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The Official School and Community Publication of Jasaan National High School Volume 3, Number 1

PTA FUND RAISING GAIN 155K SCHOOL SHARE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FENCE

EDITORIAL Read: Arm for the future

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LEARNING MELTDOWN School pumps up recovery plan to boost student reading levels

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Jasaan National High School set a record high of 30 non-readers and over 1,100 frustration readers from Grades 7 to 10 after conducting a Reading Assessment on the first three weeks of classes in August to September 2022.

Of the 30 non readers, 16 came from the Grade 7 and the rest were distributed in Grades 8 to 10.

Moreover, Mrs. Vilma Abastas, reading coordinator, pointed that of the four grade levels, Grades 8 and 9 logged in having the highest number of frustration readers.

“It came as a shock to the school administration as we did not expect to have this number of non-readers more so with frustration readers,” School Principal Florencia D. Baang said.

According to Ms. Jo Ann Katherine Valledor, Academic Coordinator, the result alarmingly revealed that more than half of the junior high school learners can generally read but cannot understand what they are reading.

“With majority of our learners having difficulty in comprehension, it will follow that learners will also have difficulty in mastering learning competencies”, Ms. Valledor added.

School Intervention To help solve the problem, the school has implemented its localized version of Department of Education’s Learning Recovery and Continuity Plan (LRCP).

“The school’s LRCP focused on three key areas – reading and numeracy, fluency, and bridging the learning gaps” Assistant School Principal Leizl V. Macalisang explained.

Ms. Macalisang made it clear that the school has recognized the importance of reading in improving the quality of learning of the learners.

According to Ms. Macalisang, the school utilized the pull-out system in conducting the LRCP. “Everyday learners go out of their regular classes and report to their LRCP sections according to their reading levels”, she added.

The school dedicated one hour and 20 minutes everyday to remediate

learners in reading utilizing English, Filipino, Math, and Science – related vocabulary and articles.

“The involvement of the core subjects was purposely done so that the reading remediation will be at the same time a remediation of the key concepts of the other core subjects,” Macalisang further said.

Learning plans and materials were prepared by the different subject areas.

“We made sure that there is progression of topics and employed differentiated instruction for every reading level,” Valledor explained.

Valledor also mentioned that each learner has their LRCP portfolio containing their own activity answer sheets and progress charts to monitor their progress.

Result After a quarter of implementation, a decrease in 20% in the frustration readers and an increase of 19% in the independent readers were recorded.

“We are hoping that the number will improve in the next quarters,” School Principal Baang noted.

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PTA FUND RAISING GAIN 155K SCHOOL SHARE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF FENCE

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Parent-Teacher Association on Monday, reaches P155,752.81 for school share only from the total gross in 51st Foundation Day of Mr. and Ms. JNHS fund raising, to continue the construction of fence and other school improvements.

In the Interview, Teacher III, Mrs. Alma L. Timario said that, the total gross of Mr. and Ms. JNHS raised up to P833,564.05, 10% of the money will be go to the 32 classrooms (a total of 77,876.405), 20% for the school ( a total of 155,752.81), and 70% will be back to the parents of candidates(a total of 545,134.835).

“Amazing, na-amaze ko sa increase lugar sa income kay 400 thousands ra to kapin ang sa last nga year sa Mr. and Ms.JNHS , that’s why thankful ang mga PTA coordinators ug mga teachers karon na dako ang gross nga na kuha karon,” Sir Jeffrey Francis T. Mercado stated.

Moreover, Parent- Teacher Association (PTA) sponsor this kind of event in Foundation Day to make this as an intervention to help the financial expenses of school in different activities specifically: Journalism, Color Fun Run, Sports, and other

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Sir Mercado said, “nag initiate jud ang PTA para makatabang sa school kay Nakita sa PTA na nag lisud ang school,” he also added, “Primarily, income jud na sa school kay ang school daghan kayo activities parehas anang journalism nga grabe kaayo kagasto, makatabang jud na siya.”

According to Science Teacher, Madam Queenie M. Cuabo, her plans for the money is to add 1 window blinds, glass stickers for the glass walls, screws for the arm chairs, cleaning materials, items in the medicine cabinets and emergency kits, and other classroom needs.”

In addition, based on the tally board, the money of newly crowned Ms. JNHS Eunice Ganzan outreach to P106,560, while, Mr. JNHS Jahmier Racho outreach a total money of P85,650, which gives a big amount of donation in school among 70 participants.

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teacher counts a couple 1000 peso bills in counting funds for the 2023 Mr. and Ms. JNHS, on Monday, at Jasaan NHS. photo by: Russel Zamayla

LGBTQ COMMUNITY FOLLOWS PROPER HAIRCUT IN JNHS

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Students that are LGBTQ is not allowed having long hair and cross-dressing in JNHS, the school principal requested the region to issue a memorandum prohibiting the LGBTQ learners to follow the standard rules of proper haircut.

“The answer only from the higher ups is just, we have to encourage them, let them understand the limitations of DepEd Order of recognizing the third sex, but as to school policy, you have to follow the proper haircut”, said Mrs. Florencia D. Baang.

Moreover, Some pointed out the DepEd Orders recognizing and even in the college curriculum, that is part of their curriculum, allowing or ignoring the situation, students have to wear and follow the policy of the school as long as the memorandum is not yet issued.

The school is still waiting for the memo that regards on the prohibiting the school is empowered based on the DepEd policy, but since the memorandum is not yet released the

school policy continues.

Meanwhile, “Respect is earned, it cannot be easily earned from others. That is why as a Trans student, i tend to make myself respected and maintain my reputation of being a role model for bring the name of the school”, said Kurt Ducay, a LGBTQ member.

“As for my stand, it wasn’t my intention to be a role model for them but they see me as a role model for the LGBTQ community so I am proudly saying that I am opening doors for them so that they can be freely express themselves around the campus and achieve anything they want”, Ducay added.

The SPTA is also not in favor, but as long as the DepEd issued in mandating students regardless in their gender, really have to observed the proper hair cut, and the proper dress code, the school remains to encourage and reminding them to follow it.

LGU WON’T COLLECT MEMBERS OF COOP GARBAGES WITH NO SCHEDULES FOOD PROPER SEGREGATION CATEGORIES

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Local Government Unit of Jasaan with the Office of Sangguniang Bayan has lack of budget for sanitary landfill, the National Tax Allotment has decreased to 15% of the budget, that is why the municipality won’t collect any garbage that is not segregated properly.

In conducted interview of the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer, Khrizia Deanne L. Tacastacas said that it is one of the helpful way for reducing the wastes.

“Only the residual ra gyud ang e collect sa LGU, nga e butang sa Residual Containment Area located at Natubo, and ang mga biodegradable nga ma collect is e butang sa composting facility sa Kimaya”, Tacastacas added.

Moreover, the schools are required to have a Materials Recovery Facility to composed their wastes, before the LGU takes action, they also have a penalty according to Municipal Ordinance No. 160-2021.

This ordinance known as “THE ECOLOGICAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE OF THE

MUNICIPALITY OF JASAAN, MISAMIS ORIENTAL” which explain the penalty and burning garbages is prohibited.

In the other hand, Jasaan NHS School Principal Mrs. Florencia D. Baang stated that the school is communicated with the LGU to pick the garbages, and also the ordinance tells if the waste is not segrated, the LGU will not pick it up.

“Wala pa tay area for school dump site, ang naa lang sa atoa karun is ang MRF, that’s why every classrooms must already segregates their waste materials”, she added.

Meanwhile, the LGU have already the approved feasibility study, and also have the approved plan, they are trying to apply for a loan so that they can start the landfill project.

“Kinahanglan ta mag loan, kay puno naman atung RCA, mag patungod napud ugly utro sa RCA”, said Hon. Johannes D. Salcedo.

It has 14 Million proposed for sanitary landfill, and now every barangay is required to have RCA and own segregation that is mandated by law of NTA.

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School’s members of association Cooperative vendors scheduled snacks to sell out based on color-coding categories, which led to the confiscation of prohibited food in school canteens accordance with the school policy.

Mrs. Josephine M. Seco stated that they follow the DepEd Order No. 13, s. 2017 as for the healthy school canteen standard, and also approved by the school nurse of JNHS. “Every now and then, ga check ang nurse sa atung mga product kay tan awun niya kung okay ba para sa mga bata, kay naa may mga baligya nga dili permi kinahanglanon sa learners, so ginamonitor gyud permi”, she pointed out.

Additionally, the teachers cooperative income is not only for one purpose, it is for the members who are part of the cooperative, for Education and Training Fund Utilization and Cooperative (CETF), community, and 20% school share.

According to Ms. Marie Zoe A. Barbacena, the essence has been lost to everyone that junk food does not allow, and they observed the students themselves bring junk food to school,

which is really not allowed on the school premises.

“It is the school initiative, e encourage sila nga dili jud mag dala, and ang mga canteen incharge are already oriented “, Barbacena added.

Division Food Safety Focal Personnel, Mrs. Maria Lorna A. Siao has conducted a meeting, calling the attention of all vendors all around the JNHS campus to give them warning for selling red category food and drinks.

“Walay order nga gihimo nga e confiscate, but ang aim sa school is to develop and discipline the students, and ang initiative nalang sa guard para ma aware ang mga l earners nga bawal jud ang junk foods”, she said.

Furthermore, the school really issued a memorandum to the neighboring vendors, and asking for assistance of the RHU through the Barangay Captain, and for parents to informed them for prohibition of snacks.

Jasaan National High School never stop reminding the parents during meetings and conferences what the dont’s and dos inside the campus so that it does not become a struggle.

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Comelec amends students regarding political elections, on January 13, at Jasaan NHS. photo by: Russel Zamayla

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“PARA MAKA KWARTA” Comelec Jasaan corrects student notion about election

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To educate young voters on the importance of election, Commission on Election – Jasaan conducted voter’s education prior to the conduct of special registration for the Sangguniang Kabataan Election in Jasaan National High School, Jasaan Misamis Oriental, January 13, 2023.

“The very purpose is to educate the members of the SK specially the new members on how to be a wise voter, how to be a good voter,” Election Officer Lailani A. Nazi said.

According to Nazi, it is very important that the learners knew their power to shape the country by voting for the right people who will sit in the government.

In a preliminary session, the Election officer asked the learners about the importance of registering to vote.

“Para maka kwarta,” (So we can receive money) one learner answered.

Election officer Nazi clarified that vote buying and selling is an election office.

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“In the Omnibus Election Code, vote buying is prohibited and is punishable by law,” she emphasized.

Nazi further made it clear to the learners that choosing the right candidates without the influence of money is their responsibility to the community.

“If you choose good leaders, we will receive good public service and have a better country,” Nazi added.

Antonio Cuerquiz, a Grade 9 student shared that the symposium opened his eyes on the importance of elections and the responsibility each voter has for the country.

“Abi nako botar2x lang siya, dako man diay ug impact The special registration conducted in JNHS is part of the COMELEC’s program for the upcoming SK Elections.

A total of 300 learners registered in the said event that lasted the whole day.

Interagency efforts dispatched to stop looming woes

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To prevent further proliferation of gang membership and trouble, the school in collaboration with the different stakeholders organized an interagency task force to prevent gang activities.

The said task force comprised the two barangay councils, the municipal police station, and the municipal social welfare and development.

“We really reached out to partner stakeholders because we need the community to solve this problem,” Principal Florencia Baang said.

Baang added that the stubbing incident occurred in one of high schools in Misamis Oriental involving both students alarmed her after reported cases of confiscated pointed object, suspicious groupings and activities of several identified students.

In a surprise room to room campaign by the task force the police

were able to identify atleast 50 learners having tattoos similar to that of reported gangs in the station.

“These learners were called along with their parents for investigation,” Prefect of Discipline Kevin Casiño said.

Learners confirmed to have involvement with gangs were subjected to MSWD intervention, counselling by the guidance counselor and a working suspension.

The SK Lower Jasaan also invited the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency to conduct symposia on dangers of drugs and joining illegal groups.

“So far, after two months of intervention, the school has seen no problem involving gangs,” Casiño added.

Boredom tops reason among students sleeping during class hours

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57.25% students feel sleepiness between 1pm to to 4pm

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In a recent survey conducted by Ignite, learners of Jasaan National High School reasoned out that boredom was their main reason why they are sleepy in class.

Accordingly, 57.25% of them felt sleepy between 1pm to to 4pm.

The other half on the other hand, mentioned that being sleepless during night time was their reason why they are sleepy in school, Subjects identified to be learner’s “sleeping time” are Mathematics; Araling Panlipunan; and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao.

Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao teacher, Mr. Glenford Mondejar explained that, the possible reason why students feel sleepy is because

it is not in line with the subject maybe they don’t like the topic being discussed, and that’s when they express that they want to sleep.

According to him, they were not allowing student to sleep during their discussion, otherwise they can provide some activities to the students to become more active in learning.

