"Promoting Digital Literacy through English Proficiency"

We are now in a modernized world. We are surrounded of new inventions and processes today, and as we adapt ourselves with these, we must also adapt modern ideas and methods for us to apply it to our daily lives.

In connection to this, English Month is being celebrated in the entire Philippines as the month of October starts. In this year 2011, this is being celebrated with a theme; “Promoting Digital Literacy through English Proficiency.”

English is considered as the Universal Language. Meaning, we must all have the right to learn it. With the help of our educated minds, another technique for us to be shaped into an excellent one is that, our educators fused our proficiency in English with the skills or techniques that we are gaining from the new technologies that perfectly suits for a person to be digitally literate. In addition, one of the most famous inventions that are being made is the computers. The people, especially us students are using the computers almost everyday for us to make our works in school easier, especially that it fits just right when we are about to surf the net.

As I end up, I just want to dig down and plant into your minds how important is the English Language in us. We must not be stuck in the traditional method of learning. We must give it a different flavor this time though our proficiency in English for us to adapt the use of our new technologies and processes today to make our lives just simply worthliving.

The Collaboration

  In the month of September, Science Month is being celebrated in every school over the entire Philippines. In connection to this, students are having some activities to do for they will enhance and enrich their skills and at the same time, for them to learn and discover things that they have never encountered before, and with the help of this, it will make the students build their own development.

  This month, our school, the Ilocos Sur National High School is currently celebrating the Science Month with the theme; CHEMERGY: CHEMISTRY and SCIENCE CLUB in SYNERGY. What does this theme means?

  Chemistry has brought many benefits to our daily lives. Everyday, we see and use products of chemistry, but still Chemistry is just a branch of Science, that it cannot stand alone without the other applications of processes of Science, but because of the scientific minds of people, students in every school are being encouraged to join the organization regarding in the knowledge of Science through Science Clubbing. In here, scientific and inventive minds of students are being enriched. They are being exposed to life of Science. So, in connection to the theme, with the collaboration of Chemistry and Science Club, there will be a more effective products that will be produced or created that can surely bring more benefits to us people. The theme is also giving highlight in the oneness of all Science Clubbers, but at the same time, including us.

  It is very important for us to develop our own skills. We are being molded for us to understand things deeper. It's not only the Science Clubbers that must start actions, we must all work together as one for our own and for our country's betterment. Through CHEMERGY, our lives will be changed, a change for the better.

A Day For Thanking

  

  Between the months of September and October, Teachers' Day is actually celebrated in schools, but the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) commenced October 5 as World Teachers' Day, but they considered September 27 and September 28 as the actual Teachers' Day, that it is a school holiday where teachers are allowed to rest. It is a day to celebrate the things that they are doing for us students, or in other words, it is a Thanksgiving Day for them.

  Even when I was in Elementary, and even now that I am in a High School Level, all of my teachers have always there to guide and support me. My parents are the number one who influence me a lot and next to them are my teachers. They are also the ones that continuous to influence me for me to be who I am now. I definitely admire my teachers for the reason that they are inspirational, they galvanize and encourage students to study and at the same time, for them to learn, because our teachers are the primary source of learning and inspiration. My teachers are the ones who also build my personality to be an able and excellent person for me to be complete.

  Through this, even in just a simple way of expressing my gratitude for the things that they are doing just for us to learn not only in an academic way, but also in moral and spiritual ways.

  To all my teachers, I thank you very much for making me into what I am now. I'm very proud and lucky to have all of you in my life. You truly deserves to be a hero. You are my teachers, you are my heroes.

My Modern Day Hero!

  In different cartoon networks today, many Super Heroes having super powers are what the kids now are amazed with without knowing that their just all fantasies and that they do not exist at all.

  A hero can be more than just a slayer in his/her enemies, having extraordinary powers, or being a life saver. A true hero can be anyone who has a great impact of his/her positive influences to others.

  For me, my father, Leonardo Rafanan is my hero. I look up to him and he affected my life in a positive way. Even though he doesn't have work right now, I'm still so proud, because he he finds way for him to raise our own family. Even if it's still so early in the morning, he'll go to the farm and starts his work. I thought that he has a super power, because he does not feel tiredness at all.

  My father before is a Seaman in Hong Kong, but because of problems in their corporation, he must sacrifice his work for his own safety, but he did not give up. For now, he goes to Manila for him to apply for another job in abroad. He is a man who takes risks just for his family. He is the kind of person who really cares for others. He is a great person.

