The Marvels (Official English Publication of Marbel National High School, Marbel, Matalam, Cotabato, Philippines 9406

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Vol. 1 No. 1 The Official Publication of Marbel National High School, Municipality of Matalam, Cotabato June 2012-March 2013

Mr. Ricky Dalida, theprincipal of MarbelNHSspeeds up the completion of the new multimedia center and administrative building.Construction of these build-ings started two years agoand is nearing completion.

To ensure that con-struction meets requiredstandards, the principal ispersonally supervising theconstruction.

The administrativebuilding will become fullyfunctional according to the

deadline set by the schoolhead this coming nextschool year beginningJune 2013- 2014. Thebuilding have huge cabinetto properly organize theschool documents, has twocomfort rooms intended for male and female users,and a comfortable receiv-ing area for visitors. On theother hand, the computer laboratory is almost readyfor transfer to its new build-ing giving way to a newclassroom to accommo-date more numbers of stu-dents next school year.

Construction of these projects are madepossible through the effortof the school principal withthe support of the stake-holders, namely: LGU, par-ents, individual donors andNGOs.

one hundredstudents

coming from Baran-gays Kibudoc and Mar-bel are recipients of Isko at Iska Program of the school. This schol-arship program is sup-ported by differentgrants both individualand organizational.

Alder Tamayo, Gyzel Acoba, and Merly Ambrociowho are all alumni of MarbelNHS working outside thecountry supported thirty (30)students and a guest bene-factor working in Singaporein the person of TarhataCasel supported ten stu-dents.

The Municipal Lo-cal Government Unit of Matalam with the leader-ship of Mayor Oscar Val-devieso has continuedthe support to fifteengrantees with a totalgrant amounting toPhP22,500 taken fromthe School EducationFund budget. Further-more, Municipal Coun-cilor Saturnino Amatac of LGU-Matalam also spon-sored ten scholars.

Meanwhile, LocalOfficials of BarangayKibudoc through the ini-tiative of Brgy. CaptainEduardo Ancheta, Kaga-wad Cristobal, Kagawad

Almie P. Casel and theteachers of Marbel Na-tional High School alsohave their share of schol-ars.

Brigada Eskwela has

been an institutionalized practiceof MarbelNHS since its concep-tion by DepED several yearsago.

Leading the implementa-tion is Mr. Ricky Dalida, schoolprincipal together with the teach-ers, students, parents, and other stakeholders like the Local Gov-ernment Unit of Matalam throughthe leadership of Hon. Mayor Oscar Valdevieso. These stake-holders put their best foot for-ward in the successful imple-mentation of annual Brigada

Eskwela or the Schools Mainte-nance Week that prepares the

school for the new school

year. Parents give their share by helping in the gen-eral clean-up of the school.

It can be recalled thatduring Brigada Eskwela 2011,LGU Matalam extended sup-port in terms of constructionmaterials amounting to fortythousand pesos (PhP40,000).

The donated materi-als were used for the partialcompletion of admin buildingand some minor repairs of

learning facilities and beautifi-cation of the campus.

by Janelle Palope

Shown above is the administration building that is soon to be com-

pleted. Inset (left) is the interior of the admin building. Inset (right)is the new multimedia building.

by Monera Dipatuan

Grantees of Isko at Iska Scholarship Program .

by Fritzi Juls Sanglitan

Admin Building, Multi-Media Center near completion To expedite implementation of priority projects

SSG raises fundsBy Jamillah Mae Diaz

This year the SSGofficer with their adviser,Mrs. Carmencita Magoncia

once again took the ini-tiative of raising funds toimplement the planned

Continue in page 7

Marbel NHS sustainsBrigada Eskwela initiative


2/8

The internet superhighway is known to be theelectronic road for freedom of expression. Many hadeven thought of it as a source of many positive andnegative publicity either political or entertainment.People refer to the internet to mingle with friendswhen they have less time to actually meet them.Now, its security and freedom is threatened by theso called cybercrime law created to protect figures of making it just a small passage to enjoy. Though,there are still chances to widen its way for as of to-day it is suspended for further studies and analysis.

The suspension of the said law purely is ablessing to media and people who wish to enjoy thefreedom of expression most specially on politicalmatters that also affect their lives. Every citizen of

this country has the right to speak their mind respon-sibly and have the right to know what is going on insociety in the convenience of the internet. Makingsuch law is a violation to freedom of expression. Fur-thermore, this law will limit the thoughts of youngpeople to commit themselves to society. The law hadmade many young people anxious for somehow thiswide road that keeps them connected to societymaking them responsible individuals and free fromthe walls that imprisoned their thought is created toprotect the self interest of politicians.

Thanks its suspended.

If I were the mayor of Matalam...

I would help the poor children whocould not afford to go to school by givingthem scholarship program so they couldbe given a chance to pursue their studieswill be my main concern if I were themayor of Matalam.

-Jonaida Abas-

I would act as a model of my con-stituents, be a man of virtues and a law-abiding citizen myself. With these, I be-lieve we could build a better Matalam.

- Angeles Abdul Gapor-

My priority would be to secure allplaces and provide recreation center andprogram in each barangay to divert thetime of the out-of-school-youth to sportsinstead of using illegal drugs. This wouldhelp minimize drug addiction and crime.

- Lizardo Judy Ann-

I would implement the clean andgreen program to every barangay. This isbeneficial to encourage them to workhard, develop the love for nature, planthigh value fruits, maintain cleanliness andfencing of their own surroundings.

-Jamaillah Diaz-

I would provide employment to theunemployed people of Matalam.

-Angelica Jane P. Casel-

My main concern as a mayor would be to free my people from poverty.I would extend an amount to those whoare in need

-Mariefe Lapea-

I would implement roads andbridges construction to have an easy accesin transfortation to help farmers with thrier products from farm market.

-Monera Depatuan-

First thing I would do is to serve as amodel in caring for the environment, likeplanting more trees, and vegetables to helpsustain the clean and green program.

-Normie Balacanan-

I would not engage in corruption,use the money of the public to implementespecially at the remote areas in a form of livelihood projects for women such as ani-mal dispersal and hug raising. I believe thiswill surely help every needs of the family.

