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SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award

PART I: School Profile

1. Name of your school: CAUAYAN CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-MAIN

2. Full address: TURAYONG, CAUAYAN CITY, ISABELA

3. Postcode: 3305

4. Country: PHILLIPPINES

5. School’s telephone number: +63(078)-652-1514

6. School’s fax number: +63(078)-652-1514

7. School’s email Address: cnhs_cyn@yahoo.com

8. Name of the Principal: Mr. John R. Mina

9. Name of the Teacher Coordinators: Ms. Rachel Faith B. Siyang

Ms. Ma. Visitacion M. Askalani

10. Email address of the Coordinators: reychelfaithsiyang@deped.gov.ph

mariavisitacion.askalani@deped.gov.ph

11. School website (if available): www.cauayancityhigh.edu.ph

12. Educational level: Grade 7-12

13. Total number of teachers in your school: 276 Teachers

14. Total number of students in your school: 5, 639 Students

15. Approximately number of teachers participated in planning and implementing this school’s programme

for improving health and nutrition: 276 Teachers

16. Approximate number of students participated in planning and implementing this school’s programme for

improving health and nutrition: 565 Students

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PART II: Information about the School’s Programme

1. Title of the School’s Programme

Project: ‘HEALTH ALERT’ (Healthy Environment and Long-Term Health Access through Local

Engagement, Recreation and Training)

2. Summary of the Programme

Project ‘HEALTH ALERT’ (Healthy Environment and Long-Term Health Access through Local

Engagement, Recreation and Training) is a local initiative to combat malnutrition among the students and

to avoid contracting diseases due to poor personal hygiene and unsanitary conditions of water and sanitation

facilities in the school and the community.

The project follows the participatory process of governance by involving key stakeholders as focal persons

such as the members of the School Governing Council, Student Government, officers of the different clubs

and organizations, the General Parents, Teachers Association, Faculty & Staff Association, Alumni

Organization, local business organizations, civic and religious organizations.

Moreover, Project ‘HEALTH ALERT’ is a three-pronged approach or intervention to curb the high-

incidence of malnutrition among the students. Generally, based on annual results of the nutritional status of

students, those classified as severely wasted (based on BMI) and severely stunted (based on HFA) are prone

to sicknesses and diseases and they lag behind in their academic performance.

The first component of the program is the promotion of a Healthy Learning Environment through

sustained community-led effort in maintenance and simple repairs of school facilities known as Brigada

Eskwela. To sustain spic-and-span school facilities and surroundings, the school conducts a yearly Search

for Best Classhome following a set of criteria. Winners are awarded at the end of the School Year. The

school, was acclaimed as the Hall of Fame in the National Search for Best Brigada Eskwela Implementer in

2012 both in the Regional and National Levels.

The second component, Long-Term Health Access through Local Engagement, centers on health and

nutrition program of the school being carried out based on work plans prepared by the stakeholders as

stipulated in the three-year School Improvement Plan (SIP) which is broken down into three different

Annual School Plans (SIP) following the Continuous Improvement (CI) model. This component focuses on

three dimensions, namely: (1) diagnosis through nutritional status assessment of all students; (2) intervention

program through various activities such as school feeding program, integration of health and nutrition all

across all subject areas in the curriculum, urban gardening and vegetable production; and (3) monitoring and

evaluation which gauges the impact of the various intervention activities.

Finally, the third component is Recreation and Training. This focuses on a sustained training program

geared towards physical development of the students through various sports and recreation activities. Apart

from these are the conduct of local trainings for the promotion of health and nutrition with the active

involvement of the community.

3. Background information or reasons why the school created this programme

Nutritional status of learners and reported cases of illnesses being referred to at the school clinic are two

crucial factors considered by the school administration in coming up with the Project ‘HEALTH ALERT.’

Based on the annual nutritional status report of Cauayan City National High School, on Body Mass Index

(BMI)4.23 % or 235 of the 5,551 students are severely wasted, 8.08% or 449 cases are wasted, 1.19% or 185

cases are overweight, .1% or 17 cases are obese. On the hand, under Height-for-Age, 3.65% or 203 cases are

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severely stunted, and 12.52% or 695 cases are stunted.

In School Year 2016-2017, records available at the school clinic show that there were 1,513 students who

availed of clinic services because of minor ailments such as headache, cough, stomach ache, nausea, tooth

ache, sore yes, allergy, to name a few.

4. Objectives/goals of the Programme

1. To establish a healthy learning environment through well-maintained physical plant & sanitation and

water facilities of the school;

2. To alleviate malnutrition and common ailments among the students through sustainable and accessible

health and nutrition program being carried out by groups of stakeholders of the school;

3. To promote active lifestyle among the students through their active involvement in various recreation,

sports and training programs that promote physical fitness; and

4. To integrate in the curriculum lessons, concepts, and activities promoting health and nutrition through

lesson exemplars, learning modules and demo-teaching.

