Pisay A BI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - PHILIPPINE SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM January - February 2015 Vol. II No. 1

ASEAN’s Best in 2016

DOST-PSHS System scholars

bagged Major Awards in more

than 30 international competi-

tions in 2014 including the

THIRD CONSECUTIVE

GRAND CHAMPION in the 3rd

ASEAN Plus Three Junior Sci-

ence Odyssey (APT JSO). These

competitions involved PSHS

scholars from the different cam-

puses of the PSHS System. (The

list of the International Awards

won by the PSHS per campus is

shown at the center page).

The DOST-PSHS System

establishes its brand of excel-

lence on par with the world’s best

by participating and winning in

international events. It ensures

the uniformity of standards and

harmony of operations in all its

constituent campuses.

The winnings of PSHS schol-

ars, particularly those coming

from the regional campuses, indi-

cate that uniform standards in

education and training are pro-

vided by all PSHS campuses to

its clients.

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the scholars in this event.

"Of course, it's awesome for the

students that their project is selected. I

think they are also thrilled, ― said

Director Habacon.

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____________________________________________________ The DOST-PSHS System Team composed of the Teacher-Adviser and scholars from Central Luzon Campus (left) led by their Campus Director, Ms. Lilia Habacon (at the center) and Research Consultant and scholars from the Eastern Visayas

Campus (right) led by their Campus Director, Dr. Reynaldo

Garnace.(at the center) during the MWITS Science Fair. (Photo

from PSHS-EVC)

DOST-PSHS System scholars bag Major Awards

in more than 30 International feats in 2014

DOST-PSHS Central Luzon Campus Wins

Best Overseas Research

The PSHS Central Luzon Campus (CLC)

Team bagged the Best Overseas Project and Best

in Oral Presentation awards in the Mahidol

Wittayanusorn School (MWITS) Science Fair in

Thailand last January 27-30, 2015.

Out of 127 research entries around the world,

the entry of Joseph Adrian Dela Cruz, Marnoel

Cruz, and Justine Ryan Silvestre topped the

competition. The winning entry is entitled:

Surface Modification of Polylactic Acid-Cellulose

Acetate-Chitosan Nanocomposite Fiber: Its Effect

on Hydrophilicity and Anti-Bacterial Property

Against E. coli and S. Aureus.

CLC Director Lilia Habacon, together with

teacher-adviser Mr. Rowit Tilwani, accompanied

D O S T - P h i l i p p i n e

Science High School

scholar, Sephi Marz Liclican

together with students from

Zamboanga Hua High

School namely Sabrina Rae

Chan and Shannon Gail Ho

bagged the Over -al l

Champion Title during the

6th International Young

M a t h e m a t i c i a n ’ s

Co n v e nt io n he ld a t

Lucknow, India las t

December 2-5, 2014.

Liclican won a Gold

Medal for Math Wiz in the

Individual Category while

their team won Gold Medal

for Math Relay, Silver

Medal for Math Bingo and

Bronze Medal for Math

Quiz. The winnings of the

Philippine Team combined

hailed them as Over-All

Champion in the Junior

Level.

In a brief interview,

Liclican happily shared his

love for mathematics since

his elementary days. ―My

mathematical prowess was

polished more when I

studied in Philippine

Science High School –

Ilocos Region Campus

(PSHS-IRC) with the

v a r i o u s a c a d e m i c

requirements, exposures to

different competitions and

o t h e r o p p o r t u n i t i e s

towards growth and

development,‖ he said.

He also thanked the

f i n a n c i a l a s s i s t a n c e

extended to him by the

Municipality of Bauang,

the PTCA of PSHS-IRC

that made his trip to India

possible; and of course the

moral support from his

p a r e n t s , t e a c h e r s ,

classmates and friends who

g a v e h i m p o s i t i v e

enco uragement s and

motivations.

―Our experience in

India is indeed a once-in-a-

lifetime chance to stand

before the international

community to represent not

only PSHS-IRC but also

our country and with that, I

will continue to strive

harder for the glory of our

nation and above all, for

the glory of God,‖ Liclican

said.

