STUDENT RESEARCHERS from Alabel National Science High School brought home a silver medal from the International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering and Environment Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) 2012 on May 3-6, 2012 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. Jewelle Mae P. Solijon, Sergia Virginia A. Gepitulan, and Angelica Francesca O. Tumbocon presented their research entitled, Wild …

THE SCHOOL year 2012-2013 marks the beginning of the implementation of the K-12 curriculum in public schools. That means, Kindergarten is now mandatory. The current first year to fourth year high school shall now be called grades 7-10. After four more years, there shall be grades 11 and 12. The question that is in everyone’s …

ONCE AGAIN, Alabel National Science High School researchers did Region XII and Sarangani Province proud with their recent feat at the National Science Quest, bringing home a Championship trophy and three other victories. The team composed of Sergia Virginia Gepitulan, Jewelle Mae Solijon, and Angelica Tumbocon was adjudged Champion in the ASEP (Association of Science Educators in …

WITH YOUR help, Alabel Central Elementary School can win 80 laptops through the e.Studyante Program, a partnership between Procter & Gamble, Smart Communications, and Synergeia Foundation. The e.Studyante Program recognizes the importance of computer-aided instruction in helping our pupils learn better. This year, Procter & Gable will give away 400 laptops  with internet connection powered by Smart …

THE SHIP named Alabel National Science High School now has a captain. In a simple installation and turn-over ceremony held yesterday, Norma P. Rendon accepted the responsibility as principal of Alabel National Science High School, saying, “It is an honor to be chosen as principal of this prestigious institution.” “One cannot test his strength until he sails …

IF THERE is one thing I have always love about teaching at a Regional Science High School is the vast opportunity for teacher training, especially those that are sponsored or organized by the Department of Science and Technology or by the University of the Philippines National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development exclusively for …

AlSci implements new entrance exam scheme Alabel National Science High School (AlSci), the Regional Science High School for Region XII implements this year a new scheme in the screening process for the incoming freshmen of school year 2012-2013. With the goal of reaching out to more schools, the AlSci Faculty and Staff will be visiting the different …

SOME 300 school paper advisers and student writers from all over Mindanao gathered at the Mindanao Training and Resource Center in Davao City today until November 6 to learn techniques in article writing for the campus paper. The seminar is the Mindanao leg of the National Seminar Workshop in Campus Journalism sponsored by the Association of …

I HAVE been very busy in the past few days and I have not been updating this blog. I missing my students, too, because I haven’t met them for over a week now due to the co-curricular and extra-curricular activities I participated in. Today is different, though. It is a special one. Even if I …

LIFE IS a race. It is a fierce competition where only the fittest survives. That might sound a little too existentialist, or too Darwinian, but don’t get me wrong. I believe that it is a succinct description of our world today: adapt or go extinct. Winning is not about beating others; it is about deserving …