DepEd Memorandum 525 s 2008

2008 National Observance of the week for the gifted and talented.

To:
Bureau Directors
Dir of Services
Regional Directors
Schools Division/City Superintendents
Heads, Public and Private Elementary and Secondary Schools.

1. Every fourth week of November, the nation observes National Week for the Gifted and Talented, an event declared through Presidential Proclamation No. 199 signed on Oct 19, 1999. This years celebration will be observed on November 24-28 2008 with the theme "Building Gifts into Talents".

2. The Celebration aims to strenthen public awareness on the education of the gifted and telented in the country.

3. All private/public SPED centers, including the regular schools with organized classes/programs for the gifted and telented are encouraged to undertake any of the ff activities.

a. Visual and performing arts competition
b. arts and crafts exhibits
c. academic competitions
d. education fiedl trips to museums, science centrum
f. fun games and sports activities
g. symposia on parenting the gifted and talented on meeting their needs
h. lectueres on building gifts into telents of these learners and
i other related activities.

4. The observance should be made part of the regualr classroom activities to avoid disruption of classes and to mazimixe time for learining. (DepED Order No 9 s 2005)

5. Please call SPED-BEE Central office at tel 02-631-9993 for more information. Wide dissemination of this Memo is desired.

Franklin C. Sunga
Undersecretary

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DepEd Memorandum No. 524 s 2008

21st Girls Scout of the Philippines National Council Convention

1. The Girls Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) will hold its 21st National Council Convention in Bohol Tropics Resort, Tagbilaran City on May 25-27, 2009 with the theme "Join in Reach Out Change Lives". This will be hosted bt the Bohol Girl Scouts Council.

2. For more information, please contact the GSP National Headuarters, 901 Padre Faura Steet, 1000 Ernita, Manila at tel no 632-523-8331 to 42 fax nos. 521-4144. Email gspnh@tri-isys.com; http://girlscouts.org.ph.

For details, please download the complete memorandum

DepEd Memorandum 506 , S 2008

ZERO CAVITY MISSION PROJECT

1. Pursuant to DepED Order No 73 s 2007 entitled Promoting Oral health in Public Elementary Schools and the Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Program jointly implremented with Colgate Palmolive Philippines Inc., DepED throught Health and Nutrition Center and Adopt a school program and the Department of Education Dentist Association emark on a ZERO CAVITY MISSION PROJECT with aims to address the high prevalence of oral health problems among school children.

2. Tje CPPI Dental Van fully euipped with dental supplies and materils will be visiting 50 selected schools nationwide. Preventive and curative services will be provided by school dentists and voulunteer dentists from partner agencies to Grade I pupils. and toothbrushing drills and oral health promotion activities will also be conductiedc to reinforce the 7 o'clock toothbrushing habit beign implemented in schools.

3. The project will be lauched at P. Bernardo Elementary School. P. Tuazon St, uezon City On Nov 5 and several schools will be visited this SY 2008-2009.

See the memo for school name and details.
DM 506 s 2008

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Pursuing a legacy endeavor to grade schools, the provincial governor, Hon. Geraldine "Jade" Ecleo, gives away 9,000 pieces of personalized and made-to-order notebooks to all grade 2 and 3 pupils of Dinagat Islands.

A total of 105 elementary schools comprising from the seven school districts of Albor, Cagdianao, Dinagat, Loreto, San Jose, Rizal and Tubajon, have benefited from the governor's generosity.

Dr. Teofila Cabatuan, School Division Superintendent, has provided data that about 2,745 Grade II pupils and 2,809 Grade III pupils within the province have acknowledged and acquired said notebook.

Governor Jade has personally distributed these notebooks to the pupils of such recipient schools as: San Jose Central, Aurelio, Sta. Cruz, Mahayahay, Dinagat Central, Doña Helen, and Edera Elementary Schools.

In response, the administrators, teachers, and beneficiary pupils showed their warm welcome to the Governor during her visits to their respective schools, and gave her due appreciation and support for her genuine legacy endeavor to the underprivileged pupils of the province of Dinagat Islands.

She is definitely one of the model politician that recognized the value of children education. We are hoping that governors are not only donating for the buildings but also those basic needs of individual pupils like notebook, uniform, bags, science equipment and laboratory manuals. Of course some give multimedia equipment like computers and television sets. We just hope they spend not only on donating things but also participate in school management and evaluation. I wonder if the governors, mayors and congressman have team that regularly monitor schools progress.

by Conchita M. Macalua

Dr. Aurora F. Trinidad, district supervisor of San Mateo, Rizal and district Scouting commissioner of the Rizal Council-Boy Scouts of the Philippines, left yesterday for Singapore to attend the Course for Leader Trainer sponsored by the Singapore Scout Association.

The training, which will be held until Nov. 30, is one of the requirements to become a full-pledged leader trainer.

r. Trinidad
Trinidad is also the assistant treasurer of the Council and the council's commissioner on KAB Scouting.
Joining her are five other Scouters from other parts of the country. They are Irma O. Ejada, Cavite Council; Rene L. Hayag, Sorsogon Council; Warlito M. Salido, Davao City; Baltazar Gayem, Valenzuela Council and Gilberto Montenegro, Surigao del Sur Council. (BSP)


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The Korean Overseas Volunteer (KOV) program after being in some 25 provinces in the country has finally reached Samar.

In an interview, Mr. Jaeyoung Choi, administrative officer of KOV Philippines, said that the program may donate Personal Computers (PCs) to three high schools in Catbalogan City and train teachers and students to maintain and repair their damaged PCs.

Mr. Jaeyoung who speaks fluent English and some Tagalog expressions like 'talaga' and 'di ba' talked with enthusiasm how his country through the KOV will help developing countries like the Philippines.

For a start, his country he said has deployed volunteers in the fields of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), agricultural productivity, early childhood and youth education, public health services and Korean language Teaching through TESDA.

In Samar, one Korean volunteer has been with Samar State University (SSU) assisting in the fisheries development.

Just on November 7, Mr. Jaeyoung visited Samar National School (SNS) the biggest high school in Samar to talk with school principal Tony Caveiro. The Korean said he would try to train and teach students to maintain the PCs and then the teachers as students would then be graduating.

The problem with PCs is someone has to maintain the unit to prevent total damage, he shared. If the PCs are not maintained, the schools would be requesting for new units every now and then, and that could be very costly, he sighed.

However, with the training of teachers and students for free, the life expectancy of each PC is then assured, said the young Korean.

The program, said Prof. Rolando Diocton of SSU will benefit some one thousand children who are out of school because the Korean wants to teach OSY to be computer literate so they could be trained to get jobs, even abroad.

The Korean national also praised TESDA for the skills development training it gives to the Filipinos making them more qualified for jobs that needs skills.

The Filipinos are competitive, he said abroad, because they speak English and they are very efficient and easily trained.

Presently, together with Prof Diocton and other partners at the SSU, the Korean will map out plans for ICT development in SSU, SNS and Silanga National High School.