PEER COUNSELING FOLLOW UP SYMPOSIUM (Oct. 2, 2010)

It was disheartening to hear from student-participants who commented that our peer counseling campaign was nothing but a waste of time during our follow up Peer Counseling Symposium on October 2, 2010.

One of the things emphasized during the symposium was to encourage the students to strive more and change the prevalent feeble mentality of aiming merely for a passing 75 grade. Many of them think that any more than the passing grade is no longer necessary. They have not known (which was also discussed to them) that any four year course in college requires at least an 85% general average grade from their high school report card.

In spite of the inputs exerted, it cannot be denied that there were students who were not appreciative of our efforts.

Fortunately however, a greater number of participants were positively responding to our campaign. The fact is, there were students who did not only improve but become achievers as well. Surprisingly, these 4th year students had never been included among the top ten list before but this time, they have unexpectedly made their names appear on the top ten cream of the crop in their own respective section as enumerated below:

#	NAMES	Rank	SECTION
1	Romero, Jovelyn C.	1st Honor	IV- Garners
2	Cuarteron, Creszil V.	4th Honor	IV- Garners
3	Aguirre, Jayzel A.	5th Honor	IV- Garners
4	Estrada, Lynefer A.	7th Honor	IV- Garners
5	Lupague, Charisse S.	9th Honor	IV- Garners
6	Papa, Richard	10th Honor	IV- Garners
7	Bolonia, Clyford	4th Honor	IV-Fascinators
8	Ocon, Michael	4th Honor	IV-Brainmovers
9	Paraiso, Meszel	4th Honor	IV- Lancers
10	Abino, Arianne	9th Honor	IV- Lancers
11	Demontar, Charlyn	6th Honor	IV-

Shown in the picture at the Guidance Office together with the School Guidance In-Charge are the abovementioned honor students (clockwise): Charlyn Demontar,

Jovelyn C. Romero, Meszel Paraiso, Jayzel A. Aguirre, Lynefer Estrada, Arianne Abino, Charrise S. Lupague, Richard Papa and Michael Ocon. This picture was taken after a brief lecture encouraging them to maintain if not improve more their academic performance in the second grading and throughout the school year.

There were also other poor-performing students last school year who eventually made some academic

improvements (though not among the class top ten) after attending the SPAC sponsored Peer Counseling Symposium last July 11, 2010.