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A Feature on the SCP Culminating Activity & Education Week 2022
By Alyson Mae Garcia & Hanna Claire Molina via Carl Jillian Mendoza
Jessica Ogahayon
Education, in its many forms, has never been a bore.
Born out of unity and courage, the back-to-back Special Curriculum Program (SCP) Culminating Activity and Education Week 2022 on December 12-13, 2022, showed how education can be enjoyed like a festival as the different fields showcased their various talents and skills, turning the covered court and the surrounding buildings into a spectacle of colorful microcosms.
While the six booths of the school’s departments wonderfully surrounded the court, SCP students, specialists, teachers, guests from Gumaok Elementary School, and parents wowed themselves at the showcase of talents happening in front
Paradise Farms National High School has truly missed the vibrance of the stage when Special Program in the Arts (SPA) students perform, and after two years, the familiar noise is once again back as the crowds gleefully lauded the presentations, not to mention the added excitement as all special programs worked together for the event.
BORE NO MORE: WHEN EDUCATION MEETS FESTIVAL
By Alyson Mae Garcia & Hanna Claire Molina via Carl Jillian Mendoza
The meaning of education and festival converged at once on December 12 as SCP students got to understand and appreciate more their respective specializations and regular students also enjoyed the exhibits in the creatively arranged booths of all departments.
Festivals are intrinsic aspects of the culture of a group of people to promote interesting crafts and elements such as fabrics, symbols, folktales or stories, and furnishings. Just like these festivals, the SCP Culminating Activity, a project of the SCP-Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) officers, provided an opportunity for all special programs to responsibly play unique roles, thereby serving as key elements in the said event hosted by SPA Music Specialist Irene C. Ladino, and SPA Dance Specialist Chris Cielo B. Balance.
December 12
In a figurative sense, Dance and Music students exhibited the fabrics of the show, Visual Arts students crafted the symbols, Theater Arts students staged the stories along with Creative Writing, while Special Program in Foreign Language-Nihongo (SPFL), Special Program in Sports (SPS), and Special Program in Journalism (SPJ) provided the furnishings to complement the joyous vibes of the occasion.
The meaning of education and festival converged at once on
as SCP students got to understand and appreciate more their respective specializations...Jessica Ogahayon Siege Aldrin Baron
BORE NO MORE: WHEN EDUCATION MEETS FESTIVAL
By Alyson Mae Garcia & Hanna Claire Molina via Carl Jillian Mendoza
FABRICS
To make the audience see and appreciate Philippine culture even more, SPA Dance students performed traditional and folk dances, namely “Dumagat Dance,” “Cariñosa,” “Pangalay,” and “Chikita.” Clad in uniform colors symbolic of the themes their dances reflect, they owned the stage with their vivacious performances. The audience also saw precise moves from the pair of Roy Gabriel Babael and Warren Distor in their modern dance “One Less Lonely Girl.”
When everyone thought it was done, the momentum was perked up again with the finale intermission number of the “Bantas: Ikalawang Yugto” dance contest champions Dexter Casimiro and Amber Capitania in their winning performance “Kay Ganda” by Nik Makino.
Filling the air with homey melodies, SPA Music students together with the Euphonyka band performed “Flashlight,” “Magbalik,” “Eroplanong Papel,” “Awit ng Kabataan”, and “Binibini” by Zack Tabudlo, along with a Christmas song, “All I Want for Christmas.”
The tagline “Once a Paradisians, always a Paradisian” always rings true indeed as an SPA Music alumnus, Marvin Jaro perfoms the song he wrote by himself, titled “Balot” and gives his own rendition of “Talking To the Moon” by Bruno Mars.
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SYMBOLS
Paradisians also beheld the beauty of the performances and surroundings through the artistic masterpieces and crafts of SPA Visual Arts students. From the booths to their classroom, students almost got a peek at a local museum brought to the grounds of a school.
FURNISHINGS
Symbolic, graceful moves get redefined as well when a cultural dance from a neighboring Asian country is performed. With this, select SPFL students presented a Japanese dance using colorful umbrellas. Meanwhile, Euen Alexis Maglayuan, also an SPFL student sang “Migraine” by Moonstar 88, a Japanese version of an OPM song.
To complete the creative display of talent and skills, along with passion and grit, SPS students also performed their sports dance entry, while SPJ students rigorously took charge of all the documentation and coverage for the event from its beginning to end.
STORIES
Just when the precious fabrics have been laid out and showcased already, the literary and dramatic inspiration of every festivity also has to be unraveled. With this, Teatro Paraiso showed how skits are turned into the next level in terms of form and function as they performed a role play depicting a relevant social issue nowadays how a Filipino family is suffering because of poverty
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BORE NO MORE: WHEN EDUCATION MEETS FESTIVAL
By Alyson Mae Garcia & Hanna Claire Molina via Carl Jillian Mendoza
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Masaya at namangha. Masaya ako kasi ang galing ng mga nag perform, namangha dahil totoo pala na kahit sumali ka sa mga club na hindi marunong, sa huli matututo ka, ” Maria Cris Naomie Sy of Grade 8-Lily said
“Importante ang Culminating Activity na ito para makita ang talento ng mga Paradisians,” she added.
After the closing remarks by Sir Jay-Ar Cuevas, SCP Coordinator, elementary pupils from GES got the opportunity to do their benchmarking as they were guided by specialists and SCP students when they explored all SCP and STE rooms.
The saddest thing in life, perhaps, is wasted talent. However, PFNHS only has the reverse of this the happiest things as the different talents, skills, and intelligences of students are being honed to the highest level. SCP students may always have to go the extra mile to pursue their passion, but they would carry on with great motivation. As the program ends with everyone’s smile plastered on the curve of their lips, one can indeed tell that Ralph Waldo Emerson said it real and well, “Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, neither can you crack a nut. ”
Once again, education, being enriched by authentic learning experiences of improving diverse talents, skills, and intelligences across different fields of expertise, is not and will never be a bore.
"Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, neither can you crack a nut."Ralph Waldo Emerson Jessica Ogahayon Jessica Ogahayon