DOST-PSHS System

Releases 2014 NCE

Summary of Cut-off Score

per Campus The DOST-Philippine Science High School

(PSHS) System has recently released the summary of

the 2014 National Competitive Examination (NCE)

held last October 2014 for the information and

reference of the examinees.

To be considered as a principal qualifier, the

examinee should have a total score that is greater than

or equal to the cut-off score of his/her choice campus,

and his/her score per subject. For example, the sub-

tests on Quantitative Ability, Verbal Attitude,

Scientific Ability and Abstract Reasoning should be

greater than or equal to the national mean score of the

sub-test.

How to determine the principal qualifiers?

In the case of the Main Campus, all examinees are

ranked from highest to lowest by means of national

ranking. The mean score for each of the sub-tests and

the total score define the national mean score of that

sub-test or total score.

The total score of the 240th examinee who satisfied

the aforementioned conditions is determined and is

referred to as the national cut-off score for the Main

Campus.

In the case of the Regional Campus, all the

examinees who have chosen the campus will be

ranked from highest to lowest by regional ranking.

The total score of the 90th examinee who satisfied

the aforementioned conditions is determined and

referred to as the regional campus cut-off.

The following are the list of cut-off score per

campus:

PSHS Campus Cut-off Score Main Campus - - - - - - - - - - 139

Ilocos Region Campus - - - - - - - - - - 94

Cagayan Valley Campus - - - - - - - - - - 102

Cordillera Administrative Region Campus- - - - - - 96

Central Luzon Campus - - - - - - - - - - 121

CALABARZON Campus - - - - - - - - - 113

Bicol Region Campus - - - - - - - - - - 102

Western Visayas Campus - - - - - - - - - - 112

Central Visayas Campus - - - - - - - - - - 96

Eastern Visayas Campus - - - - - - - - - 97

Central Mindanao Campus - - - - - - - - - 96

Southern Mindanao Campus - - - - - - - - - - 110

SOCCSKSARGEN Region Campus- - - - - - - - - - 76

Caraga Region Campus - - - - - - - - - - 76

PSHS-IRC Scholar Gets

Over-all Champion Award in

International Math Contest

Scholar Sephi Marz Liclican with Dr. Ronnalee Orteza, Officer-in-

Charge of the PSHS-IRC., beaming with pride over his winnings.

(Photo from PSHS-IRC)

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DOST-PSHS CLC . . .

(Continuation from page 1

―This research taught

me a lot of skills, time and

management and helped me

boost my self confidence,”

PSHS scholar Dela Cruz

stated.

The MWITS was

participated in by about 1000

young scientists from 20

schools coming from 12

countries.

In his welcome remarks,

Principal Dr. Yuwadee

Nakapadungrat, said, "I am

delighted to welcome you all,

and may this gathering ignite

your search for knowledge

through research."

PSHS-EVC Campus

Director, Dr. Reynaldo

Garnace related that the

highlights of the fair included

Science Project Presentation,

Science Zone, and

Collaborative Problem

Solving,‖

The PSHS-EVC Team is

composed of scholars Noreen

Beth Alberto, Cidne Daniel

Carles, and Anne

Subingsubing, and Research-

Consultant Mrs. Nida

Diodoco. Their entry is

entitled: Evaluation of Anti-

Angiogenic Effect of

Eicchornia crassipes Using

Chorioallantoic Membrane

(CAM) Assay.

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DOST-PSHS Eastern

Visayas Campus (EVC)

hosted the Japan-Philippine

Student Exchange Program

last January 5-8, 2015. The

program’s theme is: A

P e r s p e c t i v e i n t h e

P h i l i p p i n e C u l t u r e ,

R e s i l i e n c e , a n d

Environmental Awareness.

Twenty (20) Japanese

students from Ritsumeikan

Senior High School in

Kyoto, Japan came to Leyte

to participate in this

program together with their

school Vice-Principal Mr.

Hirofumi Takenaka and

teacher Ms. Misa

Takanishi. Also among the

participants were three

American Field Service

German delegates, 13 PSHS

-EVC scholars, and the

faculty and administrative

staff of EVC.

