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@kapawaofficial VOLUME 6 ISSUE 9 | March 2022
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DepEd Bacolod approves USLS BEU’s physical classes simulation, recommends limited face-to-face next school year to Regional Office
Paws-itive Change FRANCIS EXEQUIEL P. AMPIL
ANGELI M. GEROSO
S.Y. 2021– 2021–2022
KAPAWA EDITORIAL BOARD
FIRSTHAND. Basic Education Unit (BEU) Principal Br. Alexander Erwin Diaz, FSC joins in inspecting onsite facilities for the simulation of face-to-face classes. photos taken from Berdeng Parola by XIOMARA ANN B. edited by MA. AVRILLE MARQUIELA C. LORAÑA
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JEWEL IRISH S. BELASCUAIN ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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ANGELI M. GEROSO NEWS EDITOR
The Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Bacolod City cleared the University of St. La Salle Basic Education Unit (USLS - BEU) to conduct the simulation of physical classes after several representatives attended the USLS BEU Limited Face-to-face Class Simulation Onsite Visit, Evaluation, and Feedbacking on Mar. 3 at the New Integrated School (IS) Building in the USLS campus. Moreover, DepEd Bacolod also recommended the proposal of USLS BEU regarding the limited face-to-face setup next school year to the Regional Office, wherein full documentation will be prepared by the institution to comply with the agency’s School Safety Assessment Tool (SSAT). “While learning has continued in the comfort of everyone’s homes, we have doubts that there are skills and competencies our students have missed out on which can only be achieved if done face-to-face, hands-on, and with the socialization of fellow learners. Now, our battle cry is different: let learning recover,” stated BEU Principal Br. Alexander Ervin Diaz, FSC, in his opening remarks. During the initial ocular inspection, DepEd Bacolod assessed the said campus’ preparedness for the simulation inside the classrooms and laboratories of select grades 9, 11, and 12 to be held in the Fourth Quarter of School Year (S.Y.) 2021–2022.
Both teams examined the Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) and Computer laboratories, as well as the BEU library and classrooms, due to their intention of prioritizing subjects such as Science and TLE and Computer for Grade 9, as well as Science for Senior High School students. “These are subjects with essential topics based on our instructional delivery plan, targeting the most essential learning competencies that need an onsite use of laboratories and facilities. [....] The said laboratories are a venue for our students to evaluate what they learned from the full online modality,” said Baldomero Defensor Jr., PhD, the vice principal for academics, during his discussion about the rationale of the proposal. Although they have authorized the simulation, DepEd Bacolod emphasized that the proposal for the expansion of face-to-face classes next school year will only be approved once the Regional Office observes that all standards are met during their upcoming visit on Apr. 1, which will also stand as the final inspection of the school facilities and validation of the documents. “When it comes to school facilities, USLS is [face-to-face] ready and compliant. Other measures such as implementation plans and school coordination to the external parties are to be prepared for the DepEd Regional Office’s final visit on April 1,” remarked Roseller Bejemino Jr., EdD, the vice principal for student affairs.
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Do you know your gods and satans?
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M. REMUS
In simpler terms, the people’s basis of an official’s core beliefs mostly depends on outward affiliations and uninformed mass notions, perpetuating a culture of branding incorrect labels onto people to belong to certain groups and ideologies without a concrete foundation. One reason for this is that our political landscape consists of officials and candidates jumping left and right to different party-lists—defeating the purpose that political alliances be representative of societal ideologies, not a collective maximizing their influence. Therefore, this expresses how these supposed bastions of principles don’t represent a societal agenda and accordingly, the people associated with it. While it gives us clearance to tolerate confusion in what officials stand for, Filipinos tend to misalign these for the purpose of misinformation and pointless accusations. Widening our scope, PDP-LABAN, the party-list of Rodrigo Duterte is actually a democratic socialist group, a term far from what would commonly describe the president. And this group is a coalition of two party-lists, one formerly led by Ninoy Aquino, alongside the purpose of challenging the Marcos rule— whose public perception now flipped to the opposite. This is similar to Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. being under the Liberal Party, but then “liberal” became a connotation associated with being anti-Marcos, the left, or anti-right, when in its core, liberals are different, even amongst themselves. However, people don’t acknowledge this and just associate these terminologies with opposite notions to the ideas they truly are.
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Ryan A. Rodriguez rodriguezryan9a@gmail.com
We are misinformed— following the bandwagon of binary ideologies, false-tagging, and unproven accusations.
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There’s a rift between the political demons and angels and we, who are at the receiving end of their pride. Yet in so much that the voter population aspires to be governed by strangers—they persist—due to the trust in the visions they preach, but not exactly on the grounds they stand on. In return, citizens are lost in translation of the principles the people they idolize have.
The time-old question to the canine-enthused everywhere: What is the best breed of dog? There are a lot of factors involved for every owner to be that steer their decision like a feisty pet on a leash. Their energy, fluffiness, and even trainability all come to mind, but push any iteration of the answer you might hear off the table. The best breed of dog, according to the Bacolod City Dog Pound, is rescued. That’s exactly the message painted onto their walls last March 25, 2022, when Community Animal Protection—a paw-ssionate team of Lasallians from the College of Nursing dedicated to alleviating the problem affecting stray animals—and even some volunteers from Liceo-De La Salle, took a trip there with their paintbrushes and buckets and tow to make the places’ dog days a little bit brighter. The Bacolod City Dog Pound, with three dedicated volunteers at the helm to make sure the dogs under their care are fed and sent off to caring and capable owners, is a safe haven for the puppies we find along our city, finding at least 15 to 16 stray dogs each time they take to the streets. Their current operations right now are going from barangay to barangay—all 61 of them— to vaccinate the residing dogs. Aside from that usual business, though, the newest activity at the Bacolod City Dog Pound was a mural painting that spanned across the walls, showing off an array of furry friends of all shapes, colors, and sizes, packaged with a cleaning across the floor that had volunteers shearing the overgrown shoots of grass. That open space, once bare, then filled with volunteers hard at work, slick with sweat from the harsh day and sticky with paint they’ll have to rub off their fingers, shall eventually be a wonderland for the rescued dogs to frolic through. With hearts on their sleeves and eyes out for our furry friends without a home, let us thank volunteers and organizers like those from CAP and the Bacolod City Dog Pound for making the world a more paws-itive place.
The political spectrum has always been seeped with nuances but the oversimplification of ideologies, party-lists, and officials into one just because they all “seem” similar limits the people’s scope for better decisions. Even in this distinction, we are misinformed—following the bandwagon of binary ideologies, false-tagging, and unproven accusations. As citizens, we have the ability to grant power to ordinary people, but it’s our responsibility to scrutinize if the gospels of salvation are from demons or angels. Ultimately, the oath to kneel is not by our knees but theirs to swear upon their right hands.
EPISODE 9
CLAIRE DENISE S. CHUA
SYNERGISTIC. Lasallian volunteers gather to vivify the walls of the Bacolod City Dog Pound with a mural. photos taken from Jessica Leal by STEPHANIE ANNE O. edited by MA. AVRILLE MARQUIELA C. LORAÑA
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