The Anchor VMA HS

“RESPONSIBLE AND FREE JOURNALISM”

School Year 2016-2017 Issue

The Anchor

Volume I No. 1

The Official Student Publication of VMA Global College - High School Department

Inside this issue

OPINION pg. 4-5

FEATURE pg. 9

Message from the President, VP for Academics, The Anchor Moderator and Editor-in-chief

Dalawang Mukha ng Teknolohiya by Karen R. Songaling “Dont Throw Your Shot Away” by Denise Aira G de la Fuente Disiplina. Ito ang tatak ng VMA by Wayne G. Cabasag K-12 speaks for the Development by Ruleen L. Guillen

SCHOOL pg. 10

EDITORIAL / OPINION pg. 3

NEWS BEATS pg. 6-8

‘Silver Lining: We all Learn’ and the Cover Story

Activities of the school this Academic Year 2016-2017

FRONT / EXORDIUM pg. 2

STUDENT’S CORNER pg. 11 ENTERTAINMENT pg. 12

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Front Exordium

FROM THE PRESIDENT Atty. Juan N. Orola, Jr.

Congratulations to The Anchor’s first issue of publication. Our campus journalists in the High School Department have embedded a distinction in VMA Global College community in escalating the challenge of Enlightening, Informing and Elucidating the minds of our youth within our institution.

The depth, acuity and passion shown thru your works is reflective of the inner drive and individual excellence that VMA Global wishes to cultivate. An endeavor that we proudly broadcast not only here in the humble confines of our school but also to the greater International Community.

May you continue to bring new luster, forge new inroads and achieve more laurels in the bourgeoning and noble field of journalism.

We are all proud of you.

FROM THE VP for ACADEMICS

Dr. Remedios Johanna ‘RJ’ S. Vargas

My warmest congratulations to the High School Department for coming up with your own magazine/publication. This is simply an indication of the student’s growing desire for knowledge as well as a manifestation of the school’s support in the cultivation of potentials in all fields of education.

I am optimistic that this will provide the portal for developing socially responsible and morally conscious students creating a balance of wisdom and values as they address and express their views on relevant and significant issues of time.

My personal dictum is for you to be more responsible in your expression of ideas be it in verbal or written form.

We are proud of this milestone and you can be assured of our support.

Happy reading everyone!

Dr. Remedios Johanna S. Vargas Vice President for Academics

FROM THE MODERATOR Mr. Elmer John E. Basa

VMA Greetings!

We are now leading to a new direction of discovering hidden talents through different activities in this dynamic school year. Our school has a unique culture that marks its distinctness – a truth which girds every moment in historical journey that should be captured, documented and shared.

The Anchor has opened its doors to represent a wider range of ideas by our campus journalists, to enlighten the community about the school’s accomplishments and coalesce us – igniting and engaging each students in the institution.

We welcome you students, faculty and staff of VMA Global College, everyone, who took part in our significant endeavor in our first issue of the high school department publication. We hope we can give you a good read and may we continue the blended legacy in the future.

Yours in service,

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Mr. Elmer John E. Basa Moderator, The Anchor Publication

FROM THE EDITOR’ S DESK

Karen R. Songaling

Development is our main concept in this year’s edition where it focuses to the beneficiary factors affecting the development of society and in ourselves. It encompasses the survival of surmounting different formalities and ideas in order to prove that we have tha courage to owe success and be cohesive to the development of ourselves.

Sustainable development is the trail to escape from developmental quagmire and to lead us to the future we want. As you flip the pages, you can see some special feature about the development of our Academe and also from the students. We top to aim and bring the progress of our school in steering towards developing a globally competitive 21st century learners.

Otherwise, we look forward for the continuous development of our respective VMA Global College for another year of embracing excellence and bridging towards success of every individual through its renowned discipline.

Hope to leave a smile on your faces, appreciation on your hearts and knowledge to your minds. May we continue this heritage that bestowed to us.

Mdwn. Karen R. Songaling Editor-in-Chief, The Anchor Publication

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Editorial Opinion

SILVER LINING: WE ALL LEARN

Anchor’s Aweigh The Unspeakable Sailing

By Elmer John E. Basa

Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream, Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily Life is but a dream.

Do you remember this classic children’s song during your kindergarten days with matching hand actions with your teacher, singing it together with your classmates ludicrously? Admit it. But this nursery song is probably one of the deepest songs in history of songs. Yes, the structure of the song is simple yet it is filled with symbolisms of life.

A deep metaphorical meaning of a song “Row, Row, Row your Boat” that tells you that you are going to row your own boat which means connotatively ‘your life’ – the body that you have, use and take control of it and you may start rowing your life because nobody else will row for you.

S t u d i e s , grades, peers and family issues are some of the everyday struggles of a student. Nobody said it was easy to be one.

A lot of things bring us up, some usually bring us down and since the world is such an imperfect place, we can’t really tell it things will go our way.

Many of these said struggles sometimes prevent a student to go to school and be properly educated. Young as one is, he or she is filled to the brim with curiosity.

In today’s generation, a person’s willingness to learn brings them to new places. This may affect the future in various ways.

G r a d e s and studies are really important. They play vital roles in a student’s life and one’s future depends on them. They

You are the Captain of your ship.

There are people that will guide you, show you techniques on how to row but you have to get the paddles and start rowing your own boat. Don’t worry on someone else’s boat, you can be part of their journey but they too also have to row their own boats.

“Gently down the stream” The water may sometimes have hazardous wave currents towards you but the song says, gently. Row your boat gently, not vehemently against the water currents because when you go against the reality of life, you lose, instead, go with the flow with the currents gently as you sail life with your stream of consciousness.

“Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, life is but a dream.” As you sail on your boat, don’t row your paddles seriously or struggling because the number one cause of death is stress. Since stress denotes how our minds interpret what’s happening around us. Scientists prove that anxiety and excitement have no difference as it depends on how your brain

measure an individual’s intelligence and his or her capability to survive in the world of work as he or she grows up. Once a student is pressured in regards to academics, he or she develops anxiety and oftentimes let him or her down, which results to low grades and failing marks.

“When one gets a bad report card, his parents come to his thoughts. What would they think and say?

Would they get angry?

Constant pressure from family members affects a student badly.”

Peer pressure, as we all know it, is a universal problem.

Cultural differences and opposing opinions among peers conclude to arguments and bullying. Lowering one’s self esteem, humiliating him or her in public are forms of bullying. Bad

influences from friends push students to do bad things like using drugs, for example. High school of course, is a period for the sense of belonging and fitting in.

And yet, everyone has the capability to learn from their mistakes. As students, we are still young and we have role models to tell us what’s right from what’s wrong. Life isn’t perfect, but that doesn’t mean that nothing good will happen to a student.

Achievements, good friends, and even young love positively mold a learner. One just has to weave his faith with good influences and open mindedness.

Indeed, being a high school student isn’t easy, but who says it isn’t fun?

interprets it.

According to William Shakespeare, tragedy is a comedy, misunderstood. Everything in our journey is hinged on our interpretations.

Be optimistic. Take it easy.

Harvard researcher Shawn Acre says that 75% of successes and victories are predicted by different optimism levels as we are not only physically optimistic just to recover illnesses but to live longer because “life is but a dream”. And we are talking about inception. But wait, are we dreaming? Are we all dreaming? As we go to sleep tonight, our ideas, passion will effortlessly disappear and will be replaced by others.

Even the ancient sages say that everything is a dream, a passing dream and it is your duty to wake up to the truth that you are powerful to choose to see life in every morning when you wake up…you can say, Good morning, great God.

THE COVER

VMA Global College and Training Centers, Inc. bridges students to the economic development through offering a high quality education in various fields to achieve its mission and goals for the community.

This academic year 2016-2017, the high school department opened Grade 11 - Senior High School to affirm with the government adherence to the K-12 Curriculum with ABM, STEM, STEM-Maritime, TVL Cookery & HFC, SMAW and ICT strands and kicked off the year with a booming population of more than 1,200 students enrolled. (EJB)

CONCEPT & LAYOUT Mr. Elmer John E. Basa PHOTOGRAPHER Ethan Green Rollo PRODUCTION STAFF Karen Songaling, Ruleen Guillen and Obed Luis Capunong MODELS Christian Carbilledo (STEM M-B), Ivan Jacinto (STEM M-C), Khaila Marie Martir (ABM B), Aljon Priolo (STEM M-C), Aryolyn Gamboa (ABM B), Jose Kenneth Bug-os (STEM A), Claire Tajanlangit (TVL A), Jamaica Aliosa (STEM B) and Gerlen Mondejar (STEM A)

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Opinion

AFFINITY

Dalawang Mukha ng Teknolohiya sa mga Kabataan

HOME RUN

“Don’t throw your shot away.”

By Denise Aira G. de la Fuente

By Karen R. Songaling “Umunlad ang antas ng libangan, mas napapadali ang pagresponde sa mga kaganapan, napalawak ang komunikasyon, napadali at napabilis ang pang araw-araw na nakagawian ng mga tao lalo na ang mga kabataan.”

Malaki ang papel na ginagampanan ng teknolohiya sa ano mang aspeto ng ating buhay. Mula sa pinakapayak at simpleng pamumuhay ay nabahiran ito ng mga pangamba at pag-aalinlangan sa kung anuman ang maaaring kahahantungan ng pag-unlad ng teknolohiya sa bansa.

Malaki at malawak ang benepisyong hatid ng teknolohiya.

Umunlad ang antas ng libangan, mas napapadali ang pagresponde sa mga kaganapan, napalawak ang komunikasyon, napadali at napabilis ang pang araw-araw na nakagawian ng mga tao lalo na ang mga kabataan. Dumarami na ang mga nagsisilabasang bagong modelo ng mga gadgets kaya marami ang naeengganyo at sinasariwa ang kakayahang hatid ng teknolohiya lalo na sa mga kabataan.