According to Mr.

Takenaka, “this project is

part of our Super Global

Forum Philippine Study

Tour. We have chosen

PSHS-EVC as partner in

this exchange program

because we have already

e s t a b l i s h e d l o n g

relationship with them.”

The participants toured

PSHS-EVC, listened to a

talk about the Philippines-

its culture and language,

and watched cultural

presentations.

They also visited Yolanda

survivors and listened to

their stories of struggle and

survival. Dr. Garnace gave

a talk on caring for our

environment where he

emphasized, “the earth is

our home, we should take

care of it.” Ms. Takanishi

expressed her gratefulness

“for this rare opportunity to

exchange culture and forge

friendship.”

Yuto Miwa, a student of

Ritsumeikan Senior High

School, shared: “this is the

most enjoyable exchange

program I have attended.”

Meanwhile, when asked

of his learning from this

program, Sean Ballais- a

scholar of PSHS-EVC

answered, “we pledge to be

the vanguards of our

Executive Director, Dr. Larry Cabatic with

UPLB Professor, Ms. Roselle Collado

(center), resource speaker, and the

participants to the week-long seminar-

training on the ADMINISTRATION OF

SURVEYS AND FGDs WITH

QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS

conducted by the Research, Policy and

Academic Division, PSHS-Office of the

Executive Director held last February 2—6,

2015 at Manila Manor, Malate, Manila.

(Photo from PSHSS-OED)

PSHS-Eastern Visayas Campus hosts Japan-Philippine Student Exchange Program

EVC Campus Director, Dr. Reynaldo Garnace with Ritsumeikan Senior High School Vice-Principal, Mr. Hirofumi Takenaka and teacher, Ms. Misa Takanishi. (Photo from PSHS-EVC)

creation.”

Last November 2014,

Dr. Reynaldo B. Garnace

and three scholars went

to Japan to present their

research studies during

the Japan Super Science

Fair 2014.

Later this month, 14

faculty and

administrative staff of

PSHS-EVC are going to

Japan for the Global

Summit and Forum.

All these

International Student

Exchange Programs are

part of the PSHS

System’s goal to

strengthen linkages here

and abroad and promote

a culture of science by

exchanging expertise and

learning from the best in

other lands.

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Main Campus

Most Promising Young Scientist (Science Category) / Most Outstanding Exhibit Presentation (Mathematics Category) 9th Regional Congress Search for SEAMEO Young Scientists (SSYS 2014) March 3-7, 2014 in Penang, Malaysia Silver and Special Jury Award –Gold Malaysian International Young Investors Olympiad 2014 April 17-20, 2014 in Penang, Malaysia Commendation/Bronze Award 2014 Singapore International Mathematics Challenge (SIMC) May 26-30, 2014 in Singapore Best Research Presentor STEP NUS SUNBURST BRAIN CAMP (SBC) 2014 June 1-7, 2014 in Singapore Bronze 55th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) July 3-13, 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa Most Outstanding Paper Presentation 8th Hwa Chong Asia Pacific Young Leaders Summit (HC-APLS) July 14-22, 2014 Silver World Taekwondo Hanmadang Championship 2014 August 24-30, 2014 in Pohang City, South Korea Most Creative & Innovative Project 10th International Students Science Fair (ISSF) 2014 August 8-12, 2014 in Moscow, Russia

International Awards Won by the Philippine Science High School in 2014

(By Regional Campus)

Excellence Award Rotary Social Innovation Award of Interact Club of Modern School Barakhamba Road August 2014 Awarding Ceremony in New Delhi, India Best Poster in Physics Category (Team) 8th Asian Science Camp August 25-29, 2014 in Singapore Silver & 3 Bronze Pan Asia Pacific Mathematics Competition June 28-July 2, 2014 in Hongkong Certificate of Honor 8th Brand’s Sudoku Thailand International Open 2014 July 11-14, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand 2 Bronze, Gold & 1st Runner-up, Silver, Merit (Team) 17th Po Leung Kuk Primary Mathematics World Contest July 14-18, 2014 in Hongkong Gold & Silver, Outstanding & Gold Search for Star Math Olympic and “CHONG HUA CUP” Creative Mathematics Competition July 19-22, 2014 in Hongkong 1st runner-up, Bronze (overall); Merit/Champion & 2nd runner-up (Group Team) 2014 Korea International Mathematics Competition (KIMC) July 21-26, 2014 in South Korea 2 Gold -Individual 2014 China I Love Math Summer Camp for Primary School Student July 25-29, 2014 in Shanghai, China 1 Gold, 7 Silver, 11 Bronze, 2 Merit International Mathematics Competition (IMC) August 1-4, 2014 in Singapore

