La Carlota District Commemorates 2013 National Family Week

"Unity Across Generation: a Strong Family, a Strong Nation", this year's National Family Week theme has inspired all the saints of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, La Carlota Philippines District as they culminate their week-long family celebration.

A Strong Family, A Strong Nation

The 8 units under the La Carlota District of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints led by their respective branch presidents joined together in the culmination of  the week-long national family week celebration at the La Carlota meetinghouse.

Activities was ushered by caravan of the members of San Enrique, Ayungon, La Carlota first, La Carlota second, Masville, Manggapsang, La Castellana and Moises Padilla. The caravan paraded around the main city streets with the drums and bugle corps of Doña Hortencia Salas Benedicto National High School.

Short program ensued after the parade. During lunch time, "Kainang Pampamilya Mahalaga" was applied by every member having a lunch together with their family member, serving lechon manok as symbol of thanksgiving and unity among the member as they eat together.

Cubay Elementary School Improving Physically

CES Logo

In the division of La Carlota, Cubay Elementary School plant is gaining momentum for her periodic physical improvement through the efforts of her active external stakeholders.

Funds were derived from donations of education friends and supporters like the parents, the barangay council members, the government officials and the monthly budget of the school prepared for the minor repair and maintenance.

CES, in a recent Brigada Eskwela, a national school maintenance week, before the formal opening of regular classes, has more than 200 volunteers representing the different sectors in the community, took their time in cleaning the school surroundings, repainting the externals walls of the classrooms, mowing the lawn, and repairing some defective blackboards, chairs, doors and windows. BE has contributed a lot in making the school ready for the school opening.

La Carlota ALS Joins Tree Planting

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of La Carlota City conducted recently a tree planting activity at the protected area of Kanlaon Park at the upper Sitio Nailab, Brgy. Ara-al, La Carlota City. This is in connection with its national greening program of the government.

Alternative Learning System (ALS) mobile teacher, Ms. Corazon Aloro organized her group with a nod from their education program supervisor Avelino N. Santillan. Eleven ALS representatives composed of the learners and their respective instructional managers and mobile teachers to participate to this one-day tree planting.

The involvement of ALS to this NGP of DENR is the realization of the Department of Education commitment to the PNOY 1-Billion Project of the Aquino administration to protect the environment by planting trees.

Cubay Elem. School Earthquake Drill

My school, Cubay Elementary School as a routine activity on disaster preparedness and consciousness conducted an earthquake drill Thursday, July 11, 2013.

Earthquake drill

Before this is done, we have to satisfy first the four stages of the earthquake like planning or organizing the earthquake drill, developing the school earthquake evacuation plan, orientation prior to the conduct of earthquake drill, and the actual conduct of earthquake drill.

These stages where already discussed to the members of the school disaster management committee and to the pupils last year. This year's activity is a follow-up. We the school heads do understand that this earthquake drill would only be effective if it is done regularly. Not only done, when some parts of the country is experiencing a calamity like the earthquake. "Constant practice makes perfect" so to speak.

Phases of Earthquake Drill (PageWise, 2002)

In conducting the earthquake drill, there are 6 phases of self-explanatory things to comply with, such as Phase 1 - Alarm, Phase 2 - Response, Phase 3 - Evacuation, Phase 4 - Assembly, Phase 5 - Head count, and Phase 6 - Evaluate.

Many goes to Cubay Elementary School

June 3 is the opening of regular classes in elementary and secondary schools in the division of La Carlota in this school year 2013-2014. In this day, Cubay Elementary School has nearly got 100% pupils' attendance. This means most of the pupils and even the parents and guardians of the children know the value of school attendance, especially in the first day of the opening of classes.

The pupils in their proper school uniform went to school early and attended their first flag ceremony.

Best Artworks of TMAG

Best of works of Tib-ong Mangkas Art Group (TMAG) need to be discovered and promoted for the artists to become motivated, encouraged to excel more in their artistic skills.

Recently formed group of artists who are residents of La Carlota City joined the Agro-Trade Fair of La Carlota Pasalamat festival.

Best Crafts

They displayed their best art crafts, paintings and relief sculpturing in their humble booth. They were as follows:

TMAG is composed of four natives of Mangkas. They're Abraham Obero, 35; Alfred Chavez, 35; Raffie Salazar, 29; and Redmond Nazareno, 25.