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Pinoy teachers tonight
The multi-awarded program “I-Witness” of GMA Network will feature tonight the documentary “A IS FOR (BIG) APPLE” of the life of Filipino mentors in New York, who are teaching English not to school children but to immigrants of various nationalities, a press release from the station said.
One such teacher is Chito Atienza, who has been living in the US for more than two decades, who meets a group of students from China, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Pakistan, Palestine, Ecuador, and other nations daily in a small training center in Brooklyn.
To help his students, Atienza walks the streets of New York picking up lottery tickets and restaurant menus to bring back to his class as reading materials.
For the students, learning the English language is a necessary life skill—it ensures their integration into society, and prepares them for a life in America. But what makes this classroom special from other learning centers is that there are no right, or wrong answers, and the students learn to tell their personal stories, no matter how difficult it is for them to express themselves, the press release also said.
For his efforts, Atienza was awarded the ESOL Teacher of the Year in 2008 by the New York Times. In his speech, he said: “I would like to believe that I have given my students enough words and numbers to live by...in the ESOL classroom, the teachers and students keep hope alive because without hope, dreams die.”
The documentary of inspiring stories inside a New York classroom will be shown after “Saksi”, and hosted by Sandra Aguinaldo, the press release added.*
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outreach program in Silay Eight girl scouts and their mentors held the Girl Scout Medal Scheme, or GMS, in Silay City, Negros Occidental, recently, a press release from the city said.
Activities in ecology, health, livelihood, and cultural heritage were undertaken by girl scouts Karen Joy Ballon, Queeny Valencia, Grendy Nebria, Jacca Caramat, Asenah Ruth Corceles, Marylee Cristales, Julie Ann David, and Clarice Balasan.
GSP adviser and troop leader Ma. Luz Bitalac said the GMS recognizes senior girl scouts, who meet the criteria for outstanding service to their community. Every year, GMS is being conducted as one of the community development projects in Silay, and enables the girls to be disciplined, develop perseverance and sense of responsibility towards herself and her community, she added.
The girls will then be evaluated by the GSP national headquarters, and will be recognized and awarded by President Benigno Aquino III in Malacañang, Bitalac said in the press release.
The GMS was attended by teachers Jenelyn Navajas and Bethany Perez Villarin of the Doña Montserrat Lopez Memorial High School, and Carmensita Roble, Lina Perez and Ruby Velez of the GSP Negros Occidental Council, the press release added.* |
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Girl scouts hold outreach program in Silay