Volume 10 No. 7 A. Y. 2017—2018

September 05, 2017

Supervised by: Southville International School and Colleges

Website: smc.edu.ph; Email Address: smc@smc.edu.ph

Students and Parents’ Bulletin

Roman Cruz Ave. Soldiers Hills Village Muntinlupa City

Tel. Nos.: 862-3036 Telefax: 862-1976; Mobile Nos.: 0920-8512554/0905-3290798

Pre-School Folk Dance

Grade School Sayawitan

High School Sabayang Pagbigkas

A festive Araw ng Wika celebration

In line with the theme, “ Filipino: Wikang Mapagbago,” students celebrated the Araw ng Wika last August 30, 2017 at the SM Muntinlupa Activity Center.

Pre-School to Grade 2 students showed grace and poise with their Folk Dances while Grade 3 to 6 students demonstrated precision of dance movements and voice quality during the Sayawitan Contest.

The evening program was highlighted by the Madulang Sabayang Pagbigkas of High School students.

The following are the winners in the different activities:

Paggawa ng Poster Grade 3-4 Grade 5-6 Grade 7-10

Unang Gantimpala— Amaury Tabbu Margarita Alcuaz Carla Sarmiento

Ikalawang Gantimpala— Sophia Rivera Mia Arellano Kyla Sarmiento

Ikatlong Gantimpala— Karl Laserna Fritzie Isip Josh Andre Vidal

Pagsulat ng Sanaysay Pagsulat ng Tula

Unang Gantimpala— Rhea Ibay Armelia Rose Santos

Ikalawang Gantimpala— Heleina Hao Marielle Villena

Ikatlong Gantimpala— Fatima Rabanera Juliana Argana

Solong Pag-awit Grade 3-4 Grade 5-6 Grade 7-10

Unang Gantimpala Gem Claudel Hanah Hornilla Reggie Novelo

Ikalawang

Gantimpala— Causar Macawadib Pocholo delos Santos Marielle Villena

Ikatlong Gantimpala— Daniel Ciervo Oscar Martinez IV Rhea Ibay

Sayawitan Grade 3-4 Grade 5-6

Unang Gantimpala— Grade 3 Empathy Grade 6 Perseverance

Ikalawang Gantimpala— Grade 4 Resourcefulness Grade 5 Humility

Ikatlong Gantimpala— Grade 4 Creativity Grade 6 Prudence

Ikaapat na Gantimpala— Grade 3 Honesty Grade 5 Loyalty

Madulang Sabayang Pagbigkas

Unang Gantimpala— Grade 9 Integrity

Ikalawang Gantimpala— Grade 10 Resilience

Ikatlong Gantimpala— Grade 8 Commitment

Ikaapat na Gantimpala— Grade 7 Altruism

Value of the Month: “Industry, Discipline and Perseverance”

Value of the Week: Growing in Personal and Social Responsibility

Mga Nagwagi

Theme of

the YEAR:

“Embracing

Growth

Mindset

and Grit

through the

A.V.I.D.”

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Value of the Month: “Industry, Discipline and Perseverance”

Value of the Week: Growing in Personal and Social Responsibility

Giftedness shines through the VAT Program

Academic Year 2017-2018 marks another milestone with the Vision and Tasks (VAT) Circle.

Honing giftedness among the students, VAT is a special program institutionalized by the school

under MALACA or Mental Ability, Achievement, Leadership, Athletics, Creativity, Arts.

Gifted and talented students are provided with leadership, productivity, and intellectual

enrichment activities to further develop their creativity, critical thinking, and problem analysis.

The program also aims to develop the learners’ creativity, critical thinking, and problem

analysis, acquire leadership skills preparing them for future leadership roles in the classroom,

the campus, or in the community, improve intra- and interpersonal skills to foster teamwork and

effectiveness, enhance eight multiple intelligences and learning modalities, develop a sense of

achievement, productivity and diligence, and equip students with the AVID.

Academic awardees (gold, silver, and bronze medalists) last academic year 2016-2017 are

invited to attend the VAT classes which will start on September 11, 2017.

