JPENHS IMPLEMENTS 2009 BRIGADA ESKWELA

JPENHS IMPLEMENTS 2009 BRIGADA ESKWELA

In consonance to DepED Memorandum No. 168, s. 2009 and DepED Order No. 25, s. 2009, DepED Tandag City implements 2009 Brigada Eskwela or the National Schools Maintenance Week on May 18 – 22, 2009.

Cognizant to DepED Order No. 25, s. 2009, Brigada Eskwela is a schools maintenance program nationwide that engages all education stakeholders to contribute their time, effort and resources in ensuring that all public schools are ready in time for school opening. It is a weeklong event where communities, parents, alumni, civic groups, local businesses, non- government organizations, and private individuals including teacher and student volunteers devote their time and skills to do repairs and maintenance work in public schools.

Last year, the participation rate among public schools reached 100%. All 44,619 public schools have contributed to the success of last year’s Brigada Eskwela. Savings on maintenance reached P2.9 Billion, and the peso value of volunteer time pegged at P 1.6 Billion. The peso value of donations-in-kind from generous donors amounted to P1.2 Billion.

All Regional and Division Offices synchronize the implementation of the School- Based Repair and Maintenance Scheme (SBRMS) with Brigada Eskwela to maximize impact of these two DepED Programs.

THE PARADOX OF OUR TIME

THE PARADOX OF OUR TIME By Gerry Carlin

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways but narrower viewpoints. We spend more but have less, we buy more but we enjoy less.

We have bigger houses yet smaller families, more conveniences but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge but less judgment, more experts yet more problem, more medicines but less wellness.

We’ve learned how to make a living but not life. We’ve added years to life, not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered the outer space, but not the inner space. We’ve done larger things but not better things.

We’ve cleaned the air, but polluted the soul. We’ve conquered the atom but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

Remember: spend more time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember: say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person will soon grow up and leave your side. Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent. Remember to say: I love you to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. (A kiss and embrace will mend a heart when it comes from deep inside of you). Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment, for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breaths away…