Excellence Award

2014 World Mathematics Invitational (WMI) August 9-13, 2014 in Taiwan Bronze 2014 China West Mathematics Olympiad (CWMO) August 14-19, 2014 in China

Merit Award

STEP-ITE Sunburst Innovation Programme

September 30-October 3, 2014 in Singapore Southern Mindanao Campus Bronze Malaysian International Young Inventors Olympiad (MIYIO) 2014 April 17-19,2014 in Penang, Malaysia

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3rd CONSECUTIVE GRAND CHAMPION in

3rd ASEAN Plus Three Junior Science Odyssey

Scholars from the PSHS Southern Mindanao Campus (left) and scholars from PSHS Bicol Region Campus (right) during the Awarding Ceremony of 3rd ASEAN Plus Three Junior Science Odyssey in Thailand. (Photos from PSHS-SMC/BRC) _____________________________________________

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1st Place and 3rd Place ASEAN PLUS THREE JUNIOR SCIENCE ODYSSEY June-July 2014 in Thailand

Western Visayas Campus Outstanding Award for Presentation of Exhibit and Consolation Prize 9th Congress: Search for SEAMEO Young Scientist March 3-7, 2014 in Penang, Malaysia 1st Place, 3rd Place, 5th Place Sri Aman Environmental Youth Leadership Summit (SAEYLS 2014) April 6-12, 2014 in Selangor, Malaysia 2nd Place Enjoy Mathematics Summer Camp July 2014 in China 3 Bronze, 1 Gold International Mathematics Competition August 1-6, 2014 in Singapore Silver and Gold International Olympics Mathematics August 2014 in Singapore Participant Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 1st Essay Writing Contest October 2014 - Correspondence (online)

Eastern Visayas Campus Finalist World Robotics Olympiad November 19-25, 2014 in Sochi, Russia Oral and Poster Presentation of Research Studies Japan Super Science Fair 2014 November 7 to 14, 2014 in Kyoto, Japan

Bicol Region Campus Overall Champion 3rd ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Junior Science Odyssey June-July 2014 in Thailand 1st Place, 3rd Place and 6th Place Sri Aman Environmental Youth Leadership Summit 2014 April 6-12, 2014 in Malaysia

Participant World Robot Olympiad November 2014 in Penang, Malaysia

Central Mindanao Campus Silver Medalist 16th Malaysian International Young Inventors Olympiad (MIYIO) April 17-20, 2014 in Penang, Malaysia 6th Place 2014 International Regions Mathematics League May 30-31, 2014 at University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Silver Medalist 2014 International Olympic Mathematics Final Competition July 24-28, 2014 in Hong Kong Silver Medalist 2014 the 10th Asia Stars of the Olympic Math Finals July 24-28, 2014 in Hong Kong Silver, Bronze and Merit 10th IMC International Mathematics Contest 2014 August 1-4, 2014 in Singapore

Central Visayas Campus 3rd in Spontaneous Innovation Contest Sri Aman Environmental Youth Leadership Summit 2014 April 8-12, 2014 in Malaysia Mr. Echow Youth 2014 Environment Conservators and Healers of the World (ECHOW) Camp 2014 August 7-10, 2014 in Thailand

Ilocos Region Campus Bronze Medalist International Mathematics Competition August 1-3, 2014 in Singapore Over-all Champion, Gold Medalist 6th International Young Mathematicians Convention December 2014 in India

Central Luzon Campus 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze Malaysian International Young Inventors’ Olympiad (MIYIO) 2014 April 17-20, 2014 in Malaysia Finalists and Honorable Mention International Schools Essay Competition 2014 April 2014 in Berkshire, United Kingdom Gold Medal 2014 International Youth Invention Contest August 6-10, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea

Student-participants from PSHS Main Campus, Southern Mindanao Campus and Central Luzon Campus in Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (also known as Sakura Exchange Program in Science) August 3 to 9, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo from PSHS– Region Campus)

They were all wearing

smiles on their faces, mostly

timid yet one can see a

difference in their aura as we

met them for the first time.

