Beyond the Four Corners of EVSU-SLS: Teachers on Educational Tour to Bohol, Philippines

The SLS teachers rediscovered Bohol in a three-day educational tour  last July 1-3, 2011.  Believing that education  goes beyond the four walls of the classroom, they headed for Bohol to see for themselves its historic  and  scenic spots.

Together with the principal, Dr. Menchi G. Nayad, they explored what  Bohol  has to offer:  the Carabao Milk Farm,  the Bohol Water Reservoir, the  breath-taking Chocolate Hills, the historic Sandugo Blood Compact Site, the unique Kanipaan Kingdom (Tarsier), and the Bee Farm.

Aside from being educational, the tour proved to be fun and exciting.  It offered them a breathing space  away from their  confining classrooms and hectic daily routines.

You  can bet they came back refreshed and fully recharged for another year of committed teaching to their dear SLS students.

Follow their route in these photos:      

Carabao Milk Farm

Bohol Water Reservoir (Dam)

Chocolate Hills

Sandugo Blood Compact Site

Tarsier at Kanipaan Kingdom

The Hanging Bridge at Loboc River

Mama Mary's Well

Albino Python at the Zoo

Ice Cream at the Bee Farm

 

Just a short review of your Philippine Geography lesson: 

Bohol is an island province three and a half hours boat ride from Bato, Leyte.  The natives who are called Boholanos strive to preserve Mother Nature’s bountiful gifts  to them.

The island province also prides itself  for having many of the old churches in the Philippines. It has  numerous caves as the name suggests.  Bohol came from the word boho (“hole” in English).

It  also boasts of  a wide river, the Loboc River, where the world famous Floating Restaurant is.  A boat ride on it  promises  sumptuous food and soothing  beautiful music – Bohol style.

“Adto na ta sa Bohol!“ (more photos)

(Our deepest gratitude goes to Phoenix Publishing Company and  its  management  for sponsoring this educational tour.  We hope this is the first of many.  Thank you so much!

Flaunt of Flairs (Exhibit of talents and skills)

by: Jim Clyde Monge

“EVSU-SLS Science Club had organized different sets of activities that aim to disrobe the veiled talents of high school students for the whole month of September. Six different activities were played a part by these high school students to boost the skills and talents that they have………” Selected students of EVSU-SLS showed off their talents and skills in the celebration of the Science Month for the whole month of September. Six different competitions were organized by the EVSU-SLS Science Club; one among the activities was the Poster-Making Contest which was held on the 11th day of September, 2009 at the 2nd floor of EVSU Drafting building. The contest was participated by ten carefully chosen high school students, each of them has their own style and mode of making their poster and was judged by the most reliable and profecient drafting teachers of the school, Mr. Arvin Ian Cillo, Mr. Allan Diaz and Mr. Nelson Manadong, each judge had spent lot of time making such decisive decision that will impart the winner of the said contest, but one contestant stand out the most according to the mechanics made by the judges, Maria Rutchea Cabaluna, a 4th year student got the first place, followed by Georgia Paza, a second year high school student, and a third year high school student, Gino Paul Lumpas in the third place. On the same day, another leisure interest was conducted right after the Poster-Making Contest, the Science Journalism Competition in the SLS Library, the contest was joined by some of the aspiring journalists of EVSU-SLS, and the contest took almost three hours for the contestants to complete their outputs. Each produced journals of the contestants were judged by Mrs. Belinda Lora. It came out after the judging, that Marinel Octa, a 4th year student made the best journal output of the Science Journalism Contest; second place was also a  4th year student, Janelle Ponferrada, and Winston Lazarte, a 3rd year student, for the third place. On the 23rd of September, 2009, a selection of eight student contenders from the School were invited to join the Extemporaneous Speaking at the Audio Visual Room (AVR), the competition was poised by eight students, each of which was given an instant question to be answered in 2 minutes. Among the eight contestants, astounding answers of Nicole Montallana and Marinel Octa were favored by the Judges. After the verdict of the magistrates, a tie between Marinel Octa and Nicole Montallana a 3rd year student was declared, the second place was taken by Maria Rutchea Cabaluna, and Gerard Campo, a 2nd year student  for the third place. On the 25th of September, two days after the last activity, was spent for the preparation of the 4thSLS Science Scholastic  Decathlon and Team Debate, both was held in the AVR. The Scholastic Decathlon was assembled and conducted in the morning and the Team Debate was called up in the afternoon. There were two groups composed for the Team Debate, the Affirmative and the Negative side, each with five members of distinct year level. The debate topic was researched by the Science Club facilitators, “by which Science has more potential: killing or curing?” the Negative side consider Science as a threat to our society, and the Affirmative side believes that Science cures. After about an hour of stirring exchange of dialogues, the magistrates or the judges had arrived to a reasonable result, the Affirmative side was avowed to be the victor of the Team Debate Competition. The Affirmative group was associated by five members, a 4th year student Karla Capellan, 3rd year student Winston Lazarte, 2nd year student Saturnino Abuda, Clara Riley, a 1st year student and John Harvey, a 1st year student. After the Team Debate, the last event was supervised in the AVR, the 4th SLS Science Scholastic Decathlon. The event was facilitated by the Science Club Officers; nine teams strive for the title of being champion. Team 1 got the utmost number of points among the nine teams; therefore, team 1 was the champion for the 4th SLS Science Scholastic Decathon.