-Fritzie Juls Sanglitan-

The best thing that I would do is tohelp the farmers avail of the new tech-niques and new ways of good farming toincrease production.

-Clydelle Diestro-

As a father of the municipality, Iwould be open for more investors and es-tablishments of infrastructure, departmentstores, and gasoline stations to provide em-ployment to the people. I would bring pros-perity to every family in the barangays.

-Ibrahim Batig-

I would chase suspected criminalsand those who will vciolate the law to helpeliminate crimes thet hinder the stability of peace and order of every community. Fur-thermore, to give justice to those victims of unlawful act.

-Alarilla,Jashen-

EDITORIAL BOARD AND STAFFSchool Year 2012-2013

JAMAILLAH P. DIAZ JAMES A. ESCUDEROEditor-in-Chief Associate Editor

ANABEL G. PALTI JUNAIDA I. ABASManaging Editor Managing Editor

SETTE MARIAM M. BUISAN ANGELICA JANE P. CASEL

Circulation Manager News Editor

JUDY ANN D. LIZARDO AREEJ P. OBRA Feature Editor Sports Editor, Cartoonist

Writers:IBRAHIM BATIG, MONERA DEPATUAN,

ABDUL GAPOR ANGELES

Advisers:

MRS. ANABELLE S. DAGOLTeacher-I

MR. RECLAR D. CHAVES

Teacher-I

Consultant RICKY A. DALIDA

Principal I

From the inbox of my mind Jamailah Mae Diaz, IV-A

A real Christian is ... follows this great commandment

of Christ: Love God with all your heartmind and soul; love your neighbor as youlove yourself.

-Jamaila Mae Diaz-

...respect the beliefs of othersand a good follower of Jesus Christ. -Angelica Jane Casel-

...willing to serve God faithfully anddo good things to others are the qualities .

-Fritzie Juls Sanglitan-

...someone who loves God andhis neighbors, his friends and eventhose who has done him wrong.

-Maria Luisa Dela Cruz-

...follows the footstep and com-mandments of our Heavenly Father.

-Noemi Apolonio-

...believes in heaven and helland always praises God.

-Egielyn Ruiz-

...afraid of doing unpleasant things.- Irene Ernacio

A real Muslim is

...one who believes in and fol-lows truthfully the five pillars of Islam.

-Jamaila Diaz-

...religiously observes Ramadan in30 days and refrains from committing sinsthereafter.

-Janele Palope-

...loves peace; respects peopleof other faiths.

-Areej Obra-

...follows the rules of Islam.-Wahida Balacanan-

...prays five times a day, has agood heart and willing to forgive thosewho sin against them.

-Jonaida Abas-

...a good follower of Allah, one whoalways does good things to his fellowmen.

-Sittie Mariam Buisan-

By Janelle L. Palope, III-A


3/8

Election for the nextschool years SSG officerswas successfully done atthe campus mini hall lastMarch. Teachers andschool Comelec facilitatedthe event and so for thecounting.

Students are en-couraged to practice their

right to vote for the NewSSG officers that will start toserve next school year 2013-2014. Candidates laid downtheir platforms during thecampaign which serve asbasis for student-voters incasting their votes.

The result of thecounting was announced the

Buildings construction addi-tional budget. This organiza-tion having more than 40members in Taiwan had aimfor the development of moreinfrastructure for the school.

The said amount was raisedthrough raffle draw in benefitsof our school. They sent thesaid amount through ATMaddressed to the principal andthe contact was made using asocial networking site.

MarbelNHS initi-ated and implementedthe Summer ReadingCamp to help the incom-ing first year and the slowlearners develop and im-prove their reading abilityacross all learning areas.

This advocacy isimplemented in both ele-mentary and secondaryschools in DepED-RegionXII with the following ob-

jectives: to improve learn-ers reading ability, diagnose their reading

deficiency and provide so-lutions to these deficien-cies, to help expose stu-dents in different readingactivities, and to

enhance their reading ac-tivities, and to enhancereading comprehensionand self-confidence indealing with their peers.

SRC at Marbel Na-tional High School offered

classes not only for Eng-lish but also for Science,Mathematics, T.L.E, Flili-pino, Araling Panlipunan,Values Education andeven Computer Educa-tion. Every student wasgiven an opportunity toengage in their own learn-ing style.

This was an advo-cacy to prepare the stu-dents in different chal-lenges for their new and

complex lessons that theywill be dealing with in theincoming school year. Fur-thermore the teacherswould have the chance toknow their future studentsand could anticipate howthey could manage thelearning styles of eachone.

A group of Filipino inTaiwan extended their sup-

port for school projects.Alder A.Tamayo, a schoolAlumnus made the effort togather funding from PGBI-Taiwan chapter.

A twenty thousand pesos(PhP20,000) was donated

by Philippine GuardiansBrotherhood Internationalfor the schools use with its

Philippine Guardians Brotherhood International Incorporated-Taiwan Chapters

extend support to Marbel National High School

The first retirementprogram and party washeld at Almas Ihaw -ihaw,

Kidapawan city last Febru-ary 15,2013 with member of MaKaKiLa members.Mrs Julita M. Beltran wasthe first to benefit from theorganization.

The MaKaKiLa isan organization of PublicHigh School Teachers And

Administrator from 4 differ-ent schools in matalamnamely; MarbelNHS, Ka-bulakanNHS, KibiaNHSand LampayanNHS.These teachers from dif-ferent schools joined

Forces to give importanceto individual needs andmake a pack with each

other to make a better learning experience for their students.

Mrs. Julita NadongBeltran the honoree had ateary eyes when she deliv-ers her speech givingthanks to those who onceshared experiences withher and even said thatbeing a teacher does not end when you retire but once a teacher, always ateacher the smile thatshe had during the cele-bration seemed endless.

MaKaKiLa (MArbel-KAbulacan-KIbia-LAmpayan) Secon-dary School Teachers, Administratorsand Retirees Association will tender aTestimonial Program and RetirementParty in honor of Mrs. Jovita Sebas-tian Salvatierra, mathematics teacher and school cashier of Marbel NHS for more than 15 fruitful years. Mommy,as she is fondly called by her col-leagues, will be on forced retirementeffective May 14. But the grand eventfor the honoree will happen sometimein August 2013.

