THE OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION OF KALAYAAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MAY 30—JUNE 4, 2016 SPECIAL ISSUE

B&M Global Services Manila, Inc., adopts

KNHS-SHS

PNP AVSE -SOU RENDERS FREE EYE, DENTAL & MEDICAL CHECK-UP

MOVING UP:

In connection with the Depart-

ment of Education’s (DepEd) Re-

public Act (RA) 8525, known as

the Adopt-A-School Program

(ASP) which aims to incorporate

a private company and a public

institution to provide excellent

learning for students, Kalayaan

National High School earned

partnership with Baker and

McKenzie (B&M) Global Services

Manila, Inc., during Brigada

Eskwela 2016 held on May 30 to

June 3, 2016, the focus of part-

nership was gearing the school

up for the roll out of Senior High

School (SHS).

B&M Global Services Manila,

Inc., donated one smart TV, five

computer units with operating

systems, two air conditioning

units, four bookshelves, eight

whiteboards, 100 SHS reference

books, 180 armchairs and other

multimedia supplies intended for

the SHS facilities.

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For the first time in the history of

Kalayaan National High School’s

Brigada Eskwela, free dental, eye and

medical check-ups in partnership with

the Philippine National Police – Avia-

tion Security (AVSE) Group – Special

Operation Unit (SOU), were rendered

on May 30 to June 1 at the school clin-

ic for the benefit of Barangay 201’s

residents.

According to Police Superintendent

Julius D. Guadamor of the PNP-AVSE

Group – SOU, the whole team was

really pleased to serve the community

through this medical mission.

During the concluding program of

the three-day medical mission which

was attended by the PNP- AVSE

Group – SOU together with the 4Ps

recipients and teaching and non-

teaching personnel of KNHS, Dr. Mark

Anthony Familaran, Vice Chairman of

the SOU Advisory Council, acknowl-

edged the support of Mayor Dante

Mirambil, Cebu Pacific Pilot, Mr. Noel

P. Abadilla, Chief of Intel MIAA, Major

Bernardine Cristobal, MIAA, Mayor

Filemon Cacap, Pasay City Police,

Brgy 201 Chief, and Ret. Police Fer-

nando V. Alenjandro, Vice President

for Operations in JMC Liner Inc., Phil-

tranco Enterprises Inc., MIAA-APD

and member of the SOU Advisory

Council, and the rest of the PNP-

AVSE Group – SOU.

Practitioners namely, Dr. Ryan Neo-

la, Medical Doctor, Gloria Cristina

Lleno, Dentist, Dr. Alfred C. Martinez

Jr., Dentist and Dr. Janet Ongpauco,

optometrist, volunteered in the affair to

cater the medical needs of people in

need of attention.

Aside from the free check-ups, other

members of the PNP-AVSE Group-

SOU worked simultaneously by fixing

the electrical wirings and outlets of the

school, most especially in the Junior

and Senior High School Buildings.

Prior to this three-day affair, the PNP

-AVSE Group-SOU had always been

visible, specifically in the open day of

the Brigada Eskwela 2016, for the

whole team led the repainting of build-

ing C during the first day of Brigada

Eskwela.

Mrs. Emilia L. Tolentino, principal IV,

KNHS, said that she was delighted to

witness this affair for this was the first in

the record of the school’s Brigada

Eskwela.

Parents, teachers and students took

the chance of availing not only the free

check-ups, in which the agency accom-

modated not less than a thousand peo-

ple, but also the distribution of medi-

cines and vitamins which were pre-

scribed by the doctors in the outreach.

THE ONLY WAY IS UP: Baker & Mc Kenzie Global Services Manila, Inc., supports KNHS’ Senior High

preparation by volunteering and donating.

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PNP AVSE GROUP-SOU provides free eye, medical

and dental check- up on May 30 to June 1

Under Department of Education’s (DepED) Memo no. 35, s 2016, Kalayaan National High School (KNHS) kicked off the annual Brigada Eskwela for SY 2016-2016 which was for-mally started with an opening program on May 30, 2016 at the school ground.

With the theme, ‘Tayo Para sa Paaralang Ligtas, Maayos at Handa Mula sa Kin-dergarten Hanggang Senior High School,’ guests, Brigada Eskwela sponsors, teachers, parents, students, alumni and the school management attend-ed the launching of the week-long affair in preparation for the opening of classes, and com-plete roll-out of the Senior High School on June 13, 2016.

A grand motorcade started the event, where the Bureau of Fire – Pasay (BFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) – Barangay 201, Pasay City joined, with their fire truck and police mobile.