“A Cup of Persistence Leads to Victory”

by: AyraMae Simbirio

The EVSU “chemists” bagged the third place in the Chemistry Quiz Bowl held last Sept. 17, 2009 at EVSU Graduate School Function Room.

At exactly 1:30 PM the contest started. Contestants were introduced and were assigned their respective seats. And thus, the contest begun.

In the easy round, the “chemists” group who got the least points managed to attain back the points they lost. Questions after questions were piled, a mix of Integrated Science, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Each of the contestants striving their best to bring honor to their group.
The moderate round was, as expected, harder and more complex. Although a series of more advanced questions in Science were thrown towards the “chemists” way, they managed to get the highest score on the said round.
And so the contest continued and before long it shifted to the difficult round. The difficult round was based more on calculations resulting to a match-up of points in a last-minute attempt to win of the schools.

At last, the long wait for the tallies of the score was over. First place, was awarded to the students of the Holy Cross from Carigara. Second place, was then given to Sacred Heart College. And of course the third went to the EVSU “chemists”. Winners were congratulated, all three schools’ students were given plaques of recognition and medals, and so the final speech was given and the closing of the activity was assured.

SLS HOLDS 6th BSP and GSP Joint Camporette

by Kenneth Phurps Laurente

Registered Senior Scouts and Girl Scouts participated in the 6th BSP and GSP Joint Camporette and 2nd Rovermoot Camping in EVSU SLS grounds last October 16-18 2009.

The Senior Scouts were led by their outfit Advisor (Mr. Marlon Lora) and four Activity Officers namely Kenneth Phurps Laurente, Arnold Kent Bantaculo, Jovie James Cabillan and Caesar Ian Cabello. The Girl Scouts were led by Mrs. Reggie Regina Diaz, together with her junior patrol leaders. Many activities such as mountain climbing at Brgy. Caibaan, was held last October 16, 2009 for the boy scouts and the same went with the girls scouts but in a different location.

After the said activity, they went back to school for the bamboo rice cooking, semaphore flag relay, rapelling and troop formation.

During that same day, a campfire presentation was organized. The following day, the scouts proceeded to Sto. Niño church to attend the morning mass.

Awarding ceremony followed after the cleaning activity.

Outfit 435 joins 15th National Jamboree

Five senior scouts and three scout masters of Outfit 435 – Eastern Visayas State University Secondary Laboratory School participated in the 15th National Jamboree at Mt. Makiling, Los Banos, Laguna last May 26 – 31, 2011. (see full story)

Campus Writers Go Blogging!

Bloggers on the go... (Photo by: Ma'am Vikki Gaerlan)

Camp Blog 2011 Visayas Leg is being held at VSU,Baybay City, Leyte .

It opened Tuesday, June 21,2011 and will run until Sunday, June 26,2011.

The CICT Staff are here in Leyte to train teachers and students write online and create their respective online school papers.

Our own online writers Michael Dindo Cordial and Saturnino Abuda, Jr. together with Ma’am Lora and Sir Brun are, at the moment, sweating it out (in spite of the rain) writing and creating the online SLS school paper.

They are working side by side with other campus writers from six (6) other schools in Leyte and Cebu.