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Environmental Awareness Month

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          The Department of  Environment and Natural Resources has lined up for the double celebration of November as Environment Awareness and Clean Air month. Most of the activities on Environmental awareness focuses on climate change and solid waste management. This month of November , Environmental Awareness is declared.           On the other hand, Republic Act 9512 or the National Environmental Awareness Education Act of 2008, declared the same month as, 'Environmental Awareness Month.' The program enjoins students to practice waste segregation at home and bring their recyclables to school in exchange for school supplies or cash. Environmental awareness is to understand that our environment is very important and it needs to be protected. We should be aware of the consequences of our actions because every little thing that we do can affect our environment.           Our future also depends on our environment on how it benefits us on our everyday life. So if we don'

2019 National Children' s Month

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          November marks the start of National Children's Month, as declared by the Council of Welfare for Children. The Department of Education enjoined all private and public elementary and secondary schools to undertake activities in line with the celebration of the 2019 National Children's Month. It is celebrated with the theme, "Karapatang Pambata: Patuloy na Pahalagahan at Gampanan tungo sa Magandang Kinabukasan."           Some of the activities relevant to the celebration may include hoisting of banner depicting its theme, recitation of "Panatang Makabata" during the flag ceremonies, and more. This month-long celebration aims to promote and spread awareness on the rights of children here in the Philippines, considering the political and social climate they live in. These rights are the rights to survival, development, protection, and participation. As individuals and members of a family and community, children deserve to have the rights appropriat

Celebrating Values Month

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          Filipino Values Month is celebrated this November. The celebration is entitled with the theme, "Pamilyang Pilipino Patatagin: Susi sa Paghubog ng Kabataang Maka-Diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan, at Makabansa." All public and private schools nationwide are encouraged by the Department of Education to conduct activities for the Filipino Values Month Celebration. Some of the activities that were carried out were mobile photography, on the spot drawing, bible quiz and more.           This celebration is all about improving the values of each individuals. The theme is clearly understood that this celebration is advocating Filipinos, especially children to obey our core values. In celebrating Values Month, we don't only perform activities related to the celebration but also having the trait to carry out Good Morals and Right Conduct in our everyday life.           It's a celebration for us Filipinos to be reminded that values is really important for each individ

United Towards Development

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        This year, United Nations is entitled with the theme, "Indigenous Languages, Matter for Sustainable Development, Peace Building and Reconciliation." This theme illustrates the purpose of the United Nations this year. The theme itself describes the movement for the United Nation to be done.           As a part of the United Nations, we must be a responsible individual. Each of us has the potential to change for the better, so we must be careful on what we do because it has an impact to our community. Speaking to the theme, we must accept other's languages for us to develop ourselves as one. In order to attain reconciliation, we should respect each other's differences,             We all know that we can't achieve development only by ourselves. We need help from others so that we can improve more because the more, the merrier. They say that no man is an island, even though it's cliche but it is true. We should not live alone, instead we should try t