Guindaruhan National High School principal Dr. Ermetes Adolfo Jr. attends the 5th Foreign Language Conference at the Confucius Institute at Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City, Pampanga

Foundation co-hosts the 5th National Conference on Foreign Languages

 The event is a gathering of educators, public school administrators, DepEd officials, and representatives from Instituto Cervantfes (Spanish), Alliance Francais (French), Japan Foundation (Japanese), Goethe Institut Philippinen (German) and CI- AUF (Mandarin), to discuss plans and issues affecting the implementation of DepEd’s Special Program for Foreign Languages (SPFL). 

ANGELES CITY, Pampanga, July 27 (PIA) -- The Confucius Institute of Angeles University Foundation (CI-AUF) is co-hosting the fifth National Conference on Foreign Languages together with the Department of Education (DepEd).

The event is a gathering of educators, public school administrators, DepEd officials, and representatives from Instituto Cervantfes (Spanish), Alliance Francais (French), Japan Foundation (Japanese), Goethe Institut Philippinen (German) and CI- AUF (Mandarin), to discuss plans and issues affecting the implementation of DepEd’s Special Program for Foreign Languages (SPFL).

CI-AUF Philippine Director Dr. Lourdes T. Nepomuceno said, “CI-AUF shares DepEd’s vision of promoting and emphasizing the impact, influence, and future directions of the SPFL Program.”

SPFL aims to prepare students for meaningful interaction in a linguistic and culturally diverse global workplace and develop their understanding and appreciation of other cultures which piloted in public high schools whose students have demonstrated competence in English and are now ready to learn another foreign language.

Currently, Spanish is being taught in 54 high schools, Japanese in 14, French in 12, German in nine, and Mandarin in 30 high schools nationwide.

Among the plenary speakers of the confab include DepEd Bureau of Secondary Education (BSE) Director Dr. Lolita M. Andrada, DepEd Foreign Language Specialist Rose Ligaya Domingo, SPFL Mandarin focal person Marivic Tolitol, and DepEd BSE Staff Development Officer-in-Charge Bella Marinas. (CLJD/JGB-PIA3)

Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=551343290776

International Seminar on Educational Administration in the Philippines

Dr. Ermetes Adolfo, Jr., the school head of Guindaruhan National High School along with some school heads in public secondary schools of Cebu Province Division attended the International Seminar, especially on the topic entitled the "Importance of Leadership" in Punta Villa Resort, Iloilo City . On the other hand, the School Heads from different regions in the Philippines attended the International Seminar on Educational Administration. There were scheduled venues to go to...and register for said seminar: one from Luzon, one from Visayas and the other one from Mindanao. On behalf of Region VII, some school heads from Cebu Province Division, especially those coming from the Municipality of Minglanilla attended actively the said seminar.

JLR Construction and Aggregates Inc. donates more than 1,000 jackfruit trees to Guindaruhan NHS

Guindaruhan National High School: JLR Construction and Aggregates Inc. donates more than 1,000 jackfruit tree seedlings. The reason for this is that this learning institution is very supportive of DepEd to plant trees every month in order to help reduce the occurrence of landslides and ease the flow of water around the surrounding area--a team of JLR, and the faculty members of Guindaruhan National High School, together with members of the local community embarked on such a barangay-wide tree-planting activity.

Letter of Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC to all DepEd Employees

To my dear colleagues in the Department of Education,

We have been working together under the present administration for a little over two years now. Every one of you knows that the two years have not been all sweet and easy.

At the beginning of our service we inherited a long list of backlogs, received a fresh set of mandates, and accepted what perhaps can be considered as one of the most challenging assignments this department has ever dared to undertake: the reformation of our entire basic education system.

We encountered much resistance—both from without and within our department. In such circumstances, conflicts and arguments are inevitable. And we certainly experienced—even continue to do so—these confrontations.

Despite these challenges, we have proven thus far that we, here in the Department of Education, can work together and accomplish much for a larger purpose which transcends all our individual plans and agenda.