Higit na naaapektuhan sa nasabing pagbabago at pag-unlad sa teknolohiya ay ang mga kabataan kung saan nagiging bukas sila sa maaaring maging epekto ng teknolohiya sa kanilang sarili at pamumuhay.

Sa kabilang banda, hindi natin maiiwasan na baka mabulag sila sa mga maaari nilang makuha sa teknolohiya kapag napabayaan.

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Naging mabisang solusyon ang teknolohiya sa pag-aaral at pagsasaliksik. Hindi na nahihirapan ang mga estudyante na mag-aral nang magdamagan na nakababad

sa isang tangkay na aklat mas napalawak ang kanilang kaalaman at napadali ang kanilang gawain ngunit kapag nasobrahan at napabayaan ay humahantong ito sa pagiging tamad at palaasa ng mga kabataan. Nagiging instant na ang lahat sa kanila hindi na nila nabibigyan ng importansya ang mga bagay na dapat mas lalong pinaghihirapan at pinagpaguran.

Dahil sa mga benepisyong dulot ng teknolohiya, mas nabibigyan ang mga kabataan ng pagkakataon na ipahayag ang kanilang sarili, saloobin at opinyon ngunit kapantay ng mga opurtunidad nito, ay hindi na natin napapansin na unti-unti na tayong nilalamon ng pagiging marahasat walang pakundangang paggamit ng tenolohiya. Nawawala ang mga kaugaliang dapat nating taglayin at sa halip ay nagiging bayolente at marupok.

Ilan lamang ito sa dalawang mukha ng kabataan dulot ng teknolohiya. marami at malaki ang naitulong ng teknolohiya sa pamumuhay natin.

Mas nagiging maunlad tayo ngunit tandaan natin na ang pag-unlad ay hindi lamang sa teknolohiya kundi sa kakayahan ng mga tao na magtagumpay at dahil sa pagiging mabuting mamamayan ng bansa.

Huwag nating iasa ang buhay natin sa teknolohiya. Mas magandang namnamin ang mga bagay na pinagpaguran at hindi nakukuha sa panandaliang gawain para sa ikauunlad ng ating sarili at sa ating bansa.

“How exactly do we avoid giving up on our dreams, even if things don’t go our way?”

“If you’re tired of Starting over, STOP GIVING UP” – Shia LaBeouf We all have dreams in life. Some of us want to be engineers, scientists, doctors, or artists of all sorts.

Some aspire to compete in the Olympics, while others aim to start their own businesses in the near future. Planning to achieve our life goals seem easy, but in the later process, it wouldn’t seem so simple especially when a whole bunch of daily struggles are handed down to us

“How exactly

do we avoid giving up on our dreams, even if things don’t go our way?”

As High School students, a lot is to be expected from us. We should already have our goals planned out so that it won’t be much of a hassle when we reach College and when we step into adulthood, but get this: the real world won’t always be in our favor. In some days, things are okay. Otherwise, things get out

of hand. We just have to do our part and adjust.

Observing our surroundings is a start. Whatever happens, we should be able to adopt with the changes that occur. We should be able to compose ourselves in case things would go wrong, and we’d always get up after we feel down.

Mistakes happen and it’s okay to try and fight again.

Always put in mind that we are the ones that control our fate, and that there are no magical shortcuts that will help us if you want to be able to help your family and have a bright future, being determined, diligent, and faithful makes a huge difference.

Even if we’re just mere students, learning and embracing independence is an important thing to do. Being independent shows that even without help, we are still able to do well on our own. This commonly applies in the world of work when we grow up.

We cannot avoid problems regarding things like studies, social life, and family. Self-conflicts also come to the picture. But even if a massive horde of challenges come on our way, we mustn’t forget what God has in store for us. We have the greatest chances to make our future a whole lot better than what we expected, and that will only happens if we have faith. If we believe, we’ll achieve. Don’t give up and strive for the best.

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Opinion

PAGLALAYAG

METAMORPHOSIS

Disiplina. Ito ang tatak ng VMA

By Wayne G. Cabasag

K to 12 curriculum speaks for Development

“Ang tunay na kahulugan ng disiplina ay hindi lamang makikita sa panlabas na anyo ng tao ng bagkus kung paano nila ginagamit at isinasabuhay ang kanilang mga karanasan...”

“Every development requires learning from every circumstances along the way but we barely need a beacon of light to guide and enlighten us in every path we take.”

Simuala’t sapul pa lamang ay tanyag na ang VMA kung pag-uusapan ang tungkol sa disiplina. Maraming mga palatuntunin ang patuloy na ipinapatupad upang pagtibayin ang lahat ng uri ng tao sa loob ng paaralan mula sa pinakamababa hanggang sa pinakamataas na antas ng tao, maging sa mga magaaral man o guro. Ngunit hindi pa rin maiiwasan ang paglabag sa mga nakatakdang patakaran at regulasyon. Gayundin, habang tumatagal ay nababawasan ang taglay na disiplina ng bawat isa at kung di-maglaon ay maaaring ito’y matakpan ng mga maling gawain at mawala pa sa puso at isip ng tao.

