3-Day INSET for Cubay Elementary School

In-Service Training for Cubay Elementary School, Division of La Carlota City led by their School Principal Gil Camporazo was conducted at the school's Learning Resource Center (LRC) on October 25 to 27, 2011.

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Day 1 - The teachers revisited their school's vision and mission. They wanted them to be simplified for easy to recall among the pupils, the parents, the community and even for themselves. SBM best practices were discussed in the afternoon session with the presence of SGC and PTA officers.

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Day 2 - The teachers tackled the topic on diversity of learners, prepared an action plan on how to handle them and every grade leader reported their outputs.

Mr. Gil Camporazo, the school principal shared his thoughts on what a teacher is to his 13 teachers. A teacher is the influential individual in bringing up a learned child. There are variety of teaching strategies for there are also diversity of learners.

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Day 3 - Every teacher made his/her own instructional material and presented its usage, its handiness, durability, and effectiveness in teaching pupils to learn. The school principal, Mr. Gil Camporazo appreciated the teachers from their resourcefulness, ingenuity and productivity in coming up with their visual aids.

Cubay Elementary School Music and Dance Festival 2012

This year's music and dance festival of Cubay Elementary School, Division of La Carlota City which was held at the public plaza of Barangay Cubay had attained its purpose of developing and enhancing the school children's dancing talents, self-confidence and psycho-motor faculties.

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In his remarks, this blogger, Gil Camporazo who is the school principal of Cubay Elem. School expressed gratefulness to the supporters of their annual school festivities like the parent's children, the senior citizens, the barangay and its captain Noel Vargas, the school faculty. And of course, the Almighty for the favorable weather condition.

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Grade 6 pupil Keith Justine and Grade 1 pupil Trizia Jagolinda were crowned by school principal Camporazo and Brgy. Capt. Alvarez as Mister and Miss Cubay Elem. School 2012 respectively.

Arnel Baquinquito of Masville, Brgy. Cubay and a classroom teacher of La Carlota North Elem. School officially proclaimed the 2012 Mister and Miss Cubay Elem. School after his entertaining, humorous proclamation speech.

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Senior Citizen officers, Arturo Bereña, President La Carlota City chapter, Alfredo Alojado, President Brgy. Cubay Chapter, Alfonso Villanueva, former president of Brgy. Cubay chapter and Ernesto Tampo, retired district supervisor and former principal of Cubay Elem. School graced the successful school festival.

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Wedding Bells Are Ringing for Rica and Glenn

Last December 30, late in the afternoon, I witnessed the wedding ceremony of my granddaughter, Ricalyn Camporazo, the only daughter of my nephew, Ricardo Camporazo.

Ricalyn exchanged "I do" with Glenn Salas in a simple nuptial rites at the Community Church of La Carlota City, Negros Occidental.

Marriage is a social custom in which a man and a woman bind themselves in a legal commitments or in a religious ceremonies to live as husband and wife.

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Biblically, it is God who ordained marriage.

"Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.." (Matthew 19:6)

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"Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife" (1 Corinthians 7:3-4)

"And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery." (Mark 10:12)

"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them." (Colossians 3:18-19)

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The Principal Sponsors

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May the Lord bless them of His goodness that they may live a happy and contented married life.

Family Day at Las Olas 2012

Five of my six children (my eldest son is in Mindanao), 4 grandchildren, one nephew and one son-in-law joined with us in our one-day family outing today at Las Olas beach resort, San Enrique, Negros Occidental.

This is our usual family day activity during New Year's day. Since this year's new year falls on Sunday and we have to go to Church and attend our Sunday services on that day, so we spent it the following day, Monday. It's good that there's no classes on this day.

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Las Olas beach resort is situated in a more or less 2-hectare of land along the seashore. The Swiss national, Frederick Harkness owns the Las Olas. Cottages, Nipa huts, conference hall, big canteen are avaiable for the excursionists, transient visitors for a day or two outings to free themselves of the boredom of their day-to-day jobs.

The rentals are ranging from Php600 per cottage, Php800 per nipa hut, and Php 1,500 for conference/function hall. Entrance fee: adult, Php10 and child, Php7.

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We brought along our foods for our lunch and snacks. Almon, my son-in-law grilled the "gusao", a kind of a fish, which he bought from the fresh catch of the fishermen who just fished them along the seashore. It's so satisfying to eat them directly cooked from the grill, while it's still hot!

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Las Olas beach resort is one of the good beaches here in Negros Occidental. It could be one of your good options to find one to have a relaxation with your family, outing with some friends, and a conference venue for your business partners and associates. Eighty to ninety persons could be accommodated in their function/conference native hall. Rooms for 3 to 4 persons are also available for transients to occupy for overnight. Water and light facilities are available. For entertainment, videoke bar is also available. There's also a canteen for short-order foods.

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We've a great fun and a happy, enjoyable family reunion. We went home past five in the afternoon. All of our grandchildren were exhausted, fatigue for a whole day playing at the seashore. All their faces turned red. We've some fun at the beach once in every year as a family by tradition. And it's also our grand family reunion.

We do believe that "families could be together forever."