Bagua Ingud Primary School builds future for today and tomorrow - Principal Amboloto
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| Bagu Ingud Primnary School Princippal Honeyma A. Amboloto. RSP |
Thus said Honeyma A. Amboloto, principal of Bagua Ingud Primary School as she related the success story of her school during her State of the School Address (SOSA) last week.
"Bagua Ingud Primary School is a school that builds future for today and tomorrows,” she added,
Amboloto delivered her SOSA together with other principals or heads of schools under Lanao del Sur II's Bacolod District held at the Quadrangle of Bacolod Central Elementary School in this municipality on Tuesday, July 31, 2018.
Bacolod District is headed by District Supervisor Hadja Sohria D. Tomawis.
Bacolod District is headed by District Supervisor Hadja Sohria D. Tomawis.
BIPS is one of the nine schools comprising the district. It was established in 1992 during the time of the late Aleem Hussein Amanoddin as municipal mayor of Bacolod Kalawi.
The school is situated in Barangay Orong but it was officially named after its neighboring barangay, Bagua Ingud because it was the good people of that barangay who initiated to establish it in the area, said Amboloto.
She said the school is guaranteed by a deed of donation given by the parents of former municipal councilor Honorable Hadji Ibrahim Tamim Amanoddin, the rightful owner of the lot where the school is flourishing right now. They have donated the lot to the Department of Education through the District of Bacolod.
BIPS is halfway between Bacolod Central Elementary School and the Awani Elementary School.
Principal Amboloto said that to date, her school has a teaching force of nine regular teachers.
The second principal to lead BIPS after the former principal retired from service, Amboloto recalled that she was barely three years in service when she received a designation as TIC of the school in 2004.
She said: "This year 2018 marks my 13th years as school head of BIPS. It was definitely a formidable position... I took the challenge because everything happens for a reason but I was greatly overwhelmed by the daunting challenges that lay ahead knowing full well that I would be leading a group of teachers who used to be my teachers when I was a kid at Bacolod Central."
Looking back, she said, 13 years ago is quite a long journey. But within this span of time engraved with perseverance and commitment, great transformations took place both in the academic and non-academic aspects.
"In 2004, BIPS was offering only Grades 1, 2 and 3 squeezing in two classrooms with no other facilities and a very low enrollment," Amboloto recalled.
Through the years, she stressed, there was a notable gradual increase of its enrollment, visible improvement of the school physical facility and a transformation on the curricular aspect.
"Currently we have separate classrooms for the Grade 4 levels. We are one of the earliest in the division to open an active kinder class in 2011. Our school was recognized as one of the best preschool implementer in 2011 that gave us the opportunity to participate twice in the best preschool implementers trainings and conference in Cebu and Davao allowing us to receive literacy and numeracy courtesy of UNICEF," Amboloto said.
The absence of MOOE for decades was never a deterrent in achieving the school targets and goals. "It did not hinder our school to address school needs on various aspects," she said.
Of the nine identified improvement areas in the school improvement plan, four of them were properly addressed with the support of the Bacolod District Teachers Association, the district supervisor and a few concerned parents, she said.
"We were able to fully repair one dilapidated windows and doors in the Grade 3 classroom that also served as our computer room. It was installed with grilled window in the front and to safeguard the computer package," she said.
Amboloto also reported that all wooden windows in the front of all four classrooms were replaced with steel windows.
They also have one washing facility in front of the school building.
The kinder classroom is now sporting new comfortable plastic seats courtesy of Supervisor Tomawis, she emphasized.
She said the school makeshift office was funded by the teaching force of BIPS with the rest of funding given by the former municipal vice mayor Hadji Abdullah Ampuan.
She also said that every classroom in our school is properly installed with electricity, even during afternoons our classroom are well lighted.
As a recipient of DepEd Computerization Program, Batch 19 in 2013, they have served properly the purpose of the package consisting of 7 monitors, one LCD projector with a screen. "Both students and teachers as well as the school head use the computer package in various relevant purposes. They are used for classroom instruction, during meetings including PTA meetings and during school-based LAC sessions," said Amboloto.
In consonance with DepEd Vision and Mission, BIPS envisions to produce well-disciplined pupils whose life and personality is forged with Islamic values at par with their best performing contemporaries not only in the division but in the country as a whole.
Amboloto said: "In support of this, various programs were conducted to provide rich avenues of learning opportunities where kids can explore freely. As one of the 4 showcase schools of the READ ALL Program, we have intensified the conduct of the structured remedial sessions based on the results of the monthly RARS assessment tools.
"Alhamdulillah in November 2017 we have successfully reached our target... 0 nonreader.. basically kinder to grade 3 are decoders in their own level. But in spite of this, increased number of students with poor comprehension and poor mathematical skills are still on the priority list for continuous improvements project.