Sa kabila ng mahigpit na pagpapatupad ng disiplina sa mga estudyante ay mayroon pa ring mga ulat ng paglabag, sa maliit man o malaking bagay. Halimbawa na lamang nito ang: pagiging maingay sa loob ng klase, hindi wastong pagsusuot ng uniporme, kawalan ng pagbigay ng respeto sa mga nakakataas at sa kapwa, at marami pang iba. Kaya naman may mga nakaukol na parusa sa kung anuman ang nagawang pagkakamali ng estudyante.

Ngunit ano ba ang “disiplina”?

Paano mo ba masasabing disiplinado ang isang tao?

Ang tunay na kahulugan ng disiplina ay hindi lamang makikita sa panlabas na anyo ng tao, bagkus kung paano nila ginagamit at isinasabuhay ang kanilang mga karanasan na pinagdaanan at ito’y magsisilbing gabay at simpleng halimbawa

By Ruleen L. Guillen

upang maisa-ayos ang kanilang paglalakbay, alinsunod nito, ang pagiging disiplinadong tao ay walang basehan at hindi nasusukat kung paano o gaano kaayos ang kanilang pagsisiwalat ng kanilang mga sarili sa mundo, ito ay kung gaano katatag ang pagpapahalaga sa malalim na kahulugan ng “disiplina” na mabubuo lamang ng ganap kung paano nila ito tatangapin at lilinangin sa kanilang mga sarili at patuloy na gagamitin sa kanilang pagpupunyagi.

Kaya naman ang aking tanong….

DISIPLINADO ba kayo bilang TAO? Bilang ESTUDYANTE? Bilang MAMAMAYAN ng LIPUNAN? At higit sa lahat, bilang ANAK ng DIYOS? Walang ibang sagot kundi, OO!!

Kaya atin itong Pagtibayin sa ating mga Sarili at Patuloy na IPAKITA at ISAGAWA!

“Be a student as long as you still have something to learn and this will mean all your life”, this was a great reminder from Henry L. Doherty. This quotation wants to instill to us that this world is a fascinating place with infinite things to learn from, so grab every opportunity to learn something new and apply every knowledge in your daily lives.

Every development requires learning from every circumstances along the way but we barely need a beacon of light to guide and enlighten us in every path we take.

Success and development won’t be complete without somebody who has a pursuing hand to kick off the rags and turn everything into something that is valuable. The knowledge and experience that is instilled to us by our teachers and the academe can mold us into a competitive and independent individual.

Students were sent in school to

SOCIAL

learn and be educated in the field they are going to choose. The capacity and suitability of the school reflect to the students as a product of its vision and mission to become a globally competitive 21st century learners of K to 12 curriculum.

The implementation of K to 12 curriculum can help us to deepen our knowledge and understanding about the course we wanted to take in college. We are trained to be more aware and to be more productive individual in our respective fields.

VMA Global College is one of the institutions that offer bigger opportunities both local and international levels by having senior high school inside the institution.

With their high standard facilities, VMA is capable of giving high class education that help students to be more competent in their skills.

Therefore, K to 12 curriculum opens a room for improvement by giving high quality education that will foster the skills for mastery of concept under this curriculum.

We should be in one hand to support this in shaping ideas and knowledge and creating a well developed citizens of this country.

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News Beats

VMA Global College Sports fest 2016 VMA Global College and Training Centers, Inc. officially opened Sports fest 2016 with Ms. Phoebe Grace Orola, Student Affairs Head, on August 30 with the theme: “United for Change and Excellence.”

The program started at 1:00 PM with the oath taking of sportsmanship, the team’s raising of banners, MTV and the Cheer dance competition.

The Yellow Wolverine was hailed as Champion in Cheer dance Competition, Black Widow (1st Runner up, and Blue Superman (2nd Runner up), while in MTV Yellow Wolverine was proclaimed as the champion, Blue Superman (1st Runner up) and Black Widow (2nd Runner up) respectively.

To give homage, honor and to promote our culture and arts, VMA Global College conducted a Literary and Cultural competition during the Sportsfest 2016, last August 31 – September 1 held at Roberto S Benedicto (RSB) Gymnasium.

The contestants showed their talents during this event whereas Team 6 (Yellow Wolverine) was hailed as the over-all champion where they bagged the majority of the winnings. They also won Extemporaneous speaking, Hip hop, Group MTV, Contemporary, Latin American dance and also placed champion in Literary and Cultural competition followed by Team 5 that clinched 1st place by winning the Oration, Talumpati, Declamation (English and Filipino), Daglian Pagbigkas and Modern Standard while Team 7 landed 2nd place.

The event was made possible through the efforts of the faculty and staff, sports fest committee, different campus organizations and students who participated since the start of the said event.