I was referring to the

beneficiaries of the Gender

and Development Program

of the Ilocos Region

Campus.

Ms. Indah Luz Abayan,

GAD Focal Person and

Planning Officer of the

DOST- PSHS-Office of the

Executive Director (OED)

and I were tasked to conduct

an interview with them to

document their success story.

We just came from

Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte for

the GAD Mainstreaming

Workshop together with our

teammates from OED.

PSHS- Ilocos Region

Campus is located at San

Ildefonso, Ilocos Sur.

The beneficiaries were

quite nervous when we

started our interview.

However, when we informed

them about our purpose, they

started to loosen up a bit and

became more relaxed. Engr.

Allan Refuerzo, the campus

resident engineer and

Engr. Ronald Rapada, the

construction &

maintenance supervisor

gave us a brief background

of the program.

―They were once

NPAs but now they are

PAs,‖ Engr Refuerzo

smilingly said. What he

meant by NPA is non-

performing assets and PA

as performing assets.

They are residents in

the locality, mostly farmers

and fishermen, who used to

be un-skilled. Mostly

doing nothing while

waiting for the harvest time

or for the night time to go

out fishing, they spend

their idle time gambling

and drinking liquor.

The program, which

started October of 2013,

had greatly impacted their

lives, Rene Clarence Pita,

one of the beneficiaries,

related. “I am very

thankful because through this program I gained some

skills that even though time

comes that I am no longer

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connected with IRC, I will

be easily employed,‖ he

said. Not only were they

equipped with the necessary

skills, some of their vices

were also removed, ―as we

are not allowed to smoke

inside the campus, and

eventually as days go by, I

find myself no longer

smoking,‖ Froilan Pita

shared. ―Smoking makes me

feel tired easily,‖ he

observed. They were

likewise prohibited to

gamble which they later on

realized did them more

good in the long run as they

were able to save some

money for their much

needed capital in farming

and goat raising. The

salaries that they received

served to augment their

meager income from

fishing and farming thus

improving their economic

status in life compared

before.

The idea of tapping the

local residents to work on

the infrastructure projects

of the campus came from

Dr. Larry Cabatic, who was

ILOCOS’ GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: WORTH EMULATING

A Success Story

Photos show Ms. Indah Luz Abayan and Ms. Beth Ollet (the writer of this article) interviewing the GAD beneficiaries at the function

room of the Ilocos Region Campus. (Photo from PSHSS-OED)

The GAD beneficiaries with Engr. Allan Refuerzo(seated right) and Engr. Ronald Rapada (seated left) and Ms. Indah Luz Abayan, GAD Focal Per-

son from OED (seated at the center) pose for posterity. Photo below shows

some of the beneficiaries while at work within the campus. (PSHSS-OED)

then the campus director of

IRC at that time. Instead of

getting a contractor to work

on the projects, he hired a

resident civil engineer and

resident construction and

maintenance supervisor to

oversee the construction

work of their infra-projects

and hired the local residents

under J.O. contract.

In collaboration with the

local government unit led by

Mayor Atty. Mark Anthony

Purisima, the local residents

were identified and

underwent skills training

under the TESDA program

to equip them for the

construction work such as

welding, masonry and

related skills training. A

total of 26 residents were

trained for the work. At

present, there were only 20

left while the others have

gone abroad and were

employed in other

construction works outside

the campus.