“There are many students who always sleepy in my class, I will not disturb them because it is their choice, and maybe because there is a time when they are not interested in the topic, and also the mentality of the child who actually falls asleep in class,” AP Teacher Mrs. Josephine M. Seco said.

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For community reading attendance

JNHS distributes 100 rice packs to learners

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enjoy performing at the opening of the 2 special programs at Jasaan NHS.

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To ensure regular attendance of struggling learners in communitybased reading stations, Jasaan National High School has distributed 100 rice packs to the 100 learners who completed the program as SY 2021-2022 ended last June 2022.

The project was part of the Reading Carousel - “Panalo ang Bayang Bumabasa” program which focused on bringing the classroom to the community to help learners cope with distance learning.

“We need to find a strategy to keep them from coming back,” Reading Coordinator Vilma

Abastas said.

According to Abastas, they have observed that with the motivation to receive rice at the end of the reading program, learners are more attuned to report regularly.

“The PBB ran for 16 weeks from March to June 2022, it would have been difficult to sustain such a big crowd in different stations without the rice motivation,” Abastas added.

The rice packs were donated by various stakeholders who committed to support the program during its launching last March 2022.

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GIVE OUT. JNHS teachers distribute rice packs to learners, included in the Reading Carousel Program.

photo by: Russel Zamayla

To cater different learning needs

School scraps bond papers for TVs

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In an attempt to merge the traditional classroom with information technology upon the return of on-site classes, the school administration decided to ditch purchasing bond papers and prioritize procurement of Smart Television sets for all the classrooms in Junior and Senior High School this school year.

“The teachers asked for this after observing that learners are more on-task when they are engaged through technology,” School Principal Florencia Baang said.

According to Baang, during the pandemic, the school has prioritized the printing of selflearning modules for the distance

learning so now that the landscape has changed, priorities also changed.

The school allocated almost half a million pesos to buy the said items.

“We are happy that the administration has listened to our request, now we can utilize the video lessons we have made during the pandemic for our learners,” AP Teacher Marie Zoe Barbacena said.

Other than the Smart TVs, the school also purchased water dispensers for all classrooms and has issued 1 printer each to all teachers.

“The budget used for these procurements came from the school’s MOOE,” Baang explained.

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To answer the different needs of learners in the municipality, Jasaan National High School has launched the Special Education Program (SpEd) and the Special Program in the Arts in School Year 2022-2023.

SpEd Program specifically caters the learners with special needs who have graduated from Jasaan Central School’s SpEd Program.

“We have 13 learners currently enrolled in the program,” SpEd Teacher Maribel Reyes said.

Reyes also added that the children enrolled in this program are those who are in the Autism spectrum, cerebral palsy, and those that has difficulty in understanding.

“The school needs to open this program as the learners from the Central School there is no nearer school that would receive them unless they go to the city,” School Principal Florencia Baang said.

The learners came to class on a scheduled basis depending on their learning groups pre assigned by the SpEd teacher following assessment.

On the other hand, the school also opened the Special Program in the Arts which addresses seven different areas of

specialties that learners can choose from.

“Learners can either enroll in dance, theater, vocals, musical instruments, media arts, visual arts, and creative writing,” SPA Coordinator Concepcion Zamayla explained.

According to Zamayla, DepEd created this special curricular program to give talented students a chance to enhance their talents in different fields and promote Filipino culture.

To date, the program has 50 enrollees.

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After 30 years, Jasaan National High School received ownership of the lot it has been occupying upon execution of the Deed of Donation by the University of Science and Technology in the Philippines on June 27, 2022.

USTP donated more than 6000 square meters parcel of lot where the Junior High School campus sits.

“We are very happy that finally, USTP has given the area to the school,” School Principal Florencia D. Baang said.

The said area was in a Perpetual Memorandum with the university before efforts from the General Parents Teachers Association President Rico Valdon and the Local Government Unit were made to ask USTP to grant JNHS full ownership.

When asked if the donation is enough to solve the classroom shortage, Assistant School Principal Leizl Macalisang answered that the school even need more.

“The school even needs additional lot for the rest of the buildings to be constructed, but this is a good start, “she said.

According to Macalisang, with the growing population of the Junior and Senior High School, the school need more lot to build more classrooms.

“The Senior High School is still implementing class shifting as we lack atleast 10 rooms in the department,” Macalisang further explained.

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USTP Jasaan Director Roel Salvador signed the Deed of Donation giving the 6000 sq.m. lot to JNHS last June 27, 2022 at USTP Campus Jasaan, Jasaan Misamis Oriental. Photo from: Florencia D. Baang

Jasaan Mayor Redentor S. Jardin promised however, to build a four-storey-twenty-classroom building at the heart of the donated lot to answer the classroom shortage.

The signing of DOD was graced by the USTP heads, LGU officials, and the officials from the Schools Division of Misamis Oriental

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Jasaan National High School has reported 30 nonreaders in the 2,118 population, and the half of that population with readers reported to be in frustration reading level. The clear aftermath of Covid-19’s two year-school lockdown. Cases similar to this also applies to other high schools in Misamis Oriental despite the curriculum stating that nonreaders shouldn’t go above five students in high school level. The best remedy is the Division Office of Misamis Oriental implementation of the Learning Recovery and Continuity Plan (LRCP). A daily 1 hour and 10 minutes reading remediation in core subjects – English, Math, Science and Filipino, with all teachers as reading teachers.

The importance of reading and being able to read cannot be emphasized enough. Being able to read and comprehend is the foundation of our learning. Gaps in a learner’s reading comprehension may lead to low achievements in various areas or subjects which may demotivate them further.

Based on the Department of Education (DepEd) Memorandum no. 173, s. 2019, DepEd

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schools across the country to cater to students needs and help

On October 10, 2022, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law the Republic Act No. 11934, otherwise known as the “Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act.” The primary purpose of the act is to mandate all public telecommunications entities (PTEs) to require the registration of SIM cards prior to their sale and activation, in an effort to provide law enforcements with an identification tool in resolving crimes. It’s only right to push forward full support for this act as it promotes a more convenient instrument to lessen online fraud rates, sad to note that only about 2% of the total population of phone users here in the Jasaan National High School have actually registered their SIM. With the new law, comes the promotion of responsibility in the use of SIM and punishes fraudulent registration and allows law enforcement to pull up a user’s data to investigate any crimes committed involving the use of phones, especially since malicious software and online fraud is in the rise in the country.

them develop their reading skills in order to close achievement gaps as there are still many learners struggling to meet the learning standards in early language, literacy and numeracy. In response to this memorandum, Jasaan National High School administered the LRCP where there would be a time in the afternoon solely for reading activities only in the areas such as Filipino, English, Math and Science for one hour and ten minutes. This allotted time becomes the golden opportunity for the learners to polish their reading abilities and gain a sense of control over their learning. JNHS students’ efforts to progress their abilities are reflected in their results as they climb up to another reading level.

After the school’s pre-assessment, frustration reading level was reported to be 53.57% of the population; instructional at 26.25%; and

Other than the SIM registration act, awareness of cyber security has been carried out to young students by the Department of Education in order to be more knowledgeable in cyber security and responsible digital citizenship.

DTI and the National Telecommunications Commission announced April 26, 2023 to be the deadline of the SIM registration based on the law with no movement of deadline.

Failure to comply with registration before the said deadline will result in the automatic deactivation of a user’s SIM and it may only be reactivated after registration, provided that it will be registered not later than five days from deactivation.

During the pandemic period, the number of cybercrimes recorded by the Department of Justice-Office of the Cybercrime tripled to 1.2 million in 2020 from just 400,000 the previous year and it continues to be a problem. The most common online crimes committed are frauds, sexual abuse, exploitation,

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independent at 17.29%. After the post-assessment, a decrease of the frustration reading level was observed, was down to 36.37%; instructional reading level at 24.19%; and the independent reading level rose to 36.37% from 17.29% only. A reflection of success is seen as the students are more motivated to read and teachers are more inspired to teach. The LRCP will then end after 5 months of its implementation as it gives the responsibility back to the students to handle their own learning and leave them a lesson of the importance of reading and comprehension.

Supporting learners and providing them with their needs to learn is a basic obligation that should be met. When the students’ learning come to a standstill because of the pandemic, it is now up to us to use everything we can to keep them moving forward and see to it that learning never stops.

bullying and identity theft. Furthermore, with the ongoing pandemic, most of our transactions has shifted online such as banking, shopping, schooling, etc. Hence, scrupulous individuals have tried to take advantage of this situation in committing cybercrime which makes a lot of unsuspecting individuals vulnerable to online attacks thus adding to already high number of online crimes.

According to police Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr., PNP Chief, cybercrimes are among “the greatest threats” that Filipinos face in 2023. Several Filipinos have also been reported to be illegally recruited and trafficked through fraudulent job listings on facebook.

Promised jobs at call centers and data encoders, the migrant Filipinos ended up in cyberscam operations in Myanmar.

Moreover, mobile phone users also received scam text messages in 2022 which led to the swift passage of the SIM card registration.

Government and private telcos who have access to the private information.

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must therefore, guarantee security and its proper use. As for us, mobile users, let us do our part and ensure that we register while remaining vigilant and hopeful that this new law brings a safer connected space for all of us.

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6 EDITORIAL Inclusion, not Exclusion The importance of inclusive education cannot be stressed enough. I hold onto the belief that if students are included, they are more able to contribute to groups without the fear of being excluded and discriminated. It values the unique contribution students of all backgrounds can offer in classrooms.

Philippines has been putting effort in developing policies that supports inclusive education. For instance, in 2019, the Department of Education (DepEd) released DepEd Order No. 21, titled Policy guidelines on the K to 12 Basic Education Program which includes a policy framework on inclusive education. It promotes the most basic rights of youths: the right to education.

Inclusive education policies aim to ensure diversity and an accepting environment for LGBTQIA+ students, persons with disability, students supporting or bearing a child, children residing far away in remote areas and people with unique backgrounds, that covers their most basic needs of being able to interact with their peers without the fear of exclusion. I’d like to say once again, with great emphasis, the importance of inclusivity and teaching youth to accept and welcome anyone with different backgrounds in order to raise a generation with no traces of discrimination against groups who have traditionally been excluded.

Our country has made significant progress towards inclusive education through the current years. However, there is still more room for improvement. In order for inclusive education to be successful, it is important to understand that without the cooperation of everyone involved – including students, families, educators, and community members – we can only say goodbye to

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In this generation, members of the LGBTQIA+ community have been more expressive about their gender identity by sporting long hair and crossdressing that may also encourage other to be more open in exploring with their identity.

However, the LGBT youths demonstrating self-expression and being more transparent, they also too often find their daily routine and schooling experience marred with bullying, discrimination, lack of access to LGBT–related information and in some cases, physical and sexual assault. These abuses can run deeply and wound someone that causes lasting harm that ultimately disregards the human rights of LGBT youths.

In recent years, Philippine lawmakers and school administrators have acknowledged the bullying of LGBT youths as a serious problem and conducted interventions to address it.

In 2012, the Department of Education (DepEd) enforced a policy called Child Protection Policy that aims to address school bullying and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. In the following year, the congress passed the Anti-Bullying Law of 2013 that prohibits sexual orientation and gender identity as grounds for bullying and harassment. These policies serves as strong signals that bullying and discrimination are unacceptable and should not be tolerated in educational institutions. Nevertheless, despite being strong on paper, these policies have not been well implemented. Many LGBT youth still encounter bullying and harassment in schools due to the absence of proper implementation and monitoring. Bullying, harassment, discrimination on the basis of gender identity and a lack of information and resources about LGBT people and issues continues to persist in schools and all around the world. At this rate, this issue has basically turned into a pandemic.

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However, learners with different backgrounds still have to face and are more disproportionately vulnerable to being bullied than learners who do not. As I mentioned earlier, it stand true that inclusive education won’t be possible without the cooperation of students and community members.

A study conducted by the UN Human Rights office shows that a number of school systems have adopted discriminatory approaches in addressing learners with differences that denies them the basic right to education. Some students are excluded from joining the educational system with the basis of an impairment without any other education opportunities provided.

Others are referred to schools with a special education system, creating a marginalized culture among youths. And some are integrated in mainstream schools as long as they adjust and adhere to the schools’ standards. This marginalized treatment are experienced by learners with a different gender identity, people from another race, persons with disability, people with a different background and many more.

Exclusion of people with differences continue to persist despite the efforts to eliminate it. DepEd orders have been made, Republic Acts have been signed into law and policies have been settles. This goes to show that we can’t have absolute inclusivity without internalizing and deeply understanding what inclusion actually means. And if we successfully achieve that, inclusion wouldn’t only be invisible in schools but also around us.

Overdue toxicity added by the discriminatory policies that excludes them from being able to participate in the school environment comfortably.

Schools may impose rigid gender norms on students such as gendered uniforms or dress codes, restrictions on hair length, gendered restrooms, classes and activities that separates boys and girls and close scrutiny of same-sex friendships and relationship.

