NOMINATION WRITE-UP

Name of School: FRANCISCO P. FELIX MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SDO: RIZAL

Category: OUTSTANDING CAMPUS JOURNALISM IMPLEMENTER

I. Executive Summary (Description of why the school is deserving of the award

in not more than 150 words which includes TEA Governance implementation,
Financial Management, DepEd programs and Project Implementations.

Aiming for success and excellence was always been our goal every time
we join prestigious competitions like Press Conferences and we made it to
the point that we will win and bring home the bacon.

Since our school joined this competition, we never missed a year that
we didn’t receive most of the major awards in distinct categories such as
news writing, feature writing, science writing, editorial writing, copyreading
and headline writing, sports writing, editorial cartooning and photojournalism
in Division Schools Press Conference (DSPC) and represented the Division of
Rizal in Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) and even in the National
Schools Conference (NSPC) and fortunately if not yearly we also bagged major
awards in RSPC and last January 2017 our former student and campus journalist
Limuel John M. Limbago won 1st Place in News Writing Category in the 2017
NSPC which was held in Pagadian City Zamboanga del Sur. This incident made
our beloved school Francisco P. Felix Memorial National High School popular
nationwide.

Having a dedicated, hardworking and multi-awarded school paper

advisers in the person of Mr. Alberto Goto, the former adviser of our school
paper in English “The Sepoys” and Mrs. Cleofas Castillo, former adviser of our
school paper in Filipino the “Ang Maglalatik is the reason why we are always
declared as the over-all champion in DSPC for so many years and consistently
sends campus journalists to RSPC and NSPC. The legacy that they left behind
of having a heart of a champion still lives on in the heart of the new school
paper advisers who continued what they have started.

Some schools were now implementing Special Program for Journalism

or the SPJ to enhance the journalistic skills of their students, FMNHS do not have
that kind of curriculum but still we are among the top 3 Best Performing School
in Campus journalism. What we only have are well-trained, hardworking and
devoted school paper advisers who were responsible in making our school one
of the formidable opponents in journalism.

The support of the stakeholders and the administration also contributed

to the success of our school in campus journalism.
 Series of trainings and cliniquing sessions are implemented so that our
writers will become competitive and well-informed in the different changes
and innovations that arises in campus journalism as the time goes by.

Our school never stop searching for new techniques that we can use in
honing the skills of our campus journalists and to produce more breeds of
champion.

II. Significant Accomplishment/s within last two years (June 2016-June 2018)
(Description of the Project/Work Accomplished, Strategies/Activities Done that
have significantly impacted the performance of the learners and the school as
well.)

Francisco P. Felix Memorial National High School is one of the schools in

Division of Rizal which consistently wins in Division Schools Press Conference
(DSPC), Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) and National Schools Press
Conference (NSPC) as well for several years now.

Pursuant to Republic Act No. 7079 also known as the Campus Journalism
Act of 1991 which aims to “promote the development and growth of campus
journalism as a means of strengthening ethical values, encouraging critical and
creative thinking, and developing moral character and personal discipline of
the Filipino youth and to further enhance the journalistic skills of the students,
we designed a program called ‘PENCIL-ISM’. It is a training workshop created
for the campus journalists so that they will become well-equipped and
updated in the different innovations with regards to the changes in campus
journalism. This program aims to:

 Strengthen the value of responsible journalism among student writers

 Enhance journalistic competence through healthy and friendly competition
 Demonstrate understanding of the importance of journalism by expressing
it through different journalistic endeavors and approaches; and
 Prepare for the upcoming Press Conference

The activities during this training workshop include lectures and contests
for individual contests (news writing, sports writing, feature writing, editorial
writing, editorial cartooning, copyreading and headline writing,
photojournalism, science writing) and group contest (school paper lay outing)
including special sessions (school paper management and radio broadcasting
and script writing) which are all included in division, regional and national press
conferences.

To make sure that the campus journalists will s learn in the program that
we have designed for them, we invited resource speakers that has a profound
knowledge and experience in journalism. Mostly they are our former
students/staffers who have excelled in their respective categories and
received numerous awards in Division Schools Press Conference, Regional
Schools Press Conference and National Schools Press Conference during their
time.
 After the lecture the participants are expected to submit a written
output of their individual work in all categories. For the group category, they
are expected to produce a school paper with four major pages, the news
page, editorial page, feature page and sports page. For radio broadcasting
and script writing, they need to come up with a radio broadcasting production.

At the end of the workshop it is expected that students/writers will

deepened their awareness in the different issues in school as well as in their
locality. They have widened their horizon about responsible journalism and
most especially they become competitive and able to win in their chosen craft.

III. Impact of the Accomplishments (Indicate the problem addressed,

people/office benefited, and transactions facilitated. Justify why the
accomplishments are considered exemplary or extraordinary.

The result of the implementation of the program, has many

advantages:

It trains the students on journalism and provides an avenue to

concretely practice truth, fairness and balance. These are values taught better
by experience and supplemented by the classroom.