"In our quest to continually make ourselves competitive in terms of skills in teaching, both teachers and school head rigooorously submitted to the ORFA practice. Oral Reading Fluencdy Assessment is for teachers who continually practice reading and assessing themselves until such time that they observe relarkable improvement in their reading and comprehension skills...
"We strengthened and sustained our school based LAC session to capacitate teachers to keep up with DepEd new trends on teaching strategies and programs.
"Through the READ ALLL Program, school heads have become better instructional leaders -- visiting classrooms through purposeful walkthroughs or formal classroom observation using the MASCOT and RCPC.
We have sustained the implementation of programs and practices shared to us by the READ ALLL program as evident in the results of our assessments and reports."
Principal Amboloto believed that no amount of intellegence or smartness can compensate for a loss of commitment to one's calling and she is confident to say that her school though small odels and inspires best practices for years when others are just contemplating about it.
"Through the READ ALLL Program, school heads have become better instructional leaders -- visiting classrooms through purposeful walkthroughs or formal classroom observation using the MASCOT and RCPC.
We have sustained the implementation of programs and practices shared to us by the READ ALLL program as evident in the results of our assessments and reports."
Principal Amboloto believed that no amount of intellegence or smartness can compensate for a loss of commitment to one's calling and she is confident to say that her school though small odels and inspires best practices for years when others are just contemplating about it.
Amidst the atrocities happening during the Marawi siege that had affected all\most all the province including Bacolod Kalawi, BIPS teachers commitment did not dwindle.
So they have a very successful BRIGADA ESKWELA activities duly monitored by officials from the division and the district levels and which was well attended and actively supported by supportive parents. And classes were seldom interrupted.
During the Marawi Siege, there were 37 pupils from Marawi who enrolled in the school. Half of them are still pursuing their studies in BIPS.
She said: "Nowadays the most pervasive issue confronting our teachers and school heads are the reforms in DepEd. Trainings are everywhere, various programs to be implemented in the field but the most challenging part is how to make positive results in the classrooms. We serve our major cliengele, the learners, with responsibility and accountability."
Amboloto noted that their school and their district as a whole has always been proactive to combat obsoleteness and complacency.
She said: "With the help of identified best performing teachers in our schools and the school heads, we painstakenly list down expected competencies per learning areas and quarters from the RBEC because CGs was not yet around. We developed it into checklist that we call syllabus. It was a result of a thorough assessment of our district supervisor on the actual condition of teachers' practices in relation to the performance of the pupils... It brings forth reforms on our practices. It gave us one direction... we have the same buzzwords, test items, mentoring, review graph results, interpretation of exam results, everyone became busy and functional. But the most significant result it gave us was... it definitely brings out the besst in us. It was not easy but we learned and we improved."
For the coming years, Amboloto said they are anticipating a growing number of school population so they would be needing more facilities and classrooms, decent comfort rooms and a perimeter fence to secure their pupils.
"We have been contemplating for this for the past years but our meager resources cannot afford it," she lamented. "So we invite you to support us... to support our plans and projects, let us work hand in hand as we mold the children of this municipality to become dependable leaders in the future."
Principal Amboloto ended her address with a quote from Bill Richardson: "We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together." - RSP
So they have a very successful BRIGADA ESKWELA activities duly monitored by officials from the division and the district levels and which was well attended and actively supported by supportive parents. And classes were seldom interrupted.
During the Marawi Siege, there were 37 pupils from Marawi who enrolled in the school. Half of them are still pursuing their studies in BIPS.
She said: "Nowadays the most pervasive issue confronting our teachers and school heads are the reforms in DepEd. Trainings are everywhere, various programs to be implemented in the field but the most challenging part is how to make positive results in the classrooms. We serve our major cliengele, the learners, with responsibility and accountability."
Amboloto noted that their school and their district as a whole has always been proactive to combat obsoleteness and complacency.
She said: "With the help of identified best performing teachers in our schools and the school heads, we painstakenly list down expected competencies per learning areas and quarters from the RBEC because CGs was not yet around. We developed it into checklist that we call syllabus. It was a result of a thorough assessment of our district supervisor on the actual condition of teachers' practices in relation to the performance of the pupils... It brings forth reforms on our practices. It gave us one direction... we have the same buzzwords, test items, mentoring, review graph results, interpretation of exam results, everyone became busy and functional. But the most significant result it gave us was... it definitely brings out the besst in us. It was not easy but we learned and we improved."
For the coming years, Amboloto said they are anticipating a growing number of school population so they would be needing more facilities and classrooms, decent comfort rooms and a perimeter fence to secure their pupils.
"We have been contemplating for this for the past years but our meager resources cannot afford it," she lamented. "So we invite you to support us... to support our plans and projects, let us work hand in hand as we mold the children of this municipality to become dependable leaders in the future."
Principal Amboloto ended her address with a quote from Bill Richardson: "We cannot accomplish all that we need to do without working together." - RSP