The students are looking forward for a more dynamic Sportsfest next school year./ Ruleen Guillen, Karen Songaling and Wayne Cabasag

THE ANCHOR EDITORIAL STAFF 2016-2017

Ruleen L. Guillen Joshua J. Priolo ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Andrei Philippe Rodero Muriel D. Molina CARTOONISTS Trisha Nicole O. Capsa Gen Khaled S. Erellana Jose Y. Regalado III SPORTS WRITERS

Karen R. Songaling Denise Aira G. de la Fuente EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Ethan Greene J. Rollo Cynrick James L. Bugais Cierg Christian C. Chiu Earl Ronnel Matti PHOTOJOURNALISTS Charlie A. Hinguillo Raul Dagasa-an Rodel Oreta EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Carl Jorge Agustin CONTRIBUTOR

Obed Hegel Luis S. Capunong Wayne G. Cabasag MANAGING EDITORS

Jon Marc Torred Kyla Venice F. Agustin FEATURE WRITERS Lhian A. Dondoyano Nicole T. Serona Ulen John Z. Torillo NEWS WRITERS

Mr. Elmer John E. Basa MODERATOR/LAYOUT ARTIST Dr. Arsenia D. Juanero PRINCIPAL

Ms. Phoebe Grace Orola, MAEd, RGC STUDENT AFFAIRS SERVICES HEAD

Dr. Remedios Johanna S. Vargas VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMICS

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Volume I No. 1

Atty. Juan N. Orola, Jr. PRESIDENT

“Responsible and Free Journalism”

The Anchor is the official student publication of VMA Global College - High School Department. No part of this printed material may be reproduced by any means without proir written permission and approval from the moderator.

Publication photos by Ethan Greene Rollo, Cynrick James Bugais and Cierg Christian Chiu

VMA celebrates Maritime Day VMA Global College held the annual maritime day celebration last September 27, 2016 at the Roberto S Benedicto (RSB) gymnasium.

“Shipping Indispensable to the World” stood as the theme of the said festivity. The opening salvo began with a lecture on maritime policy by Second Mate Roberto Viva followed by the remarks of the President himself Atty. Juan N. Orola Jr.

Students from all maritime courses showcased their skills and talents in different activities, The Math quiz, Ginoong marino, the maritime games and the highlight of the day, the Macho Gay 2016 where the STEM MARITIME- CHARLIE is declared the overall champion of the event.

This event would not be successful without the aid of the school administration, faculty and staff./Obed Hegel Luis Capunong

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News Beats

Science department inititates ‘Science Week’ High school department celebrated the science week last October 10-13, 2016 at Roberto S Benedicto (RSB) Gymnasium. This event was said to be the first science week fair of the SSG officers of the high school department together with science advisers and officers.

Publication photos by Ethan Greene Rollo

“In this celebration, the organization aims to develop the skills of students in recycling and widening their imagination and creativity and to include in them the awareness in preserving the environment that has something to do with the activities they prepared which are quiz bee , hugot sa kalikasan signage, photo treebute and recycling showcase”, Ms. Lovella Borneo, Chairperson of the Science Week, said in an interview.

The said event held also different activities in accordance to the celebration of science week. Feilberg Arsenio and Jessmark Amantel of STEM Bravo got the spot in the Science Quiz Bee as First Place, on the Recycling Showcase, STEM Alpha conquered all the participants leading them to win the contest, and on the Photo Treebute, Ethan Greene Rollo gave his best shot that brought him to victory.

On the other hand, the selected students of high school department compete for the title of Ms. and Mr. Earth Science 2016 whereas Aryolyn Gamboa and Christian Baliguat crowned as winners./Nicole T. Serona and Jose Y. Regalado

JHS participates in SEASCOUT training 2016 The First Wave training for the new batch of seascouts took place in Yamada VMA Training Center Hall last August 26-27, 2016. The training was led by the Community Extension Services (CES) Coordinator and VMA Cagers adviser, Ms. Shirly G. Comeros.

The drill started at 8:00 AM with Ms. Comeros lecture about basic First Aid. The participants were the selected students of Grade 7 to 10 and were divided into several groups. Practical exercises occured after the said lecture. Students were taught on how to check the vital signs, execute proper bandaging procedures, splinting, and packaging./Denise Aira G. de la Fuente

Publication photo by Ethan Greene Rollo

HS Mathalino Society holds Math day Mathalino Society of High School Department conducted its Math Day Celebration last December 2, 2016 at Roberto S Benedicto (RSB) Gymnasium of VMA Global College and Training Centers, Inc.

Photo taken by Cynrick James Bugais

Ms. Marie Aldriane Sanchez, chairperson of Math Day celebration, said that this event’s goal is to help the students review and master the mathematical skills, to use appropriate mathematical concepts which they can apply in real life context, and to appreciate the usefulness, power and beauty of mathematics. They set two activities for this celebration which are the Amazing Race and Math Quiz Bowl. These games challenged the abilities, intelligence, and collaboration of every participants but the cooperation of the pink team lead then to their victory in the amazing race while the determination and hardwork of Karen Songaling and Ulen John Torillo made them won the Math Quizbowl. The event was made possible through the efforts of the Mathalino officers and members headed by Ruleen Guillen, club president, with the help of the SSG Officers, Math teachers, faculty and staff./Ulen Z. Torillo and Nicole T. Serona

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News Beats

VMA WAT Crew heats ‘Step It Up’ stage VMA WAT Crew took the spotlight as they became the champion during the “Step It Up Competition” last October 23, 2016 at University of St. La Salle Coliseum.