Many of our former journalists who undergo the said training are already
successful in their chosen career. Most of them are already working as news
writers and field reporters in some of the prestigious TV Networks in our country.

It provides check and balance for the administrators and the students,
Campus journalists and publications become the students’ eyes in things that
are hidden in the campus.

It can never be emphasized that the key for perfect writing is practice.
Practice makes perfect, the old saying goes. Campus journalism provides the
avenue for students to develop their writing skills. The writer would not want to
be the subject of public ridicule occasioned by bad grammar and poor
vocabularies. Workshops and training program are very vital in developing
students’ writing skills.

The campus writers are trained and given exposures to hone their
talents. Press Conferences held every year starting with the division level it goes
to the regional level and finally the national level. Campus writers who qualify
to the regional level have the chance to visit various places in the region and
those who qualify to the national level have the chance to visit places all over
the Philippines.

Because of the program that we had designed, our school became

well-known and many stakeholders wanted to enroll their children in our
institution which led to the increase of our enrolment yearly.

However, Journalism has been facing challenges worldwide due to the

development of technologies, financial and economic crisis. The scarcity of
 equipment like laptops, printers, sound system and DLP makes our lives even
more difficult in campus journalism.

Not all the students can afford to buy this equipment because of lack
of resources but luckily with the help of our school administrators and some of
the stakeholders, we can able to purchase laptop, camera and other
equipment which were very essential during competitions and trainings.

IV. Innovations (If any, original, creative programs, projects, activities made in the
last two (2) years in connection to the award category) 1 page abstract.

Conducting Summer Training Camp on Campus Journalism was the

activity that we had been doing to boost the journalistic skills of students who
have potential when it comes to writing. This activity was our way in search for
new breed of writers who were willing to be one of the writers and staffers of
our school paper in English “The Sepoys”.

It is a live-in training done during second week of the month of April or

May. A recruitment of new breed of writers was being done before the school
year ends who will be the expected participants in the said training.

The incumbent editor-in-chief together with the other editorial staffs will
have go to the classrooms of all grade levels to conduct a 15-minute
recruitment, this is of course with the permission of the school principal and all
subject teachers to get the names and contact numbers of the students who
were interested to join the said training/workshop. They will be given a parent’s
permit to let us know that their parents allow them to join the training/workshop
for their safety and security and it will be collected during the first day of the
training for record purposes.

With the collaboration of the former staffers of our school paper, who
acted as trainers and facilitators, an intensive and rigid training will be given to
all participants. They will give inputs and share their best practices to the
category assigned to them. A one hour talk and one hour write shop was
allotted for each speaker. A maximum of three speakers was only allowed in a
day so that the participants will grasp everything that what was fed to them
by the speakers.

The participants must complete the five-day training. If they were not
able to attend one session, automatically they will not receive a certificate of
completion and participation and they will not also entitled to receive an
award of recognition if ever they will win in any of the category they have
joined because in this training/workshop we were also teaching them
importance of self-discipline and dedication to any work that they will do in the
future.
An awarding ceremony will be conducted at the last day of the activity
to duly recognize commendable performance of the participants all
throughout the training. They will receive certificates of appearance,
participation and recognition to compensate the challenging work they have
exerted.
 After the Summer Training/Workshop, a Local School Press Conference
(LSPC) will be followed and it will be held at the first or second week of June
after the opening of classes. LSPC is conducted for the school paper adviser to
decide easily what category that the student/writer will best fit in. A regular
training will follow the LSPC everyday after class so that the students will be
able to attend their classes.

V. Other Information (List or mention Major Awards/Citations Received by the

school in connection to the award. No need to attach photocopies of
certificates.)

2016 Schools Press Conference

1. Division Level

The 2016 Division Schools Press Conference was held at Cainta

Elementary School on September 8-10, 2016. Mrs. Maria Cecilia V. Loristo was
the school paper adviser of the 22 selected and trained students in FPFMNHS.
Our school won in five (5) different individual categories such as Science
Writing, News Writing, Sports Writing, Editorial Writing, and Copyreading and
Headline and in group categories namely Radio Broadcasting and Script
Writing and Collaborative and Desktop Publishin g. Below were the lists of
winners for both individual and group categories.