  To be a hero, you don't need to save lives or to kill enemies. All you need is to make a difference in someone's life. My father is truly my hero. He works well not only for his family and for his self, but also to his fellowmen. He is my Superman, he is my father, he is my modern day hero.

I LOVE YOU PAPA

Reflection: Study For A Good Future

  Education is one of the vital needs of every individual especially to us teenagers and young ones of this generation. Through education, we are being precast to be better individuals. We are being taught of things about our surroundings. Not only these, we are also learning about the values of life for us to build a sturdy foundation of readiness in preparing to the world of reality, because the main objective of education is to prepare students for realities of life.

   Some of the students are indolent to study. That’s why new strategies of teaching are being constructed for the students to be more alacritous to their studies for their own future.

  I’m a 4^th year student of Ilocos Sur National High School. For me, studying is so enjoyable, but in some times, it’s too difficult to manage time for everything I do. In our ICT (Information Communications Technology) subject, with the new techniques of teaching, we, the students are having fun in learning new educational things just like knowing more about the world of Internet, the different personalities in the world of Internet and the most interesting is, we are starting to create blogs of our own in the website, Blogger. Through blogging, I learned how to express my feelings in just an easy-typing way that I built my confidence to be more expressive in my own creative ways.

  In our ICT subject, there are only two problems that I’m trying to resolve and these two are; how can I improve my oral and written performance in every grading? These are great challenges for me to prove myself that I can do all of these. And now, I’m trying to find solutions of these problems that are running through my mind.

  For me, to have good results in my performances, I must start to build my confidence to be a talkative person in an educational way for me to enrich my oral performance and to construct a study plan for the lessons that I’m confused of for me to perk up with my written performance.

               

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

President P-noy: His Second SONA This 2011

  

  

  The State of the Nation Address or simply SONA is an important event in the Republic of the Philippines in which the President of the Philippines States or reports what is the status of the nation, and in here, plans of the President are being discussed for the present year.

  Last July 25,2011, our beloved President Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" C. Aquino III delivered his second State of the Nation Address at the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Batasan Pambansa in Quezon City.

  Important guests came to witness what Noynoy will state in his SONA, just like Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Vice President Jejomar Binay, the former President Fidel Valdez Ramos and Joseph Ejercito Estrada, Chief Justice Renato Corona and to all of the honorable Judicial Officers of the Judicial Court, the respectable members of the Diplomatic Corps, the bounteous members of Kamara de Representante, the Senate, all of the Local Government Officials, all members of our Councilmen, the members of he militar and police forces, to the people who are serving the fellowmen and especially to the state.

  In the SONA of President P-noy, he first discussed about the issues of "wang-wang." He also gave emphasis about the importation of rice production, house plan for the homeless, Anti- Trafficking, job attainments and also the issue about poverty.

  Most likely, some people are happy to know about the status of our society, but still most are not contented of this changes that had happened.

  Presidnet P-noy and his Officials will still have more things to resolve. This is just the beginning and we are all part of this administration for us to make our country a progressive one.

  Let us give our President a chance for him to prove to his self and to us that he can lead and be an effective President, that he can stand up with his promises. We, Filipinos are hoping for a change.

NUTRITION MONTH CELEBRATION: "ISULONG ANG BREASTFEEDING- TAMA, SAPAT AT EKSKLUSIBO"

  

  In celebrating the 2011 Nutrition Month Celebration that is being held every July 1, the theme for this year is, "Isulong ang BREASFEEDING- Tama, Sapat, at Eksklusibo." The theme focuses how can we ensure especially to the mothers the successful Breasfeeding practices. It aims to encourage all of us to help propel, secure and uphold the right processes of Breastfeeding.

  Through Breastfeeding, we can assure the good health status of the babies. It is proven that breast milk contains over hundreds of nutrients that cannot be created in laboratories and cannot be found in other commercial milks. Breast milk contains calories, water, Carbohydrates, fats, Proteins, Calcium, Sodium, Phosphorus, Vitamin C and Magnesium. Some of these are it's nutrients that are requisite to the healthy production and growth of babies. Breast milk is pure that it does not contain bacteria and it's easier for the babies to digest it. Breastfeeding also include the utility and it's cost. Not like the formulated milks, if you compare the two, not only in their nutrient contents but also their costs and their advantages, you can further conclude that Breast milk has a greater impact to the health  of the babies.

  Let us be all careful regarding to the health of the babies. Let us assure their good health through showcasing and by supporting the practices of Breastfeeding, because through it, we can give the good nutrition that are needed for the babies to grow healthy and wealthy.