The said crew overthrown 10 group performers with their mind-blowing performance on stage by flaming up the night with their dance piece that has a concept of a lion. They conquered the participants from St. La Salle Liceo, St. La Salle-Engineering, TUP Visayas, UNO-R, Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) and other remarkable performers from different schools.

The competition got intensified as the cheerers and supporters of specific schools were shouting for their teams. Managing to reach the top wasn’t easy for VMA WAT Crew.

VMA WAT Crew earned trophy and Php 10,000 cash prize. Next in line with them was the TUP Visayas who got 1st place and UNO-R as the 2nd runnerup. Remaining participants received consolation prizes worth Php 1000.

The said crew is comprised of Senior High School and college students from VMA Global College.

“It’s a great experience competing with fine dancers”, one of VMA WAT crew performers said. The crowd responded positively to the result.

Sir Dany Vale, the artistic director of the winning group expressed his overwhelming appreciation after the end part of the program.

The competition was led by the St. La Salle students which taking their practical test through organizing the said event. /Joshua J. Priolo

Photos taken by Lyka Patrice B. Subire

Australian students of SCEA visit VMA Students of Swan Christian of Education Association, Inc. (SCEA) from Perth, Western Australia visited VMA Global College and Training Centers, Inc. last Nov. 21, 2016.

Photo taken by Mrs. Jona G. Macaranas

VMA Global College and Training Centers, Inc. Division Schools Press Conference (DSPC) October 8-9, 2016, Rizal Elementary School and Robinson’s Place Bacolod 1st Place (Editorial Writing-Filipino) - Karen Songaling (Grade 11-ABM G) 1st Place (Editorial Cartooning-Filipino) - Andrei Rodero (Grade 10) 2nd Place (News Writing-Filipino) - Wayne Cabasag (Grade 10) 3rd Place (Editorial Writing-English) - Denise De la Fuente (Grade 9) 6th Place (Feature Writing-Filipino) - Lucy Mae Bustamante (Grade 9) 7th Place (Photojournalism-English) - Ethan Green Rollo (Grade 10) 8th Place (Science & Technology Writing-Filipino) - Joanna Roldan (Grade 11-ABM G) 10th Place (Feature Writing-English) - Obed Capunong (Grade 11-STEM M-C)

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3rd Runner Up over all in Secondary Level (Filipino)

The schools from Perth, Australia, Ellenbrook, Christian College, Southern Hills Christian College and Swan Christian College sent 57 students to visit the school. Each of the australian students have their own local partners that will guide them about VMA Global College. Each of them should entertain their partners by sharing thoughts and experiences, teaching them how to speak our dialect (Hiligaynon) and to share the Filipino and Australian culture.

The purpose of their visit is to learn basic emergency drill like abandoning the ship. They divided themselves into two, the boys and the girls. The boys practiced fire fighting where they have to put off the fire. Each of them wore fire fighting gear to protect themselves from the fire. On the other side, the girls were taught what to do when the ship is about to sink.

The event was graced with our dear VMA GC President Atty.

Juan N. Orola Jr. and Dr. Elizabeth O. Salabas, chairman of the Board of Trustees. Atty Orola had his speech regarding with the purpose of the visit. This is the third Australian visit to our country which VMA Global College hosted./Gen Khaled Erellana and Joshua J. Priolo

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Feature

DR. JUANERO: A VETERAN HERO

By Kyla Venice F. Agustin

“I live as a person and a child of God. Everything comes from God and God is the source of everything.”

Quoted by the most important person here at VMA for she believes that we are not here in Earth if not for God, even our life comes from Him.

Seeing her every day, roaming around the campus, visiting classrooms and sharing a smile to everyone gives us privilege to see how passionate she was towards her profession.

True, that being a teacher is not a pieceof-cake as an occupation. Wide-eyes overnight in making lesson plans and teaching hard-headed, stubborn students in the morning till’ afternoon.

How much more if handling not only those but the whole high school department both senior and junior high school without retreating nor surrendering?

Hey, fellow students! Im talking about the famous doyen, Dr. Arsenia D. Juanero here!

All of us know her as our beloved high school department principal. But beyond that extra ordinary profession lies an extraordinary life of an extraordinary person.

Arsenia D Juanero, PhD, 72 years old, was a retired public school’s district supervisor.

44 years in government service and out of that was 26 years being a public school’s district supervisor. She is a Master of Arts in Education Major in Guidance and Counselling and Doctor of Philosophy in Education Major in Education Management. Magnificent, isn’t it? but behind her spectacular achievements, she also have encountered various obstacles like every one of us before she was able to reach her dreams.

Dr. Juanero came from a poor family.

“Poorest of the poor” according to her. But she is a living evidence of an old saying that “Poverty is not hindrance to a great success.” It never obstructs her to reach her trophy, instead, she made it her inspiration to pursue her dreams.

One of those was to provide her family house and lot like many of us want to and to help others through service.

“I live as a person and a child of God. Everything comes from God and God is the source of everything.”