Mommy was born on thebeautiful day of May 13, 1948 in Brgy.Katidtuan, Kabacan, Cotabato. She isthe 6th of the nine (9) childrenblessed of Mr. Pedro Camillo Sebas-tian and Mrs. Maria Alagano Miranda.

She completed her ele-mentary education at Katidtuan Ele-mentary school, Kabacan, Cotabatoin the year 1962. Motivated by her desire to continue her quest for suc-cess, she then pursued her secon-dary education at the University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan, Cota-bato where she graduated in the year 1966. Because of her desire to havea better education and possibly have

a better career in the future, she en-rolled at Central Mindanao Colleges

where she took up Bachelor of Arts inSecondary Education. She earned her

where she taught for 15 years. OnMarch 1995, she retired from the ser-

degree in the fruitful year of 1971.

After her graduation in col-lege, she took the Professional BoardExam for Teachers and through thehelp of the Almighty Father, she haspassed the exam. That is the reasonwhy in June 1971, she became ateacher in Green Academy located inSan Vicente, Makilala, Cotabato. After a year of teaching in the said school,she transferred to Central MindanaoColleges as an instructor. She taughtfor one year there. After that, shetransferred again to Amas BarangayHigh School in Amas Kidapawan Citywhere she worked as a Teacher-in-Charge from June 1973 to October 25,1981. A day after that, she was trans-

ferred to the main school which is theKidapawan City National High School

vice because of illness.

Because of her desire to goback to teaching profession, she onceagain applied as a classroom teacher inMatalam High School. God is good to her because she was hired and was deployedto Matalam High School Annex in Baran-gay Marbel, Matalam, Cotabato. She be-came a faculty member of the school from August 18, 1997 to November 15, 2005.When the school became separated fromMatalam High School and was given thename Marbel National High School, MaamSalvatierra or Mommy was still a part of ituntil her last day of service as a govern-ment employee on May 13, 2013.

Mommy is not an ordinaryteacher. She is a multi-awarded individualin the field of teaching profession. She hasa lot of awards and accomplishments while

in service. In fact, she was a Teacher-in-Charge in Amas High School, a Grade

By Normie Balacanan

By: Nor-Ain Sabal

By Fritzi Juls Sanglitan

By: Hermina Imbong

Julita Nadong Beltran retires after 22 Years, 4 mos. & 13 days of Nurturing Young Min ds in Public School

By Janelle Palope

Annual Synchronized SSG Election

Reading Across Disciplines Made Fun

MaKaKiLa SSTARA gets ready for Testimonial Program and Party in honor of Mrs. Jovita S. Salvatierra

Souvenir shots!Left:at Kaputian Beach Resort, IGaCos;Right:Sampaguita Inn, Davao City

Members of the PHILIPPINE GUARDIANSBROTHERHOOD INCORPORATED(PGBI),(DOULIO CHAPTER,CHAI YI CHAPTER,CHIA TAI CHAPTER,NANTZU CHAP-TER,TAINAN CHAPTER, and GANGSAN CHAPTER) in TAIWAN ROC raise fundsfor Marbel National High School. The amountraised was used to support the completion of theschools administration building.


4/8

Do we need to addup more year for basiceducation? Is this a solu-tion to Philippine educa-tional needs? An addi-tional burden for parents?The Department of Educa-tion has been bombardedwith such but surely thissystem of education willmake a great difference.

From the very be-ginning of this programmany questions had beenraised: How would it helpthe economy of the coun-try? How could it help inimproving the performanceof the students? and thebiggest question is: Canthe Filipino people afford it?

The debate of thepros and antis had rever-berated in the ears of teachers all over the coun-try asking why do we needsuch program while thetruth always could be seenthat the country has themost numbers of Englishspeaking people in Asiaand that we don't need ad-

ditional years to spendmore money.

Perhaps its a lotexpensive to have theK+12 working, but theDepartment of Educationsurely had thought of thefuture benefits of the stu-dents in the country towhere the secondaryschools offering livelihoodsubjects that will enablethe students to have bet-ter chances of going tohigher education usingthe skills they acquire inthe secondary throughbusiness and livelihoodopportunities.

The idea tolengthen the basic educa-tion in the country is notsomething new. In fact,an attempt was made in1925 to solve the educa-tional inadequacy of thebasic education programof the country but was notapproved due to the hugeamount of money neededfor the said proposal. An-other attempt to add upmore years in basic edu-

cation happened in 2004under Former president

Arroyo administration butnot a success.

This is idea to addtwo years more to basiceducation is not anymorea new idea. Theresponses of the publicare also not very new.

There seem to behaunting truths engulfingDepEd and they should takethese as challenges. Irrefu-tably, the country reallyneeds to cope with the ad-vancing educational systemof other countries andhopes to produce graduateswho can help in gearing upthe countrys economy.

Lets give this break-through in Philippine Educa-tion a chance to prove itsworth. We cannot expect

return of investment in just awink of an eye. What wecan do is to give our all-outsupport so we can truly getwhat we all expect: a goodreturn of investment for our country, for our economy.

M arbel NHS is an institu-tion of many good andtalented teachers. Recently,there is one who has been

added in the list. MNHSproudly presents its newteacher for this school year2010-2011.

Lets start knowingher. This new mentor hasbeen hired to replace Mr.

Altemore Maguate whotransferred to Matalam HighSchool (Poblacion). She wasborn on January 21, 1980and presently residing atManuel Roxas St., Poblacion

Antipas, Cotabato. She wasmarried to Mr. Francois

Canon who is connected with Sumifru Banana Planta-tion.

She finished her col-lege education at USM, ma-

jor in Biology in 2001 as cumlaude. After graduation, she

was determined to look for a job to help her family and soshe jumped at the chance of applying as Magtutudlo saBarangay of the ProvincialGovernment of Cotabatoand was assigned at MalireNational High School where

she had taught for threeyears.

