Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
MIMAROPA Region
DIVISION OF ORIENTAL MINDORO
DISTRICT OF SOCORRO

MALUGAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

March 29,2022

In response to Division Memorandum No. 26 s. 2022,

Malugay Elementary School joins in the celebration of the
2022 National Women’s Month Celebration with its
sub-theme: “Agenda ng Kababaihan, Tungo sa Kaunlaran.”
The said activity was held last March 29, 2022 and initiated by
Mrs. Adela P. Ruiz, Head teacher and Ms. Hazel Joy G.
Morales, School Gender And Development (GAD)
coordinator. As part of the celebration, all the faculty members
wore purple clothes.
The program started at one o’clock in the afternoon with a
prayer and national anthem which was All-Women Cast
Lupang Hinirang Video was utilized. It was followed by the
opening remarks of Ms. Morales. She shared a thought to the
group about 500 peso bill which was she crumpled and stepped-on,
she said that “This 500 peso bill is like women, every challenges
given to us, there’s none that we can’t surpass. Our value doesn’t
decrease even if we’re stepped-on and crumpled by society.” With
that she shared a qoute “Our value doesn’t decrease based on
someone’s inability to see our worth.” Then, she greets everyone and
Ma’am Ruiz gave everyone a lei served as a token of appreciation
for their hard-work and resilience at school. Since the purpose of the
activity was to highlight the achievement of everyone and to
empower them, everyone was asked to share their most valuable
experience and struggle that help them grow and made them
stronger, Mrs. Adela P. Ruiz shared that ever since her childhood,
her voice wasn’t heard by her siblings because she was the youngest
but when she became a teacher her voice was so powerful and her
opinions were the one who her siblings valued first.

Wellness activity was followed to

uplift the mood, a group picture like in
photo booths and a Tiktok dance “Left Right
Challenge” was performed by everyone. It
was a a heartwarming activity and everyone
enjoyed it. The celebration of Women’s
Month gave so much joy and they went
home bringing the confidence in them,
EMPOWERED and ready to take a leap
embracing the motto “BABAE TAYO,
HINDI BABAE LANG.”
Prepared by:
HAZEL JOY G. MORALES
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