artwork to be done and colors to be used. Such restrictions shall be announced before the contest proper.

3. UP Lambak shall provide a 1/8 illustration board as the official canvass for the participants' artwork. Therefore, aside from art materials, participants cannot bring unnecessary objects inside the contest room.

4. No texts must be placed within the art. 5. The participants shall be given one hundred

twenty (120) minutes to finish their work. After the said time allotment, all posters shall be collected by the facilitators.

6. The participants shall be assigned with identification numbers. Names and other unnecessary symbols (including signatures) must not be written on any part of the artwork.

7. The judges shall rate the posters based on the criteria stated below.

ARTISTIC SKILLS

CONTENT

•.As\ stated in the general guidelines, the judges shall be strict with plagiarism .

•. tile scores have been computed, the v;;·'~:(f•.;(VJi;)~lllliiM.._~.shall be declared based on the

rankings. The top three (3) contestants shall be awarded.

ESSAY WRITING/PAGSULAT NG SANAYSAY (Elementary and Junior High School)

1. Contestants shall be asked to write an essay on the spot, based on a certain topic which shall be announced on the contest proper.

2. There shall be separate competitions and rankings for English and Filipino, but both shall be held simultaneously. No contestant shall be allowed to join in both language categories.

3. The contestants must write an essay with 500 - 800 words for Elementary and 700 -1000 words for Junior High School (articles shall be included in the word count). Failure to abide with the minimum number of words shall cause automatic disqualification of the piece. On the other hand, failure to limit the number of words to the maximum shall cause point deductions.

4. Essays must be written within one hundred and twenty (120) minutes. After the said time allotment, all articles shall be collected by the facilitators.

5. Participants must provide titles for their respective works. Titles will not be included in the word count.

6. The participants shall be given official sheets of paper, which shall be used for writing their essays. Aside from writing pens, no other things must be brought inside the contest room.

7. The participants shall be assigned with identification numbers, which shall be written on the upper right-hand corner of the paper. Names and other unnecessary symbols must not be written on anypart ot the paper.

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EVENT MECHANICS categories. "Taglish" or other

languages, along with "jejemon" er trend-driven language variations,

I not be allowed, unless it is necessary for the discussion or elaboration of the topic. However, as the basics of writing requires, such terms must be enclosed in quotation marks (" "). As stated in the general guidelines, the judges shall be strict with plagiarism.

9. The judges shall rate the articles based on the following criteria:

CONTENT

WRITING STYLE

OVERALL IMPACT TOTAL

10. After the scores have been computed, the winners shall be declared based on the rankings. The top three (3} contestants in each language category shall be awarded.

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH/DAGLIANG TAlUMPATI (Junior High School Division Only}

Extemporaneous Speech & Dagliang Talumpati contestants are required to be in corporate/business attire ,Juring the delivery oftheir speeches. Failure to d.o ~omqy·r~sult to disqualification.

Contestants shall be asked to deliver a ·. e~ch prepared given a limited time,

FL~>R~~\!1!/)~Ji·;.·~o~n~.aJ~certain topic which shall be ··.·. • . tf1e contest proper.

2. There shall be separate competitions and rankings for English and Filipino. No contestant shall be allowed to join in both language categories.

3. The speakers shall be given five (5) minutes to prepare after the topic is given to them.

4. The speakers shall be given five (5) minutes to deliver their speeches. Failure to abide with the allotted speaking time shall cause point deductions. The speakers shall be notified of the remaining time during delivery of his/her speech.

5. After the time allotment lapses, the delivery shall not be cut immediately. The speaker shall be allowed to continue within two (2) minutes (but with corresponding point deductions). Whether the speaker's delivery is finished or not, the speech shall be cut after the two-minute mark.

6. Deductions for the excessive use of time shall be reflected under the "Time Management" judging criterion. For every twelve (12) seconds in excess, one (1} percentage point shall be deducted from the score of the speaker for each judge. (NOTE: This implies that a speaker who reaches the two-minute excessive mark shall have zero (0) percentage points for Time Management.)

7. Speakers who finish their pieces at least two (2} minutes before the allotted time shall be deducted with ten (10) percentage points under the "Substance" criterion and five (5) percentage points under the ''Voice and Diction" criterion (since diction also involves pace).

8. The participants shall be given identification numbers on a draw lot basis. The order of presentation shall be based on their numbers.

EVENT MECHANICS '"'""'"c::n!~ll rate the speakers based on

below.

TIME MANAGEMENT OVERALL IMPACT TOTAL

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10. The judges shall give their critiques after all the participants have delivered their speeches. UP lambak shall also enforce guidelines on how the judges should critique the contestants. Such guidelines shall be announced on the contest proper.

11. All speeches must be consistent with one of the language categories. "Taglish" or other mixture of languages, along with "jejemonu or other trend-driven language variations, shall not be allowed, unless it is necessary for the discussion or elaboration of the topic.

12. Although there is no criterion for originality, it does not imply that UP Lambak shall not be strict with the originality of the pieces. As stated in the guidelines, the judges shall be strict with plagiarism.