With fervent prayers,she got a permanent post atMarbel NHS in the year 2005

where she was deployed toteach at Agustin ValdeviesoSr. Memorial High School.There, she spent five yearsteaching Biology subject.But due to inevitable cir-cumstance, she was tempo-rarily transferred to Kaba-can National High School inOsias Annex, Kabacan Cota-bato where she taught foronly three months.

But now, she has finallyfound her real home, Mar-bel NHS. Presently, she isteaching Science I,

Values Education III, Araling

Panlipunan IVand as first year-A adviser. She

was also desig-

nated as GirlsScout adviser.

Whenasked what kindof person shelikes to be with,she had this tosay: I lovefriends who arehonest, loyaland God-fearing. I dont like people

who are arrogant andsenseless.

What can she sayabout her new colleagues?She said that Marbel NHSteachers are impressivebecause they are friendly,approachable and can berelied on in terms of prob-lems. She also said thatMarbelNHS is a challeng-ing school because she hasnot experienced in otherschools she has been to thekind of challenge she hasbeen looking for.

This mentor believes

that if you want to succeedyou must have three im-portant things. First, thepocket to finance all thethings you need; second,the head to know and findyour weaknesses andstrength, to apply andchoose the correct and ac-curate decisions and third,the determination that actsas the battery or the right

way to finish your goals.What an explosive point of

view! Is it because shes acanon? Maybe, but trulyshes the canon that MarbelNHS needs. She is AraceliP. Canon, a young breed of mentor willing to serve inthe name of educationalenhancement and aca-demic excellence of Mar-bel NHS.

Marbel has a CanonBy Aniebai G. Palti

Marbel National High School principal reports B E S T P R A C T I C E S

Mr. Ricky Dalida, Principal of Marbel National High School

reports a package of best prac-tices of the school at DepEd

Cotabato Division Training Center, Amas, Kidapawan City last Janu-ary 29, 2013.

Marbel NHS representedMatalam Municipality in the presenta-tion of best practices.

Principal Dalida presented tothe evaluators the schools best prac-tice known as KAISA which is actually apackage of best practices:

Katas ng Unas a sugarcanefarming that had an accumulatedincome of Php 200,146.75 for twocrop years 2011 and 2012. Thisamount was utilized for the con-struction of the admin building,stockroom and new multimediacenter.Alay ng OFW Alumni a fundraising activity initaited by theOFW alumni and honorary mem-bers to upgrade the multimediafacilities of the school.

Isko at Iska a scholarship programsupported by some OFW alumni, OFWguest supporters, and LGU officials. 35%of the total school population has beensupported by the Isko at Iska Pr ogram.

The following are the scholarshipbenefactors:

1. Gyzel Acoba ScholarshipGrant;

2. Jerald VerdaderoScholarship Grant;

3. Merly AmbrocioScholarship Grant;

4. Tarhata CaselScholarship Grant;

5. Working Scholars of Teachers;6. Matalam Municipal Government

Scholarship Grant;7. Eduardo Ancheta Scholarship

Grant;8. Saturnino Amatac Scholarship

Grant;9. Rogelio Cristobal Scholarship

Grant;

10. Roxas M. BalacananScholarship Grant;

Summer reading camp a 15 daysummer reading program that willenhance the reading and comprehen-sion ability of incoming grade 7 stu-dents so they will become prepared for high school work.

Alay Brigada Eskwela an enhancedBrigada Eskwela that encouraged bothinternal and external stakeholders tohelp the school prepare for opening of classes. For 2012 Brigada Eskwela, in-kind support was pegged atPhp54,700.00.

The implementation of the project had made significant outcome towardmaintaining and improving the enrollmentrate, retention rate, survival rate, completionrate of Marbel NHS.

These practices even had re-duced the repetition rate and reduced drop-out rate. Furthermore, the students became alot involved in school activities and hadimproved their performance rate.

By Norhaina Kindo

By Noralla Katog


5/8

In 2002, a tournament sponsored by

former Gov. Manny Pinol knocked. Itwas an open tournament. Varsity, evenPalarong Pambansa players joined inon that prestigious event. Of the 200

players, only those who could make itto top 10 would be brought to Manila.Unfortunately, he landed on the 11 th

place. But that didnt make him a pessi-mist. Of course, in every game, theresa winner and a loser but never a quitter.Inspired by this, he joined another tour-nament sponsored by the Mayor of Kabacan, a Mayors Cup Tournamenton August 17-18, 2002. With greatfaith in Allah, he brought home the

bacon.He was in 4 th year college

when an opportunity to study BasicIslamic Law for free in Baguio Cityknocked again. He decided to test hisluck on the interview conducted in Co-tabato City. Few months after, fortu-nately his name was included on thelist. He considered this a rare opportu-nity that was up for grab. He jumped atthis chance, left his degree at USMunfinished and flew to Baguio City.

After two years of studying inBaguio City. The school had decided tosend the top 10 performing students inJakarta, Indonesia. Perhaps, it wasGods will that he would be one of those chosen few to continue the de-gree in Islamic Law on that foreignland.

In Indonesia, his passion to play chess had not ceased. Last April2010, he joined an International ChessTournament of 300 players includingmasters and grandmasters who werecoming from different parts of theglobe. It was a great event and thoughhe landed on the 40 th place, his experi-ence was in itself already a trophy.

Another competition took placeagain last May 2010 and he grabbed itagain. It was sponsored by a chess clubin Jakarta. How grateful that day was!He never expected he would bag the 1 st

prize. Alhamdulillah!This year, hed just come back

for good from Indonesia. Yes. He al-ready finished his degree. He left Indo-nesia with marvelous experiences andgreat life. At present, he is waiting for the result of his job application in Ba-guio City.

Through the years, he jour-neyed through life full of surprises andgreat challenges. Irrefutably, thesechallenges may sometimes have weak-ened him but he just keeps his faith inGod and never gives up his dreams. Hemakes failures as weapons to striveharder.

As a religious leader says, Aman is not finished when he is defeated.

He is only finished when he decides toquit now.

