our vision: to help CCNSHS achieve its vision and beyond, and in so doing become an example for public schools all over the country
our mission: identify problem areas in the different aspects of the school and solve these problems as best as we can
strategy: our thrust for change consists of two levels. first, reflection (through this blog and a newsletter)
what is a desirable standard for the school?
a) as an institution – is its vision adequate to the demands of modern times?
b) its management – is the admin effective in working towards the vision?
c) the system – is the system conducive to holistic student development?
d) its students – what is the students role in the school?
e) their parents – do they have a healthy level of involvement in the school?
f) other members of its community – what role can the alumni play?
and then, praxis, wherein viable measures can be undertaken to effect the changes desired.
invitation: we’re just starting on our work. it’s nothing too tiresome, and we have fun doing what we do, really. we’d love it if you (yes, you! everyone is welcome) join us. please do send an email to ilovescihi (at) gmail.com with “Join” in the subject line if you’re interested or:
9 December 2006 at 12:57 pm
this is a great idea. it will really show those “people”, that this blog wasn’t created to destroy “them”, but to improve the entire school…
9 December 2006 at 9:12 pm
FINALLY.
something is actually being done.
10 December 2006 at 1:26 am
night shade.
harsh.
heheh. please feel free to join.
10 December 2006 at 11:32 pm
i am totally disappointed with xihi. i sent my son believing the school offers the best. to my dismay, teachers don’t even speak good english. whoa!!!
11 December 2006 at 4:11 pm
um.. what has happened to my beloved alma mater???
11 December 2006 at 4:14 pm
how many “good” teachers are left? diba most of the good ones went away na?
in just a span of less than 5 years (para safe ba…), many has happened? how so?
guys, na amazed ko ninyu for setting up this blog…
go mga future leftist! hehe… btaw… mu suporta jud ko ninyu kay i know how u feel especialy kanang mga tipon sa gitna ug mga ka char charan na nahitabo sa admin…
11 December 2006 at 7:30 pm
i salute the webmaster for this great idea. its been almost 4 years since i left scihi, and yea, a lot has indeed changed. structures, management, students.. i am a proud product of this school, and i still believe that scihi is still doing what it does best: producing thoroughly well-rounded people, intellectually, emotionally, socially. enough with destroying the school.
11 December 2006 at 10:26 pm
Hmm…. Hope everyone learned a lesson from this.
Just a few words of encouragement. We’re not here to put you down but to get you to grow and be the leaders of our country, our industry … etc.
Nothing gets accomplished if hostilities exist. Finger pointing does not help at all. It’s unavoidable nga na-ay mga difference in opinion — that’s life and you’ll run into more of these in the future and that’s a guarantee.
What should really make a difference is how you resolve it. Either behave like educated scholars or like the run of the mill tambay… it’s all up to you.
Time to make up and make amends. It takes effort to make these kinds of event a success so keep pushing Scholars, make your school and family proud. Learn from this and keep on going. There’s always next year.
Sa una mga reklamador man kaayo mi, pero when push comes to shove we always banded together as a student to make things right.
11 December 2006 at 10:29 pm
hmmmm…. some teachers do speak fluent english but some aren’t so… lets just take care of their bussiness. But at least scihi has advanced physics, advanced chemistry,electronics and many others.
11 December 2006 at 11:11 pm
Laong-laan,
If you’re saying there’s a problem with the mode of instruction at Sci-hi, it’s unfortunate. During my time, there are teachers who were fluent in English, and some who were not as well. Not totally their fault because English is not the “lingua franca” of the Philippines. We had the “Speak English” campaign where we would get fined for speaking anything other than English – I clammed up and wouldn’t say a word unless someone poked me in the eye.
When I moved to the US — well that’s a different story.
I feel somewhat helpless that I can’t be there physically to get involved but with the internet, I can still keep in touch.
Joe Patingo
Batch ‘81
12 December 2006 at 7:13 am
this is sooo kewl!!! ^o^
to the person who made this…i salute you!!
God bless to my alma mater!!.. ^.~..ja!!
13 December 2006 at 6:49 pm
thanks for supporting guys!
feel free to email us for any new topics you’d like to tackle on the site..
ilovescihi@gmail.com
keep those comments coming!
[leftists?! hehehe.. ;p]
14 December 2006 at 1:33 pm
This SY 2006-2007 I’m wondering why scihi students were required nga mo-palit ug books, tungod diay para maka commission ug makalulinghayaw ang Principal, Head Tchr., Librarian ug 4 tchrs. at the expense of the students nga diin some of the books bought wala magamit. Imagine Php86,000.00 gisuroy-suroy lang karon sa Hongkog, instead for the school projects. Dili ba ang scihi is a public school, then why man nga mopalit man ang mga students ug books?