Stop and think for a moment if it is even remotely reasonable to deny someone of their basic rights just because they don’t fit peoples’ standards for them to be treated in a particular way.

There are still a lot of people who are undereducated about issues the LGBTQ people face on a daily basis. People who harass others in the LGBTQ+ community act on the basis that LGBT people are “different” and that “they don’t belong”. This goes to show that access to resources and information holds high importance in shaping a positive community that accepts LGBT youth. Efforts to eliminate discrimination against LGBT people have been met with resistance, including religious leaders. Some Roman Catholic Church continues to resist laws and policies that protects LGBT rights. In a country that is more than 80 percent catholic, resistance from the church plays a vital role on how LGBT issues are addressed in the community and schools, with many parents and teachers saying that being part of the LGBT community is immoral and is a sin.

Discrimination and harassment against the LGBTQIA+ community have been an everlasting issue despite having set policies to combat it. But words on paper stating how homophobia should be eliminated is pointless when people won’t address how their actions and reactions regarding LGBT people and issues hold strong influence in shaping other people’s perception of the LGBTQIA+ community. Let’s make this generation the time to break this toxic cycle, because if not now, then when?

Behindhand snag i Cutting of classes has been very observable these days. It has been especially rampant in public schools in the Philippines where there is inefficient security and schools having relatively high number of students thus monitoring becomes altogether challenging.

I myself know dozens of schoolmates, from different sections, who cut class. I clasp into certainty that cutting class develops a bad habit and a negative mindset. This way of thinking is a sloppy way of thinking. When you cut, you embrace the idea of putting an end to everything you found unappealing, even if it is significant, and eventually looking for something more “exciting” to do.

First of all, cutting opens the door to deeper, more troubling issues. After cutting class is where the real problem begins. After the students succeed in skipping class, they will soon need to fill their unapproved free time. Since many of today’s youth have abandoned a number of moral principles that served as a litmus check on a number of unwanted, immoral behaviors, their decision over which activity to do is clouded and soon they found themselves in a very compromising situation they usually regret later in their young lives. Unlike the general youth in the past, (the time of youth of our parents and grandparents, 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s) they had big respect for the commands and instructions of people in authority.

Among the number of things that these truant students could be doing in those borrowed moments are getting engaged in promiscuous activities, drinking, smoking and even doing illegal drugs.

Some even went secret membership in illegal fraternity and sorority. With the help of some close friends and family members, these kids are brought to Prefect of Discipline’s office in the school, and had their parents called up for conference. Evidently, these activities are far from helping their young minds become the persons they wished to be—more matured and more experienced. They hungered for independence and recognition. Well, they simply couldn’t

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Maturity is one of the things that cannot be rushed and takes so much time to develop and imbibe. Always, at the wailing end of all these painful detours in the teenagers’ life, are the poor parents expecting so highly that these are just simply twists in their child’s growing years. But, like the cutting classes, these kids thought that there is a short cut in growing up.

Not only do they frustrate their parents, teachers came in second.

With all these things happening during school hours, teachers are dragged into this problem. They were charged, or sued for failing to secure the safety of the students.

Taking into account the unruly behavior of students, in the 51st Foundation Day of Mr. and Ms. JNHS fund raising, Jasaan National High School has raised a total of P155,752.81 for school share only from the total gross, to continue the construction of fence and other school improvements. The total gross of Mr. and Ms. JNHS raised up to P833,564.05, 10% of the money will go to the 32 classrooms (a total of 77,876.405), 20% for the school (a total of 155,752.81), and 70% will be returned to the parents of candidates (a total of 545,134.835). With the funds raised, creating a strong and effective fence has been a goal of the school, and constructing this boundary between the school and outside school premises is most appropriate move for the school to guarantee the safety of all students inside the school.

Society, particularly the parent and teacher community, tend to give skipping class several reasons. They interpret cutting as outward sign that kids are unmotivated, have short attention spans, and are lazy. They also believe that cutting indicates that pupils are not genuinely interested in learning or of their future as a whole. Thus, plans are being made, and ordinances are being conformed, and with the students’ participation in terminating the cutting of classes, this gateway to dark and serious problems shall be permanently closed.

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Solid waste management remains a major problem for the Philippines mostly due to undisciplined locals not segregating waste properly and late and lack of management conducts in local municipalities that leads to the needing of quick action in employing community sanitary landfill as Local Government Units are mandated for the protection, preservation, and conservation of the ecosystem.

With this, the Sangguniang Bayan Members of the LGU of Jasaan has laid an effort in enacting the Ecological Solid Waste Management Municipal Ordinance No. 160-2021 that supplements the provisions stipulated in Republic Act No. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. This ordinance is endorsed to ensure the round-the-clock cleanliness through the orderly management of wastes for the maintenance of a healthy and safe environment for the general welfare of all inhabitants of the community, that is to eradicate unsightly, uncovered and overflowing waste containers in streets, public places and open spaces, to minimize pollution arising from harmful gases, smoke particulates produced by needless burning/dumping, polluted runoffs into water sources/supply, and hazardous substances, to regulate and control disposal of waste within the municipality and adopt systematic and comprehensive solid waste management, to encourage community participation in the development and implementation of Solid Waste Management of the municipality, and to ensure the propersegregation, collection, transport and disposal of waste through the adoption of the best environmental practice in the ecological waste management.

Section 9, Article VIII, Municipal Order No. 160-2021, states that segregation at source must be properly observed, where solid wastes shall be classified: ‘Malata’ for the wet or biodegradables, ‘Dili Malata’ for the dry and non-biodegradable (residual wastes), ‘Recyclable’ to be placed at the barangay Material Recovery Facility (MRF), and ‘Special Wastes’ for the masks, face shields, batteries, bulb and the like.

Being strong on paper is of no use if this is not actually observed in practice. Individuals, households, schools, and the whole community should come in to mind that disposing waste as it should be is the most and the least basic thing they could do the environment a favour. And, as per Section 9, non-segregated wastes shall not be collected, and the household-owners and entities of the unsegregated wastes shall be subject to penalty as prescribed under the penalty provisions of this ordinance, which I would say, as they should be penalized! People lack common sense and are hypocrites where they hastily say the global warming has gone bad and the surroundings have gone mad. And I definitely believe in the saying, ‘you deserve what you tolerate’.

Moreover, according to Article IX of MO No. 160-2021, there shall be MRF in every barangay/purok, school and church which shall be designated to receive, sort, process and store compostable and recyclable material efficiently and in an environmentally sound manner, which this was also mandated by RA 9003.

Little by little, little becomes a lot. Common sense would tell us that ‘sorting, composting and recycling’ can best be done in a smaller setting. In comparison to a city as big as Cebu for instance, imagine doing that task in a centralized facility that, according to Department of Public Services (DPS) chief Roberto Cabarrubias, the city generates close to 600 tons a day. If this size of trash in the process of segregation malfunctions, the community will be facing twice, or even thrice the original time of framework which the wastes will pile up.

In addition, a sanitary landfill has been proposed by the LGU and approved, including the feasibility study, yet it has not been employed as the municipality lacked on their projected 14M peso budget as the National Tax Allotment (NTA) decreased the yearly budget of LGUs to 15% which resulted to this. And, as of now, the locality has still been depending on the Residual Containment Area (RCA) which it is just a temporary containment area where they put the residual wastes meantime until such time the municipality could establish a permanent sanitary landfill.

People usually hate living in a filthy environment. If we successfully end this crisis, with the right waste management platforms and the endowment of the needed f acilities, united with further actions fulfilled by the government and the community’s help by doing the least, we wouldn’t only contribute to our mother Earth but mainly to ourselves.

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The Commission on Elections has reminded the public, particularly the unregistered Filipinos 15 years old and above, to visit the nearest Comelec Office or satellite offices before the voter’s registration ends this month. It is time for us Filipinos to fulfill our duty as citizens of the Philippines and register now-and fast.

Jasaan Comelec office is now close to 1,500+ registered 15 years old and above young voters. Last January 13, Jasaan National High School was one of the venues for the Comelec Jasaan to conduct their registration for new voters.

They have successfully registered around 160+ students. Since JNHS is one of the big schools in Jasaan, it is but the right place to conduct the registration for new voters of JNHS students instead of asking them to go out and register in the Comelec office.

The Comelec staff led by Ma’am Lailani Nazi, Election Officer of COMELEC-Jasaan , personally led this school site registration since she made it a point that before the registration all young voters would fully understand their responsibility in their exercise of right of suffrage thru Ma’am Nazi’s orientation.. She made mention the rationale behind this significant event, how important their registration is to the barangay, municipal and national number of voting populace; their impact in the change or improvement of the governance system of the country. Their

every vote carries a message of young generation who are also badly in need of good examples in the elected officials from the barangay officials up to sangguniang bayan members.

As of this writing, the Comelec agencies all over the Philippines is still accepting applications for new voters registration, transfer of polling precinct to another precinct, correction of entries, and reactivation of voter’s registration.

However, this will only be available up until January 31, 2023.

The Comelec Registration is for this year’s upcoming Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataang Elections (BSKE).

Eligible voters should immediately file their application for the registration.

Moreover, private information of applicants are handled with utmost confidentiality. According to Comelec, personnel “handle registrants’ private

information in accordance with the pertinent laws and rules on voters registration, data privacy, and the field office system’s and data policy.” Comelec also directed the Regional Election Directors (REDs), Assistant Regional Election Directors (AREDs) and Provincial Election Supervisors (PECs) to “exercise overall supervision over concerned plantilla for casual employees, under the principal of command responsibility, and to ensure the proper implementation of the guidelines.”

Furthermore, no one can excuse for not being able to register in terms of accessibility, in view of the fact that the Comelec poll body has already launched the Registration Anywhere Program (RAP) in aid to those who live far away from Comelec sites.

Talks of the RAP expansion has

already been conducted and chances are, there are already RAP booths close to your area of residence. Plans for registration must already be undergone as soon as possible to avoid overcrowding, especially in the day before the deadline of registration to ensure the general public’s safety.

Exercising our right to vote is to meet the responsibility of a Filipino citizen. We are given the opportunity to do exactly that. Therefore, it is but right to go out and register and fulfill our political rights to choose and elect into office those whom we believe have the qualifications, the commitment and the heart to serve honestly and sincerely the Filipino people. Our dream for an orderly and peaceful community starts with this registration.

On December 16, 2021, Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai) brought strong rains, violent winds, landslides, storm surges, and had made a total of 9 landfalls in the province of Surigao del Norte, Dinagat Island in Mindanao, Southern Leyte, Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental and the island of Palawan in Luzon, imagining the damages the typhoon left behind, it would be hard for affected communities to cope with losses.

The province of Dinagat Island was one of the areas worst hit by Typhoon Odette with over 34,000 families affected in Dindgat alone. The province highly depends on agriculture, fishing and mining as sources of economy and employment and with billion of pesos worth of damage, it would be tough for the province to get back on their feet immediately. The province of Misamis Oriental is of no exemption. Several families and teachers of Jasaan National High School were flooded. One particular teacher lost her home to flood.

Right away JNHS family gathered essential goods to immediately respond to the emergency call of the Jasaanons. SSG called for used clothing, rice, hygiene kits, laundry soap, dry goods, mineral water and temporary shelter in the evacuation centers in the school. The response was quick and the SSG members and teacher-volunteers helped in the distribution of these goods.

The damage was devastating when we saw the actual scenario. And help was still not enough.

A month after Typhoon Odette, the majority of island provinces did not have electricity. Thus preventing the delivery of much-needed medical care, leaving affected communities vulnerable to diseases, which could indicate another problem. This shows that damaged houses, wrecked buildings and infrastructure aren’t the only repercussions we have to deal with after typhoons. One strong typhoon could make branches of other complications.

Before any of that could happen, help needs to reach their (affected communities) way. Organizations and agencies such as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its field office (FO) VII, together with public and private organizations in Central Visayas, worked together to distribute donations and relief assistance to families affected by Typhoon Odette. San Miguel Corp’s (SMC) response effort for provinces affected by Typhoon Odette continue, with food and water donations totaling more than P35 million to date.

Funding projects have been established and donations have been raised. But there is no such thing as too much help.

We need to help our fellow countrymen.

Almost a year Typhoon Odette, 803 out of 5,000 public school classrooms are still under repair according to Department of Education-Central Visayas (DEPED 7) Director Salustiano Jimenez. This goes to

show that despite being almost a year, we are still lacking the means to completely recover from the super Typhoon Odette.

Millions of Filipino’s are still massively affected by the repercussions of Typhoon Odette, including those who were already unfortunate enough before the strike of the typhoon.

Super Typhoon Odette made a massive impact especially after the societal and development impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The typhoon had exacerbated an already dire food security caused by the pandemic.

