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her creativity and talents in creating videos for the public pushed her to join the challenge.

“I picked the topic cell division for her entry because I felt that it would be engaging to viewers and it allowed me to make several transitions,” she said.

She received USD100 and an e-certificate of recognition. The SEAMEO said in its official website that they launched the challenge to to commemorate the 57th anniversary of SEAMEO and World Teachers’ Day 2022.

Gea Kaye Renomeron, a grade 10 Newton student of Burauen Comprehensive National High School, won first place in Oratorical Composition and Presentation during the Area-IIB Read-a-thon at Dagami South Central School, Dagami, Leyte, April 14.

Renomeron has outdone nine contestants from different secondary schools in Burauen, La Paz, Dulag, Julita, and Dagami.

Comprehensive has its fair share of troubles among students but never to the point of riots created by outsiders. The school do normally have police visibility for traffic purposes but this time they are now deployed to ensure peace and order within the premises.

According to Head of Security Erbito Timola, the police officers’ main responsibilities are to be a visible presence on campus and

Aside from this, with the cooperation of Burauen Community College they will also impose several rules to improve security measures since they are entering through the third gate of BCNHS.

“I am happy that the school is taking actions because as a student our safety is vital,” Keegan Majestrado, grade 12 student said.

The local barangay council of Poblacion District 9 also showed their support by deploying “tanods” that will monitor activities outside the school campus.

BCNHS dominates ASPC 2023

Participating in the Area Schools Press Conference was the school’s first step of its journey in Campus Journalism this year.

Burauen Comprehensive National High School takes home 1st place Performing Secondary School award during the Area ll-B’s ASPC 2023 held at Justimbaste Remandaban National High School, Tabontabon District, Tabontabon, Leyte on March 24-25.

According to Luh Dacuyan, a Technical Working Group member, there were about 11 elementary schools and 13 secondary schools that participated in the said Press Conference.

Aside from winning as the most performing secondary school, gories.

ASPC English awards of the school are the following: 1st in Copyreading and Headline Writing, Collaborative Desktop Publishing (CDP), and Radio Broadcasting (RB); 2nd in News Writing, Feature Writing, and Science and Technology Writing; 3rd in Photojournalism and Editorial Writing; and 5th in Sports Writing. They also earned two special awards in RB: Best in Male Anchor and Best in News Presenter.

Meanwhile, the Filipino awards are the following: 1st in Pagsulat

Pampahayagan, Pagsulat ng Lathalain, and RB; 6th in Pagsulat ng Balita and Pagsulat ng Pangulong Tudling; and 7th in Pagsulat ng Balitang Pampalakasan and Pagwawasto at Pag-uulo ng Balita. Likewise, the Filipino RB team of the school attained two special awards: Best in Male Anchor and Best in News Presenter.

The students and their coaches, as well as the school principal Glendale B. Lamiseria, will immediately be preparing for the Division Schools Press Conference to be held at Granja-Kalinawan National

Eco-warriors support school’s waste management advocacy

Last September 27-28, the Eco-Friendly Club invited University of the Philippines (UP) Envisage, UP Halcyon, Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) Region 8, Kiwanis Club of Sulhog Tacloban, Jollibee Foods Corporation, and ERT-CDE Holdings Inc., for the celebration of World Health Day, where the primary information regarding the enactment of sustainability for the school year 2022–2023 was disseminated.

During the event, students also presented recycled costumes made of trash, participated in a clean-up drive, and engaged in a poster-making contest.

To limit plastic waste and to address the issue of piled-up plastic trash bins, School Principal Glendale B. Lamiseria asked students to bring their tumblers or reusable cups last November 2022., As of April 25, data from the Eco-Friendly Club showed that 3,541 learners heeded the call. They were also instructed to utilize 1.5-liter bottles as their quarterly garbage cans for the disposal of plastic waste.

Cleanliness and Beautification CoordinatorNatividad E. Destajo organized a competition throughout March 2023 to challenge and encourage all students and educators to improve their classrooms and construct a compost pit.

Winners of the classroom improvement (in descending order) were 7-Magnolia, 8-Maya, 9-Diamond, 10-Mahogany, 11-Megawatt, and 12-Chomsky, whereas the winners of the compost pit setup were 7-Flax, 8-Power, 9-Diamond, 10-Mahogany, 11-Megabyte, and 12- Adobe.

Filipino Department Head Luh Dacuyan, School Parent-Teacher Association President Cholita Renomeron, and Administrative Aid Richard Amarille were in charge of the judging. According to Dacuyan, the contest enhanced 89.71% of the school’s attractiveness.

Grade 12-STEM students led some inventions for their project throughout the month of April under the supervision of environmental advocates Mark Daven Dalmacio and Lida Sherbet Gimoros, including eco-bricks, eco-pillows, and eco-coolers.

ROOT OF THE PROBLEM

Waste management has been a concern for BCNHS in the past three years and is still an issue today. Majority of students disregard the proper segregation of trash and do not follow orders given to them despite the constant reminders. Consequently, it is unimaginable to avoid having trash around the campus, especially in canteens where many sell foods and drinks in plastic containers.

Lamiseria, as the school head and an enthusiast for the environment, want to address the problems She came up with a variety of solutions. “During my term, I want us to be eco-friendly advocates by starting in this school,” she said.

Enrollment hits near 4,000 mark

Reports showed that Burauen Comprehensive National High School has 3964 registered students this 2022-2023 school year(S.Y), going up by 89 and 288 enrollees from the previous school years.

The spread of COVID-19 and start of modular learning have caused the upsurge of enrollment rate.

Before the pandemic in S.Y 2019-2020, there were 3328 enrolled students and rose to 3676 when it started in S.Y 2020-2021.

Another factor is the lack of academic strands, such as

Buraburon Fest takes center stage at MUP NatCos

Sangayaw and Pintados dancers and the Mamanwa Tribe likewise performed in the event.

It was designed to highlight peculiar festival costumes and the promising local talent in the Philippines.

Cheska Paminiano, Joy Pedere, Mark Alcober, Jovany Morabe, Alexis Ilao, Frank Redoña, Justine Perez, Claire Tismo, Felix Timola, Samantha Raga, and John Rafael Canales were the selected per- formers by the Burauen Tourism Organization to represent the festival. “I feel so honored to have been chosen as the Buraburon Festival’s festival queen and to represent it on such an important occasion,” said Paminiano.

The troupe was also one of the two entertainers who presented a welcome dance for the Miss Universe Philippines 2023 candidates and guests upon deplaning on May 1 at Daniel Z. Romualdez

Airport, Tacloban, City.

NatCos competition, under the theme “Ani” (harvest), was participated by all 38 delegates who honored various aspects of Philippine agriculture.

The costume worn by Airissh Ramos of Eastern Visayas, which John Hubert Capito created, gained the highest average of 95.2% and earned the Best in National Costume award.

Bythenumbers

Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics, for Senior High School in other secondary schools in Burauen.

The grade level with most students is the eleventh with 880 learners. Next in rank are grade 10, nine, seven, 12, and eight.