Vigan City Solidarity Celebration

Celebrating Our Solidarity

Another day to celebrate and honor the Heritage City of Vigan. The only heritage city in the Philippines. Vigan City is a sight to see where tourists are welcomed and the locals' hospitality to whole new great level. Wonder why Vigan is a sight to see? Just wait and you will see.

Vigan City celebrates its Solidarity, where everyone is welcomed to tour the said city.

Vigan City, as the only heritage city in the Philippines, once again celebrates the World Heritage Cities Solidarity Cultural Festival for the whole month of September.

The festival is rooted in Vigan City being part of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC), an organization founded on September 8, 1993 in Fez, Morocco, to unite cities included in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The organization aims to bolster support to preserve and promote the member cities’ respective World Heritage.

Vigan City was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999 for having the “best-preserved example of a planned Spanish colonial town in Asia”. Established in the 16th century, Vigan City boasts of intact examples of colonial architecture that reflect the coming together of cultural elements from elsewhere in the Philippines, from China and from Europe, resulting in a culture and townscape that have no parallel anywhere in East and South-East Asia.

There are events of the festival from September 3 to 7 include singing competitions, photography, zarzuela Ilocana (Ilocano stage play), dallot (a part of the Ilocano oral tradition of debate through  singing), kinnantaran (a form of debate between a man and a woman through singing), cultural quiz, sabayang pagbigas (speech choir), daniw (poetry), storytelling, writing on the history of Vigan as told by senior residents, painting, and folk dancing.

There are so many ways to celebrate and honor the City of Vigan. And one of them is celebrating its solidarity towards better cause.

Source: https://pia.gov.ph/features/articles/1026839                 https://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/category/City/vigancityph/posts/

Happy Schools Movement; Successful School + Refined School = Happy School

The Department of Education (DepEd) 1 (Ilocos region) is advocating scouting and sports in education through the “Happy Schools Movement”. DepEd-1 has launched the movement alongside the regional launch of Brigada Eskwela. Dr. Edilberto Abalos, chief education support services division of DepEd-1, said the program aims to develop the children holistically. 

With the birth of Child Protection Policy in 2012, known as the Policy and Guidelines on Protecting Children in School from Abuse, Violence, Exploitation, Discrimination, Bullying and Other Forms of Abuse, various symposia, seminars and other information dissemination campaigns have been initiated by different schools to let teachers, learners and everybody know their do’s and don’ts in dealing with a learner. This became an eye-opener to everyone on how fragile and delicate our learners are, thus they deserve to be loved and taken with utmost care. Activities and movements had been in the center stage to make our schools a child-friendly haven. 

Happy Schools Movement aims to create an environment where students can freely express themselves and promote learning in an east yet effective way of learning. also, Happy Schools Movement  is composed of happy teachers build in a happy environment and form happy students. If a school is refined and successful then the school is happy, with happy students and teachers. Happy School Movement or the HSM is just one movement which advocates to promote that every school should be a better and enjoyable place to learn. 

Happy School fosters a child-friendly atmosphere among all learners. The creation of an environment where learners can voice-out and fully express themselves as well as promote learning in an easy yet affective way of learning is the core of this movement.

Well they say, “it takes two to tango”, therefore Happy School Movement (HSM) does not only concern learners but also the teachers and the school administrators. Happy teachers build in a happy environment and mold happy learners.

With the adoption of the Happy School activities which is anchored on the four pillars of responsive school leadership, relevant classroom instruction, conducive and healthy learning environment and good governance, for sure the ambiance in the school and environment will undergo a quite transformation, making it a place that is enjoyable and conducive to all our school children.

This movement shows that every child or students should be treated right and be loved. Everything happens for a reason, and that is why Happy Schools Movement is launched, to be an eye opener to everyone that every students have the right to be happy and be free.

It’s more fun in school with Happy School Movement

 That is why Successful School + Refined School = Happy School.

Source: https://tawidnewsmag.com/its-more-fun-in-school-with-happy-school-movement/                                 https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/sunstar-pampanga/20181216/281775630254666                   https://depeddagupan.com/div-memo-no-201-s-2019-happy-schools-division-launching/                     https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/05/31/deped-region-1-launches-happy-schools-movement/