The author wrote a rueful musing of the pleasures and pitfalls along the road of life, that for the most part vocalizes the adage that it is the journey that matters. This is an apt message for more than 400 seniors who will leave our school in a few months to brave their way through the next step in their academic journey; college.
To fully prepare the students for what will come, immersions for different strands was administered. They were sent to partner companies and institutions to learn the ropes of their future careers. However, to assure both the parent and the student, a Pre-Immersion Orientation was conducted.
The Pre-Immersion orientation program took place as a culminating activity for all Grade 12 among different tracks on August 26, 2017. As a form of guidance, the PCWHS Senior High Administration Office and Faculty collaborated to arrange a series of talks about various skills like resume writing and proper interview etiquette. It is an effort made by the school to assist perplexed students and parents about DepEd’s new initiative to gear the students up with the necessary skills and competencies for all kinds of occupations, among other things. They provided information about the immersion for parents as well, with different forms of presentations and incentives.
The program started at 7:00 in the morning. Everyone was excited to see the resource persons as they sat down near the platform. Some were even formulating questions for some schools that thy already held interest in. After few minutes of technical preparations, the program begun. The national anthem and an opening prayer was played. After this, Mr. Mayorico Apelado gave remarks about the importance of awareness.
After the opening remarks, Asst. Principal Mrs. Grace Torres took the stage. She explained to the parents the concept of immersion and how will it be administered with regards to their child’s strand. She described how they will be considered qualified to undergo the immersion and how whey will be placed with partner companies and institutions.
After that, the PCWHS faculty administered the talks. Various teachers from the PCWHS faculty gave speeches on various necessary skills required by corporations and institutions. Unexpectedly, Dr. Evangeline P. Ladines, DepEd-Pasay Superintendent, arrived to supposedly check on the Open High School Saturday session. But apparently, to her surprise a Pre-Immersion Orientation was being conducted during that time. She commended this act of the PCWHS Senior High School administration and greeted the grade12 students and their parents.
Hence, the orientation was cut for the mean time to give way to the distribution of report cards for the first quarter. Then the students were asked to go back after the lunch break to continue the Pre-Immersion Orientation. At the end of the program, certificates were given to the attendees, which serves as a recognition that they have accomplished the first step before the actual immersion.