5. Period of the time when the programme was/has been started

The program was launched in S.Y. 2015-2016 and has been implemented from year to year since then.

6. Activities (Actions and strategies of implementation)

WORKPLAN IN PROJECT HEALTH ALERT S.Y. 2016-2017

PHASES OF THE

PROJECT

EXPECTED

OUTPUT

PERSON IN

CHARGE

RESOURCES REMARKS

I. Pre-Implementation (May-June)

A. Review of health

Status of Report and

reported cases of

students’ illnesses

Identified gaps to be

addressed

School Governing

Council, School

Head, Head Teachers,

Teachers GPTA

Officers (Project

Team)

School records

Snacks, Office

supplies

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Brainstorming of ideas

and vision

Title of the project to

be launched

School Head,

Department Heads

and Coordinators

B. Launching of the

conceptualized and

envisioned project

United vision and

heart for the project

School, community

stakeholders, Local

Gov’t. Education

Committee and City

Health and Nutrition

personnel

Audio-visual

support, human

resources

General Faculty Meeting Conceptualization of

action/work plan

School Head, Faculty

and Staff

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C. Assigning significant

tasks to each

department concerned

Clear and focused

assignment

School Head and

project team

Designation

letters, school

supplies, snacks

a. Organic vegetable

production, Gulayan sa

Paaralan (Vegetable

Garden in School),

Healthy Food Processing

Brainstormed ideas

properly noted, focal

persons assigned

Garden Inputs

b. Wellness massage

services, Beauty care

Wellness supplies

c. Health and Nutrition Training fund

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d. Hygiene set/ corner Suggested possible

sponsors,

brainstormed ideas,

focal persons assigned

All departments Hygiene Supplies

e. Partnership with

stakeholders’ donations/

sponsorship

f. Deworming

Brainstormed ideas

properly noted

School Health and

Nutrition Office,

student leaders, health

stakeholders, PTA

officers

Fund, manpower,

school supplies

g. Feeding

h. Waste Management

Guidelines for health and

wellness

Nutrition Month

activities and celebration

Nutritional Status

recording

Feeding program

Sanitary inspection of

canteens

Sanitary inspection of

School Plant

Immunization

Nutritional Status report

Rehabilitation of urban

garden

Suggested possible

sponsors,

brainstormed ideas,

focal persons assigned

All departments

where applicable,

student organization,

education advocate

stakeholders

Garden inputs

Establishment of herbal

garden

Module writing on

health, nutrition, and

recreation

Office supplies,

internet

availability, book

resources

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Lesson exemplar and

integration on health,

nutrition, recreation

Sport nutrition Drafted preliminary

plans

SPS Department,

sports club

Project, network,

clinic supplies Medical/ dental checkup

of athletes

Health and nutrition

advocacy materials/

project

Properly documented

accomplishments

All teachers where

possible, school

nutrition office

Office supplies

Tree planting All departments/

groups

Agency tie-ups,

seedlings, class

funds Maintenance of

classroom cleanliness

Adviser/ co-advisers

D. Action Plan/ Work

Plan Making

Drafted outputs Project team Office supplies

E. Consolidation of

Work/ Action Plans

Completed needed

plans

Head Teachers Office supplies

F. Review/ Checking

with Head Teachers

Approved Plans/

proposal

School Head Document filers

II. IMPLEMENTATION (June- February)

A. Structuring

monitoring tools for the

three components of the

project

Monitoring for quality

assurance of project

implementation

School head and head

teachers

School supplies,

snacks, tools for

benchmarking.

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1. Promotion of healthy

learning environment.

2. Learning Health

Access thru Local

Engagement

3. Recreation and

training

Constant close

monitoring

All proposals, plans

are implemented

Head Teachers

Temperature check Quality

accomplishments

Head Teachers

Submission of monthly

reports

Compiled reports

documentation

Head Teachers

Evaluation Sustained

implementation of the

project

Head Teachers

III. POST- IMPLEMENTATION (March-April)

General faculty and staff

meeting

General knowledge on

the result of the

project

School Head

Submission of narrative

report of

accomplishments

Well-kept papers/

documentation and

electronic copies

School Head, Head

Teachers

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General meeting with all

stakeholders and

sponsors concerned

Satisfactory report

about the project,

appreciation of

stakeholders

Victory celebration for

the project accomplished

Sustained supportive

attitude to school

programs/ projects

School Head, Head

Teachers

7. Teaching and learning approaches that the school applies for teaching “Improving Health and

Nutrition.”

1. small group discussion and brain storming

2. use of motion pictures, educational films & videos

3. panel discussion/debate

4. roll play

5. lecture-discussion

8. Related activities that the school have contributed to the community and shared school practices

to the community.

1. Community Outreach Program- Training-Seminar on Preparation of Healthy Dishes & Food Processing

2. Community Clean-up Drive

3. Anti- Smoking Campaign

4. Anti- Illegal Drugs Campaign

9. Engagement of Partners

Name of Partners Roles and Contributions

City Health Office provision of health services- vaccination, deworming, fogging

City Nutrition Council provision of resource persons- sent various resource persons

during convocations, health forum, etc.