What I want unta nga next year SY 2007-2008 dili na gyud na mahitabo nga ang mga students papaliton ug books, imagine from 1st to 4th yr. ang cost sa books, one thousand pesos plus each student. Not all students can afford to buy books napogos lang ang mga ginikanan.
14 December 2006 at 6:02 pm
I’ve never heard about news about students buying books… but anyway if that’s true though, how did you know about the Php86,000 and that they’ve used the money for their own benefit?
I’m just asking though, no offense… I haven’t heard about that news yet…
14 December 2006 at 7:29 pm
@sociology and rosegayda: I think that this excursion to Hong Kong is a Rest and Recreation activity sponsored by the PTCA, para dili kaayo ma stressed-out ang teachers. Dili man sad siguro ana sila kabugo para mangurakot ug ingon ana ka obvious.
The issue of students being *required* to buy books is a concern though. If you could please provide us more information about this. Thanks.
14 December 2006 at 10:02 pm
Thanks for the information. I had never heard about this topic before. The Hong Kong stuff is not that bad though, I do know how stressed-out teachers are since my parents are both teachers and hey! they too need rest…
Hmmm.. about that books stuff, how many books are required to be bought?
Gi papalit mi sauna og book sa math pero gamit jud kaayo xa hantod college. I hadn’t experience buying no-use books in my time…
14 December 2006 at 10:28 pm
shocks, wrong grammar…
WRONG:
as smart students, we should be an example to others.
CORRECTED:
as smart students, we should be examples to others.
sorry for not being able to cope up with the high standards of grammar,
may we all be FAMOUS for our impeccable grammar…
-
16 December 2006 at 8:33 pm
btaw oi… kalain.. nawala na ang meaning sa word na “scholar” tungod sa transferee.. tsk3x.. ay q ingni nga gichange pud nila ang contract nato? kayama.. kapoi bya ayu ug paninguha ato sauna na.. not to say na pasakitan jud cla like the pasakit na naagian nato.. pero ang competency pud unta ba ky dapat maintained… mao gud na ang only permanent thing DAPAT sa atong alma mater(no relation to pia and dura mater)
16 December 2006 at 8:39 pm
i am a student nurse ryt now(duh.. look at my name.. so microbio..) and we have been taught that nurses should be “change agents” to the community. i dont think it is only applicable to nurses. everyone should be able to see what is wrong in the society, in this case, the school. not allowing students to participate in this change(except beautification) is a downright insult to our capability and capacity. active involvement must be made..
17 December 2006 at 12:50 am
sheix,
explain how the whole unit is at fault). if you do, mail it to me and i’ll gladly post it. (i won’t say who you are of course, unless you want me to)
i’m sorry, i had to screen your recent comment about the CAT because we’d like to discourage mga personalan nga away on the site. if you would like to bring up the matter of CAT as a topic, i recommend that you make a more objective article (those complaints were reasonable, just make it less emotional and personal, that is, ayaw ug pagtarget ug usa ra ka officer.
18 December 2006 at 10:40 am
I love sci hi
18 December 2006 at 8:12 pm
this is so boring…. i thought this was cool and all that but its seems to be that ur just using this website to trashtalk the students and all the people in the school. anyways, i wud lyk to debate on some topics lyk the book thingy.. i do think that its okay to buy books anyways its for ur choildren and students to follow. you do know that the books in sci-hi are quite old and the data that can be took from them are not appicable in the time today.(just saying.. peace yo! ) and i think that the gov’t doesn’t have that much money to support us
18 December 2006 at 8:25 pm
i love sci hi….
the teachers are strict but they are very challenging….
you can find ur worst teacher but so as ur best teacher…
everything is in sci hi ….. pressure,stress,friends
but it makes you feel challenge…
someday i will know why my school is doing this…
i know scihi will make me a better and a succesful person someday…
I KNOW….
THANKS SCIHI
19 December 2006 at 4:04 pm
this site is boring.
the books are definitely obsolete, but we all know that the funds don’t go there. no need to argue on that. besides, there’s the internet anyway. as if the students are poor…
the glory of scihi probably ended right around batch 1998-1999, i think (sige, atong i-extend) or when mdm.Tesaluna was in charge..
anyway, i know this is goin nowhere. but let’s just keep talkin trash til kingdom come. it’s much more fun than brainstorming for strategies to salvage what’s left of our rotten school.
19 December 2006 at 9:39 pm
bluntly_sharp:
You definitely hit the nail on the head. Good example of what kind of attitude to avoid. Don’t feel frustrated with what’s going on because that’s why we formed this group to find solutions and you are more than welcome to put in your two cents worth. If you do have suggestions, share them with the group.
Again a lot of the comments/suggestions on this blog has been positive. Let’s keep it that way.
The advantage of this kind of forum is that leaving anonymous messages makes one bold and more open.
Let’s use that advantage to gather more information, suggestions, and comments that would help our cause.
Another reminder. I don’t think these problems sprouted overnight, so please don’t expect a quick solution or it would just lead to frustration.