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𝗖𝗧𝗘 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 | 𝟲𝟰 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗞𝗶𝘁-𝗳𝗼𝗿-𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁
by 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘭 𝘑𝘩𝘰𝘯 𝘝. 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢

With its vision to extend help and engage in the transformation of society, the 𝗖𝗧𝗘-𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, in partnership with the 𝘜𝘌𝘗-𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 (𝘕𝘚𝘛𝘗) 𝘋𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘎𝘜 𝘉𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘯, spearheaded their annual Kit-for-Kids Outreach Project last December 16, 2022, at 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝘚𝘵𝘢. 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢, 𝘉𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘯, 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯.

Despite being the farthest multigrade school where transportation is difficult, it is still well attended and assisted by faculty members, CTE pre-service teachers and student leaders. Through this Extension Program, 64 identified learners from kindergarten to grade six received kits containing school and hygiene supplies. The CTE-CES also kicked off its Extension Program: 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠. This is a STEM literacy program for kindergarten to sixth-grade learners.

The students greatly enjoyed spending time in fellowship and togetherness. Beyond tangible gifts, CTE-CES motivated and encouraged the recipients of the program, hoping that this would somehow encourage and empower each student to continue attending school.

During the signing of the 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗠𝗢𝗔), 𝗠𝗿. 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝐏. 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗼𝐧̃𝗲𝘇 𝐉𝐫., 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝗠𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝘊𝘛𝘌-𝘊𝘌𝘚 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, and 𝗠𝗿. 𝗖𝗶𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝐐. 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘇𝗮 𝗝𝗿., 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, also assured that this partnership will continue and will be strengthened through various extension services that the college will be doing in the coming years.

"𝐴𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ, 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑! 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠, 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠," said 𝗠𝗿. 𝗖𝗶𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝐐. 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝘇𝗮 𝗝𝗿., 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳.

They also planned and envisioned upgrading the school library and increasing its accessibility to learning.

"𝑂𝑢𝑟 𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑆𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦. 𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠' 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠," said 𝗠𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝘊𝘛𝘌-𝘊𝘌𝘚 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳.

The Casantiagoan Elementary School, led by 𝗠𝗮'𝗮𝗺 𝗝𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗘. 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻, 𝘖𝘐𝘊-𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘐𝘐, was also delighted to welcome this new collaboration and partnership.

"𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑛, 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑢𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐸𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚. 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠."

The event was filled with joyous shouts and smiles on their faces. The kids were delighted to participate in their storytelling activities, share food, play games, receive gifts and kits, and showcase their abilities.

Pʜᴏᴛᴏ Dᴏᴄᴜᴍᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʙʏ
𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘝. 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘫𝘰
𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘍. 𝘗𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘑𝘳.

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