City Athletics & Sports Association provision of trainings & sports clinics- conducted tournaments &

sports clinics

Lion’s Club International visual screening- donated 450 eye glasses to students with visual

problems

City Sanitary Office monitoring of canteens- monitored canteens

City Legislative Council provision of info-dissemination- conducted forums/symposia on

anti-smoking, anti-illegal drugs, etc.

City Social Welfare & Development

Office

monitoring of health check-ups of economically challenged

families

Department of Science and Technology

(DOST)

provision of O/L Trap to reduce the densities of mosquito and

dengue virus transmission in school and community

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10. Resources used for implementation

1. donations in kind

2. local funds

3. canteen funds

4. resources generated from various fund-raising activities

11. Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and summary of results

Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms:

School M&E team conducts quarterly and annual assessment of the three components of the project.

An evaluation instrument was crafted for each component to assess both qualitative and quantitative facets

of the project. The work plan prepared each year and the School Improvement Plan serve as a point of

reference whether goals and objectives are met. In cases where targets are not met, a catch-up plan is

prepared to address gaps.

Summary of results:

For component 1 of the project, the school attained a rating of 31 points in the Child-Friendly School Survey

which means CAUAYAN CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL is A CHILD-FRIENLY SCHOOL.

For component 2 of the project, the school the accomplished the following:

1. Number of students who were dewormed- 12, 505 (3 years)

2. Number of students who availed of clinic services due to minor illnesses- 2,111 (3 years)

3. Number of severely wasted students who benefitted from the school feeding program- 250 (2 years)

4. Number of students who were vaccinated 10,504 (3 years)

5. Number of students diagnosed with visual problems and were given free eye glasses- 450 (1 year)

6. Number of students who were given iron supplement- 319 (2 mos.)

For component 3 of the project, the following were accomplished:

1. conducted fun run- 1,200 participants

2. conducted summer sports clinics- 200 participants

3. participated in annual athletic meets in all levels- school, city, regional and national

4. participated in invitational tournaments, home-and-away games, tune up games

12. Achievement from the school’s health and nutrition programme

1. The school was cited as second Best Performing School, School Year 2016-2017 in Region 02

(Cagayan Valley Region comprising five provinces and four cities)

2. The school was adjudged the Greenest School in the Philippines being the Grand Champion in the

Nationwide Search for Best School Forest Park and Hall of Fame Awardee in the National Level

Search for Brigada Eskwela Best Implementer- Big School Category (Component 1: Promotion of

Healthy Learning Environment)

13. Benefits/Impacts/ positive outcomes of the programme to students, school and the wider

community

A. Students- became fully aware of their roles in promoting a healthy learning environment and developed

healthy habits through proper nutrition and personal hygiene.

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B. School- developed a culture of excellence in promoting health and nutrition.

C. Wider community- realized active role in promoting health and nutrition in the school and community

and developed a sense of civic spiritedness to contribute their time, efforts and resources as an investment

that yields productivity. They now believe in the byword “HEALTH IS WEALTH.”

14. Plan for sustainability and plan for the future

Plan for sustainability:

The project is under the Continuous Improvement Process of the school and the project team will be tying-

up with more stakeholders and donors.

Plan for the future:

The school will share this best practice to other schools in the province of Isabela, Northern Philippines.

15. List of supporting documents

Document 1) School Improvement Plan

Document 2) Action Plan of School Health & Nutrition Office

Document 3) Module in Health & Physical Education

Document 4) Lesson Plan Exemplar

Document 5) Monthly Sanitary and Safety Inspection Checklist of School Canteens

16. Photos related to the activity/programme

Photo1- School-based immunization

Photo 2- Iron supplement distribution SUSTAINED IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM. The school supports the yearly immunization

program of the Department of Health through the City Health Office. The school targets 95% of the

total student population who should be immunized yearly since its inception three years ago.

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Photo 3- Distribution of eye glasses & feeding program

IRON SUPPLEMENT DRINKING. The health and nutrition unit of the school spearheads this

yearly activity to counter iron deficiency among students. Turn-out is 100%.

SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAM, VISUAL SCREENING AND DISTRIBUTION OF

FREE EYE GLASSES. These are some of the flagship activities to help undernourished and

visually impaired students. Partners are readily available for these undertakings like the Lions’

Club International.

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Photo 5- School-led sports activities

PROJECT ‘HEALTH ALERT LAUNCHING’ GATHERS MASSIVE STAKEHOLDERS’

SUPPORT. A clearly defined blue print of action crafted jointly by various stakeholders often

yield positive impact on the beneficiaries of this program which now become one of the

Continuous Improvement program of the school.

PROMOTION OF ACTIVE LIFESTYLE. The school integrates in the curriculum relevant

programs to promote healthy lifestyle through daily exercise. Photos show students enrolled in

the Special Program in Sports doing their daily exercise.