November 04, 2023

                          Magtaking Elementary School, with its unwavering commitment to community service and social responsibility, conducted a heartwarming Senior Citizens' Day Program to honor and appreciate the valuable contributions of our elderly community members. The event aimed to create a day filled with joy, companionship, and recognition for the senior citizens residing within our community.

                          Magtaking Elementary School remains committed to nurturing a sense of social responsibility among its students, and the Senior Citizens' Day Outreach Program stands as a testament to the school's dedication to creating a positive impact on the community. The event serves as a reminder that bridging generational gaps through love and companionship is essential for building a compassionate and inclusive society.

                          The Project POSH aims to provide our learners equitable and quality supply of sanitation and lifelong hygiene. It contributes towards healthy and secure school environment that can protect children from illness. 

                   Project GTP build up partnership between the school and community that plays a vital role in the success of vegetable production as well as promoting environmental awareness and unity. As we continue to work hand in hand in feeding young minds and nurturing young hearts, Magtaking Elementary School believes    on its mantra, "We work as one, we plant as one and we reap as one!" 

         Filipino school children suffer from an alarmingly high burden of tooth decay that has been labelled as a “silent public health crisis. Health surveys revealed that many children had dental caries with affected teeth, and had odontogenic infection. Unfortunately, the significant negative consequences of tooth decay on health, growth and quality of life of children often go unnoticed and simple preventive interventions are not prioritized.

        In line with the DepEd Order No. 041 or the Guidelines on the Implementation of School Dental Health Care Program (SDHCP) which aims to provide access to health services among learners and DepEd personnel who need preventive and curative services, including immediate dental and medical emergency care in schools by establishing fully functional clinics and also as part of Brigada Eskwela spearheaded by the BE Coordinator, Magtaking Elementary School conducted a 1-day activity for oral Project Dental last August 24, 2022.  This project aims to provide dental services  to make available the much needed health service to students and personnel right in the school premises.

        One of the most common dental procedures during the project is tooth extraction which can eliminate bacteria and improve the learners’ overall oral health.

                 Going back to school is an exciting time of the year for many students, as it is a fresh start with endless possibilities. Along with meeting new classmates, teachers and gaining knowledge, there is also the chance to reinvent oneself with every new school year.

                 Families living below the poverty line, and even many living above it, find it impossible to provide the most basic back-to-school gear needed for their children. According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, twenty-two percent of children live in families with incomes that fall below the poverty line, most likely not be able to afford the supplies needed to be prepared for a successful school year.

                In line with this problem, Magtaking Elementary School as a learning institution came up with an advocacy that aims to help learners that are struggling in acquiring school supplies.

This school year 2022-2023, Magtaking Elementary School proposes an advocacy, entitled, “SEES ADVOCACY (Sulong Edukalidad: Educational Supplies Advocacy), through the initiative of All adivisers in all grade level, and the school head of Magtaking Elementary School, Mrs. Arlyn O. Mendoza, created a project and advocacy of the school in relation to the DepEd order  No.36, 2015 ( EFA), that promotes free education for all Filipino children. And one of the needs of learners are free school supplies.

                       The Project Shine aims to promote brighter and healthier way of living as the school’s advocacy to inculcate learners and practice proper hygiene. It concise the activity on proper handwashing and toothbrushing which were also identified based on the presented facts about absenteeism.

                The sudden shift toward remote learning hasn’t been easy, but collaborative learning techniques can help learners feel involved and engaged even through a computer screen. The COVID-19 has resulted in schools shut all across the world. Thus, children are out of the classroom. As a result, education has changed dramatically, with the distinctive rise of e-learning, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms.

                Magtaking Elementary School as a learning institution adheres to the call of the Department of Education in promoting quality education to all of the learners. Developing effective partnerships across homes and schools first requires an understanding and belief that parents and teachers are doing the best they can within the constraints of policy, time, life demands, knowledge, experiences and personal or work based resources. In developing positive partnerships families and educators work together as active and equal partners who share responsibility for the learning and social successes of all learners.

                This school year 2022-2023, Magtaking Elementary School proposes an innovative project, entitled, “ PROJECT FLASH: Functional Learning and Accessible Space at Home, as an opening collaboration and in support  of the Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan in Deped Order No. 20. S.2020 (BE LCP), through the initiative of the project proponents, School Brigada Eskwela Coordinator, and the school head of Magtaking Elementary School, Mrs. Arlyn O. Mendoza, devised a method of parents and students collaboratively selecting and talking about artifacts in the home to help inspire and improve pupils’ creative writing and reading skills. This type of partnership working allows parents’ knowledge and experience to become relevant to the educational process, and schools can build on knowledge from the home with the child acting as a key agent of this process. Similarly, homework designed or sourced by teachers that is interactive and interesting can foster positive communications between home and school.