Despite having a lot done to cope with the damages of typhoon Odette and address heavily affected people, given the extent at damage left by the typhoon, much more is still needed. Donations can vastly help the victims of the typhoon to cope with their losses and help them start a new beginning.

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heavily impacted by Covid-19’s mandatory lockdown of the schools throughout the country. The more the number of fully vaccinated students and teachers, the closer we get to the 100% targeted number of vaccination.

According to a Covid-19 situation report based on the department of Health, the reported Covid-19 cases in the Philippines is decreasing. On January 9-15, 2023, 2,934 cases were reported and this is 6.0% lower than the cases reported on January 2-8, 2023. As much as this seems like music to the ears, we can’t take this complacently. The key word here word is “reported” Covid-19 cases, and it is worth mentioning that there are also cases in which there are no symptoms

experienced. So there could be unsuspecting individuals doing daily routine oblivious of the fact that they are already carrying the virus and unknowingly spread the dreaded virus.

But if you’re thinking “It must be okey, right? Because they won’t be able to feel anything anyway.” However, the severity of the disease symptoms most likely depends on components such as a person’s state of health or how physically active that person is. Getting the Covid-19 vaccination can not only maintain our health, but can also lessen the severity of symptoms to a considerable extent.

Vaccines go through a careful process to ensure that all licensed vaccines are

truly safe. So, rest assured, vaccines are extremely harmless, nontoxic and internationally guaranteed safe.

On that note going further about the vaccine hesitancy, on a research by Fieselmann, et al., BMC Public health, reasons of the people as to why they refuse Covid-19 vaccination are divided into six main categories which are low perceived benefit of vaccination; low perceived risk of contracting covid-19; health concerns; lack of information; systemic mistrust and spiritual or religious reasons. Adding to that, there are also a lot of misinformation spread regarding Covid-19 and vaccination which also adds a lot to vaccine hesitancy.

No two individuals can think alike and there is definitely a difference in their thought process as well as their understanding. There is no denying that this leads to cases of student conflicts in schools which is seriously a big aspect in the need of school-based immediate attention. Just recently, peer mediation has been instituted in Jasaan National High School in response to the urgent call of person to person guidance to our erring students. A wise move of the school to gently reach the students’ hearts without the imposing and demanding figure of the teachers.

This helps students in conflict get clear about their concernsand come to a mutual agreement about how they want to handle their issues.

In contrast to mediation handled by older people, students are more comfortable opening up with the trained student mediators as they feel less pressured and they are in the same age category.

“Every conflict needs a resolution”, a quote stated by Ms. Marie Zoe Barbacena, the peer mediator team coordinator of

JNHS, as they receive cases and reports from student conflicts which connect to needing a resolution that is a factor of the implementation of school-based peer mediation.

Two physical assaults, 1 sexual assault, 1 bullying, 1 cyberbullying, 1 verbal harassment, and 1 group conflict, are the 7 recorded and resolved cases in JNHS after the execution of school-based peer mediation.

The process of school-based peer mediation includes a keen training of selected students which was done last 2021 supported by the regional office in partnership with GIZ. A trained student-mediator of JNHS, Danerly Gayrama shares her experience on their training, “First of all, we were trained twice a week for four months that started in June and ended in September last 2021. In the training, I developed my speaking skills, made acquaintances from different regions, and most importantly, I learned a lot that I will surely use.”

School-based peer mediation can be done in several ways, institutional, external, adult, and peer mediation. Peer

mediators must be trained, voluntary, skilled in listening, and commitment binding. Not all conflicts should be handled by the student-mediators, it is strictly observed that school peer mediators should not deal with family matters, breaking the law, school rules, or property, violent actions, theft, drugs, and abuse.

In partaking of the implementation, Gayrama added that she and the other trained students, Zoe Ompoc, Bea Asis, Brylle Ingking, and Nerkezz Nalagon had an assembly together with Ms. Barbacena about the implementation of school-based peer mediation.

Moreover, two days after the meeting is the launching of school-based peer mediation presented to the SSG officers, class presidents, and year-level coordinators.

Otherwise, the school administration is accountable for taking actions to integrate school-based peer mediation in order to stop or reduce conflicts in schools.

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The continued effort to carry on the vaccination drives by the Department of Health (DOH) has significantly reduced the country’s vulnerability against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

Approximately 73,000,000 individuals had their complete doses of the covid vaccination, which is 69.2% of the Philippine population. The boost of our number of vaccinated persons most especially those who go to school lies also the recovery of the education sector

“Every conflict needs a resolution Peer Mediation Coordinator Zoe Barbacena

However, there are a lot of trusted and legit sites on google where you can trusted and honest information, like the Department of Health or the World Health Organization. With modern day technology, a simple problem like lack of information can be easily solved by typing it to a searh engine and clicking search.

While DOH is working towards the safety of the people through the continuation of vaccination drives, it is best that we compensate it with willingly cooperating and entrusting to the government to do what it needs to be done all for the benefit and safety of the Filipinos.

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Three journalists’ contrivance amid COVID 19-pandemic Indeed, man is wired into greatness and victory amid chaos. – Eugenio, 2021

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“To remain competitive, small businesses have to adapt quickly to the new realities of the market,” said Dr Denis Hew, Director of the APEC Policy S4upport Unit. “There is little to no choice at all for them but to go digital, especially considering that containment measures will likely persist for some time or need to be re-introduced”, a report issued by the APEC Policy Support Unit and The Asia Foundation on July 15th 2020.

Not everything that is bad turns awry. The pandemic crises brought by Covid 19 may have halted part of the world’s economy and business at some point due to each country’s measures of lockdowns but has also implored big and small-time businesses to indulge into digital selling.

Just like these three promising entrepreneurs of Jasaan National High School community.

THE RIEL DEAL

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Advisor: Mary Ann Sabunod Irene Emano Daniela Emanel Angel Abejo Rose Bermudo

Pioneers in Videography and Photography

Bang, boom, clap, fizz, pow, splat, tick-tock, zap.

She removes the lens, looks through the viewfinder, pushes the zoom lever, and presses the shutter btton half-way down, then all the way down.

She looks at this sweet, carefree, and elegant debutante in her all-ears smile and stunning pose. She holds her breath.

Then, clicks. A lifetime was captured.

A familiar face from Jasaan Senior High School is gradually starting to build a promising future in photography within and outside the Jasaan community. Therese Ridao Photography, as she names her facebook page.

Mary Therese P. Ridao, a Grade 12 student and an active journalist is actively rendering photography services on various occasions like birthdays, weddings, debuts, and pre-graduation photoshoots. ”Actually, the idea of starting a photography business is out of the blue”, says Therese.

“It started around December 2020, and was mainly because of a friend’s initiation, Kim Dael.”

Kim, also a Grade12 student of Jasaan Senior High School and a photojournalist division winner was Therese’s partner in photoshoot gigs before. They named their fb page as RIEL films and Photography (RI for RIdao and EL for daEL). Both have honed their photography skills while being campus journalists in their high school years in JNHS. Their first project together was on a vow renewal. The duo actually started with nothing as they didn’t have their own photography equipment. They borrowed cameras from their friends and teachers and as a result of their successful gigs with a minimum of three thousand earnings, they were able to purchase their own camera and equipment.

They parted ways just recently as Kim ventured on videography while Therese on photography. Though if events need both of their

services, that’s when they become the RIEL duo again.

Therese, whose ambition in life is to become a successful entrepreneur, admits that she struggles in balancing her time being a student, a student leader, a girl scout, a church server, and as a freelancing photographer.

Though she continues to motivate herself positively. “Padayun permi aron makab-ot ang tanang mga ‘puhon’ and I fear not because I know God is with me all the time”.

Unknowingly, there is indeed Riel for a boy’s name, a word of Spanish origin which means God is my strength.

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RILLE-EY NEED IT? Shop with Rille!

“RILLE-EY NEED SOME FANCY LOOKING PHONE CASES? RILLE’S SHOPPAY COLLECTIONS ARE HERE FOR YOU! GRAB IT!” This is just one of the hundred posts posted online by Jahn Myrille Estrada Cabanes, a resident at Kimaya, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, in her online shop using facebook group platform to grab netizen’s attention and lure potential buyers. She is an alumna of Jasaan Senior High School S.Y. 2019-2020 and a former lay-out and design regional schools press conference winner.

Now 20, she studies Bachelor of Science in Accountancy at Capitol University. Her business venture started on September 2019, selling various products such as: phone casings, face masks, women’s bags and belt bags, t-shirts, blouses, dresses, short pants, fancy jewelry, and even nail arts.

She started selling phone cases online with actually no capital, at all! She simply asked her customers to pay first in order to pay for her supplier.

“My online business was put on hold on for a few months on the start of the lockdown in Jasaan and that was the time my competitors came into

existence, “Myrille explained.

So, she thought of ways to differentiate herself from other sellers. Born with intelligence, wit, and artistry, Myrille used her technical skills gained through the years of being a lay-out artist in campus journalism in making her own advertisements and branding. She also upgraded her services and goods.

She has maximized the full potential of social media in the rise of lockdowns as she simulates delivery of her products to her customers across Misamis Oriental by partnering with Toktok delivery.

She also advances into nationwide deliveries via JNT Express through Shopee, a multinational technology company focused on e-commerce.

Myrille is just one of the thousands of young Filipino entrepreneurs whose sales using online selling skyrocketed more during the lockdown- proof that something good can still come out from the negativity of Covid 19 pandemic.

Her earnings may not yet be in millions but falls more than 10k-12k pesos as of date, which calls for an early celebration since she started with nothing but only her customer’s trust and confidence.

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Protect the environment with love and care, beware of throwing trash as it is a destruction of nature.”

GSP Coordinator in JNHS Frangie Sison

Whip, whish, whirl, the tide crashes against the shore bringing in filthy pieces and chunks of garbage while the sun rises over the horizon and as around 60 people of the clean up drive participants picked up all sorts of trash armed with their gloves and sacks, all sorts of litter could be seen just drifting along the waves, from disposed diapers to chunks of wood the participants from young to old picked up all the litter ridding the place of any trash.

From N’s to A’s and other branded Junk Food products lay buried beneath the sand getting picked up by the clean up drive participants. What was even more concerning was the loads and loads of used diapers and sanitary napkins, All of them were picking up trash all morning, not having taken breakfast yet.

And over the other side of the beach a fisherman Mr Fernando Sayson Degarcia father of Rosemarie B. De Garcia of grade 9 affection strides along the side looking for an area that is clean and devoid of any sunken boats still stuck on the shore just rotting away and other gnarly garbage that had for certainly killed the fish in the area, as, if not the case they would be poisonous if consumed.

Fishermen could only opt for going to deep oceans if the ones near beaches are polluted which increases the prices of the locally sourced fish. and high fish prices in general if the fishes are not locally sourced.

“There are very few fishermen because of the abundance of garbage, there’s more garbage than fish.” Said interviewee Christian Josh Cacuña of grade 9 affection when asked if there were more fishermen in his area. The fishermen lay fisher nets for the fish and it

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Shoving, thrusting and inserting the small pieces of plastic in the small nostle of the bottles, was what Ms.Conception P. Zamayla’s students were doing as they aimed for a significant change in a range of public otherwise community settings.

As she walked by in the hallway, she noticed that the students at Jasaan National High School (JNHS) were not practicing how to dispose of garbage properly. She often sees the tons of waste coming from the canteen, scattered in every area of the school, intentionally dropped, out of sight, out of mind.

It triggers her more to think of the idea that “practicing more of segregating garbage is not really effective because I have observed that a lot of garbage is taken to the landfill. What was even more concerning was already the loads of garbage in the landfill site.” Ms. Conception has said.

“As a MAPEH teacher and an environmentalist think of an idea to lessen the tons of garbage and to and to reduce landfill waste” she added. It inspired her to make a project for grade 9 levels called “3B’s Project.” the acronym of Basura, Bote, Bakod Now what is the 3B’s Project? It is a programme that aims to reduce solid waste littering and landfill overflow. It aims to reduce solid waste and prevent our landfills from filling up. The JNHS learners compromised and decided to utilize the plastic bottles that were meant to go in our landfills to build a robust and environmentally friendly garden wall instead of the wall that was intended to be made out

of litter-filled plastic bottles.

Plastic is so pervasive that it has become a necessary part of our daily lives, but the amount of waste it produces is astounding.

We manufacture around 242 million tonnes of plastic annually on a global scale, and the majority of it ends up in the ocean when it is discarded. 85% of marine litter now is made up of plastic, and by 2040, that percentage is expected to quadruple, contributing 23–37 million metric tons of debris to the ocean.

Refuse what you do not need; reduce what you do need; reuse what you consume; recycle what you cannot refuse, reduce, or reuse; and rot (compost) the rest.”

One thing we might do is make recycling stylish and appealing to inspire people and students to do it in the community and at school. Using these recycled plastic bottles as recycling bins for various waste materials that fit, you can utilize them as decorations or for other appealing or inventive purposes. We all have a responsibility to do our part to help our environment and we understand that sometimes it will be difficult to find the time in your day to recycle. You now have a good materials or decorations out of this recycled plastic and wastes, and also you are helping our environment, our Mother Earth.