In two years, we have brought the Department back on track toward the fulfillment of all our backlogs in classrooms, chairs and textbooks.
In two years, we have efficiently rolled out, in phases, the K to 12 program, including the Mother Tongue Based, Multi-Lingual Education agenda.

In two years, we have effectively communicated the benefits and mechanics of all our programs to as wide a reach as possible, to all stakeholders and to the public.

All our progress and accomplishments cannot be credited to any one individual or group. They are all products of your collective effort, wherever you are assigned, whatever your role. We are all functioning parts of one complex body; every person fulfilling a task which is unique to him and beneficial to the entire organization.

As early as now, I thank each one of you for your contribution to the cause of education: to provide every Filipino child the opportunity to stretch her mind, broaden her heart, and nurture her spirit.

Our department has begun to become a true government for the people. One that is professional, competent, and committed, set on serving the needs of our countrymen.

Together with all the progress unfolding in the sectors of our economy, health, safety, public works, national defense, and private, the Philippines has clearly gathered momentum toward a better and brighter future.

We are part of this progress. We are making it happen.
This is an opportunity for all of us in the Department to make our mark in history. To leave a legacy for our children, and our children’s children. To make our families proud. This is the perfect time and opportunity to make a difference, and truly be agents of change. To change the face of government. To change the destiny of our people.

Let us work in synergy and convergence. Infect one another with renewed hope and optimism.

We do not deny the uphill climb that stretches out before us. The country we carry on our shoulders—our beloved home—remains huge and heavy. We would need all the focus, strength and determination we could muster to complete these improvements.

Let us revive the spirit of Bayanihan within each of us. Let us all do our part, share the load, that the burden may become lighter. And what seemed impossible can then become possible.

Today, we also join the rest of the nation in mourning the loss of and in laying to rest a true and dedicated public servant, Secretary Jesse Robredo.

Madaming iniwan si Sec Jesse na pwede nating pamarisan. May mga iniwan din siyang salita na may malalim na kahulugan. Aniya:  Hindi lahat ng matino  ay mahusay,  at lalo naming hindi lahat ng mahusay ay matino. Ang dapat ay matino at mahusay upang karapatdapat tayong pagtiwalaan  ng pera ang bayan.  Kailangan ng DepEd ng mahuhusay at matitinong kawani dahil sa ating mga kamay ipinagkatiwala ang mga kabataan ng ating bayan. 

Sec. Jesse’s commitment to uplift the lives of ordinary Filipinos through government is a real virtue all of us should remember and emulate. May the memory of his life and works inspire us, empower us and strengthen us. Like him, may we proclaim to our people that hope remains in government.
I have full faith and confidence in each one of you, and again, Maraming salamat!

We entrust all our efforts to the One who breathes new life into all that we do.

Mabuhay and DepEd! Mabuhay ang kabataang Pilipino!


(signed)
BR. ARMIN A. LUISTRO FSC
Secretary


Source: http://www.deped.gov.ph/

Secretary Luistro conferred Doctor of Humanities, cited for achievements in DepEd

Education Secretary Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC was conferred a Doctor of Humanities (Honoris Causa) by the Foundation University of Dumaguete City, citing him as an educator par excellence for his accomplishments at the Department of Education.

The University took cognizance of his strength of character, the power of his achievements and his dynamic and highly effective management of the DepEd, the largest government bureaucracy in the Philippines.

According to Foundation University President Mira D. Sinco, Ph.D. Luistro was chosen for his aggressive promotion of the K to 12 Basic Education Program that will equip the youth with skills and prepare them for the future. Luistro, the citation said, also exhausted all means to reach learners who are out of the formal system by offering various learning alternatives to make them functionally literate.

Luistro continues to address education resource gaps by encouraging the private sector, other government agencies and the general public to pitch in for education.

Luistro was also commended for encouraging the students to thank their teachers, thus giving dignity to the profession and for continually finding ways to improve classroom instruction by the inclusion of local cultures to the curriculum and the use of mother tongue for better learning outcomes.

