Professional Documents
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Department of Education
Region X – Northern Mindanao
DIVISION OF ILIGAN CITY
I. INTRODUCTION:
Making every Filipino child a successful reader at his or her appropriate level is one of the
Department of Education's 12- point program's key objectives. The "Every Child A Reader Program"
has been introduced by regional and division offices in accordance with this strategy.
This philosophy is the driving force behind all that EFEMHS do—including our Sidlak Summer
Reading Camp- a fifteen (15) weekday program that emphasizes reading comprehension abilities and
adheres to the integrated approach to teaching and learning. The program's aim is to motivate the
students to read so they may enjoy it and develop enthusiasm in reading. This is also an opportunity
for the learners to develop their self-confidence and learn how to collaborate with others. It also
encourages learners to think about the importance of reading in their lives and how reading could help
Given the importance of reading, it is important that activities given to students during the reading
camp helps them gain knowledge, build vocabulary and gain critical thinking skills. EFEMHS Sidlak
Summer Reading Camp provides activities that help them develop their creativity and imagination as
well as improve their writing skills. In addition, the planned out activities help improve learners’
understanding of other people's perspectives, which makes it easier for them to build relationships
In this camp, students have the opportunities to read a wide variety of books with different genres
like fiction, non-fiction and poetry. They learn more about famous authors from different parts of the
world through lectures given by teachers. In addition, they share their thoughts about what they read
during class discussions which help them further develop their critical thinking skills as well as make
connections between what they read in class and real life situations that they may encounter when
they go out in society.The reading camp also allows students to come together and share their
The Sidlak Summer Reading Camp aims to help students develop themselves in all aspects of
life. It also helps them perform better in school and achieve great results as well as having a huge
impact on their lives. The program is designed for Grades 7 to 11 and runs from July 11-July 22, 2022.
The program runs Monday through Friday, 8am – 11:40am each day.
II. BODY
A. Advocacy
To promote community awareness of the Sidlak Summer Reading Camp, the school principal
took the lead role in planning the activities to foster a safe learning environment and to ensure the
participation of the teachers, students, and stakeholders in this endeavor. Lobbying or direct
communication was made through parent’s orientation. Another way was through social media
advocacy platforms like facebook to make sure that the students and the community would be able to
B. Kick-off
The school launched its summer reading program last August 15,2022 at the EFEMHS Multi-
purpose gymnasium with the theme "Sa EFEMHS, Bata ang Panalo." The school principal, Dr. John
Ryan C. Dela Cruz led the ceremony along with the assistant principals Sir Fernando P. Aguilar for
SGO and Ma’am Rachel M. Tan for CI. Also in attendance were the teachers and students from grades
7 to grade 11. The Sidlak Summer Reading Camp, which will be a fifteen (15) weekday program, offers
Dr.John Ryan C. Dela Cruz, the school principal warmly welcomed all the participants as he
delivered his opening message and gave a short background of what Sdlak Summer Reading Camp
was all about. He also highlighted the importance of reading as an active contributor of one’s
achievement which is anchored on the the theme "Sa EFEMHS, Bata ang Panalo”.
The program was also momentous to EFEMHS milestones through the collective effort of
C. Campers
The Sidlak Summer Reading Camp was participated by learners from grades 7 to 11. A total
number of 181 learners joined the camp. Fifty-six (56) for grade 7, twenty (20) for grade 8, twenty-
four (24) for grade 9, twenty-four (24) for grade 10, and fifty-seven (57) for grade 11.
The campers were grouped according to their grade level. A class schedule was given to the
concerned teachers to ensure that the program's goals would be met. The teachers' activities for the
various subject areas were in line with those recommended by the Department of Education. Students
participated in small-group tutoring, recreational activities that caters multiple intelligences such as
a) Verbal-linguistic intelligence learners did storytelling, narration and wrote DIY stories.
diagramming.
f) Intrapersonal intelligence learners wrote reflection notes and rewrite stories on their own
point of view.
A daily monitoring form was made to monitor student attendance across all subjects and to
D. Teachers/facilitators
In accordance with the Department of Education memo, the school principal identified the
teachers involved for the summer reading camp. Teachers were asked to create Individual Monitoring
Participating teachers created localized and personalized activities in par with the student’s
interest and reading level. To ensure the program’s impact, teachers also prepared activities that
involve family engagement to monitor the learner’s progress. These prepared activities reminded us
that the relationships teachers build with students and families are deeply valuable and can continue
to have far-reaching effects even after students have left the reading camp.
During the reading camp, ideas were also discussed earlier with the campers, like having different
activities at different times of the day and making sure that everyone gets to participate in every
activity. Moreover, teachers put together an event schedule with activities for each day of the week.
This made it easier for everyone to plan out the days, as they knew what would be happening on each
E. Instructional Materials
The activities in the class and in the subjects were used as the basis for the Instructional
Materials created by the teachers. A range of exercises were provided, and different teaching
techniques were employed to help students become more proficient readers and develop lifelong
skills.
A total number of 718 instructional materials were used during the duration of the Sidlak Summer
Reading Camp.
F. Instructional Support
The summer reading program was fully supported by our school principal, JOHN RYAN C. DELA
CRUZ, PhD. He took the initiative to plan the activities and made sure that the objectives were met. He
Weekly reports are required to be submitted by the assigned teachers for monitoring and
evaluation purposes.
G. Stakeholder’s Support
support coming from stakeholders in both local and private organizations, supportive parents and the
community itself made the Sidlak Summer Reading Camp a success. School supplies were provided
to the learners such as notebooks, paperpads and pens in addition to cash help.
I would like to request for Service Credits to the following remedial and advancement
classes teachers who had rendered services during the Summer Reading Camp on July 18,
2022 to August 5, 2022 at Esperidion F Encabo I Memorial High School in accordance with
DepEd Memorandum No. 229, s. 2022 per Division Memorandum No. 230, s. 2022 as
I hope that this request merit your kind consideration and approval.
Respectfully,
Approved:
Prepared by: