SCHOOL-TO-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP NARRATIVE REPORT

BUHAYNASAPA NHS & TIPAS NHS

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Education

continues to create boundless
opportunities for school improvements
towards continuous progressive learning
community. DepEd assists in building
bridges among schools to develop and
enhance culture of sharing and
cooperation. This opportunity will further
help schools to reach their fullest potential
as an academic institution and generate more leadership and management strategies that

Buhaynasapa Tipas

schoolsNational
can apply.
High School National High School

Buhaynasapa National High School is very fortunate to be one of the performing

schools in San Juan, Batangas. With this, the school is given the chance to choose for a
partner school – Tipas National High School, which it will assist in furthering school’s best
practices and upgrading performance.

PREPARATION FOR THE ACTIVITY

The principal of the leader school, Mrs. Andrea H.

Malapitan, with the principal of the partner school, Mrs. Hazel
Y. Manalo, attended seminars where their roles and
responsibilities were discussed.

Based on the Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) of

Tipas NHS, Buhaynasapa NHS devised an action plan and
work-financial plan that will serve as a guide in the conduct of
School-to-School Partnership (SSP). This will be the starting
point of the partnership as the schools determined and planned
for the first session.

Using the action plan and work and financial plan, the projects and programs as well
as the objectives of each were determined. Activities for each program were also identified to
align with the programs and projects. Each session was allotted with a budget that will be
completed in a particular date.

The SSP Committee of BNHS which is composed of the principal, Mrs. Andrea H.
Malapitan, Melba R. Bagnes (Guidance Counsellor), Arrah G. Saligao, Jhimson V. Cabral,
Simeon V. Garcia Jr., John Ryan SL. Gutierrez, Rochelle S. De los Reyes, and Gretzel C.
Lindog, prepared for the seminar kit for each participant: booklet, pens, and nametag. The
school also bought necessary materials needed for the seminar and arranged the other
equipment to be used.

Before the seminar, the speakers had a dry-run of the presentations that they will
discuss. The committee made constructive feedback that will enhance their discussions in the
first session.

DURING THE ACTIVITY

 With the theme “Teamwork will make dream work,” the first session of partnership
between Buhaynasapa NHS and Tipas NHS was held at Rosario Resort and Hotel last 18
September 2016 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Members of the leader school (BNHS) headed by Mrs. Andrea H. Malapitan arrived
earlier at the venue to prepare for the registration, while the members of the partner school
(TNHS) headed by Mrs. Hazel Y. Manalo arrived just on time. As the registration went by,
excitement filled the venue. Everyone seemed to have a very positive outlook about the
partnership that was going to happen.

The program started with an opening prayer led by Mrs. Rochelle S. De los Reyes. In
her prayers, she emphasized that open-mindedness would be present to everyone.

A welcoming remark from Ma’am

Malapitan followed. She began with a warm
welcome of the participants. She expressed
her positive thoughts about the partnership
and expected for the collaboration of the two
schools in reaching their fullest potentials. She
also explained that she believed that most of
the best practices of the BNHS were being applied already in TNHS, since the principal,
Ma’am Manalo was once a teacher of BNHS. Lastly, she told the group to fill the gaps with
whatever the BNHS has prepared.

After which, Ma’am Manalo gave her opening remarks. She extended her gratefulness
for being chosen as the partner school of
BNHS and encouraged her team to
participate and cooperate with the activities
prepared especially for them. Moreover, she
added explanation on School-to-School
Partnership for the participants to become
more aware of what to be expected.

A getting-to-know activity was facilitated by Mr. Jhimson V. Cabral – a human bingo.

This activity aims to get to know more of their colleagues and discover more interesting facts
about their co-workers. Participants must be able to ask for someone’s signature if he/she
does the statement in each box of the bingo card. Everyone went around the hall and looked
for their colleague who does this and that. All were enthusiastic in finishing their bingo cards.

Only three were able to complete first and held as winners of the activity.

The seminar-workshop formally began with an overview of the School-to-School

Partnership which was discussed by Ms. Gretzel C. Lindog. It was reiterated that this
partnership was brought about with the need to
assist other school which has not yet achieved
their highest potential. It was also mentioned that
SSP was another venue to create cooperation and
culture sharing. At the end of the presentation,
she collected participants’ expectations for the
SSP.

Ms. Arrah G. Saligao followed with a stirring activity – Family Feud as a starter for
her topic about SBM: Leadership and Governance. Everyone was surprised that she actually
surveyed the teachers of BNHS to gather answers for the questions related to SBM. After the
short game, she thoroughly discussed the area of Leadership and
Governance. She identified the artifacts that must be present in this
area and explained the contents of each. Finally, she surveyed for
answers in the do’s and don’t’s in a school setting. Volunteers
further explained their answers and related these to real school
scenario. The group had an extended discussion in the statement
that all subject teachers must be blamed in low MPS rate of NAT.
The participants exchanged their opinions about it and further elaborated through their
personal experiences.

After the hearty lunch, an innovated jack ‘n poi was

played by the participants. Each participant will play as
‘alipin’ at first. Then when they won, they will be ‘timawa’
until they won again and became the ‘raja’ or ‘datu.’ Everyone was fascinated with the game
and tried their best to become ‘raja’ or ‘datu,’ but others seemed to be unlucky and failed
most of the time and never reached the highest position. According to
Mr. Cabral, this activity can be used as a motivational activity in
teaching the hierarchies of the society and would probably engage
more the students to become more aware of the hierarchies.

A very informative talk

about Risk-Reduction

Management followed
which was led by Mr. Simeon V. Garcia Jr. He discussed various hazards in different
disasters and identified precautionary measures that everyone can follow. Furthermore, he
explained risk-reduction assessment that teachers must be able to do after a disaster for them
to plan safety measures that they can apply when a same disaster happened again.
Participants were engaged with an activity after the discussion. Each group identified hazards
present in their school/area and listed down safety measures that they must observe. They
presented their output after they completed the activity.

And finally, Ma’am Melba Bagnes

talked about the school’s best practices and
the current situation of the school. She catered
all the best about the school and explained the
probable reasons why BNHS became one of
the performing schools in the Province of
Batangas. She humbly identified the best
practices found in the records of the schools
and shared personal experiences in
working in BNHS. She showcased the
outstanding performance of the
school in different areas. Most
importantly, she mentioned that
working with the people you love and
being happy at work are the best ways to have a healthy working environment and achieve
the best performance of everyone. Moreover, she engaged the participants in working on the
best educational campaign that they can use in their school. Lastly, she remarked that the best
advocacy of every school lies among its teachers and personnel.

ESSENCE OF THE ACTIVITY

The School-to-School Partnership made

each of the participants realized that
establishing collaboration is very significant even among schools. This is not merely an
additional load for the teachers, but a venue for self-improvement and a way to earn more
skills and strategies to apply in school’s progress.

Prepared by: Noted by:

GRETZEL C. LINDOG ANDREA H. MALAPITAN

Teacher I Principal III