By Ricky Aguirre DalidaPrincipal I

Marbel National High SchoolMarbel, Matalam, 9406 Cotabato Province

Marbel National High School is legislated school in Cotabato Province, specifically inBarangay Marbel of the Municipality of Matalam established in 1996.

Marbel is a community of Muslim and Christians, majority of which are Maguindanaonsand Ilocanos.Before GEM and its education projects came to our school, we had low achievement rate and a highdropout rate. We didnt have a library, multimedia equipment, computers or an internet connection.Students and teachers either had low or zero knowledge on ICT. We never had NGO support.

In 2004, GEMs Computer Literacy and Internet Connection or the CLIC Project came toour school. For the first time that year, the students and the teachers experienced the thrill of usingcomputers and the internet.

The following year, I took a bold step of offering Computer Education as a separate subjectto all year levels with just five computers from CLIC Project. This became an institutionalized initia-tive as curriculum enrichment.

Also in 2004, Marbel NHSs PTA jumped at the chance of applying for a grant from the

Education Awareness and Support Effort-Matching Grant or EASE Project, which is now called theEducation Matching Grant of GEM. Through this grant, we were able to establish a mini- library util-izing of the 7X8 sq. m. c lassroom. The PTA purchased a TV and GEM provided an overhead pro-

jector and a DVD player. This was the first approved MGP of Marbel National High School.

After the first approved MGP activity, the Marbel NHSPTA has successively submitted andsupported one grant proposal after another. These include the upgrade of the computer laboratory,the acquisition of multi-media equipment, an LCD projector with projector screen, a wireless router,a printer, and other computer accessories.

In July 2009, the EMG Project and the PTA shared the cost for one-time installation of internet equipment. Without the Education Matching Grant Project, the school would not have beenable to sustain its internet connection since the equipment installation was too expensive for the PTAto shoulder alone. Thanks to the Education Matching Grant Project, our school is still connected tothe internet.

Through GEMs Education Matching Grants intervention, we have become polished. GEM

has made us glow. For the record:

1. We have improved academic performance;2. We have enriched the general curriculum by adding computer education as a separate

subject;3. We have made teaching and learning interactive with the use of the net and multi-

media equipment;4. We have established review sessions in preparation for NAT, NCAE, and other tests

employing multi-media equipment like the LCD projector;5. We have access to the websites that offer free review materials as well as teaching

and learning materials;6. We won in the ICT quiz during the Division Level STEP Skills Competition, SY

2009-2010;7. Students already have access to library materials especially in doing academic assign-

ments that require reference books like home reading reports or book reports;8. Teachers are generally more computer literate;9. I, as the school head, have successfully completed the on-line scholarship of

SEAMEO- Innotechs iFLEX on Instructional and Curricular Excellence in SchoolLeadership and Management for Southeast Asia (ICEXCELS) with former OIC-ARD Allan Farnazo as our on-line tutor purely done in Marbel National HighSchool;

10. USAID-GEM is the only NGO that supported Marbel National High School andmade it into one of the marvellous schools in Region XII;

11. The school has gained greater support from the PTA because of EMG Project. ThePTA has felt the presence of GEM in Marbel National High School because wehave all witnessed how the school has improved and the children benefitted fromthese blessings;

12. Our graduates are equipped with ICT knowledge and skills and mostly are ready for advanced ICT learning in college. In fact, many of them have taken ICT-relatedcourses;

What now after GEM? (We hope it wont end so soon. We hope it will be extended for more years. We still need GEM). In case, GEM will be gone, we will keep its glitter

1. by sustaining connection to the internet either through DepEDs DCIP (whichMarbel NHS is fervently hoping to receive this year) or through other fund-raising initiatives;

2. by continuing to provide learners with quality education that is enriched by theexperiences of ICT;

3. by maintaining proper care and use of learning facilities provided by USAID-GEM; and

4. by keeping the pride ever alive of being a rec ipient of USAID- GEMs EMGPand CLIC and being forever grateful to USAID-GEM for all the assistance ithas extended in making marvels for Marbel.

Ladies and gentlemen, expressing our gratefulness to GEM in words would not beenough. However, let me just sincerely express it in behalf of the parents, students andteachers of Marbel National High School: Thank you very much. Maraming pong salamat,GEM at Education Matching Grant. Pagpalain kayo ng Panginoon. Mabuhay po kayo! Youtruly have made marvels in Marbel.

(This is a speech delivered by principal Ricky A. Dalida during the celebration of 1100 Educa-tion Matching Grants held at Sun City Suites, General Santos City.)

A bdul Rasid Angeles- Thatshow he is known to his familyand friends. He was born on August10, 1983 among the eight children of Mr. Sammy N. Angeles, a driver, andMrs. Normina S. Angeles, a house-keeper.

To help his family and to livedecently have been his dreams ever since. Making ways to make themcome true with faith in the great Allahis his mission.

He finished his elementaryeducation at Galut, Sultan Mastura,Cotabato city. With the help of Allah,he graduated as first honor. Since then,he always dreamed of learning chess.He could still remember how fascina-tion drove him whenever he watched

players and their moves. At that timehe told himself, someday Ill be one of them.

He was in first year highschool at Sultan Kudarat Municipalhigh school when he became sickly.He thought he could not finish thatschool year. But, belief in Allah makesall the possibilities. With prayers hemanaged to continue freshmen year.

Later, his family moved toMarbel, the reason why his academiclife was also transferred here. He wasin second year high school when hestarted playing chess. He really waslearning it. His father was his mentor.As a starter, countless times he did

beat him. It was really challenging.Because of this, he became more de-termined to learn playing chess and

beat his mentor. Through constant practice, his goal was attained. Thereit was! He beat his mentor, not once

but every time they played.Intramural came. New to real

competition he didnt join. It was inhis junior year that he decided to testhis newly discovered skill. Gladly hisvery first attempt in this kind of com-

petition brought him to the districtmeet to represent Marbel NationalHigh School. On that competition he

thought he was going to bag the 1 st prize since he already beat the star player of Matalam. Thinking that wayhe didnt spend too much attention onhis co-player that made him lost thegame. He landed on the 3 rd place. Thegood thing that taught him from thisexperience is to never take things for granted. Always give the best till theend.