―The workers were also

trained to make hollow-

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Mahidol University and

Ruamrudee International School

(RIS) are among the top-

performing schools in the

Association of Southeast Asian

Nations (ASEAN). RIS was the

first in Thailand to be accredited in

the Western Association of

Schools. Their IB diploma and

Advanced Placement (AP) students

consistently score above world

averages and regularly get admitted

in prestigious universities

worldwide, Dr. Rodriguez said.

Dr. Rodriguez included in her

travel report the importance of a

Professional Development

Program and a recommendation to

institutionalize a Professional

Learning Community.

An academic conference can

convene PSHS teachers and staff to

share their learning from

international benchmarking

activities, she stated in her report.

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Professional Development Program for Global Excellence in Education

Professional Development Pro-

gram is comprised of activities that

will allow academic personnel to

update their knowledge and skills,

and enhance their job performance to

attain institutional goals.

According to Dr. Annie I. Rodri-

guez, Chief of Instruction and Cur-

riculum Services Division in PSHS

Southern Mindanao, “with the institu-

tionalization of high quality Profes-

sional Development Program, we

can be in step with the international

standards in education.‖

Dr. Rodriguez visited Bangkok,

Thailand last Dec. 2-4, 2014 together

with five (5) faculty and staff to at-

tend a benchmarking activity at Ma-

hidol University and Ruamrudee In-

ternational School.

In her travel report, she shared

her learnings and included her

recommendations for DOST-PSHS

System.

Likewise, learning points can be

cascaded to teachers/educators from

other schools who will visit any PSHS

campuses.

Networking and linkages with other top

performing schools in the country and

abroad can be strengthened thus

increasing the possibility of internship/

exchange program of PSHS students

and personnel in these institutions.

Other learning points from this

benchmarking activity as mentioned in

the report include Repackage Research

to encourage students to engage in

studies that are tailored after the needs

of a particular community, and

Borderless Learning Community to

promote collaboration among students

and personnel.

According to Dr. Rodriguez, “small

but continuous improvements really

work; we can start in the improvement

of signages, which must be attractive

enough for the students to remember.‖

Ilocos’ Gender . . . (continuation from page 6)

blocks by the campus in addition to

the TESDA training that they under-

went, Engr. Rapada informed. ―We

make our own hollow-blocks now for

our infra-needs,‖ he added.

Dr. Cabatic now the Executive

Director of the PSHS Sytem started

replicating the program at the OED

which is located inside the PSHS

Main Campus in Agham Road, Dili-

man, Quezon City. He already

started hiring six (6) local residents

under J.O. contract from among the

informal settlers in the area beside

the Main Campus, in collaboration

with the barangay captain, Rudy

Palma. The J.O. contracts are hired

to clean and landscape the premises

of the new OED building and were

paid on a daily basis. This is in

preparation for the transfer of the

OED personnel in the new building

early next year. Dr. Cabatic is very

optimistic on the positive impact of

the GAD Main Streaming project to

the said community as it did in

Ilocos.

BOT approves Increase in Stipend and Living Allowances of DOST-PSHS System scholars

Effective FY 2015, the DOST-PSHS System Board of Trustees approved

the following rates per scholarship category:

(in Philippine peso)

Full Partial 1

Stipend 500.00 500.00

Living Allowance

3,500.00 3,000.00

Total Grant per month

4,000.00 3,500.00

(in Philippine peso) Partial 2 Partial 3

Stipend 500.00 500.00

Living Allowance 2,000.00 - - -

Total Grant per month

2,500.00 500.00

PISAY Newsletter Team would like to give credits to all

the DOST-PSHS Regional Campuses for the pictures and

most of the information materials used in this issue.

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Strengthening the Values of Good Governance among DOST-PSHS System personnel

Members of the DOST-

PSHS System Executive

Committee and personnel from

the Office of the Executive

Director (OED) attended an 8-

hour seminar in Public

Accountability and Values

Enhancement last January 14,

2015 at Atrium Hotel, Pasay

City.

“It’s timely to conduct this

seminar at the beginning of the

year to strengthen the values

of good governance among

PSHS System personnel.

Upholding the values of good

governance is inclusive to the

excellent performance of the

duties of a PSHS System

employee, being part of this

country’s premiere science high

school,” PSHS System

Executive Director Dr. Larry L.