Aside from those, her first inspiration behind the vast development of her career was, God. Because according to her, God fulfilled His promises. What she is right now was one of His promises to her. So, she always return the glory to Him every time she has achievements.

“My being”, she said, was one of the things she considered as achievements. Her being that was still in God at the age of 72, specifically. The personality she reaches the experiences she was wearing, the circumstances she have encountered and such.

Thanks to the people who helped her during the obscure part of her life. Her family, friends, fellow workers, her ‘Skyhooks’ in accordance to her statement. Her support group.

The people who mold her to be the best person she can be. The beloved principal, the hero we’re

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Hard work and faith were the keys to success, the tool for a blissful life.

Life is somehow in the form of cruelty. But we look in other way. Life will not be that cruel if we, were only determine to face it with chin raised high.”

seeing right now, we owe it from them.

“Persist until you succeed.” The motto she wanted to share with us, fellow students, VMA’ers, was one of the procedures to fulfill our goals, our ambitions. Hard work and faith were the keys to success, the tool for a blissful life. Life is somehow in the form of cruelty. But we look in other way, life will not be that cruel if we were only determined to face it with chin raised high.

Like Thomas Henry Huxley said, “The great end of life is not knowledge but action,” still on the same path saying that we, students must not hinder any circumstances thrown by life, instead shield it with hard wrork, like what Dr. Juanero did, our veteran Hero.

MY PERSONAL MESSAGE (to The Anchor)

Our world is in need of young people who have integrity and as writers you are considered to be the chosen few in VMA Global College community.

You, staffers and writers of The Anchor are people of Integrity. You inspire your classmates, schoolmates and friends for being one. You inspire them to do better, to climb higher, and to stand taller. As writers, never forget that your perception should be anchored with fairness, honesty, sincerity and courage and you will achieve your goals in producing fruitful outcomes.

KUDOS to all of you. Carry on with you your aspirations. Be imbued with physical, spiritual, emotional, intellectual, relational and vocational assets to propel you to be mature and be a role model of integrity throughout your lives.

Godspeed.

DR. ARSENIA D. JUANERO Principal, High School Department

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School

The Anchor

Welcome Aboard!

Our Helm to our Voyage towards Success “Teachers themselves are a catalyst in our growth as an individual in society aimed to be as productive as we can be.”

By Jon Marc C. Torred

Teachers can come in many personifications as much as there are humans; even so their roles are the same, that is to educate, inspire and guide their students. Feeding their students with adequate knowledge they can even mold and most of all change the life of their students.

After our parents, we first engage ourselves in Kindergarten then to Elementary followed

by High School and even in College, teachers themselves are the catalysts in our growth as an individual in society aimed to be as productive as we can be.

In the class, they show exemplary leadership skills, in the field of study they are so patient and tolerant albeit our shortcomings and will assist us along the way without any sign of resentment. In our moments of success, when we do great in our exams, they rejoice with us exhilaratingly. Will encourage us to cogitate and to feel so good about ourselves; edge us to envision there’s nothing impossible we cannot achieve in this world. They will call or visit our homes to ascertain the reason why we abstained school. That is the distinguishing marks of a true dedicated teacher.

Teachers in diverse ways have encouraged, motivated and sometimes even sponsored students to crawl to higher pedestals in their lives that the students themselves never thought was possible. There are some students,

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in brief distress moments in their lives who would have stayed out of school if not for the insistence of the teachers. Those who had the privilege to be in the classes of these dedicated teachers know exactly what I’m talking about.

Having said that, I’m equally cognizant that there are few unscrupulous ones amongst them. The actions of those ones should not be used to punish the overwhelming dedicated patriotic teachers who have over the years sacrificed their lives to serve humanity and their country.

In relation, we would like to welcome the new mentors of VMA Global College High School Department in giving their full efforts and time to mold the students into a perceptive, vigorous and risk taker individual in every circumstances that they might experience throughout their journey.

WELCOME ABOARD TEACHERS!

The New Teachers of VMA Global College - High School Department

Junior High School: 1. Bugna, Jose Niño T. (TLE) 2. Sanchez, Marie Aldriane D. (Math) 3. Decendario, Marcus D. (MAPEH)

Senior High School:

1. Alisasis, Elyncrez M. 2. Ebrada, Cyrel Joy M. 3. Dela Cruz, Mark Anthony 4. Bocalangco, Jemely H. 5. Grandeza, Susan V. 6. Biaes, Roselyn P. 7. Fernandez, Kristine Joy M. 8. Borneo, Lovella Mae J. 9. Nanquil, Precious Camille D. 10. Dueñas, Jimema C. 11. Eramis, Dafe P. 12. Musni, Maria Charmaine Cassandra Q. 13. Beniten, Jose 14. Trinidad, David M. 15. Basa, Elmer John E. 16. Serquillos, Micah Joy 17. Jover, Sharmine D. 18. Lozada, Ma. Teresa 19. Enopre, Romy Jade Q. 20. Jemino, Eugene G.

