School Current Situation

Lanton Elementary School has produced a number of professionals in its

existence as an elementary school. And it is continuously growing in terms of
learner’s population and teacher’s population.
LES is located at Purok 5 Lanton, Apopong, General Santos City. The
school was geographically positioned by the hillside and approximately 3
kilometers away from the nearest private and public schools within barangay
Apopong. It is accessible and can be reached through available jeepneys, cabs,
tricycles and any sort of vehicles.
The school did not experience major problems regarding crime and
human induced hazards except for frequent theft of school property and few
cases of fire due to faulty wiring. The surrounding community once experienced
drought but it did not last long. The school and the community recovered shortly
after the drought.
The total number of pupils enrolled in the S.Y. 2018 -2019 was 2, 648.
There are 56 instructional rooms available in the school but 5 of them are
subject for repair. The school has enough learner materials for the pupils to use,
based on the school report card books were almost one is to one for the
learners.
The health and nutritional status of the pupils as of S.Y. 2018 -2019 reach
to 250 beneficiaries both wasted and severely wasted. The feeding program of
the school was very helpful in catering the needs of these children who were
under nourished. In addition, the school utilizes its funding resources thru MOOE,
canteen funds, donors, and local government units as noticeable.
School awards and recognition have been an evident; in fact the school
received awards in district, division and regional level competitions.
The school has 75 teaching personnel under the nationally- funded having
the plantilla positions. Teacher assignments working in this school were given
ancillary services rendered as a guidance teacher, ICT coordinator, property
custodian, office clerk, canteen manager and academic coordinators. Every year,
there is training and seminars for teacher’s professional development. Inset
training conducted during LAC session is evidently observed in this school to
provide teachers the essential skills needed by them in facilitating 21st century
learning to their pupils. The school allows and send teachers to attend division,
regional, national and international trainings for teachers. The school takes pride
of the projects and interventions implemented to improve basic competencies of
the teachers; it has its own mechanism for sustained school-based training and
constantly consults and uses the results of the NCBTS – Teacher’s Strength and
Needs Assessment as basis for successful training.
The school enjoys a continuing good relationship with its community,
parents, and stakeholders and this school year manifest several evidence of this
solid connection. Attendance rate of parents and guardians was frequently
around 74% in all extra- curricular activities facilitated by the school. Highest
accumulated contribution was during the Valentine celebration amounted to Php
55, 000. Other source of funds were used for the benefit of the school and its
learners.