Personal Formation
OTHER MEANS OF CHARACTER FORMATION
Job Assignment
You are given the opportunity to carry out tasks other than those required by the curriculum. Job assignments are means to develop a sense of responsibility, to eliminate señioritismo, to live the spirit of service, and to break the routine of regular school work. The general areas for Job assignments are the classroom, dining hall, and the campus.
Classroom job assignments can be any of the fol.lowing: errands, door, beadle, desk alignment, time keeper, lockers, litter, windows, ledge, teacher's table, diary, blackboard, repairs, cleaners for the day, lost and found, lights and fans. Assignments, ordinarily, are made by your class adviser although he can delegate this to the class council. The class officers can also be tasked to monitor the performance of the assignments which are quarterly.
Grades 6 and 7 students are given table assignments. They are expected to occupy the tables assigned to them and to maintain the order and cleanliness of their respective areas. Table captains are assigned to check on this. In Module D, classes take turns to act as clean-up crew. They check the dining hall after their module uses it.
Campus job assignments are normally assigned to Module D students. You can take charge of noting down the names of latecomers, the conduct of the morning ceremony, ushers for special occasions, etc.
Homeroom and Testing
A Homeroom period is held twice a month in every class. It is during Homeroom that developmental issues are discussed such as boy-girl relationship, preparing for college, dangers of substance abuse, coping with peer pressure, difference between grade school and high school, etc. Study techniques are likewise imparted during Homeroom. The following take turns conducting the program: an invited guest, a senior teacher or school officer, or your class adviser.
The program has a testing component. Aptitude and achievement tests are given in all the levels once a year. The Grade 5 and first year students take a personality test. The juniors take a career test while the seniors do practice tests for college entrance exams. Your tutor will communicate to you and/or your parents the result of the testis you took. You can also go to the Personal Formation Office to request for an interpretation of your test results.
Student Seminar
This out-of-town activity is organized once a year for every level. The seminar aims to develop self-reliance, toughness, leadership and teamwork, spirit of service, piety and order in the participants. It is also an opportunity to get to know your classmates and teachers better. Part of the schedule is time for norms of piety, community outreach or work mission, pilgrimage, sports, talks and workshops. The teachers and tutors try to chat with everyone during the seminar. Class council officers especially of Module D are involved in the planning of their student seminar.
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