MAM-AWKWARD NO MORE. The Senior High School Department pays tribute to all mothers by showcasing their talents as part of the Mother’s Day Celebration last May 8. Screengrab from UNC SHS FB Page and words by Pauline Velasco
SHS Dep’t holds 1st Sem Recognition, Mother’s Day tribute SHIARA MAE HOSMILLO AND DANIELLE FRANCES FAVOR LAST MAY 8, the University of Nueva Caceres (UNC) Senior High School (SHS) conducted its First Semester Online Recognition for the school year 2020-2021, followed by the Mother’s Day tribute. At 10 AM, the online recognition’s livestreaming started on the university’s official Facebook Page. The awarding of the achievers started from the Grade 11 to the Grade 12 awardees in all the strands of the department. “I was happy, of course. Although during the awarding my name was just flashed for a few seconds, it still gave me a sense of achievement and that someone has recognized all the works that I have done during that quarter [semester],” Babylen Belen, who qualified in the Learning Supervisor’s list, from STEM 11 said. There were only 214 awardees for the first semester compared to last year’s record of 257. However, four learners from Grade 12 still managed to become Principal listers (PLs) wherein John Dominic Franzuela got the highest general weighted average (GWA) of 99.00. According to Franzuela, he was full of gratitude towards his learning facilitators who consistently gave extra effort and time to give feedback to enhance his milestones and outputs. He would also like to thank his mom for her constant financial support for the further resources needed and lastly, to our Almighty for the strength
and handling of the factors that were beyond his control. “As a person, most especially as an incoming college student, this award has a possibility to open scholarship opportunities. On the other hand, as a student, this can give me enough pressure to strive for excellence more,” he added. Moreover, Jibril Alleen Lorente, also a PL, shared that he was surprised because he was anticipating getting a lower GWA compared to last year due to the new learning environment. “I wasn’t expecting to remain on the Principal’s List considering my GWA that barely made it to the list last year. So the fact that I still was on that list and with my average going up by 0.75, it was a surprise for me,” he continued. Lorente plans to maintain his spot by adapting to the online setup first and finding ways to make studying more interesting and enjoyable to easily motivate himself to study and reduce stress. “Teacher-student interaction is very important to ensure holistic learning inside the school. However, because we have canceled all faceto-face classes, I think that’s one factor why the academic performance of the learners was affected. Nevertheless, the University offered FlexiTech modality (online modality) and conducted synchronous sessions as a substitute to the faceto-face class,” Learning Supervisor Arvin Sibulo, chairman of the ceremony, said in connection with the total awardees of the first half of the school year 2020-2021. Sibulo expressed his gratitude for the efforts given by his whole team to make the first-ever online
recognition of the school year successful despite the struggle of crafting most of the job online. An hour after the ceremony, the “Tribute to Mothers”, in connection with Mother’s Day celebration, was also uploaded on the UNC SHS Facebook Page wherein several students showcased their talents as a sign of love and appreciation. “One of my biggest reasons on why I performed spoken poetry in front of my mother is to show the love that I have for her. Also, to tell the things that my heart wants to say. I want her to know that I am aware of the difficulties that she’s encountering and also, I am aware of the feelings that she has in every situation. Also, I want her to know and become aware of how much I care and love her,” Donita Alamer, ABM 11 learner, said. The Mother’s day tribute was performed individually by SHS learners from the different strands of the department. As written in the post, the tribute was “dedicated to mothers who were deemed to be heroes and partners in nurturing better tomorrows of the students in the said department of UNC.” “I think the very essence of celebrating Mother’s Day is to showcase the bond we have for our mothers. We often forget to thank and commemorate the efforts of our mother due to day-to-day errands, and because it is sometimes ‘awkward’. Mother’s Day is a celebration that is dedicated to our mothers, and gives us a chance to thank them, shaking off the awkwardness of the situation,”, Anggechim (not their real name), Grade 12 learner, said.
Screengrabs from UNC SHS FB Page
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