In his University commencement address, Luistro noted that the batch of 2013 is graduating at a most auspicious period in our country’s history when the economy is growing and that hope is everywhere. “For the first time in years, perhaps even decades, the morning sun is arising, and its golden light is spreading across the land,” he said.

According to Luistro, these are certainly good signs as more options are made available when the graduates join the workforce. “You, dear students, are graduating at a time of hope with each one of you is forming a crucial part of that hope.”

DepEd had to face challenges in introducing radical changes and reforms, in maneuvering a massive bureaucracy, thus, it is inevitable that it would rouse the ire of critics, skeptics and hostile forces. “But through perseverance and hope, we are finally making headway,” he beamed.

“The greatest obstacle to this change is ourselves. Not the guns, not the system, not the opinions of others, not the typhoons or destruction or the lack of resources. Our greatest obstacle is our own skepticism, our unbelief. Against all these, we have to combat with hope.”

“You, dear graduates, have more reason to hope in these bright days of our history. Claim it for yourselves. And claim it for your country.”

Source: http://www.deped.gov.ph/index.php/news-updates/updates/301-secretary-luistro-conferred-doctor-of-humanities-cited-for-achievements-in-deped

Department of Education: Learning French Language with Culture Immersion in France

The school head of Guindaruhan National High School Dr. Ermetes Adolfo Jr. is one of the foreign language scholars (SPFL-French) who was sent by the Philippine Government thru DepEd-NCR and the French Embassy to the Philippines for a 1-month advanced and rigid training of French language, including the culture immersion in France. His experiences for said training were entailed in diverse activities as written and published in this website. The video was shot inside the apartment and the conversation on TV screen was uttered in French language.

The 2-day training workshop for May 13 elections

Department of Education-Cebu Province Division: The school head of Guindaruhan National High School attended the briefing and registered to serve as Chairman (BEI) for May 13 elections. Besides, teachers from Minglanilla and City of Naga have already attended the training workshop which is intended for May 13 elections. In general, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) the other week held a two-day training workshop to familiarize its teaching personnel on the proper operations of the Precinct Count Optical Scanner (PCOS) machines that will be used in the forthcoming May 13 elections. Among the participants of the training workshop per selected public school are the chairman and poll clerk as BEI coming from the Municipality of Minglanilla and the City of Naga...said 2-day training took place in Alta Cebu Resort, Cordova, Cebu.

Guindaruhan National High School Graduation Exercises 2013

Sugat Kabanhawan Festival 2013: Guindaruhan National High School Contingent and others take center stage for a "Dance Showdown" with Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia et al.

Sugat Kabanhawan Festival 2013--Municipality of Minglanilla: Cebu first district congressional aspirant Gerald Anthony "Samsam" Gullas, grandson of incumbent first district Representative Eduardo Gullas, Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, Pablo John Garcia who is a lawyer-congressman, Vice Mayor Elanito Peña who will run as mayor, Minglanilla Councilor Robert John "Jojo" Selma who will run as vice mayor, Councilors Rajiv V. Enad, Edwin Quiapo and Concordio C. Mejias et al. danced with the tune of MABUHI KA SUGBUANON together with the contingents of Sugat Kabanhawan Festival 2013.

SPFL-French: 3rd year and 4th year pilot classes this year deliver french speech choir and sing-and-dance french song interpretation

Sugat Kabanhawan Festival 2013: Guindaruhan National High School Street Dancing

Guindaruhan National High School for street dancing in Sugat Kabanhawan Festival 2013: The faculty, PTA officials, barangay officials and staff joined along with the dancers and propsmen in celebration with Sugat Kabanhawan Festival 2013 for Street Dancing Category.

Sugat Kabanhawan Festival 2013—Municipality of Minglanilla: Guindaruhan NHS won 2nd Place for Ritual Showdown, 2nd Place for Choreography & 3rd Place for Audio Van

2ND PLACE FOR BEST IN RITUAL SHOWDOWN 3RD PLACE FOR BEST IN AUDIO VAN