MyPhone Launches Search for My School House, My Teacher, My Hero (gives two-classroom buildings for inspiring stories of public school teachers’ heroism)
In support of the Teachers’ Month Campaign and World Teachers’ Day celebration, MyPhone launches the First My School House, My Teacher, My Hero Search nationwide.
Secretary Armin A. Luistro FSC confirms that the Search is one of the many activities which aim to instill awareness and drum up support for the Teachers’ Month Campaign and World Teachers’ Day celebration. The Search also seeks to highlight the significant role of teachers as genuine heroes of education, provide free and decent school houses to deserving schools through the efforts of the teachers, and inspire others to contribute in sincere nation-building efforts in line with the encouragement of President Benigno S. Aquino III during his State of the Nation Address.
To join, teachers must nominate his or her school, tell his or her story and justify why the nominated school deserves an award of free school house in an essay. Together with some important documentation, the essay must be submitted on or before September 15, 2011 to the Department of Education through the Center for Students and Co-Curricular Affairs c/o Executive Director Joey G. Pelaez.
Each entry shall be judged based on the special needs/circumstances of the nominated school (40%), story of the nominating teacher (30%), over-all impact on the community (20%), and online votes garnered on Facebook (10%). The nominated schools of the winning entries will each receive a school house consisting of two classrooms. Awarding of winners will be during the World Teachers’ Day on October 5, 2011 at the PhilSports Arena, Pasig City as one of the highlights of the celebration.
To get the complete details of the Search, interested teachers must secure a copy of DepEd Memorandum No. 184, s. 2011. For more information, please visit www.facebook.com/csca.deped or www.facebook.com/depedtmc.
The Search is also part of MyPhone’s advocacy to recognize the heroism in each individual especially the teachers whose welfare remains at the heart of its founder Elena S. Lim, herself a teacher back in the days. Recently, My Solid Technologies and Devices Corporation, owner of MyPhone, committed to donate classrooms to DepEd apart from the school houses it provided as prizes for this Search.
According to Mr. David S. Lim, President and CEO of My Solid Technologies and Devices Corporation, the Search serves as a tribute to all teachers who make things happen despite the difficulties of their profession. More than anything, the Search will showcase once again and even more that our teachers are truly heroes of our country.
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LIVING READY, LIVING SAFE
Welcome to the 9th Youth for Environment Summer Camp or simply YES CAMP. We are glad you all made it this year in this edition of the only national youth environmental camp in the country today. This edition is truly special. This is the first time that we are holding our activities in prestigious venues such as this CAP-John Hay Cultural and Trade Center and the Baguio Country Club. For many of us who have been used to the charm of Benitez Hall of Teachers Camp, this may be our first opportunity to appreciate other venues in some exclusive places in Baguio City, free from the rants and rages of the usually crowded and noisy city life, and among the serene company of pine trees, greens and hills. As fellow environmentalists, we invested in this because we believe we all deserve something better – a better place, a better environment, a better and safer world – which is what we are fighting for despite the increasing threat of climate change and global warming.
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