Recycling may be difficult but also can be easy in our own little ways.

bring to the Girl Scout of the Philippine’s Coast Cleanup Drive in february the 11th of 2023 at 6am in the baybay of lower Jasaan.

Arriving on the beach while the sun just arose from the east they were sweating profusely as the task of picking up the trash in one of the dirtiest places they had decided to clean, it seemed unending but with the help of everyone who were present from senior high students to seventh graders after an hour and a half had gone they were also done. But to their dismay after cleaning they couldn’t stomach down their food because of the filth they had smelt and seen.

Irene Emano 380 million tons of garbage are disposed Daniela Emanel of to landfills, the ocean and basically just anywhere the plastic can fly and land on.

By the time this generation’s elementary is always certain that there would be plastic students graduate their courses and get a alongside the fish. No one in the area really well paying job the world would already be takes it upon themselves to thoroughly clean covered in plastic and they would have to the beach, though the people do dispose of deal with the consequences of the previous their garbage in the nearby dump and do generation’s actions. sometimes burn it. The trash that has According to a study done in 2021 by accumulated beneath their homes and over worldpopulationrevew.com the Philippines their shores aren’t cleaned. Cleaning up the is the number one contributor of plastics beaches would ensure for a safer area for the that are released into the ocean, releasing fish populate in and for cheaper prices, a less 356,371 tons of plastic in 2021 followed polluted area and more fishermen willing to

by India 126,513, Malaysia 73,090, China fish these were the replies some of the 70,707 and indonesia 56,333 . The participants of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines also ranks third on which Philippine’s Clean up Drive: country with the most plastic pollution “It was very tiring but it was all worth the releasing 4,025,300 tons of plastic in 2021. hard work since we were able to clean up But it is also essential to take into account everything though it was quite disgusting to that the Philippines is a poverty ridden see used diapers and sanitary napkins but I country with most of its population living in am delighted that I was able to perform in coastal areas. Learning is a privilege and so this cleanup drive not only to help the people is learning how to properly segregate your who reside in this ar mee but also the marine waste. life.” SSG representative of grade 9 Casandra “Protect the environment with love Deluna had said. and care, beware of throwing trash as it is “I wish the people here learned how to a destruction of nature.”Madam Frangie clean up after themselves because there is really a lot of filthy and disgusting trash here.” replied with these remarks when asked why we should follow their footsteps into the “It was disgusting there were alot of filthy cleaning environment. things, used pads, diapers and there was even We asked the participants if they were underwear! But it was fun because we helped for the better good of the world!” said madam willing to do it again and they replied with “Yes, it’s nice knowing the true happiness Frangie Sison’s students who participated in in your heart came from you helping and the coastal clean up drive.

“It was cleaned thoroughly, It was a success. contributing to something.”

A group of around 60 people with ages Everyone from the resident and fish were glad” ranging from 14 to 18 were able to work Madam Frangie Sison, the coordinator of the together and clean up a decent sized beach, Girl Scouts of the Philippines in Jasaan how much more if it was all of us working national highschool, answered when asked together? Trash? would be no more. The about how the cleanup drive was. tides that were unclear and unclean? it Everyone who was there in the clean up would be clear and clean and the fish that drive woke up before dawn getting ready were less? There would be more. preparing themselves and their breakfasts to

TRAMPLED GLITTERS: STONERS IN A FILM REEL How Jasaan National High School unveil drug abuse prevention through short films It was as if time itself was slowing down, each second feeling like an eternity, heart thumping erratic rhythm against chest. thoughts slipping away like sand through fingers. the walls blending into one another, the ceiling undulating like the surface of a pond.

A kaleidescope of colours and patterns whirled around as the room got hazy. The panels closing in, the floor tilting and shifting.

His head spun as he tried to remember something to hold on to.

The next thing he knew someone was cuffing him and he saw black.

“And cuuuut!” Shout the director as everyone erupts into laughter. “That was so good, but you look like crazy” Dutchies Ipulan said humorously as Joshua Recto; the main cast of their short film walked towards the staff area. They had been taping for four days and today is the last day.

They are grade 9 students from Moderation class in Jasaan National High School. As well as other grade 9 students, their project was to make a short film that conveys drug abuse prevention.

Since the majority experience the harsh effects of family problems, Krizel Kakilgan - the head of their group chose this plot.

The film shows how immoral actions of parents stir stress and depression towards the child.

Along with them, other participants also chose the most relevant and timely schemes, such as poverty, mental health problems, family conflicts, social pressure, and lack of parental support. Which are all the common factors that lead to drug abuse, misuse and misconceptions in the Philippines.

Substance use and abuse are major social and health issues in the Philippines. The government had made significant efforts in combating drugs, for instance different law enforcers helped arrest local and international drug syndicate members, traffickers, and destroy secret laboratories and warehouses, implementation of compulsory drug test for licence application, random drug tests and the partnership with agencies like the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and other local and non-government organisations.

DepEd reactivated the drug education program’s integration concepts through science, social studies, and MAPEH (Music, Arts, Physical Education, and Health) subjects. And that pretty much sums it up why Grade 9 students of Jasaan National High School have occupied themselves for the past few weeks with making plots, memorising scripts, and filming.

The aim is to raise awareness and advocate for drug abuse prevention.

These students are under the advisory of Ms. Concepcion P. Zamayla. As a creative teacher she wanted her students to have sufficient knowledge regarding drugs. Since the topic about drugs are merely theories, through making these short films they can have deeper understanding. “It is a nice concept to proffer this project to ninth grade students especially because most of them are 14-16 years

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old, and these teenages are the turning point where curiosity would start to spark that’s why they are more susceptible to use gateway drugs and the student’s works (the short films) had successfully shown that. including the risk and chaos drug abuse brings.”

Madame Concepcion Zamayla is also one of the sports coordinators in Jasaan National High School. Since the main purpose of the MAPEH subject is to maintain the pupil’s physical fitness and improve social skills, she always strives to make her students be active in school curriculums as this could be one effective protective factor.

“This project does more than promoting awareness but this also helps my students to discover one’s capabilities. They can employ their talent for acting, writing,memorising and even directing. This enables them to unveil their hidden talents.” Madame Concepcion Zamayla said.

Drug use that begins in youth is often the beginning of addiction.

Adolescent users have a higher chance of being addicted because their brains are still developing.

According to the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) (the government organisation tasked with developing laws and policies on illegal drugs in the Philippines), there are 1.8 million current drug users in the Philippines, and 4.8 million Filipinos report having used illegal drugs at least once in their lives. Eighty percent of drug users are male, nine out of ten are adults, and eighty percent have completed high school. The employment rate is greater than two-thirds (67%) Since teenage brains are still developing, drug use among them can have long-term repercussions on cognition and behaviour.

Some of the long term effects are malnourishment,movements disorders, paranoia, hallucinations, cancer and can even lead to death.

It has been said for years that the youth are the nation’s future, but how can they be the future if they are in a dilemmatic and precarious situation? It is vital to protect teenagers from this kind of snags. Their behaviour as teenagers reflect from the life they know since inception, that’s why family involvement is crucial as this could be the root of all complications.

These days, teenagers are easily impacted by what they see around. They often mystify things and experiment, but with the appropriate guidance they can avoid delicate affairs.

Glitters and Motion Pictures, what seemed of an imitation to these students’ acting play pretend to be drug dealers are a huge reality of the youngsters’ life nowadays.

Flickered of lighters, mist thoughts, clicks of glass, arrays of smoke, those can be just fictitious if instead of tattered patterns, love and solicitude are the ones swirling around them. But on top of all, they should be fortified, not dejected.

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SPICE THE FLIGHT UP The skyrocketing prices of onions in the Philippines i

Violent storms eradicate serene and mesmerizing horizon, but it will only take one beating heart of the sun to light up everything again; to provide chances, to create new pathways, and to make ways for the flight. The flight of the long queue of people who desire to purchase the dubbed humble onion as the new gold at a store in the Philippines.

The entire country was shocked as the prices of onions skyrocketed to an overwhelming price ranging from P550 to P700 per kilo, or one single onion for 15 pesos. Such spice is considered like golds in the Philippine market according to local consumers.

Being in the midst of the buzzing crowd of people in the market, is the kind of moment that people doesn’t want to go through just to buy an onion. Their struggle in the market is evident as their faces turning red, sweats rolling on the corner of their head, suffering from motion sickness and doubtful of purchasing red onions.

“Ang mga baligya gyud ang naapektuhan, usahay di na lang magbutang ug sibuyas kay magsalig na lang sa ahos ug sub na lang dayon ang dahunan para pampalasa.” (The sales are really affected, sometimes I don’t put onions anymore and just rely on garlic and sub the onion leaves to alternate the taste.) An eatery owner, Rosario said.

Rosario’s customers were mostly students and teachers as her cafeteria was only a stone’s throw away from the Campus of Jasaan National Senior High School. However, another Eatery owner claimed that she doesn’t use alternatives as it affects the taste of her cuisines.

“Bisan unsa pa kataas ang presyo sa sibuyas, kailangan jud siya paliton kay para dili mabag-o ang lasa sa baligya. Ang maapektuhan lang jud kay ang servings. Dili magbag-o ang presyo sa mga sud-an pero magamay ang servings. Kung dili mabag-o ang servings, mudako jud ang presyo.” (No matter how expensive the price of the onions, it must be bought for it will make the dishes’ taste unaffected. The only thing that will be affected is the amount of servings. The price of the dishes will not change but the servings will be smaller. If the servings will

remain unchanged, then the price will increase.) Manix confessed.

Many are hoping the prices will go down with the increased supply soon as onions recently imported by the government as it already arrived in the country according to the Bureau of Plant Industry.

On the other side of the phenomenon, people have made fun with onion supremacy.

“Mahal na kaayo ang presyo sa sibuyas, pwede na i-swap ang sibuyas sa concert ticket.” (The skyrocketing prices of onions can now possibly be swapped with concert tickets.)

“Pila kabuok ka sibuyas ang pwede bayran for GENAD, UB, LB, og VIP. Basin de sako ilang singil.” (How many onions does it need to pay for Gen Ad, UB, LB, and VIP. They might ask for a sack in return.)

These are just but a few comments from students who desire to purchase concert tickets. Their witty perception of onions can somehow light the hearts of many, and hopefully did light theirs as well. Surely, even the bad moments need to happen in order for the good times to come.

Furthermore, undeniably hilarious memes and videos on Facebook spread uncontrollably like a wind flash which consists onions are served as a bus fare, onions as chocolate Ferrero Rocher, labeling onions as “ginto” and many more nerve-wracking hysterical yet creative thoughts of the netizens.

The soaring prices of onions may be another struggle for every Filipino as it somehow turned a portion of the light of hope off, but the solidarity it made for people is priceless. It is indeed that there is no sky with nothing but bright skies, there will always be dim stars here and there scattered among the bright ones, and because of this, the sky becomes more breathtaking.

This phenomena substantiates that everyone has the privilege to choose in seeing peace in conflicts, to hear sweet harmony in the crowd of strong wild beats, and to sight the beauty the world

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could offer amidst the powerful darkness. There will always be light. A light provided by those people who have strong minds to contemplate the beauty over the absence of light. Hence, adding too much pepper to the recipe of life can only make it worse, however, it is unequivocal that it only takes a little bit of spicing up to

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turn around. will only one strong and magic dust of optimistic heartbeat to conquer fighting flights in turning the skyrocketing price of onions into a priceless gold.

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Time is a storm that we all get lost in” -William Carlos WilliamsOne, two, three, and four gulps of water. Breathe in, breathe out. Scribble here, scribble there. Still you can’t distract yourself enough to keep yourself away from dozing off. Your head is spinning and your eyes are closing on their own accord. You need to stay conscious enough to listen to your teacher’s discussion but your body is weak.

Princess Ryza Sumayan, is in battle with herself everyday. She has to keep herself awake even though she knows how badly her body needs to rest. Having slept past one a.m. and waking up at four-thirty to get ready for school. Her lack of sleep is obvious, the dark and expanding bags under her eyes, the tiny bumps overall her face, and her gloomy and tired expression.

She knows some teachers take consideration but as a responsible student herself, she’s concerned of the tendency her grades will get lower.

“If my student sleeps in my class, I would just let the student be, or sometimes I would ask the seatmate why are they sleeping” Mrs Orgenia Ganzan said.

“I would ask the student the reason why they are sleeping in my class. I’d ask the student about their sleeping schedule and would give them a guide on how to prevent sleeping late. But maybe also, one of the reasons is that student won’t understand my lecture.” Ms. Conie Zamayla said.

“Some students tend to sleep in class because they’re bored or uninterested but as a teacher I am at my full best to keep my student awake like I will put the student in front row or I will continually callout the student”, Ms. Conie added.

