ISNHS Intramurals

In our school intramurals is not just for sports, competition or winning. INTRAMURALS is also a time to enjoy and have fun. Many students went to every booths around the school.

     The opening of Intramurals 2019 was last September 12 until September 14, 2019. ISNHS witnessed a parade of athletes inside the campus and most of my schoolmates went to the gymnasium and participated in the opening ceremony The next day, the fun and excitement of the booths overwhelmed the school. It was fun to  be with your friends specially when your friends are the facilitators of the booth. On the last day of our intramurals we went to dance and lead the zumba and we're only allowed until 12pm in the afternoon. 

Science Month Celebration

All institutions across the country, from elementary to college celebrates or implement different activities and seminars to help students enhance their thinking abilities and valuable skills and talents.  The National Science Club Month Celebration is one of the most awaited celebration among all the students of every school.

The theme of this Year's National Celebration of Science is "SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE, Enabling Technologies for Sustainable Development" And they have said that It is a play on the words on ammunition and immunization they would like our science clubbers to be armed, to be immune against disease through imparting knowledge about disease, on how they spread etc. The goal is not only the science clubbers to benefit knowledge but also their school and communities and thus leading to National Wellness.

We all know that Science is everywhere and somewhere, anything and everything, somebody or someone. Let me first take an introduction to refresh our minds about it, to make it short we are surrounded by Science and Technology. According to the Spark Notes of Science Discoveries, It's to discover Information about this world we live in , study information, problems, hypothesis and conclusions, a process that has started long long time ago and will continue in the near future and in generations to come. Everything in our world that we use somehow or someway was made by science. It started with discovering something now then study what can it be capable of. Science has taken to us to an entirely new place. From batteries to computers, there was just been huge breakthrough in Science. It is in both chemistry and physics. In chemistry there is discovering elements using chemical bonding. In physics there are already discovered laws and properties such as gravity, motion, speed, force, acceleration etc.  Whether the discovery is 200 years old , 100 years old or present, It's Science nonetheless. Science is all around us, from laptops that we use, car that we drive. Science is to discover information about our Natural world and even about space to help us to further understand our  Existence.

Happy Schools Movement Insight

The Department of Education (DepEd)-Region 1 had launched the “Happy Schools Movement” (HSM) to boost the efficient implementation of the K to 12 basic education curriculum in the Ilocos provinces.

The movement seeks to promote every school in the region as a better and enjoyable place to study.

Dr. Malcolm Garma, DepEd Region 1 regional director, said the regional launch of the HSM was held at the Vigan Convention Center in this city on May 20, 2019.

It was  anchored on the theme: “Paaralang Masayang Maglingkod, Tagumpay ng Bata’y Itaguyod.”

“The launching of the HSM platform is very timely as the opening of classes for school year 2019-2020 is set on June 3,” said Garma.

The HSM launching coincided with the regional launch of the 2019 Brigada Eskwela. 

Garma cited the HSM platform as a key of achieving the DepEd Region 1 vision of having a generation of responsive and cross-culture competent future builders

Through this program, the learners’ full potential is given the greatest attention by creating a happier and more positive school culture.

The movement aims to inculcate in the minds of pupils that school is not just a place for learning but also a place for fun and enjoyment as they enjoy what they are doing.

Vigan City Solidarity Celebration

Vigan City Solidarity Celebration

Every September, Vigan City celebrates the World Heritage Cities Solidarity Cultural Festival.  This month-long festivity, in solidarity with other World Heritage Cities around the world, aims to strengthen the pride in the city’s history and culture, promote friendship and diversity between countries and serves as a great venue for forging ties and understanding through community’s involvement in the city’s various activities that highlights love for culture, arts and entertainment.

In Vigan this special day is actually commemorated with week-long festivities aimed at strengthening pride in the history and culture of Vigan. This aim is in keeping with the long-term goal of preserving the 630 heritage structures that date back from the 18th and 19th century. Vigan’s well-preserved Spanish trading town environ has survived the test of time, including bombings during World War II which leveled the major Philippine cities of Baguio, Cebu and Manila. Visitors can start their Vigan heritage solidarity festivities with the Repazzo de Vigan. This is a parade that is participated in by all 39 barangays, specially the students and members of non-governmental organizations. The participants dramatize the Biguenos’ way of life from Spanish time up to the period after World War II while they walk through the designated parade route, accompanied by music.

This unique parade experience is followed by the Historia Oral. The Historia Oral is a wonderful opportunity for listeners to learn about Vigan’s history, culture and day-to-day life straight from the mouths of the old, ordinary Vigan folks. Members of the senior citizens’ federation are tapped to share their experience, knowledge and love of their city through story-telling. Grade-school student listeners from Vigan join the historical-literary contest that is held in connection with the Historia Oral.

Another way to soak in the history of Vigan is to join the scheduled Visita Museo ken Balbalay, when narrators read accounts of the life of the owners of the mansions and museums that are toured. Participants are also guided through the cobbled stone-past of Vigan streets and back to the concrete present.

Putajes de Ayer or Comidas de Ayer gives a gustatory experience for visitors, who are enjoined to taste Vigan cuisine that has been enjoyed through the centuries. Food establishments offer the famous Vigan bagnet (deep-fried, sun-dried pork chunks), chicha-corn (crunchy corn), empanada (closed taco with filling), longanisa (native sausage), ukoy (fried shrimp patty) and other food associated with Vigan.

Notable among Vigan’s rice-based delicacies are the old-fashioned bibingka from Marsha’s and the salapusop, which only one family from a coastal barangay in Mindoro now knows how to make. For a more artistic experience, visitors can watch out for the Fotografias de Recuerdos, when photographs and paintings are exhibited at Vigan’s Culture and Trade Center. They can also watch the inter-barangay singing contest held at the Plaza Burgos at the end of the week.

Buwan ng Wika Celebration

Buwan ng Wika Celebration

“WIKANG KATUTUBO TUNGON SA ISANG BANSANG PILIPINO”

We celebrate Buwan ng Wika every August because it reminds us that even though English is the International Language and is commonly used by most Filipinos, we must not forget that we also have our own dialect which is tagalog. Then the language was known as “Pilipino” in an effort to dissociate it from the Tagalog ethnic group.

The celebration of Buwan ng Wika is not just a part of our history, it is also what keeps us united as a nation. A country’s language shows how rich and unique its culture and heritage is. More than being a means for communication, language bridges different communities and strengthens it. Using the national language is one the simplest way we can show patriotism. Filipino is what makes us Filipinos a true Pinoy.

With the advent of technology and rapid ‘globalization,’ our national language has seen a number of changes. While it’s true that change is inevitable, it isn’t always a good sign. Our national language is slowly losing its power and we should start doing something about it.

In 1997, President Fidel Ramos declared the Month of August as the national language month and listed it as one of the country’s cultural events.  Along with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, the Department of Education also ensures that the younger generation understands the cultural importance of this event.  Schools often have various events such as essay writing, poster and slogan making, debates, and poetry writing in the national language.