CHEVRON Adopts 5 San Pascual Schools for Learning Resource Corner
Last
November 8, 2012, External Affairs Coordinator for Batangas Terminal Mr.
Jonathan Cristobal, turned over to each of the 5 schools the following items
for their learning resource corners: 2 shelves, 295 storybooks and 48 reading
books.
The 5
schools are Bayanan Elementary School, Gelerang Kawayan Elementary School,
Mataas na Lupa Elementary School, Sambat Elementary School and Sto. Nino
Elementary School. These schools are within the 1-3 km radius of the plant and
the types of books that were given are aimed to respond to the pupils’ reading
problem. Latest data PBSP got show that about 70% of the students who were
tested for the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI) are frustrated
readers for English.
This donation of Balik Baterya learning resource corners also complements Chevron’s MyLibrary Project.
SMYPC
PET and Caps Plant Provides Learning Resource Corner for Day Care Center
Last October 11, employee
volunteers of SMYPC PET and Caps Plant in Canlubang made little children of the
Locomotive Day Care Center, also in Canlubang, very happy with their
newly-painted classroom and their Balik Baterya learning resource corner.
The center has 57
pupils and one teacher and with very limited resources in teaching. Their
teacher, Ms Felicidad Sabio, shared that for 2 shifts, managing the classes was
challenging because these are kids aged 3-5 years old.
Thus, to be able to
assist the school, the funds from the plant’s ULABs purchased a shelf, various
educational toys and 1 reading book for each of the 57 pupils. PBSP has also
provided additional toys and mats from a toy campaign that PBSP supported last
year.
EKPI Adopts Calamba School for Textbooks Donation
Edward
Keller Philippines, Inc., represented by its VP and Country HR Ms. Emerenciana Earnshaw, turned
over 165 textbooks in Math and Science to Mapagong Elementary School in Calamba
City, Laguna last October 9.
Mapagong
Elementary School (Mapagong ES) remains to be one of the most depressed and
deprived public schools in Laguna. The school currently has 361 students and 8
teachers. From their inventory of books submitted, it is very significant to
note that the school has just one copy of Mathematics book for Grade 3 and five
copies of Mathematics books for Grade 5 and English books for Grade 6.
This may
very well be the reason why the 2011-2012 MPS in Math and English are way below
75% at 44.88% and 50.21%, respectively. Mapagong ES’s poor performance is
attributed to the lack of educational materials particularly textbooks for
their pupils.
This
is the second donation of EKPI to the Program. Earlier in 2010, their funds
were pooled with other companies to be able to purchase 660 textbooks for
Mindanao.