These are some of the Teachers remarks about students who sleep in their class.

But no, she wasn’t sleeping in class because she’s bored or uninterested or for other said reasons.

She’s one of the 137 students who sleeps during class hours in Jasaan National High School. Her schoolmates had commented on her sleepiness and it was no help to her mental status. She doesn’t mean to be such a sleepyhead in class, one would wonder why a fourteen-year-old girl is so stressed out but it was due to the fact that she has a grandmother with Hyperactivity she has to take care of every night; that complicates everything.

Her grandmother’s anxiety would attack at night and every time, the old lady would make noises that were incredibly loud. So, 3-4 hours of sleep is all she can have.

She would wait for her grandma to fall asleep before she would let her own slumber evoke her. She would rush her way to school, canceling breakfast even with her stomach’s loud grumble.

Every morning she would sit in class, tired, lightheaded and feeling empty. She can make it through the whole morning but when the afternoon comes, her body would then start to betray her. And it worries her so much because Science class is making her head hurt with such great pain. She would try so hard to listen but n othing seems to go inside her head as all she can think of is to have a good night sleep.

It troubled her how she’s been frequently zoning off during class hours. She would miss important lectures and it would lead her to be left isolated and deprived of social activities after class.

She’s aware that some teachers take sleeping in class offensive.

Because it means to them that their time isn’t valued. She didn’t mean it that way though.

One time, she remembered standing outside their classroom with two of her classmates, they got kicked out for sleeping in class. And that time she has never felt such embarrassment. She could feel eyes on her and it made her feel so little of herself.

She didn’t choose to be in the predicament she’s in right now.

It’s just sometimes she wished things were a lot easier. Her academic performance isn’t doing well anymore. Her very late sleeping schedule is affecting her life thoroughly. She would fight hard to keep a grip in the world but it was to no avail as her sleepiness would come unannounced.

She feels like she’s floating in space but at the same time she can feel the heavy load of pressure in her shoulders.

Her sleeping schedule became the factor of her depression and inner chaos. Her body is in unhealthy and harsh condition, she’s been having short-term memory problems, and her eyesight had began to get blurry.

Over 88% students in the Philippines are sleep derived. And they usually sleep for less than six hours. Well, in Princess Ryza’s case she only gets half of that. And she finds it a shame to be one of those hundred thousand of students.

Despite all this crisis, Princess Ryza stated “Bisag unsa ka lisod kayanon para masuklian nako akong pamilya”.

Even with this rigid challenge she is facing right now, she still chose to look in the plus side. She wants to finish her studies and achieve her goal to help her grandma and to make her family proud. Her body and might be sloppy. Her slumber and schedules might be scrappy.

Princess Ryza might be chasing after time, afraid of losing track. But she knows it isn’t the milestones that matter most, but rather the moment.

When her alarm goes beep, she’s fast in her feet. Ready or not she’ll face the day ahead. And if the things get tough, she is much tougher.

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Golden Promise of Tomorrow

Sunrise marks the end of the darkness and sunset blooms for a new luminance ahead. No matter how long the day will be, there will always be shades of orange in the sky that will give hope that the sun will set only to rise again.

Aimie Rose Alsom, a former student of Jasaan National High School always dreamed to be an Engineer, her efforts in academic performances and learning activities were evident as she always allow herself active in school. However, Aimie never thought about the struggle that is coming up on her way that will change her life bitterly. She was caught up by a heavy struggle and a heavy challenge she will be experiencing at the young age of 16.

Aimie never wanted to leave San Antonio where she

lived for more than 10 years with her family, but she had left with no choice for she knew her family had a big amount of debt that they can not afford to pay in a short period of time that made them sell their house and some household appliances. She was battered and thought about the memories and the people she will left behind all the way to Malitbog, Bukidnon.

Life to her was like against of her happiness, dreams and peace.

Facing her learning struggle isn’t only her problem as she is also required to help her family in building their new home, making her have a hard time to find and create time to face her modules intended to answer for a whole week. It is hardly complicated and risky for her to have finance to go to school to pass the module. Her parents didn’t have enough income to support her needs for school.

Aimie came to the point where she wanted to hurt herself as she has come to her mental breakdown. She knew she did her best to answer the activities but her grades wasn’t enough to what she expected her grades to be.

Despite the tough struggle life gave to her, Aimie didn’t allow it to bring her down. Instead, she became more determined to finish school and will eventually reach her dream to be an Engineer.

She’s very determined and eager to fight for the better living of her family.

People are all capable of staying strong. Dreaming for something is an enormous step all its own. Having a determined mind to reach a dream is enough to light up the way. Aimie stayed strong because she was caught up in believing to keep dreaming.

After all the struggles and agony Aimie experienced, she finally has the courage to meet her beautiful tomorrow someday. She was indeed born with a brave and strong heart to conquer such darkness. She substantiates that there is always light after a gloomy night. There is always hope after tragedy. There is always dust of light waiting ahead after the tunnel.

The golden scenery of sunrise and sunset, promise every being that there is a new tomorrow; in dark times, let the sun rise, and so do your heart, and if sunset means welcoming darkness, then darkness has never been so beautiful.

The darkness that Aimie Rose Alsom had been through, made her a grown-up lady with principles.

With the help of the sunrise, she can now witness the living tomorrow in a world of paradise.

EMPATHIC FRIENDSHIP Treating PWD the right way Other people’s weaknesses are sometimes life’s greatest motivation and inspiration – to be a good person, inside and out.

She has her feet on the ground, walking thoroughly while eyes facing straight to the destination, her peripheral vision bothers her to turn her attention to the girl who is in her high school uniform, smiling and laughing through the hallway of the school building. She’s in high school but her height is approximately 4 feet tall.

The girl who has a short stature is his friend, Rose Ann V. Isip, a 12 year old girl with a medical condition called dwarfism syndrome.

Looking at her, traceable evidence of expression is plastered on her face; wonder. He’s wondering what it might be being in her shoes. How would it feel being in a crowded sea of people almost getting drowned of the stares? How would he manage to smile and laugh like he’s free from all odds despite of his condition?

By tracing the answers through the window of his soul, he realized how lucky he is for being born in a normal condition.

Moreover, he felt so inspired of the courage and confidence Rose Ann has shown to the world.

Being born with a size unequal her age, Rose Ann was used deprived from experiencing things that normal people do. She’s living in Purok 8, Upper Jasaan with her unprofessional mother and a carpenter father together with her 3 siblings. They were living simply decorated yet peaceful and full of love and care. Rose Ann is currently studying in Jasaan National High School as a Grade 7 Peacefulness student under the advisory of Ms. Russel Rajput.

According to her classmate Marvin Dayap, she’s a student who doesn’t give up to finish her unfinish activity even the clock already timed up. She’s not that diligent, but she finishes her work right away in her own. The sound of her hurrying classmates in the classroom did not disturb her ears and soul for the fact that she was drawn by her doing.

“We really do respect and treat her like a normal student. Besides, she has only a disability and it doesn’t change the fact of her being a student. She’s a student like us that must be respected in any angle” Marvin added.

There were no reports in Disciplinary Office of her being bullied in school. The Anti-Bullying program really did its duty and also the students who were disciplined and dutiful enough to respect persons with disability.

The playful wave of fate and universe in her life, made people respect and feel inspiration that will be the moral in their life forever.

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Rose Isip spends enchanting time with her friends after school hours at Jasaan NHS. photo by: Russel Zamayla

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VACC in the SCENE

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What we act is what we get.

Climate is when a region of the earth is having specified climatic conditions. Weather, on the other hand, is the state of the atmosphere with respect too heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or storm.

While climate change is a significant and long-lasting change in the earth’s climate and weather patterns.

Some glaring numbers that show the impacts of climate change in Asia and the Pacific is 35% of worldwide energy-related carbon dioxide emissions from developing Asia, compared to 17% in 1990. Meanwhile 70% of the region’s emissions that comes from people’s republic of China. The country’s per capital emission, however, is only about 50% of the developed world’s average.

In year 2030 when developing Asia’s share in global energy-related emissions could reach about 45% without greater use of renewable energy and improved energy efficiency.

Scientists warn that the world’s climate is changing because of rising greenhouse gas emissions that might end up warming the planet by 2 degrees.

A greenhouse gas is a gas that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range, causing the greenhouse effect. A greenhouse gas is commonly found in transportations. Its main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and ozone in the lower atmosphere.

A carbon dioxide is a colourless gas having a faint sharp odor and a sour taste.

A methane is a colorless, odorless gas that occurs abundantly in nature and as a product of certain human activities.

A nitrous oxide on the other hand is a commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, or nos, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula N ₂O. At room temperature, it is a colorless non-flammable gas, and has a slightly sweet scent and taste.

Lastly, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are man-made organic compounds that contain fluorine and hydrogen atoms, and are the most common type of organofluorine compounds.

This natural phenomena can occur to a lot of reasons such as factories vehicles not changing oils. As well as cutting forests and burning rubber and plastics can be a cause of climate change.

Changing oils can really help reduce and remove any excess dirt that ca build-up in your engine from use. Not cutting the forest could be a very helpful way to save ourselves away from climate change because it absorbs carbon dioxide. Destroying them also limits nature’s ability to keep emissions out of the atmosphere.

Aside from the threats of climate change towards the environment, it can also affect or mental health. Threats such as increased respiratory and cardiovascular disease, injuries and premature deaths related to extreme weather events.

The feeling with those threats will be chest pressure, heaviness or discomfort sometimes described as a “belt around the chest” or a weigh on the chest. Shortness of breath (dyspnea). Dizziness or fainting.

Just like what happened to a local person from Basey Samar named Christine. With her house beside the road with a lot of vehicles pasts by and a farm at the back. With all the black smoke from the road coming in towards her house. Her respiratory and cardiovascular disease has increased.

And there has no plant left by the farmers because they harvested it all, there will be no corps absorbing carbon dioxide. So heat has also been a problem which made her feel dizzy and fainting sometimes.

Sustainable development is increasingly threatened by climate change. The anticipated effects of climate change might gravely threaten agriculture’s ability to feed the globe and seriously impede efforts to end hunger.

Jasaan, even though before the quarantine was implemented, suffers from very often water shortages. Citizens repeatedly experiences only 4 below hours of running water every day.

According to Mary Therese Ridao, town resident and grade 12 student from Jasaan Senior High School (JSHS), the water supply only flows at midnight and early in the morning which makes them often miss the chance to store water. This is alarming due to the fact that water scarcity can lead to many negative effects.

First of all, as the pandemic caused by Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (CoviD-19) still is raging throughout the nation, people need to wash their hands or take a bath regularly to avoid getting infected. With that being said, people in Jasaan especially teachers and parents of students who regularly goes outdoors for educational purposes are at high risk of getting for they cannot sanitize as frequently as needed due to the water

shortage.

Moreover, based on the weather forecast by weatherforyou.com, heat indexes in the Philippines averages to 40 plus degrees everday which means that in association with water scarcity, Jasaanons are at high risk of experiencing dehydration or worse, heat stroke.

According to Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), having 40-55 average degrees of heat index everyday poses grave danger to people, even ones with stable water supply. What more to those who don’t have?

By the same token, water scarcity can also cause food shortage especially for Jasaan’s main produce are from farming and poultries. When is there is no water, agricultulture and livestock farming will suffer greatly; when there is no water, they can’t water the plants or crops and poultry animals will suffer

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ENSURE. Student gets anti-covid 19 vaccine shot duringBrigada Eskwela ‘22 at Jasaan NHS.

photo by: Russel Zamayla Vaccines bring us closer to doing what we love with those we love.

Vaccination is a simple, safe, and effective way of protecting you against harmful diseases such as COVID-19 the most common reason why having a vaccine is necessary.

Vaccines mimic the viruses or bacteria that causes disease and triggers the body’s creation of antibodies.

Some of the vaccines are messenger RNA (Mrna) vaccines and live-attenuated vaccines. mRNA vaccines work by introducing a piece of mRNA that corresponds to a viral protein , usually a small piece of a protein found on the viruses outer membrane. Some examples of this vaccine are Pfizer, and moderna vaccines.

While live-attenuated vaccines use a weakened (or attenuated) form of the green that causes a disease.

These vaccines help your immune system fight infections such as measles, rotavirus, smallpox, chickenpox, and yellow fever.

The reason why you are getting these virus is because of being at a polluted environment and having a close touch to dirty air that revolves around you. You can also get these infections because of a person has it will move on to you.

Focusing to COVID-19 it is a severe respiratory illness that is caused by a coronavirus. It is transmitted by contact with infectious material such as respiratory droplets.

Symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, loss f taste or smell, shortness of breath, chest pain, and loss of speech or morbility or confusion.

Meanwhile its vaccine helps protect you by creating as antibody response without you having to experience potentially severe illness or post-COVID conditions.

