18/08/2023
Admins, student leaders, volunteers wrap up five-day Brigada-Eskwela
TAYTAY, RIZAL— On August 18th, Friday, Taytay Senior High School concluded week-long annual Brigada-Eskwela together with faculty, Supreme Secondary Learner Government (SSLG), Rover Scouts, and Student Publication.
School corridors were the focus for the fifth and last day of Brigada-Eskwela, they were cleaned and polished by volunteer students and parents.
Donations of cleaning and other materials continued to grow till the last day while enrollments rolled on alongside as well.
Student leaders assisted in organizing the volunteers together with school staffs and faculty members.
After the Brigada finished up, a closing ceremony was held at the campus covered court with the theme music for this year’s Brigada: Matatag is One.
Ma’am Arlha Lorienel Ingua started the ceremony with a nationalistic song and a short prayer.
She was followed up by Brigada Eskwela Coordinator, ma’am Annabelle Fidelino to report the achievements of this year’s Brigada-Eskwela.
She reported the number of volunteer students and parents and the amount of donations received each day which totaled up to 1,896 volunteers and ₱17,112 worth of donations, it was also reported that the teachers cumulatively spent 200 hours in helping with the Brigada-Eskwela.
Ma’am Fidelino also noted that real number should be higher because some volunteers forgot to register first before participating, she added, “Sig**o excited sila magbrigada.”
She was followed with a closing message from Vice Principal sir Rey Garcia who gave appreciation to all the volunteers, donors, and everyone who supported the school’s Brigada 2023 and made it successful.
He emphasized the importance of this activity to prepare for the reopening of regular classes.
Ma’am Ingua continued the ceremony with questions for the attendees on their experience in the activity, teachers and students from different organizations shared their what they did for the activity.
All wrapped up with a short video with clips from the week-long activity prepared by the advocacy team: ma’am Dianne Tumang, ma’am Angeline Galvan, ma’am Abegail Pamplona, and ma’am Ronalyn Dalosa.