GEMS Heart Foundation Inc., Baker and McKenzie Glob-al Services Manila, Inc., Meral-co, Philippine Air Force, City Savings, Pasay City Coopera-

Aside from the goods, do-

nated, 200 volunteers for man-

power from B&M helped in re-

painting and cleaning the class-

rooms in preparation for the

opening of classes in June 13,

2016 both for Junior and Senior

High School.

On May 30 and June 3,

B&M steered seminars on Dis-

aster Risk Reduction Manage-

ment (DRRM) facilitated by Mr.

Roberto Reyes & Mr. Dino Ca-

ro, instructors from the Safety

Service Unit of the Philippine

National Red Cross, Rizal

Chapter, and Multimedia In-

struction across All Learning

Areas conducted by Ms. Angel

Baron and Mr. Patrick Hurtado

from the same sponsoring

agency, wherein selected teach-

ers and students served as par-

ticipants.

Mr. Philip B. Del Rosario,

CSR Specialist of B&M Global

Services Manila, Inc., empha-

sized their excitement for a long

term partnership with KNHS, in

which the volunteers and Brigada

Eskwela 2016 over-all committee

gladly agreed upon, with smiles

so bright, just like how the sun

shone on June 2.

Baker and McKenzie is an

international law firm based in

Chicago, USA; Baker & McKen-

zie Global Services Manila Inc.,

on the other hand, was formed to

cater the need for quality docu-

ment-processing services, inter-

nal support functions and client

service.

tives, Macroasia, SPI Global and other private stakehold-ers donated materials for the repainting and cleaning of the school.

Students, alumni, parents and volunteers from various sectors were also present in the event to pro-vide manpower in cleaning and repainting the class-rooms, and fixing electrical wirings.

Brgy. 201 Homeown-ers Association, Barangay Chairman James B. Bonti-lao, PNP AVSE Group-Special Operation Unit (SOU) and 4Ps recipients also volunteered in making the school neat and ready for the coming school year.

Mrs. Emilia L. To-lentino, principal IV of KNHS and chairman of KNHS BE 2016, alongside Mr. Reyn-aldo P. Cordova and Mrs. Jemalyn T. De Leon, coordi-nator and focal person in partnership of Brigada Eskwela 2016, led the ac-ceptance of donations in behalf of the whole school community.

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EDITORIAL BOARD STAFF

MARY JOY AMANDA F. DOROPAN Editor-in-chief

MAY ANGELICA P. PATON-OG

Associate Editor/Feature Editor

KYLA AMOR V. JUSAIN

Managing Editor

GISELLE GAY P. GUMAHAD

News Editor

VANESSA L. SANTILLAN

Science and Health Editor

MERWIN MARK L. ESCCARE

Sports Editor

MARY JASMINE B. LOBO

ALAIZA S. TANALGO

Photojournalists

JERRY G. RUEDAS

DARYL BATAN

Cartoonists

DIANE MARIE A. SANTOS

Adviser

MERLY B. NAZARENO

Critic

AMELYN L. VILLANUEVA

Moderator

EMILIA L. TOLENTINO

Consultant

IVORY OF DEMOCRACY 2

Mrs. Emilia L. Tolentino, Principal IV

with the Executive Director of B&M,

Mr. Gabriel Pardo.

Participants during the opening program of Brigada Eskwela 2016.

cleaning electrical wiring

IVORY OF DEMOCRACY 3

Teachers, students and parents take part in summer training

Kalayaan National High

School (KNHS) facilitated a three-

day seminar from May 30, 31 and

June 3 with the sponsorship of

Bethany Baptist Church and

Baker & McKenzie Global Ser-

vices Manila, Inc., in connection

with Brigada Eskwela, that aims

to endow people and provide

wider knowledge with regard to

disaster management, good par-

enting and multimedia access.

A seminar on Disaster

Risk Reduction Management

(DRRM) was held on the first

DepEd Ph features KNHS-BE 2016

DepEd Philippines – the Of-

ficial Facebook page of the De-

partment of Education featured

the Brigada Eskwela imple-

mentation of KNHS on June 4,

2016 by sharing four photos

taken from the affair on its over

a million followers.

KNHS, alongside Topaz

Central Elementary School in

Capiz, and Sebaste High

School in Antique, was only

one of the three schools fea-

tured on the page during the

Brigada Eskwela.

According to Mr. Philip John

Mick B. Sinlao, Araling Pan-

lipunan teacher and Supreme

Student Government (SSG)

Adviser, he was surprised that

Dep-Ed Philippines uploaded

the pictures and was also

proud that he was able to help

share the kind of Brigada Im-

plementation KNHS ob-

serves.