All vaccines help your immune system fight infections faster and more effectively. After being shot by the vaccine the arm you got shot at will feel numb.

According to the WHP vaccines trigger your immune response to recognize and fight disease-causing organisms.

A vaccinated person tends to get affected rarely.

Just like what happened to a 70-year-old senior citizen named Flora. She was one of the seniors who got their vaccination first and the rest of her family aren’t vaccinated yet. When one of them got covid without them knowing they all got affected except for the vaccinated Flora.

It tells us that with vaccine is way safe and secure against disturbing infections of diseases.

Vaccines help prevent transmission as vaccinated people are less likely to catch the virus and only infected people can infect others.

No matter how intricate and practical the design is, a boat can’t run in the dessert. dehydration which may cause to widespread deaths of produce.

To put it quite simply, the water scarcity that is experienced by Jasaan as of present causes grave danger to residents. With that being said, solutions should be made by both the townsmen and Local Government Unit (LGU) to better alleviate the current situation they face.

Residents should conserve and if possible recycle water through ways such as using what they used to wash their clothes or dishes to water the plants. On the other hand, the local government should acknowledge and prioritize this problem so they can find immediate solution.

After all, a boat can’t run in the dessert, but if is pushed together by thousands of men and women, it can eventually reach the shore.

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Different yet Special Being different is what makes you special.

A special child has special educational needs if they have a learning problem or disability that make it more difficult for them to learn than most children their age.

They are known to have fetal alcohol syndrome disorder; genetic and chromosomal conditions, such as down syndrome and fragile X syndrome; and certain infections during pregnancy.

A fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FADs) are a group of conditions that can occur in a person who was exposed to alcohol before birth.

While a genetic condition occurs when you inherit an altered (changed) gene from your parents that increases your risk of developing that particular condition. However not all genetic conditions are passed down from your parents, some gene changes occur randomly before you are born.

Chromosomal conditions on the other hand occurs when there may be too many ow too few chromosomes, or part of a chromosome may be missing. During pregnancy when a sperm fertilizes an egg, the union leads to a baby with 46 chromosomes. But if meiosis doesn’t happen normally, a baby may have an extra chromosome (trisomy), or have a missing chromosome (monosomy). These problems can cause pregnancy loss. Or they can cause health problems in a child.

The types of special children are developmental such as down syndrome, autism, dyslexia, and processing disorders; behavioral/ emotional-such as ADHS, bipolar disorder, or oppositional. Its common symptoms can include: learning and developing more slowly than other children with the same age. As well as the difficulty of communicating towards other people.

Learning disabilities (dyslexia) is the inability to motor plan, to make an appropriate body response. They are known to be inaccurate, slow and/or effortful word reading.

Cerebal palsy is a neurological disorder that happens when a growing child sustains a brain injury, or suffers abnormal brain development.

Some symptoms of these condition is delays in reaching developmental milestones for example, not

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sitting by 8 or not walking by 18 months.

Lastly, is autism it is defined as a developmental disability that persists through a person’s life, which affects their ability in making sense of things around them. They are known to feel symptoms such as delayed language skills, delayed movement skills, delayed cognitive or learning skills and many more.

According to the unicef organization on July 24 2018, philhealth estimates that one out of seven around 5.1 million Filipino children are living with disabilities. In the Philippines, it is estimated that about 1.44 million persons or 157 percent of the population has a disability, and highest among the 15-49 years of age, based on the 2010 census of population and housing.

Aside from all of that there’s also an angelman syndrome. It causes delayed development, problems with speech and balance, intellectual disability, and, sometimes, seizures. People with angelman syndrome often smile and laugh frequently, and have happy, excitable personalities. Angelman syndrome sign and symptoms includes, no speech or minimal speech, difficulty of moving or balancing well, frequent smiling and laughter.

Similarly, Christian 14-year-old sped student in our school, experiences a swing of development emotion sometimes he’s sad, neutral, and more often he smiles. He’s more likely to be described as the happiest person living. Whoever you may be, he always greets you with a soft smile.

People with angelman syndrome tend to live close to a normal life span, but the disorder can’t be cured.

But how do we deal with a child with special needs? First is to begin with showing them patience when they struggle, treat their disability as natural, encourage the friendships with both non-disabled and disabled kids, encourage decision making and independence, don’t try to force them, and give proper support.

They somehow get bullied and made fun at.

Situations we go through a normal life is something they can’t afford. Yet, they touch the sense of happiness just like we do. Yes they might struggle but can be more than of what they are.

Special need children are children who, due to significant medical, physical, cognitive, emotional, or learning issues, require different, usually more intensive accommodation.

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Managing a Better Control to Mental Health

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Mental health isn’t a destination, yet it’s a part of life cycle while fighting for it is whate makes you stronger.

According to ABS-CBN News suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15 to 29 years old around the world in 2015. Suicide is the act or an instance of taking once’s own life voluntarily and intentionally.

Depression on the other hand is the most common health problem world wide, with some 300 million people suffering from it.

According to the global school-based student survey, from January to M arch 2015. 17% high school students aging 13-15 years old said they attempted suicide at least once. 12% on the other hand said they seriously considered attempting suicide, and 11% have made plans on how they would commit suicide.

Depression helps you gather problems and might trigger you.

When you take some responsibility you know you aren’t capable of it’s called depression. You feel sadness, hopeless, and anxiety within.

Just like what happened to a 15 year-old high school student named Leslie Pearl that has experience a lot of depression after she lost a Badminton School Tournament. She felt sad because she is hopeless that she will win the next School Tournament. Aside from badminton she uses social media a lot and gets envious of what she sees through gadget.

Social media envy is “ a moderate significant predictor of symptoms of depression” among Filipino high school student. That’s why they need the mental health facilities attention.

When it come to mental health facilities the country only has 60 psychiatric health care facilities which means only about 7% of all public and private hospitals have a psychiatric unit/ward where there are only two mental health workers per 100,000 population according to ABS-CBN News. The national center for mental health located in Mandaluyong City is the biggest government-owned hospital that provides mental health care services with bed capacity of 4,200.

With more than a million Filipinos that needs a psychiatric attention, the biggest government-owned hospital can’t even provide for more than a million filipinos. This tells us that a lot of people needs a lot of psychiatrical health care attention. That’s why other governments has mental health care facilities and professional health care workers.

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How stress associates to students

All diamonds formed under pressure, but not all of us are coal.

Due to self-solation and adapting to the new environment, the holistic health of people changed for the worst. According to the survey conducted by Social Weather Stations (SWS), 86% of Filipinos experienced stress throughout the quarantine period or the ‘new normal’. This shows that many of us still haven’t moved on and adjusted well to the situation especially students, where their education system is a complete 360 degree turn from what they experienced.

PHYSICAL SIGNS OF STRESS

know the signs !

HEADACHE lump in the throat neck and shoulder pAIN HEAVY CHEST

NOT FEELING HUNGRY upset stomach back pain

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With that being said, the students of Jasaan National High School-Jasaan Senior High School (JNHS-JSHS) are no exceptions. Based on the survey conducted by Axle Rivera, a grade-12 student in JSHS, students were asked if they experiences symptoms of stress such as headaches, body pains, and in change in appetite. Alarmingly, 80% of the respondents said they experienced most of the signs. This shows that majority of the Students have stress. This is startling for stress is not a light condition. It can contribute to many serious health problems such as heart diseases, high blood pressure/hypertension, and diabetes or even depression that may lead to suicide, in which these students may acquire at such a young age.

By the same token, the respondents of the survey ranked the choice ‘the modular activities are overwhelming’ as the highest contributor to their stress. With the new education program laid out by the Department of Education (DepEd) which promotes distanced for safer learning, teachers will hand out hard copies of learning materials which will be digested alone by the students. Face-to-face classes, based on experience, are stressful enough, how much more in this type of education system.

According to the school guidance counselor of JNHS, even before distanced learning was implemented, many students came up to her to ask for advice on how to overcome stress (also during home visitations).

Some of the reasons that will prove how stressful distanced learning can become according to High Focus Centers are the following: 1. Students may find it difficult to receive the extra education support they need to succeed in academics. 2. There is high chance of students getting distracted during the learning period (like household chore, noise pollution, etc.). 3.

Some students’ living conditions worsened due to the on-going quarantine.

With these being said, it is saddening to know that students get stressed

more than they learn.

Furthermore, there has been cases students committed suicides which were allegedly caused by stress contributed by distanced learning.

According to The Samahan ng Progresibong Kabataan (SPARK), they already monitored 20 cases of “deaths directly connected to distanced learning” where one of whom, a 19-year-old grade nine student at Sto. Domingo National High School in Albay, took his own life last June 16, 2020. This is quite alarming for as what was mentioned earlier in the study conducted by Rivera, most of the JNHS-JSHS students who responded to the survey experienced stress contributed by distanced learning. This means that there is a high chance of these students to have the same fate the student from Sto. Domingo National High School faced.

On the flip side, if you’re feeling stressed, here some ways to relieve it: 1. Chew a gum. By chewing a gum, increases salivary cortisol that is a substance in our body that helps us remain calm. 2. Meditate or listen to music. This allows you to focus your attention at a single thing; avoiding clouded thoughts that may contribute to stress. 3. Talk to your friends.

Socializing increases the production of serotonin or commonly called as the ‘happy hormone’ which, as it stands obvious, makes us feel happy.

To sum it up, Filipinos, especially students, are facing a really big challenge caused by stress. Conditions may change for the better, but not all are that lucky. We should look out for ourselves and one another. If you feel like you need a break, go take one. If you can tell somebody is stressed, go talk to them. Every little thing counts. Aside from this, our government should also acknowledge stress as a problem faced by most of their citizens and come up with a solution that will help in alleviating it. After all, we all can become gems, like diamond. It’s just that some of us just need a little help to become a jewel.

14 SPORTS stains JNHS’ 15-year winning streak in the District Meet basketball games on January 11, 2023.

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Danerly Gayrama Cassie Gulayan Fel Lindongan

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BNHS breaks JNHS’ 15-year reign

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Bobontugan National High School takes pride in overthrowing Jasaan National High School with a drastic 67-30 win in the District Meet selection game held on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at the Jasaan Covered Court, breaking JNHS’ immaculate 15-year winning streak.

Anton Paberecio and Tristan Mark Abella bagging multiple shots in the beginning of the game gave BNHS a fierce momentum for a drastic lead in the game slowing JNHS’ force down.

Ian Remedios scored 12 points, 2 steals, 2 rebounds, and 1 assist taking the lead for BNHS having no mercy against JNHS’ fifteen 2-point shots lead by Christian Cayanong in the first and last part of the game.

The game kicks off with raining steals from Abella, three 2-point shots from Pabericio, and 5 points from Villanueva leading BNHS with a strong 22-6 score against JNHS’ Cayanong and Paul Vincent Ganzan’s 2-point shots.

Remedios takes the lead with his offense in the 2nd quarter of the game, scoring 6 points, leaving a wide 37-12 gap with JNHS scoring only equal to what Remedios alone has provided for BNHS. Remedios once again takes the lead in the third half of the game, with his four 2-point shots, contributing 8 points to their 45-22 score, with Christian Gomez trying to narrow the gap scoring 4 points for JNHS. Abella showers two 2-point shots and a 3-point shot with Mark Samson backing up and scoring 4 points for the team while JNHS slowly accepts their defeat by only scoring 6 points, most of which came from Cayanong’s 2-point shots in the final quarter of the game.

“Happy kay nakadaog mi bisag gamay ra among preparation and wala kaayo mi training” says Remedios, the star player, after winning the game.

BNHS’ coach, Sir Paul Vincent Ganzan, expressed his delight as he congratulated his team for a job well done stating that he’s “happy and proud” for his students and hopes for them to continue their efforts in the future.

According to the losing team’s leading scorer, Christian Cayanong, the team was unable to win because of a lack of cooperation and an unfamiliar bond with each other, with the team being assembled only days before the said game.

“Number one gyud na reason namo is lack of preparation, second, ang dili pagkasinabot, pag-man sa tao, gaka-misque. Wala gyud silay tarong nga practice. Familiarity pud sa teammate is also a problem” JNHS’ coach, Sir Kevin Kline Casino said.

CNCR LETHALS CLEAN SWEEPS MLBB C’SHIP Shutting Jasaan Manji Gang down to second place

With a flawless 3-0 swipe, CNCR Lethals crushes Jasaan Manji Gang claiming their much-anticipated victory in this year’s Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) Tournament in celebration of the school’s 51st founding anniversary on Friday, February 17, 2023, at the Jasaan National High School covered court.

Fully counting on their skills, CNCR dominates the three consecutive sets in a best of five game, not letting Jasaan Manji Gang take a single comeback through a repetitive pattern of techniques.

