SECOND VIRTUAL ACADEMIC WEEK LAUNCHED

With the theme “Rebranding Excellence”, Philippine Cultural College - Main Campus held its annual Academic Week last February 21-24, 2022. 

This was the second time that the said activity was held online. And this time, it was to showcase not only the abilities of the students outside of their classrooms, but to exhibit the teachers' talents as well. 

The first day of the Academic Week, which was on February 21, 2022, was kicked-off with classroom-based activities. In each subject, teachers gave out specialized tasks for their students to complete on the day. Some made infographic presentations on the usefulness of science, while others made experiments such as mini generators, real life applications of their lessons, and showcased home-based experiments. There were also subjects that required the students to write a reflection or do an analysis of the films or videos they were shown. Additionally some classes also paid tribute to the frontliners by drawing them as the modern heroes and making a chart on how pandemic heroes felt.

On the second day of the academic week, the Genyo Demofest was held. Respective teachers from the grade school department demonstrated their skills in technology as they competed and showcased their abilities in bringing Genyo, an online learning platform, into the classroom. The teachers were judged by Vice President, Dr. Sining M. Kotah, Ms. Bea Joy Berras, an E-learning specialist from Genyo, and a department head that the competing teacher wasn’t under. The English Department Head, Mrs. Glenda Sia stated that she was amazed by the resourcefulness of the teachers and the well-packaged lessons they brought into the classroom. She also added that the grade school pupils were so well-versed in using the platform. It proved that Genyo was also frequently used outside of the Academic Week. 

The following were the teachers who participated in the Demofest and the respective grade levels they taught in the endeavor:

• Grade 1A - Mrs. Mariquin Rey-Najito

• Grade 4B - Mr. Winston Gangan

• Grade 5A - Ms. Juliefe Prolles

• Grade 5B - Ms. Alyssa Claire Gatus

The final winner for the "Gawad Gurong Genyo" was Mrs. Mariquin Rey-Najito with her lesson "Distansya at Direksyon sa Loob ng Tahanan."

On the third day, the Academic Department held one morning program for the grade school students and an afternoon program for the junior high school students. The grade school program entitled “Our Time to Shine” began at 7:30 in the morning. The program was hosted by Vania Tiu (6A) and Angelo Magullado (5A). It began with a segment called “Let’s Talk” where the pupils were asked a few situational questions shown on screen. There was also a Quizizz game that featured trivia questions ranging from different movie characters to general subject topics. Following that, selected pupils from Grades 1 and 2 participated in a declamation contest while selected Grades 4 to 6 pupils participated in a listening contest. The morning intermission showed a video of Grades 1 and 2 pupils who cosplayed as front liners and imparted heartwarming messages to everyone. A succeeding game called “Fact or Bluff'' tested the pupils’ general knowledge in Araling Panlipunan. Here are the winners of the following competitions:

The fourth and final day of the academic week 2022 hosted the Senior High School Webinar Series, composed of three webinars. Each strand invited a speaker to give insights on chosen timely topics. 

All webinars culminated with an open forum where concerns and questions were addressed. 

English Supervisor Mrs. Glenda Sia said, “We aimed for a simpler Academic Week due to the happenings last January 2022, although it became more grandiose than we initially planned. In the end, it ended up to be an impressive and successful week.”