E-Tablet Guidelines for High School Students

Students in Grades 7 - 12 at South Mansfield College Basic Education Division will be allowed to bring and

utilize an E-Tablet (all units with sim card slot are required to disable sim card function) for use in class

starting Academic Year 2017-2018. The focus of the E-Tablet Initiative is to allow students easy access to

technology during classes. South Mansfield College sees the importance of allowing students access to

technology to enable them to develop the following 21st Century skills:

• Critical and creative thinking

• Problem solving skills

• Information and computer skills

• Interpersonal and self-direction skills

• Technology literacy

• Collaboration and communication in a global world

• Experience in an online learning community

The rules and regulations concerning the use of E-Tablets are as follows:

C.1 Use of electronic devices to cheat on assignments or assessments will result in disciplinary action;

C.2 Inappropriate media may not be used as a screensaver;

C.3 Presence of guns, weapons, pornographic materials, inappropriate language, alcohol, drug, and gang

related symbols or pictures will result in disciplinary actions;

C.4 The camera will only be used for educational purposes as instructed by the teacher;

C.5 Usage of devices is prohibited in but not limited to the following areas: bathrooms, locker rooms,

and the cafeteria;

C.6 Taking pictures or videos of other people without their expressed permission is prohibited;

C.7 Pictures or videos may only be uploaded when instructed by a teacher;

C.8 Under no circumstances will photos or videos of school employees or students be uploaded to social

media sites;

C.9 Transmission of any material that is in violation of any state law is prohibited. This includes, but is

not limited to the following: confidential information, copyrighted material, threatening or obscene

material, cyber-bullying, and computer viruses;

C.10 Any attempt to alter data, the configuration of a computer, or the files of another user, without the

consent of the individual, school administrator, or technology administrator, will be considered an

act of vandalism and subject to disciplinary action.

The student who owns the E-Tablet will be responsible at all times for its appropriate use. Non-compliance

with the Acceptable Use Policy stated above will result in disciplinary action given below. Electronic mail,

network usage, and all stored files shall not be considered confidential and may be monitored at any time by

designated staff to ensure appropriate use.

Offense Sanction

First Offense Written Warning

Second Offense In-House suspension (1 day)

Third Offense In-House suspension (3 days)

Succeeding Offenses PTC and In-House suspension (5 days)

Principal/School Head

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Theme of

the YEAR:

“Embracing

Growth

Mindset

and Grit

through the

A.V.I.D.”

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Calendar of Activities

September 4-6 Launching of MALACA

Drivers and Caregivers’ Seminar

Start of Vision and Task (VAT) Circle and Interest Clubs 11-15 Long Test

USSR

Painting with the Family (PS to Grade 2 Parents and Students only)

26 PS-Grade 2 OEP and Cultural Show

Math and Science Culminating Activity October 5 Teachers’ Day 10-12 First Term Exams 14 Bonding with the Family (Grade 3-12) 19-20 Grade 6 CGS 23 Parade of Nations

How to Raise a Successful Child (part 1) What does it really take to raise a successful child? Julie Lythcott-Haims, former Stanford Dean and

bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult, explains how parents often have misplaced priorities (albeit

with good intentions) when it comes to trying to raise a successful child. So what are we doing wrong and

how can we make it happen? Here are her suggestions:

1. You've heard it before: we need to stop with the hovering. Micromanaging our children’s lives

will not be good for our kids in the long run. Spurred on by the fast-paced, competitive world we

live in, often, parents can’t help but expect too much of their kids. Often, parents resort to

becoming a helicopter parent, she says, hovering over kids and solving the problems for them.

Ultimately, overparenting burns kids out. This then leads to a child who is uninspired and is

driven, not by their own dreams and interests, but by grades and college entrance applications.

2. Try not to focus on grades and homework. If our children are to develop self-efficacy -- an

essential life skill -- then they have to do "a whole lot more of the thinking, planning, deciding,

doing, hoping, coping, trial and error, dreaming and experiencing of life for themselves.” Parents

should be less concerned about grades, adds Lythcott-Haims, but become far more concerned that

their kids have the mindset, skill set, habits and wellness they need to be successful wherever they

go.

3. Assign chores and show love. Chores can develop a mindset that says “I will contribute my

effort to the betterment of the whole” she said, and “that's what gets you ahead in the workplace.”

The study also found that a big predictor of success is love -- not love for work, but love for other

people.

(http://www.smartparenting.com.ph/parenting/real-parenting/raise-a-successful-child-by-former-stanford-dean-a1162-20161118)