With 1.7k likes on the said

social media page, the stu-

dents and teachers of KNHS

were honored by the recogni-

tion for it reflects their partici-

pation in a meaningful drive

such as this community vol-

unteerism.

Throughout the six-day

affair, the entire school com-

munity witnessed the over-

flowing presence of volun-

teers for manpower, repairs

and cleaning which was a re-

liable assistance in preparing

the school not just for the

opening of classes on June

13, 2016, but also with the

realization of the Senior High

School.

Screenshot of the post shared by DepEd Philippines at

https://www.facebook.com/DepEd Philippines

day, in which Mr. Roberto Reyes

and Mr. Dino Caro, instructors

from the Safety Service Unit of

the Philippine National Red

Cross, Rizal Chapter, were the

speakers, for this seminar aims to

raise awareness in security and

protection that can help in saving

lives and avoid worse case sce-

narios during a natural calamity.

Rev. Gerardo G. Na-

ble and Mrs. Rowena Nable

of Bethany Baptist Church

were the speakers for the

Parenting 101 Seminar,

which was held on May 30

and was attended by par-

ents and teachers to enlight-

en them with the Bible's way

of showing affection for children

meant for effective parenting.

On the third and last fo-

rum in Brigada Eskwela week, a

seminar on Multimedia Instruc-

tion Across All Learning Areas

was held, where Ms. Angel Bar-

on and Mr. Patrick Hurtado of

Baker and McKenzie (B & M)

Global Services Manila, Inc.

served as speakers, in which

the aim was to provide

knowledge for the professional

growth of teachers to cope with

today's generation's technology-

based instruction and learning.

This three-day affair un-

der Brigada Eskwela 2016 was

attended by parents, students

and teachers and all ended suc-

cessfully, giving the audience

essential learnings that they

may apply in their daily lives.

This year's Brigada Eskwela has been an occasion where stakehold-

ers, volunteers, parents, teachers and students gathered to clean, repair and

prepare the school's facilities for school year 2016-2017.This encouraged

volunteerism which ignited the spirit of bayanihan, a quality Filipinos are well

identified of, from various sectors of the community.

Here are some testimonies from participants who devoted their time to make Kalayaan National High School ready for the opening of classes.

“Actually, sobrang nag-improve ang Brigada Eskwela, especially the

sponsors. Sobrang... Wow. I mean, sobrang well-interesting ang

Brigada Eskwela ngayon kasi the whole town nagpaparticipate,

'yung parents, the students and the sponsors. Talagang we did such

a great working with this Brigada Eskwela 2016.”

- Carl Bryan A. Biñas, Supreme Student Government (SSG) President

“Talagang masaya po na makatulong sa paglilinis ng paaralan dahil

malapit na pasukan. Dahil na rin sa kalinisan para maiwasan ang mga

sakit, lalo na ang Dengue, yun kasi ang kimatatakutan ng mga nanay,

ang magkasakit ang mga anak. “

-Nanay Beatrice (4PS recipient)

“Napakapalad natin at marami ang tumulong sa Kalayaan National

High School para sa Brigada Eskwela 2016. Sobrang swerte ng

eskwelahan na ito sapagkat hindi ito pinabayaan ng mga naglalaki-

hang stakeholders nito. Sadyang na ngang napakagaling ng principal

na si Gng. Emilia L. Tolentino upang matugunan ang tawag ng

eskwelahan para sa makabagong edukasyon na matatamasa ng mga

bata. “

Brgy. 201 Chairman James B. Bontilao

“Napakapalad ng Kalayaan National High School na maging ka-partner ng

mga malalaking agency upang mas lalong mapagsilbihan ang mga es-

tudyante, lalo na ang mga Grade 11 ng Senior High School.”

Mr. Reynaldo P. Cordova, School Coordinator , BE 2016

Participants during

the Multimedia Instruction seminar

4 IVORY OF DEMOCRACY

VOLUNTEERS UNITE TO MAKE KNHS SHS-READY FOR THE OPENING OF CLASSES

Baker and McKenzie (B & M) Global Services Ma-

nila, Inc., adopt KNHS and its SHS implementa-

tion PNP AVSE GROUP—SOU

Zumba: Volunteers warm up before working

Free Massage

MERALCO

SSG

Parents

BUREAU OF FIRE

Participants during the Opening Program MACROASIA

City Savings

SEMINAR

4Ps recipients

BE COMMITTEE

B&M Global Services Manila, Inc., volunteers BRGY 201 volunteers with Brgy Chairman James Bontilao

MRS. EMILIA L. TOLENTINO, School Principal