Christmas is Love

Christmas is celebrated every year on 25th December. It is mainly the festival of Christians. But in today’s time, the festival of Christmas has surpassed the religious boundaries and become a symbol of the holistic culture. The winters in December carry a festive feeling.

 On Christmas night, folks enjoy a big feast and share gifts with each other. Lechon baboy and hamon are the special treats on Christmas. Kids are showered with lots of presents and new dresses. They also get to meet the ‘Santa Claus’, dressed in a fluffy red and white costume, who greets them with hugs and gifts.

Christmas is a festival of joy. It is about sharing and helping others. On this day, people remember Jesus Christ and his lessons of life. The festival definitely teaches us to practice kindness and love toward each other and help those who have less than us.

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Spread Love not Violence

Violence against women and children is a serious public health concern, with costs at multiple levels of society. Although violence is a threat to everyone, women and children are particularly susceptible to victimization because they often have fewer rights or lack appropriate means of protection. In some societies certain types of violence are deemed socially or legally acceptable, thereby contributing further to the risk to women and children.

As life continue to grow with outstanding achievements, there are also dark sides in this society. The more this community get developed, the more complicated it would be. Each year passed by, we have to face with many issues. Some of them are small, but some are not. Some problems caused the whole world to think and still not yet fixed. 

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Protect and Conserve

Environmental awareness is to understand the fragility of our environment and the importance of its protection. Promoting environmental awareness is an easy way to become an environmental steward and participate in creating a brighter future for our children.

 

It means being aware of the natural environment and making choices that benefit the earth, rather than hurt it. Some of the ways to practice environmental awareness include: using safe and non-toxic building supplies, conserving energy and water, recycling, activism, and others.

We must pursue this awareness for the sake of our brighter and better tomorrow. Being aware in the environment means everything to mother earth. We Must Protect and Conserve.













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TIME TO PLAY!

November mark the starts of National Childrens Month as declared by the Council of Welfare for Children (CWC). This month-long event aims to promote and spread awareness on the rights of children here in the Philippines, considering the political and social climate they live in.

With the theme, “Karapatang Pambata: Patuloy na Pahalagahan at Gampanan tungo sa Magandang Kinabukasan,” this year’s celebration of the NCM is made extra special as it coincides with the 30th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC). It commemorates the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations General Assembly on Nov. 20, 1989. 

Stairway marked National Children’s Month with plenty of enjoyable and inspiring activities for the children. The month ended with a wonderful awards ceremony recognizing the talents and personal achievements of the children. 

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Unique Filipino Values

November is Filipino Values Month, pursuant to proclamation No. 479 issued October 7, 1947 is an effective measure to create moral awakening and national consciousness on unique, positive, and genuine values held important by the Filipino people in their daily lives.

BAYANIHAN (Volunteerism), Damayan (Helping one another), Pagkamatapat (Loyalty), Hiya (Loss of face and prestige), Utang na loob (Debt of gratitude), Sariling sikap (Self-reliance), Pakikisama (Comradeship), Matulungin (Helpful), Bukas ang Palad (Philanthropic), respect for elders by the use of Po and Opo when addressing them – these are some of the array of Filipino values for which the Filipino people are known worldwide.

We observe the month of November as Filipino Values Month. Let us celebrate Filipino Values every day of the year. This will help us keep ourselves together as one people of one blood.

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UNITY IN DIVERSITY

This month of October we celebrate United Nations and also to commemorate the unity of countries which themed "Indigenous Languages Matter for Sustainable Development, Peace Building and Reconciliation". Countries involved in this UN aims to achieve peace and to help one another.

United Nations was founded on October 24, 1945. Philippines was one of the countries involved in United Nations, keeping a strong connection with other countries makes Philippines economically strong. Philippines is really grateful in comes with connection to UN countries, countries help each other to achieve peace and for brighter tomorrow.

Founding or Joining United Nations was one of the greatest achievements of our country, In this way we can say that we have back ups, other UN countries is just like our brothers that we can put our trust on them to achieve peace.





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FLEX MY REFLECTION

I learned a lot of things on this quarter, especially about HTML. I learned to create a functional website from a scratch using basic html. It was fun coding html, debugging possible errors and problems.

There are a lots of problems and challenges that I have encountered during the making of all the activities like errors and mistakes on the container tag, I often forgot to put the End Tag,but anyway I've surpassed all this challenges by memorizing all basic html tags and also thinking like a proton, always think positive.

