The Junior Paragon is an organization of student volunteers that works with the DLSU Senior High School Student Discipline and Formation Office (SDFO) to promote and emulate the Lasallian Core Values as well as to contribute to their goals and objectives of supporting and fostering social wellbeing and discipline.
Projects and Campaigns
From Casita, With Care is one of Junior Paragon's annual campaign of JP Cares that aims to gather suitable donations for a chosen advocacy and beneficiary. This year, the organization has chosen Asilo de San Vicente de Paul to be the recipient of the fundraising activity. The entire Lasallian community was invited to give any in-kind or monetary donations in support of the Philippines’ National Nutrition Month from the months of June to July 2025. Through the campaign, the organization aims to assist both the Lasallian and external communities in recognizing the importance of national nutrition and charity.
When Stars Look Back is a campaign set for the month of May 2025, serving as an opportunity to raise awareness on Mental Health. As a cornerstone to personal and social well-being, mental health is a vital aspect of human life that impacts how we think, feel, and relate to others. The campaign shall center on connection, courage, and compassion through a seminar with an invited speaker from the the DLSU SHS Literature department, and a zine “Phases of the Mind” where students may submit any poem, artwork, or photography to showcase their creativity.
The Discipline Formation Month was a month-long project spearheaded by the SDFO Paragons and SDFO SHS Junior Paragon during March. A series of activities—from Discipline Education Booths, the Student Handbook Challenge, and Harmony in Action: Navigating Conflict for Stronger Relationships, a Community Learning Session—the organization has allotted this time in the continual promotion of student discipline and awareness within the Lasallian community.
"With A Smile: Mental Health Matters" is a campaign set on February 26, 2025, with a goal of fostering a safe space for every student at De La Salle University. the event will feature a speaker who will share their expertise on fostering inclusivity and respect within the community, free from violence, mistreatment, bullying, discrimination, and isolation
"The Big Bang Station: A Sexual Health Seminar" is a campaign aimed at spreading awareness about this growing healthcare concern while shedding light on other important aspects of sexual health. The seminar will dive into the basics while addressing the advancements in medication and technology that make prevention, treatment, and management more accessible today.
"Spectrum: A Gender Responsiveness Seminar." is a one-day event designed to reshape self-perception and foster a healthier relationship with social media. Junior Paragon is honored to collaborate with LoveYourself Caravan PH, who will share their expertise on gender responsiveness and provide a comprehensive introduction to SOGIESC Basics for the student body.
In a world of progressing cell phones, apps, websites, and media, the entirety of our lifestyle and routines has now been built around the use of technology. The Dear Reader: A Media Information Literacy Campaign is a month-whole event dedicated to spreading awareness through publication materials, and a seminar with two invited speakers to allow the Lasallian body to develop skills that will protect them from any forms of misinformation, data leaks, and sensationalism
This project is an annual campaign initiated by the organization to motivate students to use honest and sincere approaches to end the term with flying colors. Through the Study Habit Bingo and Truth Untold TikTok series, we aim to promote an honest and upfront community amidst the academic stress the student body may be facing at the moment.
This campaign aims to help the youth through a fundraising event and donation drive. Hands Across Manila is about showing care and giving hope, especially to youth like us. The main goal of this project is to assist our chosen beneficiary, Young Focus PH, as they continue to provide support and care for the hundreds of families in need in the Smokey Mountain area of Tondo, Manila.
This campaign serves as a dedicated period for the De La Salle community to explore and deepen their understanding of various facets of the discipline, with a focus on academic, spiritual, relational, and communal disciplines. By highlighting these areas, the aim is to instill a culture of disciplined living and holistic growth within the community.
This Campaign raises awareness of the Safe Spaces Act and the DLSU Safe Spaces Policy on full promotion of the value and dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights. Said act addresses all forms of sexual harassment, recognizing that men, women, and members of the LGBTQ+ must have equality, security, and safety, both in physical and online spaces, from any offenders regardless of whether they are persons in authority or not.
The Drug Abuse Prevention Campaign aims to contribute to educating people, especially the Lasallian community, on different topics related to drug awareness. This campaign aims to correct misconceptions, deglamorize drugs, and help those victims of drugs or drug users. Through this campaign, the Junior Paragon desires to educate others more and hopes to lessen the stigma surrounding it.
The Media Information Literacy Campaign aims to empower Lasallian participants with the critical skills and insights needed to discern and analyze distorted narratives in social media within the Philippine context. Focusing on misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation, it seeks to reinforce faith in truth, promote service to society, and strengthen the bonds of communion within the Lasallian community and beyond.
Recognizing the importance of fostering emotional well-being, this project aims to raise awareness of the importance of mental health and conversations. Encouraging open dialogue and offering a platform for reflection, this project promotes mental health awareness and strengthens Lasallians' sense of support and belonging.
There is no doubt that education is a transformative tool. It possesses the ability to empower individuals and strengthen communities, ultimately affecting the progress of an entire nation. In the Philippines, education remains a privilege for most individuals. It continues to be inaccessible to a number of children due to reasons such as financial constraints, inadequate infrastructure, or existing socio-economic barriers. For these reasons, many Filipino children are forced to halt their education early on due to the lack of government support for underprivileged families. This is a pressing issue that continues to deprive millions of Filipino children of their right to education, stripping them of any chance to gain the knowledge and skills they need to uplift themselves and their families. After all, education is not merely a transmission of knowledge. It is also a catalyst for social change.
Acting as role models to the Lasallian student body, the Junior Paragon of Manila aims to encourage students to establish and maintain good study habits in order to retain their academic integrity. Junior Paragon's main focus would be to share studying tips with the Lasallian community to lessen the probability of such actions. This approach towards Academic Honesty would better benefit the students because they would not need to break their integrity if they had a proper study technique.
Globally, women operate through compromising for structures that are meant to put them at a disadvantage. With this, the organization pursues a campaign to celebrate women of all ages, races, and classes. This campaign aims to shed light on the often interrupted, underestimated, and set aside in and beyond the walls of DLSU.