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Student’s Corner

Internal Conflict

Contributed by Carl Jorge M. Agustin “Youth is the hope of its motherland” is a famous quotation of Gat. Jose Rizal.

Nowadays, students are facing many challenges in their young age such as financial problems, peer pressure, and vices. Equally important, how can these youths be the hope of this nation if they are facing different issues in their juvenile years?

First, students nowadays are facing financial problems.

In addition, poverty is the root of this problem. With this, students can’t focus on their studies. Can my parents afford to give me allowance tomorrow? When can I pay my tuition fees? Do I have extra money for my project?

And, Gosh! Tomorrow is the deadline. These are some of the questions and expressions that made students struggle in school.

Second, peer pressure is one of the issues students are struggling in and outside the school. According to Population Commission (PopCom), almost 75 % of the population comes from teenage pregnancy. In relation, peer pressure is one of the causes of teenage pregnancy for teenagers since they are trying to be with the group. On the other hand, to be holistically healthy, you

Comics and illustration by Muriel Molina

must be physically, mentally, emotionally, morally, and socially healthy. Likewise, being socially healthy is the most important among the five aspects of being holistically healthy. In like manner, being with friends who can help you to be mature from this challenging world we are living in can be the most satisfying chapter in our life.

Lastly, vices are plague in teenage life. Smoking, drinking, engaging in pre-marital sex and the use of illegal drugs are just some of the examples of vices. The illness of society starts from being adolescent.

To conclude, according to Mr. Elmer John E. Basa, “Let us not allow the environment to change us, rather, let us change the environment.” We may be too young and fragile, trying to explore life and make possibilities but everything has its way. Similarly, we make mistakes but somehow that only testify that you have tried.

You have that courage to face whatever the consequences of your chosen action. Yet, it’s normal but we must learn from it. Our experiences and exposure to life will be our tool to success. Nevertheless, we must bear in our mind that the past can teach us but will never rule.

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The Anchor

Entertainment

BOOK REVIEW THE EYE OF MINDS

Written by: James Dashner Reviewed by Trisha Nicole Capsa

Tired of typical teen fiction stories?

If you like science based stories that have thrilling actions, suspense, lots of adventures and a world that’s beyond your dreams, worry no more because this story is perfect for you.

The story mostly took place inside the VirtNet, a world beyond every gamers dream. The VirtNet is a virtual network

EMOTIONS, ACTS, FEELINGS YOU EXPERIENCE IN WORDS

where gamers can play real life seeming games. Inside it, you can eat, drink, feel, or even die and experience a real life seeming death.

The higher your hacking skills are, the higher the chance of survival on every gamers programmed on the VirtNet.

I highly recommend to read this book for it does no only give importance to the fascinating future technologies, but awakens the value of friends and family.

Compiled by Elmer John E. Basa

1. Pisanthrophobia (n.) fear of trusting people due to past experiences with relationships gone bad.

2. Lucubrate (n.) to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night.

3. Jejune (adj.) childish or not interesting 4. Factotum (n.) any employee or official having many different responsibilities 5. Oenomel (n.) something combining strength with sweetness 6. Burble (v.) to speak in an excited manner 7. Eccendentesiast (n.) someone who hides pain behind smile 8. Ludic (adj.) full of fun and high spirits 9. Sarang (v.) the feeling of wanting to be with someone until death 10. Phosphenes (n.) the colors or ‘stars’ you see when you rub your eyes 11. Bofola (n.) a joke that gets a loud or hearty laugh 12. Textpectation (n.) the anticipation felt when waiting for a response to a text 13. Apodyopsis (n.) the act of mentally undressing someone 14. Lisztomania (n.) a need to listen to music all the time 15. Limerence (n.) the state of being infatuated with another person

PASAKIT CORNER

By Rodel Oreta

1. Three mothers with two daughters each, have a dinner in a restaurant. Find the least possible number of seats can be occupied.

2. There is only one word in an English dictionary that can be spelled alphabetically. What is the word?

3. On the first day of school, a dead body had been found in the quadrangle by a school guard. At the crime scene, three persons was there not including the school guard. The janitor, the cafeteria man and the math teacher. They were asked by the police investigator, “What did you do before the crime?”

“I was cleaning the comfort room in the gym.” The janitor said. “I was washing the dishes in the kitchen.”

The cafeteria man explained. “I was solving the grades of my students.” The math teacher replied. One of them is the culprit of the crime scene, who is the murderer?

4. Find the missing number if, 1 = 5, 2 = 10, 3 = 15, 4 = 20, 5 = ?

5. An electrical train is traveling from west to east. The air goes north to south. Where does the smoke of the train goes?

Answers will be published next issue of The Anchor

Our Voyage The Anchor Publication would like to give gratitude to The Wheel House Publication for lending us their DSLR camera and to those people who shared their insights and support especially to our dear principal Dr. Juanero, Ms. Phoebe Orola, Dr. RJ Vargas and Atty. John Orola.

To Ms. Abanco for editing the Filipino articles for us and the rest of High School Department teachers for your patience and cooperation in excusing us in our respective classes to do our journalistic undertakings inside the campus.

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Sobre Saliente VMA!