English and Filipino coordinators in elementary and secondary levels brought the MIS community to the magical world

of reading as they celebrated National Reading Month on

November, an event declared by the Department of Education (DepED) under its Memorandum No. 244 s 2011. They held a program to culminate the celebration and to achieve its goals which are to

deepen the appreciation for books, exhibit the writing and visual art skills, expand students' vocabulary, encourage accurate word usage, develop skill in oral language and all expressive mechanisms

(voice, gestures, and facial expressions), promote teachers, students and community relations and camaraderie, and gear up the students with values and meaningful life lessons.

Many activities were done to strengthen students' reading abilities to become productive citizens of the country, and fruitful intellectual learners of Manambia Integrated School. The

activities were in English and Filipino categories. Those were made into reality through the cooperation, passion and determination of all the teachers led by their School Principal Mr. Eddie D. Arayan
 Reading is a multifaceted process that develops only with practice. There are certain aspects of reading, such as fluency and word recognition, which can be learned in a

few years. These basics must be mastered but at the same time comprehension should be emphasized in the process. Students can parrot words on a page all day long but if they don't

have the necessary comprehension skills they will not be able to make predictions about what will happen next, monitor their understandilg of content, sequence or characters, clarify

confusing parts ofthe text, or connect what thevre reading to their own experience or prior knowledge. and that is whattrue con-prehensim is all about. Reading makes up twenty- five

percent of a totally macro skilled human, the seventy-five being writing, listening and speaking As an adivity, reading is considered to be one ofthe most fascinating and enriching things

man has discovered.

Reading intervention is a program, supplementary to an existing literacy curriculum, that is provided to students for the primary purpose of increasing reading levels. Such

programs can be administered both in and out of the traditional classroom environment. To boost the development of reading and literacy skills of Nonreaders,.