Another thing he learned inchess is to sacrifice. He was in 4 th year then when he joined a tournament inMlang, North Cotabato. On the actualgame he couldnt make up his mind. Itwas so hard to decide whether to sacri-fice a move or not. It was only faith

that he cling to. As a result, he made itto top 3 and Alhamdulillah! they hadthe same score (4.5). From then on, herealized that sacrifice is the key tosuccess and that became his lifesmotto. Another achievement he hadduring that time was graduating fromhigh school with flying colors.

His passion to playing chesshad not ended when he pursued histertiary education at USM, Kabacan,Cotabato. While taking up BS in Agri-culture Business, he also gave time tohis extracurricular life as a Varsity

player in chess. With great faith inAllah he along with his colleagues,would often times romp away the

championship trophy in every compe-tition.

Abdul Rasid Angeles

On winningmany lifes battles

By Marvelous


6/8

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MOTHER

By James Escudero

When I am sad and lonely, you make melaugh,

When I face troubles, you gave me courageand advice,

When I am alone, you are my companion,With you, through thick and thin, life must

go on.

You give me hope, when I am hopelessYou give me light, when I am in darkness,

You lift me up when Im down and problems, You help me experience the real happiness.

You surely touch my life marvellously,And give me reason to survive

With this, I always pray to GodThat he will bless you with long life

To watch and guide me in facing lifes trials.

You are the greatest woman i met,With a perfect heart and genuine heart

A heroine in every fight I haveA precious and priceless gift from God

A family can always be proud .

I am so blessed; I have a mother like youA mother who is so compassionate and

lovingA mother who serves as instrument in

fulfilling my dreamsHow I wish youll stay with me forever

I salute and love you very much MOTHER.

TreesBy Hermina Imbong, Baraguer Salipada

Trees are watered by love and carePlanted everywhere

Gives beauty and pleasureBring fresh air and cool atmosphere

Trees serve as nest for birds A place for them to live

Provide shades to animalsIt brings harmony, comport and joy to every

life

Trees prevent floods and landslidesWe should grow like trees

Strong but gentleDespite trials and calamitiesStand tall and be proud

Let us plant trees in our heartMaking things useful

Building houses of good relationshipBringing water of great memories into our

branches

Trees, Trees be my guideLet my world be reach by your roots

Let our lives be like yoursTrees cure our hearts

MY PHILOSOPHY OFSUPERVISION

by Ricky A. Dalida

Principal IMarbelNHS

I believe that supervision is my power letmy people shine. Like the sun that shinesbrightly above a clear blue sky. I have to ra-diate what I can do best to my teachers. I be-lieve that this can happen best though myskills in coaching and mentoring and manyother good ways that can trigger them tooshine in great splendor in all aspects of their professional life. I believe that I can bring outthe best in them as a supervisor.

I believe that the teachers are my businesspartners in making the business grow, gainprofits and share together the joy of profitsharing. Profits would be in terms of qualityperformance outputs of every task assignedthem to do. I believe I have to be the sourceof inspiration for all the teachers under mywatch. I have to inspire them that they willconsider teaching not as work, but as a call-ing. I have to radiate an inspiring dispositionfor them to always bring out the best in them-selves to bring out the best in the students.Eventually, that best when sustained canturn into excellence in the entire school sys-

tem.

I believe that teachers should not stagnatein their professional life. I should not allowthem to be static but to be always creative,innovative and result-oriented. I believe thatthey have the power to soar high or evenhigher than what eagles are able to reach.This I can do if I give the best of myself for them. I cannot reach what I aim for if I do itall alone by myself. I have to soar with them,lead them towards a common direction of doing the best and making the best in edu-cation happen * especially for our learners.

I believe that we have all the capacity to bethe best and this is through my nurturingsupervision.

F inally, I believe that my supervision canand should always bring all voices to-gether to blend into one as we all say, Gofor the best, be the best**

* philosophy slogan/motto of MarbelNHS ** philosophical motto of COSUCECO

FRIENDSHIPBy Angelica Jane Casel

Friendship is a giftThat someone can give to every one of us.

It is also a treasure forever Two persons can be proud of together.

Whatever struggles, obstacles and trials,Friends will face in life.Friendship must go on.

For it will serve as an inspiration.

Friendship is nurtured by love,Watered with care and a thoughtful heart.

Friendship will last forever,When two friends understand each other.

Im glad I have a friend Someone who lights up my life,

Someone who is always be part of my life.Thats friendship are define

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My Country By Rico Enterone

A place so radiant and lovelySurrounded with Beautiful scenery

My dear Philippines, how I adore thee,

To the Filipino hearts, you always stay.You are composed of so many islandsWith hospitable and patriotic peopleYou are known as pearl of orient seas

Worthy to be loved and cherished.

A country rich in natural resourcesWith valleys, mountains, rivers, and lakes.

A place created by our CreatorFor you, for me, and for all the Filipino people.

Your beauty is indeed extraordinaryI promise to take care of you everyday.

I will engrave your wonderful name in my heartdaily

Because you are so precious to me

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Tell meBy: Fritzie Juls Sanglitan

Tell me if what should I doTell me what is in you

Because every time I saw youMy heart beats fast you know?

I cant resist to hide my feelings, To someone who is always in my dreamHow I wish I could see you again,

To ease my burdens.This time I want you to know,

That deep in my heart, I am thinking of you.Now tell me, how could I forget you,Because I think Im in love with you.

Days, months and years have passed and Iwanted to forget you.

But I could not do so...........Now, tell me what should I do?

Tell me, what is in you that I cant forgetyou?

HE WHO GATHERS INSUMMER IS A SON WHO

ACTS WISELY, BUT HEWHO SLEEPS IN HARVEST

IS A SON WHO ACTSSHAMEFULLY.

Proverbs 10:5


7/8

T o support theschool in carrying out itsvision, mission, goalsand objectives, a newset of officers of the Par-ents-Teachers Associa-tion (PTA) of Marbel Na-tional High School waselected last July 21,2012.

The following arethe new set of the PTAofficials for SY 2012-2013.