13. After the scores have been computed, the winners shall be declared based on the rankings. The top three (3) contestants shall be awarded.

DEBATE COMPETITION (Junior High School Only)

Debate Competition contestants are required to be in corporate/business attire during matches. Failure to do so may result to disqualification.

1. The Debate Competition shall have a maximum of eight (8) teams. Only one (1} team, composed of three (3) members, can participate from each school. The roles for each member are summarized as follows:

Leader of Opposition (LO)

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Define and set up Respond to Definition debate and set-up Present position and Present position and case case Make 1 or 2 arguments Rebut government

Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Leader of the (DPM) Opposition (DLO)

Defend case Attack LO's case Make 1 or 2 arguments

Briefly summarize team's case Summarize and prioritize the main issues in the debate Rebut and analyze

Defend case Attack DPM and PM's

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P ·E T E C E I~

EVENT MECHANICS follow the Asian

debate format. Formal shall be the medium of speech for

debate matches. debate participants must be in

corporate/business attire. They shall not he allowed to wear their school uniforms or anything that would reveal the identity of their respective schools during the contest proper. The teams who will compete will be given twenty (20} minutes to prepare their constructive speeches after the selection of the motion to be debated upon.

5. The motion will be randomly provided by the steering committee from a pool of predetermined motions.

6. The selection of whether a team is the Government (affirmative of the motion) or the Opposition (negative of the motion) will be determined by the steering committee.

7. There will be three phases in the tournament: the elimination phase, the semifinal phase (if necessary), and the final phase.

8. The tournament scheme for the elimination phase shall be announced by UP Lambakto the registered teams after the number of participating debate teams has been finalized.

9. In the debate proper, each speaker will be given a maximum of seven (7) minutes for their constructive speeches, and four (4) minutes for the reply speech. After the 7th minute, 2 claps will be given, and 15 seconds will be allowed for extension for the speakers to wrap-up their speeches.

. Any more extensions will incur penalty points for the speaker. The reply speech

. can only be delivered at the end by either •..... ·. . Pt .the first two speakers. The members· of

. . ·t~~i~~!;lms can shift roles each round. · to: The· PM will be the first to speak to be follqw~q by the LO. Then the DPM to be

•· ·.remo.\lller1 fjy the DLO and the GW to be i:\!'c~~~Vf;i,.llllfl .. ~g]•y. i:he OW. The four-minute reply

govemment and the

Opposition respectively will follow after the OW. The reply speech can only be delivered either by the PM or DPM for the Government, and the LO or the DLO for the Opposition.

11. Points of Information (POls) during the debate can only be entertained after the first minute and before the last minute of the speech. A clap from the adjudicator will signify the 1st and 6th minute. It is the discretion of the challenged speaker whether he/ she will accept the POl or not. POls should be short and concise and must only last fifteen (15) seconds. A maximum of three (3) POls for each speaker is allowed. It must be noted that speakers, although not required, are encouraged to take POls. In raising a POl, the speaker must stand.

12. The debate will be judged according to three main points: Manner, Matter and, Method. The justification of the adjudicator of his/her decision will follow after the debate. The decision of the adjudicator(s) will be final and irrevocable.

OVERALL POINTING SYSTEM (Elementary and Junior High School Division)

1. Winners in each of the contest events shall garner points for their respective schools. These points, which are listed below, shall be the basis for the overall ranking of the schools.

2. The overall champion, first runner~up, and second runner-up shall receive a plaque of recognition .

3. A school that garners three (3) consecutive Valleygsahan overall championship titles shall receive a Valleygsahan Hall ofFarne award. · ·

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Patalasanlahi 2020

1. Patalasanlahi is a national level competition facilitated by the UP Sanlahi Alliance. As a member organization of UP Sanlahi Alliance, UP Lambak is authorized to send participants for the event.

2. Valleygsahan 2019 shall be the basis of selection of participants who shall represent the region for Patalasanlahi 2020 in the University of the Philippines Diliman, on March or April 2020.

3. The top three (3) contestants in each event except for the Debate Competition shall automatically qualify for the national level. Only the champion from the Debate Competition shall advance to the national level.

4. Participation to Patalasanlahi must be confirmed with the UP Lambak Vice­Chairperson for Academics Committee within a week after respective invitation letters have been sent to the qualifying schools.

5. As per UP Sanlahi Alliance's guidelines, contestants who will be participating in Patalasanlahi 2020 can only be sponsored by one member organization. As such, contestants who happento have more than one sponsoring organization shall choose only one to sponsor them.

6. In case a school participant is qualified but shall not be able to join the national level, the school is requested to notify UP Lambak immediately, for the selection of replacements.

7. If one of the top three (3) students/teams shall not be able to . participate in the national level, the succeeding ranked contestants shall be invited.

8. In case a school shall join the national level but wishes to have individual student replacements among its .. · qualified participants, it rnay do so.· pro\lidedthere is a prior notice directed to UP t.ambakr · · ·