Opening of Classes

Today is the opening of classes for most of the students and my two daughters were very excited about their new teachers and school friends. Their feelings are a mixture of enthusiasm, apprehension, excitement and happiness that they’re looking through another year of learning different things that would help them in their future endeavours. It’s an ideal overview of what students can gain from attending school but what worries me is the current situation of most public schools in the country especially here in metropolitan area. 

I’ve watched the latest news and was sad to learn that there are some students who have no decent rooms to attend their classes because of lack of school facilities. I actually remembered that last year it was the same dilemma. Well now I’ve heard that there are plans and goals of constructing thousands of school rooms to attend the immediate needs of public sectors and hope that it will be sooner that this plan will push through. The government particularly the department that handles education should prioritize this project to help educate children who will not see a bright future if they will not be given a chance to enjoy learning without spending a lot.

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Excited Little Boy on the First Day

It’s Josh first day in school last Tuesday and I smiled at his excitement every day. I accompany him at school because they have irregular classes this week, they only stay in school up to 10am but next week they will have their regular classes up to 2:35pm. Everyday my little boy will tell us that he’s excited about his first, second, third and this afternoon he told me that he’s looking forward to his fourth day and his first P.E. day.

He also had his first flag ceremony in school and he’s all smiles and beaming with excitement. His eyes tell it all. I had the chance to take a shot from not so far distance secretly :-) and will share some of the pics here later! The most exciting part is that his first cousin Matthew turned out to be in the same class too so that’s part of his being happy also.

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Help in Paying for Your Kids’ School Fees

School season is coming in two weeks time and I’m glad we’re finished with enrolling our kids. It takes quite some finances to pay for their tuition fees, uniforms, books and other miscellaneous fees. Hubby and I had it planned already as early as the start of this year so we were able to schedule our expense priorities monthly. I had all school expenses paid for and bought all their school things, bags and shoes in the middle of this month. I’ve chosen quarterly payments as its more convenient for me; anyway it’s just a matter of few hundred differences if you pay in full payment cash so I opted for that payment mode.

For others who have no savings or not prepared for the big school expenses you can apply for payday advance which can help in paying for your kids’ tuition fees. It’s easy and quick so you’ll have no worries that you’ll not make it to the enrollment deadline. It’s more convenient than having your loan on other means such as high-interest loan companies or banks. This way you can be assured that your kids will be ready for this coming school year. Now you can spend some of your money on buying other school necessities. I'm sure all our kids are excited now!

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Opening of Classes Moved to June 15

The news came to me as ordinary one as I'm so used with moving of holiday and I have a private joke that if they can move the New Year holiday maybe they will do so. But how can you move its date without changing the words lol! So for me New Year is the only holiday that they can't change. I know that they still haven't had the courage to change Christmas Day for some fears I think! Now I'm looking forward to a more consistent dates of holidays in the Philippines with the new President. Hoping...

Well now the Independence Day which for me should not be moved because it's one of the most precious occasion for the Filipinos has been moved again into the 14th day so opening of classes was adjusted too! I'm still waiting for CHEd if there's a change in College' opening of classes!

Here's an excerpt from the newspaper:

Manila Bulletin - Saturday, May 22

The Department of Education (DepEd) announced that classes in all public schools have been moved from June 14 to June 15 (Tuesday) to give way to the celebration of the 112th Independence Day. Education Secretary Mona Valisno said the holiday for Independence Day has been moved from June 12 to 14 by Malacañang in accordance with Republic Act No. 9492. Under the law, holidays, except those religious in nature, are moved to the nearest Monday. Valisno said that the June 15 opening is mandatory for all public schools nationwide, but not necessarily for private schools. "They (private schools) may have a different school opening so long as they comply with the minimum number of class days for the entire school year and they notify the local DepEd Division Office of the date of their class opening," she explained. Still, according to her, private schools may deviate from the June 15 opening, provided that they do not start classes earlier than the first Monday of June or later than the last day of August. ...........

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