CCDC Guidance and Counseling Office

𝓦𝓮𝓵𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓑𝓪𝓬𝓴, 𝓐𝓓𝓜𝓘𝓡𝓐𝓛𝓢!

As you walk through the school gates today, you're carrying more than notebooks and pens.

Inside your backpack may be...
🎓 Dreams and hope of making your parents and family proud.
📚 Responsibilities that feel heavier than the books you carry.
😟 Anxiety about a new environment or unfamiliar challenges.
❓ Questions about whether you're "good enough."
💭 Expectations—from others and from yourself.
❤️ Quiet fears you haven't told anyone about.

ᴬⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵃᵗ'ˢ ᵒᵏᵃʸ.
But before you close your backpack, RESERVE a space.
Leave room for...
✨ Curiosity to discover something new.
🤝 Friendships that may change your life.
🌱 Mistakes that become valuable lessons.
😊 Moments of laughter between classes.
💡 New perspectives that challenge the way you think.
💪 Confidence that grows one small success at a time.
🌈 Hope that reminds you tomorrow is another opportunity to begin again.

So wear your backpack with pride—not because it's light, but because you're stronger than you realize.

𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆, 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆.

CCDC ANNOUNCEMENT ON OPENING OF CLASSES for College, Law and Graduate School‼

CCDC's start of classes will officially start on August 12, Wednesday. NGEM ADMIRALS -- freshmen, sophomore, junior or seniors man, nu alanganin weno delikado pay ti dalan, HAAN kayo pay agbiyahe, dita kayo pay ayan yu, ta your safety is our priority. Haan kayo agdanag ta MA-EXCUSE kayo from your classes. Maawatan ti eskwelaan ti epekto na daytoy madi nga panawen. Ag-annad tayo amin!

Ngem, para dagitoy College ADMIRALS nga ada dtoy asideg ti school nga kunada nga kayat dan ageskwela, ay ket mabalin kayo umay library nu awan todo ta open tayo tadta ken nu bigat ta irugi taun i-warmup ti braincells 😄😁!

🪣𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗜𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁?

Every day, our "stress bucket" collects different challenges—assignments, deadlines, family responsibilities, financial concerns, social pressures, and personal struggles.

A little stress can motivate us, but when our bucket keeps filling without healthy ways to release it, it begins to overflow. This may show up as irritability, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, exhaustion, or feeling overwhelmed.

The good news? You can create a healthy "drain" for your bucket.

💧 Get enough sleep.
💧 Talk to someone you trust.
💧 Move your body.
💧 Take breaks.
💧 Spend time doing what you enjoy.
💧 Ask for help when you need it.

Remember, taking care of your mental health isn't about eliminating all stress—it's about building healthy ways to manage it before it overflows.

🧠Reflection Question to comment below:
What has been filling your stress bucket lately, and what healthy habit can help empty it today?

𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 "𝐘𝐞𝐬." 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐨.

As students, it's natural to want friendship and a sense of belonging. These are basic psychological needs. However, problems arise when the desire to fit in begins to outweigh your own values and judgment.

Peer pressure isn't always obvious. Sometimes it sounds like:
"Hey! Everyone's doing it."
"Don't be boring."
"KJ naman 'to!"
"If we're really friends, you'll do it."

Before making a decision, pause and ask yourself:
Am I doing this because "I want to", or because "I'm afraid of being left out?"

The strongest response to peer pressure isn't always a loud "no." Sometimes it's quietly walking away, choosing different friends, or staying true to who you are.

Reflection: ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴀ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪᴛ ɪɴ? ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇxᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇ? Comment your reflection below.

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕀𝕔𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕘 𝕠𝕗 ℍ𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝔹𝕖𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕠𝕣

A person's behavior is like the tip of an iceberg—it is visible to everyone. But beneath the surface, behavior is often a response.

This doesn't mean every behavior is acceptable, but it may mean:
✨ Choose curiosity over criticism.
✨ Listen before labeling.
✨ Seek to understand before reacting.

Sometimes, the kindest question we can ask is not, "What's wrong with you?" but
"𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾?"

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫:

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 "𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐨."

𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒! 📢

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫? 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐦, 𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕! 🎓✨

📋 𝘙𝘌𝘘𝘜𝘐𝘙𝘌𝘔𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘚 𝘛𝘖 𝘗𝘙𝘌𝘗𝘈𝘙𝘌:
𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (1𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘮, 𝘈𝘠 2026–2027)

𝘖𝘯𝘦 (1) 2𝘹2 𝘐𝘋 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦
𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘖𝘛𝘏 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴
𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴.

𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦: 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘍𝘐𝘕𝘈𝘕𝘊𝘐𝘈𝘓 𝘈𝘚𝘚𝘐𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘕𝘊𝘌 𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘊𝘏𝘖𝘓𝘈𝘙𝘚𝘏𝘐𝘗 𝘈𝘗𝘗𝘓𝘐𝘊𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕

⏰ 𝘚𝘜𝘉𝘔𝘐𝘚𝘚𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘋𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘌:
𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘖𝘔𝘗𝘓𝘌𝘛𝘌 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘑𝘜𝘓𝘠 30, 2026.

⚠️ 𝘐𝘔𝘗𝘖𝘙𝘛𝘈𝘕𝘛 𝘕𝘖𝘛𝘌:

𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴.

𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦—𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺! 💙

#𝘊𝘊𝘋𝘊 #𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 #𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 #𝘈𝘠20262027 #𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴

In a world that constantly competes for your attention, looking up can be an act of self-care. A few moments under the open sky can remind you that life exists beyond deadlines, chats, and endless scrolling.

☁️ Self-care doesn't always mean doing more. Sometimes, it begins by simply looking up.♥

📖 Ⓣ ⓞ ⓓ ⓐ ⓨ' ⓢ Ⓡ ⓔ ⓜ ⓘ ⓝ ⓓ ⓔ ⓡ

"𝓢𝓾𝓬𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓵, 𝓯𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓪𝓵: 𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓼."
— Winston Churchill

There will be seasons of success that humble us and seasons of failure that strengthen us. Neither defines who we are. What truly matters is having the courage to keep moving forward, even when the path is uncertain. Every challenge is shaping us into the person we're meant to become.

Keep climbing, keep believing, and trust that every step has a purpose. 🌿

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