SMAP Araling Panlipunan Area

In solidarity with the celebration of the Feast of Santo Niño, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) invites visitors to “Balaang Bata,” an exhibition that explores the enduring devotion to the Santo Niño in the Philippines at the NCCA Gallery in Intramuros.

Featuring a diverse selection of Santo Niño images and sculptures from across the country, the exhibition brings together treasured works from private collections, reflecting the deep personal faith, artistry, and cultural traditions that have shaped Filipino devotion to the Holy Child over the centuries.

The exhibition is open to the public at the NCCA Gallery in Intramuros from Monday to Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

“𝐀𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠-𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧.” – José Rizal

Nawa’y isabuhay natin si Rizal—ang kanyang tapang, talino, at wagas na pagmamahal sa bayan—bilang gabay sa bawat hakbang ng ating pagkalinga at pagmamalasakit sa sariling lupa. 💙

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐨𝐬é 𝐑𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐥!
Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! 🇵🇭⭐️

✨Itanong Mo sa Taga Pasay Quiz Bee 2025✨

🎉 CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉

FRANCESCA FABURADA
🥉 3rd Place
Category: JHS – Private Schools

👏 Trainer: Ms. Ma. Pamela Peralta

Your hard work, dedication, and excellence have made SMAP proud! 🌟

Congratulations Francesca🎉🎉🎉

𝐓𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳 𝐁𝐞𝐞

Congratulations to Francesca Faburada,
Grade 10 – Candles, for winning 3rd Place in the “Itanong Mo sa Mga Taga Pasay” Quiz Bee!

Your hard work, dedication, and passion for learning brought pride and honor to St. Mary’s Academy of Pasay City, Inc.

A heartfelt commendation as well to your trainer, Ms. Pamela Peralta, Araling Panlipunan 10 Teacher, for her excellent guidance and support.

Well done! Keep shining and reaching greater heights!

Pananaw: Seeing Society Through the Lens of Social Sciences

Learning beyond the four walls! ✨
Our Grade 11 HUMSS students visited the National Museum of Anthropology 🏛️ for a Comprehensive Guided Tour on December 11, 2025, as part of their Performance Task and Project-Based Assessment in Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences. They explored artifacts and stories that shape who we are as Filipinos 🇵🇭.
Using an interdisciplinary lens, they connected culture, history, society, and identity in one meaningful and enriching experience. 📚✨

Special thanks also to Sir Romelito P. Garcia for guiding and sharing his expertise to our learners❤️

APamilya joins the English Month Parade of Character🥳

𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗢 𝗗𝗔𝗬

Senator Loren B. Legarda will lead the commemoration of the 162nd birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio on 30 November 2025, 8:00 AM at the Bonifacio National Monument, Caloocan City. She will be joined by NHCP Chairperson Regalado Trota Jose Jr., AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo S. Brawner, Representative Oscar G. Malapitan of the 1st District of Caloocan, Representative Edgar R. Erice of the 2nd District of Caloocan, Representative Dean Asistio of the 3rd District of Caloocan, Caloocan City Mayor Dale Gonzalo Malapitan, Caloocan City Vice-Mayor Karina Teh-Limsico and descendant of the hero, Atty. Arsenio Bonifacio.

With the theme: ‘Isang Bayan, Isang Laban: Katapatan at Katarungan Kontra Katiwalian,’ the commemoration serves to call on Filipinos to stand together in the fight for truth and justice, especially in these trying times.

Wreaths were also offered in other monuments to Bonifacio in his birthplace in Tutuban Center, Manila; Pinaglabanan Memorial Shrine in San Juan City; Cloverleaf in Quezon City; and Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City.

Andres Bonifacio is one of the Philippines’ national heroes. He co-founded the Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangan, Katipunan ng mga anak ng Bayan or the K*K in 1892 and later became the leader of this underground organization that sought to liberate the country from Spanish colonial rule. The movement initiated the Filipino Revolution then and ultimately won Philippine independence from Spain in 1898.

Created through Act No. 2946 approved on 16 February 1921, Bonifacio Day is the second-oldest history-based national holiday following Rizal Day which was created by a decree of President Emilio Aguinaldo on 20 December 1898. For a long time, it was also celebrated as National Heroes Day until it was scheduled separately through another legislative act in 1931.