Cabatic said.

PSHS System conducted this

seminar in collaboration with

the Council for the Restoration

of Filipino Values (CRFV) led

by Dr. Voltaire Acosta.

The CRFV Team is

comprised of Mr. Jesus V. Sison

who discussed about the Love of

God and E.O. No. 292, Dr.

Voltaire Acosta on Power of

Influence, and Mr. Reuben

Aslor on Taming the Tongue

and Selfless Love. Mr. Antonio

“Tony Boy” Aquino, cousin of

Pres. Noynoy Aquino also

attended, as an observer.

DOST-PSHS CALABARZON CAMPUS

OPENS THIS SCHOOL YEAR 2015-2016

Department of Science and Technology

(DOST) Secretary Mario Montejo is glad to

announce the opening of the DOST- Philippine

Science High School (PSHS) Calabarzon Re-

gion Campus this coming school year 2015-

2016. The new campus will be temporarily

housed at the Batangas City National High

School Compound since the infrastructure fa-

cilities of the new campus which shall be lo-

cated at Barangay Sampaga, Batangas City, is

not yet ready. Construction of the school facili-

ties will hopefully start within the year.

Meanwhile, DOST-PSHSS Executive Di-

rector Larry L. Cabatic informed that there will

be three (3) sections for the incoming fresh-

men with 30 students each class. There is a

proposal to increase the number of students per

class to 35 to accommodate more scholars who

have likewise passed the National Competitive

Examination (NCE) which was administered

last October 2014, Dr. Cabatic said. If the pro-

posal shall be approved, the campus will start

with 105 students.

The chosen site for the new campus was

donated by the City government of Batangas

with a total land area of 5 hectares, more or

less. The site is situated around 5 kilometers

from Batangas City Hall.

The PSHS or known as Pisay, operating

under one System of governance and manage-

ment, provides scholarships to students with

high aptitude in science and mathematics. It is

based on a curriculum that emphasizes science

and mathematics and the development of well-

rounded individuals and prepares its students

for careers in Science & Technology (S&T). To date, Pisay has 13 campuses in opera-

tions nationwide and with the addition of the

PSHS-CALABARZON Campus as its 14th .

Two more campuses are being eyed to be estab-

lished before the end of 2016.

For more information or inquiries, you may

contact the PSHSS Office of the Executive Di-

rector – Admissions Unit at tel. no. (02) 926-

5701 or you may send an email to

oed@pshs.edu.ph or visit our website at

www.pshs.edu.ph

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All seated infront (except Exec. Director Larry Cabatic at the center and Mr. Tony Boy Aquino, 2nd to the left) are the members of the CRFV Team led by Dr. Voltaire

Acosta (seated right beside Dr. Cabatic ) with some members of the PSHS System

Executive Committee and the OED family .(PSHSS-OED)

Sixty-eight (68) personnel of

the PSHS System convened on

January 13, 2015 at Atrium Hotel

in Manila for an open forum on

Public Resource Utilization. In-

vited speaker from the Government

Procurement Policy Board (GPPB),

Atty. Tareeq Yahya Timhar A.

Radjaie, led the discussion together

with PSHS System Executive Di-

rector Dr. Larry L. Cabatic and

Deputy Executive Director Dr. Rod

Allan A. De Lara.

Atty. Radjaie is currently Pro-

curement Management Officer V

of the Secretariat Division of the

GPPB..

“Optimized utilization of

public resources is part of

Forum on Public Resource Utilization Conducted

delivering excellent public ser-

vice,‖ Dr. Cabatic said.

With 14 operating campuses

nationwide and currently expand-

ing, the PSHS System aims for

harmony and uniformity of its ser-

vice delivery.

“Bringing together key per-

sonnel in procurement, such as the

Bids and Awards Committee

(BAC), Technical Working Group,

and the BAC Secretariat to an open

forum with a representative from

GPPB is an important action at the

start of the new year,” Dr. Cabatic

stated. “This can enhance their

knowledge on responsible procure-

ment that will guide their decisions

through the year, “ he added.