MOVING ON...












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MY TEACHER, MY HERO

The Department of Education (DepEd) continuously recognizes the significant role of teachers in educating the Filipino children through the National Teachers’ Month (NTM) starting September 5, and its culmination on October 5 in celebration of the National Teachers’ Day (NTD) and World Teachers’ Day (WTD).

This year’s theme, “Gurong Pilipino: Handa sa Makabagong Pagbabago,” stresses the crucial role, loyal service, and dedicated commitment of teachers in developing globally minded citizens, nurturing families, strengthening communities, and building the nation.

No matter how old we grow, the lessons taught by our teachers can never be forgotten. They build the foundation for our moral values and nurture children with their love and care. This Teachers day, tell your lovable teachers how much you adore them. Feel proud and honoured to celebrate Teacher’s day.

The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. Thank you for being a wonderful teacher. Happy Teacher's Day! Teaching is the one profession that creates all other professions. Thank you for helping me become the person I am today. Happy Teacher's Day!

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SPORTS U

Intramural are held in school with the objectives of developing the skills of the students and to develop among the students the value of teamwork, cooperation and sportsmanship. Intramural or sports competition is essential to the well-being for the students and teachers. Sports instills how to win, how to accept defeat, how to interact with other people and how to mold them to have desirable character traits that are vital in achieving success in the future.

Every school in the world can experience the Intramurals. Because, Intramurals provide different activities or sports for the students, and even to the teachers that they can enjoy. In this event, students and teachers will have their new friends and become involved with programs that have bounded time promises. This is the perfect time to highlight fellowship, sportsmanship and to enhance our talents.

Our Intramurals is held last September 12-14, 2019. There are many sports that ISNHS Intramurals have. Like volleyball, basketball, badminton, football, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, athletics and also the board games such as chess and scrabble. And there are some booths like horror, marriage, and message.

During our intramurals, it was hot and sunny but the players in different sports/games still keep on playing. Some of the students watched the games on different sports. But several were bored and they decided to just stay in their classroom and do something that’s fun.

This was our intramurals in Ilocos Sur National High School (ISNHS). It’s quite boring but its fun. I thank my friends because together we make our Intramurals unforgettable and fun. 

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Science Month Celebration

On behalf of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), I wish to welcome everyone from all walks of life to celebrate the success of Filipino scientists at the 2019 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW).

In keeping with the general theme “Science for the People: Enabling Technologies for Sustainable Development,” this year’s NSTW—together with the Regional Science and Technology Week (RSTW) celebrations—seeks to draw attention to scientific knowledge and technological applications impacting on the lives of Filipinos through the kind of development that can bring about positive, meaningful, and sustainable change.

The 2019 NSTW is the DOST flagship event, and it is expected to gather the country’s leading scientists, researchers, educators, and stakeholders to interact with investors, entrepreneurs, industry representatives and professionals leading to meaningful partnerships to bridge the S&T knowledge base and the people and organizations which it ultimately serves.

The NSTW celebration has the noble intention of harnessing the power of innovative technological ideas and concepts to power the Philippines toward new, boundless opportunities to solve longstanding societal problems.

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UNITY IN DIVERSITY

Every September, Vigan City celebrates the World Heritage Cities Solidarity Cultural Festival. This month-long festivity, in solidarity with other World Heritage Cities around the world, aims to strengthen the pride in the city's history and culture, promote friendship and diversity between countries and serves as great venue for forging ties and understanding through community's involvement in the city's various activities that highlights love for culture, arts and entertainments.

For three years now, the festival has been featuring the Chinese Community Solidarity Festival to appreciate the contributions of the Chinese Community in the development of the City. This started on September 17 and will run until September 30 at Sikatuna street in Barangay 1.

In December 1999, Vigan City was listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List of Sites and Monuments as the city, which was  established in the 16th century, is the “best-preserved example of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia. Its architecture reflects the coming together of cultural elements from elsewhere in the Philippines, from China and from Europe, resulting in a culture and townscape that have no parallel anywhere in East and South-East Asia.

Vigan was awarded the UNESCO’s Best Practice in World Heritage Management on the 40th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention in Kyoto, Japan in 2012.

In 2014, Vigan was named as one of the New Seven Wonders-Cities of the World and was officially inaugurated as such on May 7, 2015. 

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