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Many families in Barangay Guelew were hit hard by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Establishment were stopped for a while to stem the spread of the disease. Many were became jobless. They lost their livelihoods and fallen into deep poverty. This could have a devastating effect to those who rely mostly on daily wage for living.

With this, The Guelew IS conducted a livelihood training program entitled: Tulong Pangkabuhayan sa Pamayanan Project to help the less fortunate build economic resilience through sustainable livelihood interventions.

The training encourages them to use the available resources in the community. During pandemic, household with food production livelihoods were able to feed their own family as well as supply the community with food, when the local markets were shut. The

Training includes; how to make native delicacy: Biko, Basic Food processing: Atsara,

and chili garlic oil. It was set on Sept 21-22,2021. The participants were parents and teachers of the learners of Guelew IS.

       The project coordinators were able to monitor and help the households through the use of text messages and phone calls, giving them health and safety information and continued

guidance in their livelihood projects.    With the above mentioned statement, the proponent felt the need to condiuct livelihood training to the parents and teachers of GIS learners. Thus, Tulong Pangkabuhayan sa Pamayanan Project was conceived.

       Education happens everywhere. It is not confined in the four walls of the classroom. This was made possible through the collaborative effort, dedication and perseverance of the school personnel, the parents, LGU and concerned stakeholders. This was proven in the recently implemented distance learning delivery modality during the school year 2020-2021.

The parent’s participation, contribution and support in the programs, projects and activities which are conceived to be beneficial for their children made it easier for Guelew Integrated School teachers and personnel to achieve its desired goals and objectives in bringing education and learning remotely.

        Teachers always monitored the learner’s activities at home through different methods, appropriate to the learners’ available resources such as phone calls, text messages, group chat, video call and other social media platforms. Through this monitoring and assessment activities, the teachers were able to perceive how well the learners are performing and accomplishing their school tasks and activities while at home. Teachers provide feedbacks to enhance learner’s study habits and skills, as well as performance. With the learning space in their homes, learners feel the atmosphere of being in the classroom while accomplishing the assigned tasks, answering the modules, undertaking physical activities and performances. 

Alternative Learning System (ALS) is intended for out-of-school youth and adults who are 16 years old or older and beyond basic school age that need basic literacy skills particularly in reading, writing and simple computation.   

        Literacy Mapping is a process that aims to gather data on the number of out of school youth and adults in the community who have not completed 12 years of basic education. It is an opportunity to know the community and to gauge how many illiterate people in the barangay.

  Project LitMap (Literacy Mapping) was undertaken to identify and assess the ability in writing, reading and perform simple fundamental operations of potential ALS enrollee to provide proper guidance and support to gain interest in pursuing studies through Alternative Learning System (ALS) Program.

  Gulayan sa Tahanan program was also disseminated among potential ALS enrollees where its main goal is to improve and increase the production of fruits and vegetables by encouraging the learners to grow their own food within the vicinity of their homes.

 With the abovementioned statement, the proponent felt the need to conduct Literacy Mapping among out of school youth and adults to encourage them to go back to school that could help increase enrollees of ALS learners.

The pandemic has changed our lifestyles to a great extent. From spending most of our time outside the house to shifting to the inner sanctums of our home, we have witnessed a drastic change. Indeed, Negative effect on mental health is a sudden rise in cases of depression that has led to traumas, frustrations, loneliness, boredom and anxiety for many individuals including our learners . The school has been a basic foundation of skills. Through collaboration with the school heads, A project DIG which refers to Dish Indigenous Garden is proposed. In this particular project, High School learners are trained skills on how to manage planting using limited space. Thus, Dish Garden is the best project to entrust to the learners. Dish Garden is a pleasing arrangement of several different plants in a single container. The container can be almost any shape or size and may be made of most any material. Dish gardens are especially valuable because they can be easily placed at various vantage points throughout our home. The project aims to input the beneficiaries with skills and knowledge of dish gardening, provide hands-on learning for distressing and monitor its continuity practice. Though it is such a challenging scenario, a garden in dish can bring recreational, mental and physical, economic and environmental benefits and at the same time it also helps boost learners mood and focuses on the positive perception of life. Ultimately, no matter how space you have, growing plants is a great way to care for mental and physical health during quarantine. 

One of the most important educational outcomes of the primary education is to learn how to read. It is a fundamental ability to children’s learning including the development of their literacy skill. According to Diamond (2006), an effective reading program develops reading competence in all learners and is based on proven practices. On the other hand, “It takes a village to educate a man” as what the popular adage say. This is true especially in this time of pandemic. This is why the proponent sought the help of potential partners in heightening the reading skill of the struggling readers of Guelew Integrated School. To ensure that learning specifically reading will take place, only trained volunteers were requested to assist in this innovation. The reading materials were provided as well as the schedule and matrix to follow. The said activity started on August 2, 2021 and ended on September 30, 2021. 

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make healthy choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. As children return to school, to protect their families, cope with the challenges, help their children reintegrate back into the classroom and grow as parents with their families and communities they need assistance. It is in this premise that Guelew Integrated School thought of coming up with a seminar that will assist both teachers and learners be aware of mental health as well as the psychosocial support they need. As stipulated in DepEd Order 14 s. 2020, the Department places priority on the protection and promotion of the mental health and general welfare of all teachers and learners. With these in mind there is an imminent need for Guelew Integrated todesign and plan to conduct a seminar for teachers and parents entitled Mental Awareness and psychosocial support for teachers and learners 

Educators around the world have quickly adapted and switched teaching from physical to the virtual classroom. The lockdown was imposed from March 15, 2020, and we as educators didn’t get much chance to prepare ourselves for a complete switch to online classes. But despite this, administration and teachers are putting in their best efforts to deliver their digital classes making it interesting and motivating to students.

Students are already missing their classroom learning working with peers in groups. Even parents are now finding it more difficult to motivate their children to maintain the pace of learning.

To help students overcome this unexpected situation and to ensure continues learning of students using different alternative channels, supporting them in various ways by technical and financial assistance, selection of digital learning tools, arranging online classes and creation of positive learning online environment.

The project “Load Mo, Sagot Ko” aims to help students in their online classes by giving them weekly load worth of thirty pesos (Php30.00) to thirty (30) Grade – 12 learners of Guelew Integrated School as the beneficiaries. The load will be given every Wednesday in preparation of their online class every Thursday for four (4) months.