President:

Vice-Pres:Mrs Almie Casel

Secretary:Mrs. Carmencita Magoncia

Treasurer:Mrs. Mirla Obra

Auditor:Mrs. Glenda Ruiz

P.I.O.Mr. Romeo Dimaagos

Business Managers:Mr. Yasser TumindigMr. Edwin AquinoBoard of Directors:Mrs. Araceli P. Canon

Mrs. Carmencita MagonciaMrs. Judy BalaqueMr. Rico ValenzuelaMrs. Liny Sobreno

Adviser: Mr. Ricky DalidaPrincipal IMarbelNHS

Listed below aredonors of the said project.1. Palti, Bainesan2. Ambrocio, Merly3. Badsegan, Aida Tagitican4. Blaya, Melody5. Casel, Tarhata*6. Collado, Charisse7. Collado, Mylene8. Encarnacion, Amado Jr.9. Fermin,Darlyn10. Gran, Gary (Jim)11. Llabado, Divina*12. Mato, Bai (Reem)13. Gyzel Acoba Baruela14. Presto, Joel (Gabriel)*15. Siobal, Welma

16. Tamayo, Alder A.17. Valdez, Benjo T.18. Verdadero, Jerald19. USAID-GEM

With* Honorary Member

Thirteen alumni of Marbel NHS alumni andtwo honorary memberswho are working as OFWin different countries andone guest donor with local

employment here ex-tended financial assis-tance to the school. Theshared amount from theseeighteen donors wereused a counterpart to the

project of upgrading themultimedia center of theschool with new computer units, printers, sound sys-tem and musical instru-ments.

By Amsaida Andog

The eighteen do-nors communicated by theschool head through Face-book were able to raise theamount of PhP70,035.00.

It is expected thatteaching and learning proc-ess will become more pro-ductive with the assistancegiven by the aforemen-tioned donors.

Mommy JSS(Continued from page 3) leader, an outstanding teacher in KidapawanNHS, an SEDP trainer in Mathematics IV, ZoneIII Mathematics Coordinator, academic coordi-

nator of Marbel NHS and at the same time theschool cashier.

Mommy has also attended semi-nars and trainings in relation to her profession.She became a participant of the BEAM In-service training of teachers and school headson classroom-based management, training of teachers and facilitators on the bridge program,training on assessment for learning: tools, practices and alternative approaches, orienta-tion seminar on the Philippine National RedCross Membership Identification, DivisionTrainers training for High School Mathematics,training for Secondary School Teachers on theImplementation of the Basic Education Curricu-lum, Mathematics III Laboratory Skills Training-Workshop, Math-Science Follow-up workshop,Values Education Orientation-Workshop andtraining program for regional teachers.

Mommys better -half is Jacinto

Jornadal Salvatierra, an educator turned-businessman. They were blessed with fiveintelligent and responsible children - three boysand two girls. The eldest isBetchie, a BS in Accountancy graduate and at the same time agraduate of Midwifery. She is presently workingas a stenographer at the Municipal Trial Court,Hall of Justice, Davao City. The second child isAbel, a BS in Computer Engineering graduate.He is presently working as a Project Manager and Senior Software Engineer at Alqosaibi andBrothers Company located in Damam, Kingdomof Saudi Arabia. The third isVivien, a BS inComputer Science graduate from UIC DavaoCity. She is presently working as a stenogra-pher at the Municipal Trial Court, Hall of Justice,Davao City. The fourth child isAlvin, a BS in Accountancy graduate from UM Davao City. Heis working as a Clerk in Alqosaibi and BrothersCompany, Davao City Branch. The youngestamong the five children isAldrin, a BS in Me-chanical Engineering graduate from UM Min-danao. He works as a manager at Solid SteelCompany in Davao City.

Mommy will retire from the govern-ment service but her service to her family espe-cially to her very supportive and loving husbandcontinues. She will continue taking good care of her ten (10) intelligent, lovely and handsomegrandchildren whom she considered as thegreatest gifts of her retirement.

initiated like Peso for aCause and Search for Mr.& Miss SSG 2013.

It is expected thatthe SSG office will beready for use before theend of the school year.

The funding came from vari-ous sources such as Search

for Mr. and Miss SSG andPeso for a Cause.

Last February, Mrs. Ma-goncia made it a point tostart the construction of theSSG Building using themoney that was generatedfrom two fund-raising activi-ties. The amount donated byJerald Verdadero and Merly

Ambrocio also helped in thecompletion of the project. .

In an interview, onestudent said, The fund rais-ing is a very big help for usto be able to build the SSG Building.

We, the officers of SSG and also our adviser

Maam Carmencita Magon-cia are very thankful to thosekind-hearted people whohave helped us financially, James Escudero added.

We finally have ahome. This new office is for all student leaders and mem-bers as well who have con-cern as regards policies that SSG is trying enforce. This isa place where students will be honed to become good leaders, Hermina Imbong seriously expressed.

projects. One of the projects of the SSG is the con-struction of its own buildingto serve office of the SSGadviser and officers and asplace for meetings.

To realize the plans,fund raising activities were

It doesntmatter howdark it is in

the beginning;one whostrives canreach the

sun.

By Nor-Ain Sabal

By Areej Obra

Officers of SupremeStudent Government (SSG)

are almost ready to occupythe new SSG Building. Thisproject initiated by Mrs. Car-mencita L. Magoncia, SSGadviser with the support of the students, SSG officersand teachers a started inFebruary 2013. With thisnew building, student leadersnow have a place where theycould share ideas comforta-bly.

It would be an ad-vantage for student leadersto have a place where theycould effectively share their ideas, Mrs. Magoncia said.

Shown above is a building that will soon serve as a place for meet-ing and planning of SSG officers and as an office of SSG adviser and SSG President.

The items shown above are donations of MarbelNHS OFW Alumni and USAID-GEM.

By Jamillah Mae Diaz


8/8

L iving a life of fairness is a life of sports. Thiswas a line that I heard from a person I barely knew when I was little. When you think about it, you would say it got a point. Sports does make important impact in the lives of many, even to children who play by therules in every game thought them a lot in life.

