In collaboration with the Rotaract Club of CKS College, the Student Executive Council held its first youth empowerment seminar entitled,” Pursuing Success”, at the CKS College Main Campus Ching Ban Lee Memorial Hall last August 25, 2015 at 1 p.m.

                Welcomed through an audio-visual presentation, Mr. Chinkee Tan motivated the students to achieve and maintain success via three points: first, to know one’s purpose, thus giving him direction in life; second, to maximize one’s purpose in order to bring out his passion; and third to give away one’s purpose to bring meaning to his existence. Moreover, Mr. Tan stressed that one must be ready to fail and must make the learnings gained from his failure lead him to success.

                Entertaining, inspiring, and educative, the seminar is just one of the many seminars the Council has set for the students to have more holistic college education. 

Last August 15, Gian Patrik Renejane and Johanna Pauline Lamzon, both Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Teaching Chinese Language,attended a seminar on “The K-12 Assessment Framework (1-Day Pre-service Training)” which was held at The Pearl Hotel in Ermita.

Dr. Carlo Magno, President of the Philippine Educational Measurement and Evaluation Association, was the resource speaker. To determine the participants’ prior knowledge on assessment, he started the said seminar by administering a diagnostic test in the form of a short essay. A question-and-answer type of discussion concerning assessment and evaluation, and correcting some common misconceptions thereof ensued.

Relevant topics, such as the Seven Principles of Assessment, Learning Competencies, Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development, and Types of Assessment were also tackled. In the afternoon, a workshop was conducted in which all schools were asked to formulate ten exam questions that should be aligned with the given learning competencies, and to present it onstage to be critiqued and assessed by Dr. Magno. The seminar ended with volunteer students’ sharing their insights about the morning’s discussion, and the distribution of certificates of participation.

On July 30, 2015 (Thursday), at the CKS College AVR, the Junior Organization and the Senior Organization held the “Dress for Success: Image Enhancement and Power Dressing Seminar” for the junior and senior students. This is to teach them how to properly don their corporate attires for OJT, job interviews, and work.

The registration started at 2 in the afternoon and the seminar started fifteen minutes after the registration with the opening remarks of the president of Senior Organization, Hazellene Chua, follow by an invocation and an introduction to the speaker.

The speaker of the said seminar is Mr. Allan Villaverde, a Magna Cum Laude graduated from De La Salle University. He was recently awarded as one of the ten outstanding Educators of Manila.

Mr. Villaverde started his speech on the importance of dressing up for one’s career. He then proceeded to share the do’s and don’ts of wearing corporate attire. Mr. Villaverde enumerated the tips in dressing up for success and clothes that the students need in their wardrobe. He also called on some students who were wearing their corporate attires and gave them advice on improving their get-up. He also reminded the audience that aside from dressing correctly, one should also observe the proper posture. Mr. Villaverded ended with this statement: “Dressing up can project your personality. fpn So, it is important to dress properly for an interview. That way, you will improve your chances of getting a job.”

“Timbang Iwasto sa Tamang Nutrisyon at Ehersisyo”

This year’s Nutrition Month theme addressed the increasing prevalence of excessive weight gain, both overweight and obesity rate not only here in the Philippines but also in the global scene. In accordance with PD 491 (1974), known as the Nutrition Act of the Philippines, July was designated as the Nutrition Month to create greater awareness on the importance of nutrition among Filipinos. The National Nutrition Council (NNC), a government agency, leads and coordinates the nationwide campaign. For this year, Chiang Kai Shek College was one in the celebration of the Nutrition Month. The activities initiated by the EVMA001 – Events Management Class and Hotel and Restaurant Management Society (HRMS) included:

1. Posting of “Kumainments” Bulletin Board (whole month) featuring nutrition facts & winners of the photo contest
2. “#SuntanSayaCKSC”, an online photo contest showcasing the healthy lifestyle of the contestant.
3. Healthy Cooking Demo by HRMS Officers
4. Lecture–discussion on healthy eating given by Elaine L. Bañares, RND emphasizing the “Kumainments”.

The Nutrition Month Celebration was observed for the whole month of July and the culminating activities, like cooking demo, healthy eating talk, and awarding of photo contest winner, were done last July 31, 2015: 

“Kumainments”

Nutrition Month 2015 highlighted the 10 “Kumainments” in response to the increasing rate of excessive weight gain. Overweight and obesity increase the risk to cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, various forms of cancer and musculoskeletal disorders like arthritis. Overnutrition also poses risk to having hypertension, dyslipidemia (high level of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood), sleep apnea, breathing problems, and liver and gallbladder diseases.

This year’s Nutrition Month campaign aimed to:

a.    increase awareness on the role and importance of proper nutrition and physical activity in the prevention of overweight and obesity;

b.    encourage Filipinos to make positive decisions towards consumption of healthy diets and be physically active to prevent non-communicable diseases as a result of overweight and obesity; and

c.     encourage communities, national and local governments, non-government organizations, private sector, media, the academe, and other stakeholders to put in place an enabling environment that promotes proper nutrition and physical activity among Filipinos to prevent overweight and obesity.

The “Kumainments” emphasizes the following healthy eating guidelines: http://www.nnc.gov.ph/~ziamelinbe/images/nutrition_month/2015_nm_talking_points_final.pdf