Karl Zamayla, CNCR’s tank, builds up pressure against their opponent with the use of his hero, Grock, envading Jasaan Manji Gang’s territory targeting their core, Crisalfred Villarosa, buying his team more advantage and stealing their opponent’s time to widen their gap in terms of items collected for the first game, eventually leading to their success through his sets backed up by Jake Jabonga’s Valentina and Dejaybert Moreno’s Claude. 1-0 In the second game, CNCR started off very calmly still with Zamayla’s zoning but now with the reliable help from Jabonga’s Framis’ ult, only for the whole team to end up dead in the middle of the second game through Jasaan Manji Gang’s Cecelion user, Karl Bryan Montana Mier with CNCR claiming that they took the risk just for fun and still manages to recover from their deaths and take the second game.

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their third and last set seriously as they became less reckless with their moves each concentrating with their own different tasks, eager to defeat the opponent and win the game. Just like what they did in the first two rounds, the final game still consisted of Zamayla’s zoning and Jabonga’s minion wave but now with Jasaan Manji Gang not trying to make any huge attacks, interpreting that they have officially accepted their defeat.

According to the game’s most valuable player, James Jabonga, that the entire team predicted their win due to the fact that the opposing team already knows who they are and how strong they play.

“Kaila naman sila sa amo, pero kami wala kaila saila. Una palang, confident na gyud among team nga makadaog mi. Basta ako nag playsafe rako og visit dayun sa gold lane, tapos as a mage mag support kos akong teammates” he said.

Famously known as Daddy V, Jasaan Manji Gang’s lead player, Heinil Vincent Handumon says that they were happy despite of the results because it was a bit expected due to the fact that they lack communication within the team.

“It’s all good tas we were happy. And kung sa nganung na pildi mi, kulang gyud mi sa practice and wajud kaayo communication, murag mao gyud na ang main reason” he admits.

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LITTLE GIANTS

UNDYING PASSION

Grade 7 hitters overpowers grade 8 smashers Fel Lindongan

Underestimating the small grade 7 hitters, grade 8 smashers bowed to their opponent for not handling the grade 7 hitters’ left and right attacks and strong serves in two straight sets 2-0 (25-19) (25-18) in their volleyball friendly match held at Jasaan National High School last Thursday February 16 2023 in celebration of JNHS’ 51st Foundation Day. Kister Mahino of grade 7 hitters paced with a performance, firing 15 points, 7 aces and 8 attacks.

Grade 7 hitters released strong serves and unstoppable hits to finally defeat their seniors, the grade 8, in their volleyball friendly match.

13 years old Christian Morales also known as (gamay pero yayay) and the smallest of the grade 7 hitters sweats as he scores 5 straight aces in the middle of the first set targeting John Carlo Amestoso of his strong serves.

“Nakulbaan gyud mi pinakuana kay tag as among kontra tapos kami gagmay. Pero with the unending support sa among mga classmates and fellow grade 7 students, na butngan mi og confidence sa ilang mga cheers og feeling pud nako nganong napildi ang grade 8 kay na pressure sila tungod kay mas daghan ga support sa amoa,”

said Kister Mahino.

Grade 8 smashers tried hard to catch up their score in the first set by furiously strengthening their defense and use three man blocks. But, with the unbearable left and right hits of the grade 7 hitters their plan to catch up didn’t work.

Bell Adrian of grade 8 smashers worked hard and scored 10 points, 7 attacks and 3 aces.

He also excellently digs 11 strong hits of the grade 7 hitters.

“Medyo ulaw siya sa part nga napildi mi sa mas bata pa namo og mas gagmay pag height namo, pero it was actually a lesson for us grade 8 to never underestimate again. Isa pud sa nakapildi namo is na pressure mi sa crowd kay daghan ra pud kaayo ang supporters sa among kontra,” said Bell Adrian.

Grade 8 smashers started an early lead in the first part of the second set (6-2) by producing strong hits, but then the momentum has changed when Kister Mahino showed his true strength. Mahino scores 7 points in the second set to led her team.

Wham’s and Oh’s filled the air when the never-ending blood letting of the grade 7 ended the first set.

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“An unforeseen moment was created, memorable journey she went through, the most unforgettable last 2 years of elementary”.

Coach Irene Laurente started playing softfball as sub pitcher, when she was in 5th–6th grade, year 1998-1999, she was influenced by her older sister.

During those 2 years she was able to reach achievements as high as the mountain, such as qualifying for Palarong Pambansa.

It was in the year 1999 when Coach Laurente qualified for Palarong Pambansa, although mishap happened that made her almost loss the chance to play. She was in their quarter taking a rest when she accidentally sprained her foot, even with this injury she was still able to take part in the game.

Coach Laurente did not pursue her love for softball after graduating elementary solely for the reason that she don’t want to be away with her family.

“Kuan man kanang kung magdula man gud ko sa softball kaniadto mahimo dayon kog varsity, so malayo ko sa akong family” she said.

Now, Coach Laurente is a grade 8 teacher of Jasaan National High School as well as the coach of the school’s baseball team.

JNHS don’t have a softball team yet so Coach Laurente is currently aiding the baseball team, but once the school have a promising softball players she will surely coach them if given a chance.

“Puhon, pa anaka sako” jokingly said when asked if she want to coach a softball team.

B LL’S EYE Jasaan sub-pitcher suffers from injury during training Danerly Gayrama

After competing in the Unit Meet games on February 7, 2023 and wining a magnificent 14-1 score within 4 innings, allowing them to proceed in the Provincial games, the Jasaan baseball team rewards themselves not with a celebration, but with an injury on the face of their sub-pitcher.

Jamecian P. Soronio, a Grade 10 student from Jasaan National High School, and an official qualifier for the provincial meet, gained himself a swollen cheek and a black eye while practicing throws and catch with his teammate, Marjun Jabiniao during their training on February 11, 2023.

According to Soronio, Jabiniao requested for him to catch his pitch and it went well for the first throw, but not in the second.

“Bali nag throwing throwing mi tapos naghangyo si Jabiniao nga mag pitch daw siya, tapos ako mag catch.

Bali pag-catch nako

pagka-second pitch niya, wala nako nasalo, mao to nga naigo dayun akong mata dayun, nibuhag dayun siya dayun.” Soronio said.

Healing within only just a week, he also shares that the hit caused him to feel dizzy, but it was not painful at all, he even continued his training with a swollen face, blocking his eyesight from his right eye minutes after the incident.

“Wala ko naka-feel og sakit, medjo nalipong lang ko. Pagkataod-taod, paghuman nakog pawhay, nag practice na dayun ko. Mga one week, rapud naulian nako.” he added.

Despite the circumstance, Soronio still manages to keep up with their training for the provincial games, and says that “It’s all part of the game” with him promising to bring home the bacon and qualify for the regionals and eventually in the Palarong Pambansa.

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sub-pitcher’s injury from his right eye after an incident during training on February 11, 2023. photo from: Jamecian Soronio

FLIED FIRST. Anthony

Llanos swims in 50-meter fly, ranking 1st in individual medley on February 7, 2023 at ARJE Resort, Luz Banzon, Jasaan Mis. Or.

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COMPLETE DOMINANCE Llanos grabs 4 gold medals in Unit for Jasaan District

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With his commendable skills and experience, Anthony Jaladoni Llanos of Jasaan National High School’s swimming team, rules over the Unit Meet Individual Medley, bagging 4 gold medals from fly, back stroke, free style, and breast stroke, earning himself the first rank for the overall boy’s category on February 7, 2023 at the Arje Pool Resort, Luz Banzon, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental.

Together with his co-swimmers from JNHS, Ronnie Llanos and Jayson Dauda, both gold medalist in free style swimming, Sherly Ecaranum, gold medalist in fly, Cristelyn Gonzaga in free style and back stroke and Clouie Pancho in free style and breast stroke, 17-yearold Llanos puts up an amazing show as they heat

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up the crowd by consecutively getting to the finish line first, producing gold medals for the Jasaan District in total.

Llanos first swam in the 50-meter back stroke, leading up until the finish line, competing against his old teammates, now opponent, whom he has previously defeated from competitions.

He also competed in butterfly 50, 100 and 200-meters Individual Medley and Relay, in which he also won in.

Grade 11 student Llanos said that he was confident before the games even started, relying on his skills and knowing that his opponents are his former teammate.

“Kabalo nasad ko nga ako pinaka kusog ato nga time kay mga kauban rasad to nako sila

ONE AND ONLY

sauna” he claimed.

His coach, Madam Maribel Reyes, says that Llanos is a kid with very much potential and that if he trains even harder, she believes that he could eventually compete in Palarong Pambansa.

“Kani siya, mao gyud ni ang number 1 atong Unit Meet, tanan daog ani. First place, gold medals. Pakan-on ko ni siya og daghan kay pang palaro ko ni siya nga player.” Madam Reyes reveals.

In order to recover from not being able to compete in the regionals before the pandemic due to medical issues, Llanos now works hard every day to train and become a

SOLE PLAYER.

Pondo-on qualifies for provincial meet, leaving the rest of his teammates behind upon winning the Unit Meet chess games on February 7, 2023.

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Pondo-on becomes the only chess player of Jasaan District to take part in Provincial Meet Chess players Tristan Feb C. Pondo-on of Jasaan District along with Khent Lourence Cañas of Tagoloan District will represent Unit 2 of Misamis Oriental in Chess (Boys Category) in Provincial Meet after facing each other in the last round and ending in a draw during Unit Meet held at Tagoloan National High School, Febuary 7, Tuesday afternoon.

Pondo-on a grade 10 student from Jasaan National High School advances to the Provincial Meet after making it to the final list by winning 3 straight rounds and a draw in the last round.

The first round started with each player compete on their own teammate having a 30 minutes game duration, Boys vs Boys and Girls vs Girls.

Pondo-on won the first match over Jun Jiyrek P. Sacay, a player from Jasaan District, his own teammate.

Their match was the last one to finish as they really took their own time, Pondo-on even took

stronger swimmer.

“Actually, nakuha unta ko sa regional ato nga time, before sa pandemic, pero nag sakit lang ko busa wa ko kadula sa regionals. Akong gabuhaton karun is taga adlaw ga training para musamot pa kakusog” he shared.

Now, Llanos currently puts on his focus balancing his studies while training daily, to once again win in the provincial games and achieve his greatest goal as a swimmer, to compete in the Palarong Pambansa.

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multiple bathroom breaks in the midst of the game.

Assistant Coach Aiza Peradillo stated that Sacay was distracted with his gameplay hence only winning the last round and losing the first 3 rounds.

On the other hand, at the girls side of Jasaan District, Mikea Tidoy defeated ally Princess Daniella Domo, Tidoy and Domo’s first round was also the last one to finish in Girls Category.

“As their Coach, I’m very impressed with their performance. Unit Meet is their first tournament in Department of Education. They perform well with their components, it was a nice game.

Unfortunately wala sila napili” said by Coach Aiza pertaining to Tidoy and Domo.

Tidoy lost 2 rounds resulting to a final score of 2 meanwhile, Domo won 3 rounds but did not make it to the final list with only having 0.5 point gap to those who made it.

SUDDEN FALL OF THE CHAMPIONS

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Defending champion Jasaan district got only the third place in both Men’s and Women’s Table tennis Unit Meet for not winning a single match for the Women’s division while in Men’s division, Jasaan district won 4 matches against their long-time rivals Tagoloan and Villanueva at Dome court of Tagoloan last February 6 2023.

Jasaan district Table tennis team failed to defend and let go their title for not managing their opponents’ powerful spikes and serves during the Table tennis Unit Meet.

Striving for the trophy, Tagoloan Men’s and Villanueva Women’s Table tennis team trained hard and worked hard to finally defeat the strong and long-time champion Jasaan Men’s and Women’s Table tennis team.

Jasaan District fails to guard Table tennis crown

Both Tagoloan Men’s and Women’s Table tennis team will advance to the Provincial Meet this coming March 9-11 2023 at Pelaez Sports Complex or MOISC. “It was a disappointment for me because we are currently the defending champion and we lost but it was also okay for me because I was never confident of my team this year’s Unit meet. We lack preparations,” said coach Phoebe Rances of Jasaan district.

Nina Catunao and Pama Nudalo of the double category from Jasaan district tried their best make all their matches into a decision set, but their opponents are just too strong to defeat. They lost 3 matches in total and had no win.

“Naningkamot gyud ko nga makadaog ko sa tanan

nako dula para madala ko sa Provincial Meet pero winner takes all man diay. Itanggap nalang kung unsa gyuy nahitabo kay wa namay tay mabuhat,” said Glen Arma the star player of Jasaan District.

Single category participant Glen Arma showed his true strength and win all his matches. While Jefferson James Zamayla and Xander Josh Bagayna also tried their best and was able to win 1 match but lost the other 2.

Jasaan district Table Tennis team lacked preparation and training this year’s Unit meet but they promise themselves that they will come back stronger and better.

“We will take back our trophy and bring the Jasaan District name into Provincial Meet with pride,” said sir Adelfo Sabunod, the Jasaan district’s sports coordinator.