Going in sports would just be for fun for somebut the health benefits that comes with it is so seriousthat it could extend more years in peoples lives. Win-ning on such would even boost self-esteem, develop

leadership potentials and better relationships.Life is a pure challenge and so we come up with

sports to live out this test through endurance and stam-ina in facing the realities of the game called life. Young

people who face the fact of life with its difficulties along with getting themselves into sports likely to finish their studies, do not get pregnant early and away from de-

pression and anxiety.One of the reasons why other people get into

sports is that the spirit of friendship between your co-teammates and coaches become stronger as if youtreat each other as a family. Life without a family isempty and so life without getting engaged into sports ismerely blank. Winning the games in life is just like win-

ning a certain event with the cooperation of each mem-bers, whatever the result will be everybody is responsi-ble. Life has its ups and downs, also sports has it. Ex-

periencing defeat would make other people quit. But always remember quitting is a sign of being weak.Many issues that would tend to discourage players .One of which is the issue of poor coaching, we might say that there are people that are difficult to coach but it depends on the coach strategies to overcome such

problem.Engaging into sports activity in school is a train-

ing ground for us to develop our young minds to beready to the challenging world that awaits us in the fu-ture. Being able to learn new techniques and strategiescould be of great help in winning the game called LIFE.

Whatever our motivation is it should be for our good and for the others. Striving to bring home the ba-con would be a great motivation for us to strive our best in everything we do. Nevertheless, experience and friendship would be a better goal when you play. Play-ing sport games is not just winning the game but win-ning the heart of every people we met. Being fair to our opponents is the great value that we need to have. Lifeis not about competing to win but also being fair and honest to those people we value the most and so withsports, its not about winning, its about how we play the game.

In conclusion, the right game for young peoplelike us is within our hearts, young people need to do is

listen and feel the passion that is inside.

SPORTS EDITORIAL

Life Through Sports

T he school squarelyfaced the challengeof hosting thisyears Zone 8 Ath-letic Association Meet whoseinvasion of the four corners of Marbel National High Schoollasted for two days from Oc-tober 19 to 20, 2012. Thisgathering of athletes fromthree athletic zones or units inthe Municipality of Matalamh a d f o r i t s t h e m e

Sportmanship Yields our Nations Best. The winnersof different sports events willrepresent the zone in the Pro-vincial Athletic Meet 2012.

The first day beganwith a parade and followed bythe opening program at theschool ground. It was graced

by Honorable Mayor Oscar Valdevieso who gave hismessage and extended a cash

prize of ten thousand pesos(PhP10,000)

After winning thechampionship trophy lastintramurals in schoolyear 2011-2012, the Ea-gle team is back to retainits title during the intra-murals 2012-13 by usingthe very same strategyof teamwork.

The team domi-nated the intramurals 2012when the players tried to

show their best in everygame. The team had shownvery aggressive moves andtactics in basketball boysand girls by not allowing anyopportunity for the oppo-nents to score.

The Red Team tri-umphed in the followinggames: basketball men andwomen, soccer men, javelinthrow, athletics women,chess men, table tennis menand women which includedoubles, shotput men andwomen and sepak takraw.3rd Athletic Zone Meet

invades Marbel NHS By Angelica P. Caselfor the winners.

This years ZoneMeet was divided into threeunits, namely:Unit 1-Matalam North( c o m p o s e d o f L i -nao,Sarayan,Agustin Valdevi-eso and New Alimodian),Unit 2-Matalam South(Matalam High School andDalapitan) and Unit 3-M a K a K i L a(Marbel,Kabulacan, Kibia

and Lampayan).The different compe-

titions were done simultane-ously on the first day withmost games played within theschool. The second day wasscheduled for the champion-ship and North Matalam gotthe highest having garnered123 points followed by SouthMatalam with 98 point thenMaKaKiLa with 94 points.

Annual Updating

Gulmatico for Softball; Mr.Donato Quevido, guest

facilitator, for Lawn andTable Tennis; Mrs. Ji-nareza Martinez for Gym-nastics; Mr. Reynaldo Cor-puz for Chess; Mr. Phil-lip Salmorin for Footballand Mr. Jay-Ar Concepcionfor Arnis.

There were 101participants for the saidclinic composed of differ-ent coaches and officialselementary and secondaryschools in Matalam andMidsayap.

The event was or-ganized in order to provideparticipants with updates onthe new rules of differentgames. The workshop wassystemized. The first daywas focused on lectures onhow to facilitate every sportevent. The second day was

the application of the theo-ries learned especially on

the new rules to make surethat all coaches and officialsare fully prepared to deal witheach sports event.

The training had beendesigned to prevent undesir-able behaviors of players for the said events. It would helpavoid misunderstanding andeven would maintain the es-sence of sportsmanship withall the players of any sportsevent.

Abilitymay get youto the top,

but it takescharacter to

keep youthere.

John Wooden, Basketball Coach

By Areej P. Obra

Marbel NHS students say:

YES TOEDUCATION,

NOTO

DRUG

ADDICTION

Sports officials andcoaches came to MarbelNational High School to at-tend a two-day refresher course on different sportsevents from September 29-30, 2012. It had the objec-tives of updating sports offi-cials and coaches on therules of different sports

events and providing theminputs on proper handling of various sports events.

The sports facilitatorsare coming from differentschools in the Municipality of Matalam with a guest facilita-tor from Midsayap. Theywere Mr. Freddie Lanosin for Badminton; Mr. Altemore Ma-guate for Basketball; Mr. RicoValenzuela for Basketball;Mr. Albert Cantomayor for

Atheltics ; Mr, Elmore Jac-quias for Swimming; Mr.

Aniano Repique for Sepak

Takraw; Mr David Tuzonfor Baseball; Mr Eduardo

By Jamillah Diaz

Mr. Rico G. Valenzuela, School Sports and Events Coordinator of MarbelNHS announces selected athletes whowill represent Zone 8 in the 2012 Provincial Meet while coaches and delegation heads listen. Inset: Selected

baseball players trained by Mr. David Tuzon, Jr.

Documents

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