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES WINNERS

1ST PLACE NEWS WRITING - LIMUEL JOHN M. LIMBAGO

2ND Place SCIENCE WRITING - RIANNE ALEXANDRA P. MONES

2ND PLACE COPYREADING AND - HAZEL LYNN R. NUDALA

HEADLINE WRITING

3RD PLACE SPORTS WRITING - VICTOR A. BALUYUT

3RD PLACE EDITORIAL WRITING - COLEEN GATILA

GROUP CATEGORIES WINNERS

RADIO BROADCASTING AND SCRIPT WRITING

1ST PLACE BEST IN SCRIPT WRITING - ANNE THERESE VALENZUELA

3RD PLACE BEST ANCHOR - PAULA ALIAH LIM

3RD PLACE BEST NEWS PRESENTER - PAULA ALIAH LIM

2ND PLACE BEST INFOMERCIAL - RACHEL VIRTUDAZO

2ND PLACE BEST IN TECHNICAL APPLICATION - ANNE THERESE VALENZUELA

2ND PLACE BEST GROUP

COLLABORATIVE AND DESKTOP PUBLISHING

3RD PLACE BEST IN LAYOUT - JUSSEL MAXINE MALLAPRE

2ND PLACE BEST IN NEWS PAGE - ROZAINE A. REYES

4TH PLACE BEST IN EDITORIAL CARTOON - NATANYEL DIZON

2ND PLACE BEST IN SPORTS PLACE - PATRICK RYAN TOLENTINO

3RD PLACE BEST IN PHOTOJOURNALISM - GLYNES MONICA MARQUEZ

3RD PLACE BEST GROUP

Five of our students namely Limuel John M. Limbago, who won 1st place
in News Writing, Hazel Lynn R. Nulada, 2nd place in Copyreading and
Headline Writing, Rianne Alexandra P. Mones, 2nd place Science Writing,
Victor A. Baluyut, 3rd place Sports Writing and Coleen Gatila, 3rd place Editorial
Writing qualified in the 2016 Regional Schools Press Conference held last
December 5-7, 2016 at Batangas City.

2. Regional Level

The 2016 Regional Schools Press Conference was held at Batangas

Province last December 5-7, 2016. Two of our students namely Limuel John M.
Limbago won 3rd place in News Writing who also qualified in the 2017 National
Schools Press Conference (NSPC) to be held in Pagadian City Zanboanga Del
Sur and Rianne Alexandra P. Mones 4th place Science Writing.

3. National Level

The 2017 National Schools Press Conference was held at Pagadian

City Zamboanga del Sur last January 22-26, 2017. Our student Limuel John M.
Limbago won 1st place in News Writing which brings pride and honor to our
school FPFMNHS all throughout the country.

2017 Schools Press Conference

1. Division Level
 The 2017 Division Schools Press Conference was held at Angono
National High School on September 8-9, 2017. Mrs. Maria Cecilia V. Loristo was
the school paper adviser of the 22 selected and trained students in FPFMNHS.
Our school won in five (5) different individual categories such as Science
Writing, News Writing, Sports Writing, Editorial Writing and Feature Writing and
in group categories namely Radio Broadcasting and Script Writing and
Collaborative and Desktop Publishing. Below were the lists of winners for both
individual and group categories.

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES WINNERS

1st Place SCIENCE WRITING -JAMES ERVIC ESTRABO

4TH PLACE NEWS WRITING - KIRSTEN ELLEN M. LABRUSCA

6TH PLACE SPORTS WRITING - JERICHO IVAN PINEDA

7TH PLACE EDITORIAL WRITING - MARIEL L. NIEVES

8TH PLACE FEATURE WRITING - CHARLES GIL DEL ROSARIO

GROUP CATEGORIES WINNERS

RADIO BROADCASTING AND SCRIPT WRITING

1ST PLACE BEST IN SCRIPT WRITING - ANNE THERESE VALENZUELA

2ND PLACE BEST ANCHOR - JAYVEE NICOR

2ND PLACE BEST NEWS PRESENTER - GWEN CAAYON

2ND PLACE BEST INFOMERCIAL - ALLEONA GARCIA S. BOLALIN

2ND PLACE BEST IN TECHNICAL APPLICATION - BHRYLLE HUMBERT CORPUZ

2ND PLACE BEST GROUP

COLLABORATIVE AND DESKTOP PUBLISHING

4TH PLACE BEST IN LAYOUT - HANNAH ADELAIYNNE L. GEROMO

3RD PLACE BEST IN NEWS PAGE - MARK DANIEL SILVERIO

2ND PLACE BEST IN EDITORIAL CARTOON - CLAIRE DANIELLE BALDOZA

4TH PLACE BEST IN EDITORIAL PAGE - JANA SHEMAE ALCANTARA

3RD PLACE BEST IN FEATURE PAGE - CHRISTIANE JAMES DE LUNAS

2ND PLACE BEST IN SPORTS PLACE - STEPHANIE SERVO

4TH PLACE BEST IN PHOTO - GWAYNE F. RECUENCO

4TH PLACE BEST GROUP

Two of our students namely Ervic James Estrabo, who won 1st place in
Science Writing and Kirsten Ellen M. Labrusca, fourth place in News Writing
qualified in the 2017 Regional Schools Press Conference held last November
2017 at Batangas City.

2. Regional Level

The 2017 Regional Schools Press Conference was held at Batangas

Province last November 13-15, 2017. Mrs. Maria Cecilia V. Loristo, the school
paper adviser won 3rd Place in News Writing for the School Paper Adviser
Category.