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By Sheila M. Allong
The Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus, with the initiative of the Gender and Development Committee, embarked on gender and development (GAD) as one of its priority programs for this year.
One of the gender and development-related activities organized was a Reproductive Health Seminar entitled “Cervical Cancer: Decreasing the Burden” with Dr. Concepcion Damaso-Rayel as the resource speaker. This took place on October 1, 2014 at the PSHS-SMC Mini-auditorium and was attended by all the school’s personnel.
Then on November 3-5, 2014, a series of GAD-anchored events were realized and conducted at Grand Men Seng Hotel, Magallanes Street, Davao City, in response to the institution’s need for capability development on gender mainstreaming. The first one was the Training and Workshop on Gender Sensitivity wherein the resource speaker, Ms. Marita Castillo-Pimentel from Mirriam College, made the PSHS-SMC personnel take part in different gender sensitivity exercises such as “Understanding gender in WE”, “Gendered senses”, and “Valuing gender in our work: The 24 hr work-plan”.
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By Sheila M. Allong
The year 2014 was a triumphant year for the PSHS-SMC scholars as they prominently showcased their prowess and skills in the multitudes of national and international competitions they participated in.
For instance, Faith D. Villahermosa (Grade 8), Felix Arthur C. Dioso (Grade 8), and Julliam A. Gadiane (3rd Year) swept three winnings in the 3rd ASEAN Plus Three Junior Science Odyssey held at Nat’l Science Museum, Pathum Thani, Thailand on June 23-29, 2014: 1st place, Homemade Diesel and Miracle of Green Lab Skills Assessment, 3rd place,Trans’ Farm’er Lab Skills Assessment, and 3rd place, Group Project Presentation.
Read more: Pisay-SMC students sweep awards in 2014 international and national tilts
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Bannering the theme Vanguard and Movers Toward the Resilience of the Philippine Biodiversity,Bayanis (subcamp leaders) rallied their tribus (sub-camps) in participating in the two-day Science Camp last January 26 and 27, 2017. Day one was spent at the Malagos Garden Resort, Calinan, Davao City, where students
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By: Teresa Pamela G. Soriano
The PSHS-Southern Mindanao Campus held its Baccalaureate and Graduation ceremony of Batch 2019 last May 23 at the school gymnasium. The event was graced by Dr. Danilo C. Lachica, guest speaker and President of the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Inc., Dr. Alan T.Ortiz, President of the SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation, San Miguel Corporation Dr. Ramon M. de Vera, President and CEO of the Mindanao Project Development Corporation, Ms. Lilia Habacon, PSHS-System Executive Director, the graduates, faculty and staff, families and friends.
The graduates, dubbed as “Dimapalong”, composed of 83 scholars who successfully finished the 6-year academic requirements of the Philippine Science High School System.
Dr. Lachica, during his inspirational speech, shared with the graduates that the Pisay core values of patriotism, integrity, service to nation, academic excellence, and youth leadership make it possible for one to succeed in life. He further challenged the graduates to be servant leaders and nation-builders, to always remember their humble beginnings even if they end up as President or Chairman of a company someday. Even so, he added, let not pride and arrogance possess them.
The ceremony ended with graduates’ original song rendition entitled “Apoy Nati’y Iisa.
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