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Educational and Recreational Field Trips Likewise, educational and recreational trips form part of the enrichment activities. One of the educational places classes go to is the Lipa City Cultural Center where pupils can view documentary films. On the other hand, pupils visit malls and botanical gardens for recreational purposes.
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Sports Activities Students enjoy sports activities during school intramurals. Cluster, District and Division Meets are also venue for such activities. Winners in the Division Meet represent the Division of Lipa City in the regional and national sports competition, which is popularly known as Palarong Pambansa. Medals and extra points in grades await the participants in sports activities but more importantly, these activities boost the morale and develop leadership skills and confidence among the players.
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Quiz Shows Quiz shows can also help develop students’ capabilities and selfconfidence. They include History Quiz, Quiz Bee and Spelling Bee.
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Scouting Pupils can either be members of the Boys Scout or Girl Scout of the Philippines through which they can learn hands-on skills on the practical side of life. Scouting activities harness leadership, cooperation, and camaraderie among the pupils.
Likewise, the pupils took post-oral reading tests to check if their reading proficiency has improved. Results show that there has been noteworthy improvement in the reading proficiency of the pupils. On strengthening the teachers’ capabilities, training-workshop on the four-pronged approach to reading has been held. Members of the Reading Expert Team9, volunteer teachers and representatives of Project K attended the said training. It has renewed the confidence of teacher in their teaching abilities. Similarly, the educational and enriching activities during the training have boosted their morale as teachers. Aside from this training, representatives were also sent to various reading congress and seminars and Synergeia/Ford Foundation-sponsored workshops. Another significant accomplishment of Project K is the partnership that has been successfully established between the public and private sectors in Lipa in pursuit of a common goal. The public sector is represented by the city government and the Department of Education. On the one hand, the private sector is represented by De La Salle Lipa.
9 Serves as a body that leads the teachers in Project K activities focused on the area of reading
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