On This Side of the World: A Noble Act of Service

Our highschool batch holds reunion every December. We don't want to miss each other so much so we make it sure to see each other at least once a year. :) And we don't want to be surprised of each other's life's events so we catch up often. :)

Last December, we decided to do a noble act for our alma mater, the General Santos City High School. And via suggestion of our dearly loved adviser, we agreed to join the brigada eskwela this year.

"Brigada Eskwela is a schools maintenance program nationwide that engages all education stakeholders to contribute their time, effort, and resources in ensuring that all public schools are ready in time for school opening. It is a week-long event where communities, parents, alumni, civic groups, local businesses, non-government organizations, and private individuals including teacher and student volunteers devote their time and skills to do repairs and maintenance work in public schools."

We called for pledges and had raised a generous amount. (I love you Einstein pips for having a kind and gratitude-filled heart!)

Harvey, Guimo and I had an ocular survey weeks before the Brigada to coordinate with the school officials for the needed service.

We also met our teachers and had a visit to our classrooms. :) Super fun! :)

Our Science Curriculum Coordinator, Ma'am Almasin emphasized the need for the repainting of ceilings of the 8 sci-curr rooms. And so it was. We were to paint the ceilings!!! :) We canvassed for paints and painting materials and our pledges were good enough to supply the 32 liters of paint. Yey! We got excited! :)

And then the day came! It wasJune 1, 2010. The day when Einstein '02 got back to GSCHS to show gratitude to our teachers and our school. After 8 years, we were back! All the good memories flashed back. We were not only there to visit but more than our presence, we brought something else. Something to share to our beloved school and to the present city highians.