Tag: Probe

Of Prom and The High School Experience

The Junior Promenade and Senior Graduation Ball, now known as Senior’s Night, are coveted as the highlights of one’s high school life. Organized by the Batch Project Committee (BPC), with the guidance of the Assembly of Class Officers (ACO), these events act as a celebration of both students’ teenhood as individuals and the bond they share as a batch. As the pressure and excitement build from the organizing perspective, student attendees have also started to feel the building anxiety revolving around the weight of this big night. 

Muzzled Perspectives: Modern Education in the Midst of Indisposition Prevalence

As another semester dawns upon the Ateneo Senior High School, the institution, committed to the refining and improvement of its policies in accordance with the demands of the current time, is continuously challenged to learn from the experiences and events of the past—especially those, in particular, that have notably affected the community.

KFD 2023: A Community Under Fire

The Katipunan Fund Drive (KFD), a yearly fundraiser event where classes band together to showcase their business management skills for a cause, is deemed by many as the greatest rite of passage for Atenean students. As this year’s KFD comes to its conclusion—and the event gears up in other basic education units following the senior high’s footsteps—students and teachers alike look back at the fruits of this event; not only reaching their monetary goals, but also touching the hearts of many. However, along with these successes, looking back at this year’s event may expose a lingering sentiment that this was not simply a mere right of passage, but a trial by fire instead. 

The First Semester Storm: Is the ASHS truly prepared for Post-Pandemic Schooling?

As the ASHS wraps up the first semester of the school year, we take a look back at all the firsts made in the transition to a full face-to-face environment. With the junior batch having been the first to take ASHAPE post-pandemic, and with the seniors being the first to face a fully onsite school year after a global health crisis, it begs the question: Is the ASHS truly prepared for what Post-Pandemic Schooling holds?

Pluvial Problems: Overflowing Flood Amidst a Lacking Government Response

The Philippines’ geographical situation is a huge indicator of its tropical characteristics. Being an archipelago with a string of over 7,100 islands, it is with no doubt that the Philippines’ one-of-a-kind features makes it unlike any other country in the world. This makes its tourism and agriculture sector flourishing in various aspects. Yet, this geographical location also has its downside repercussions, specifically with the nation receiving some of the world’s detrimental natural disasters.

Travel Lightly: Where is the Philippine Travel Fund Headed?

The sky’s the limit when it comes to progress. For the Philippines, numerous trips and business deals may mean boosting its development. However, with the prices we pay and invest into making these deals happen, how much is actually invested back to us? 

ANG NOCHE BUENANG ‘OK’ NA

Hindi lingid sa ibang bahagi ng mundo ang natatanging paraan kung paano ipinagdiriwang ng mga Pilipino ang Pasko. Ika nga, talagang magkaiba ang pagdiriwang ng Christmas kaysa sa pagdiriwang ng Pasko. 

Of Hypocrisy and Quiet Dictatorship

As we engage in introspection regarding our country’s trajectory, a disheartening reality becomes evident: while the Marcos family seems to be making large strides in the present, those who bore the brunt of this turbulent chapter in our history appear to have been left in the shadows. 

Paano nga ba Mahalin ang Pilipinas?

“Love the Philippines” – ang bagong kampanya ng Kagawaran ng Turismo na nakapukaw ng atensyon ng iba’t ibang mga Pilipino. Ito na nga ba ang pinakamahalagang hakbang na dapat gawin sa kasalukuyang panahon, o isa na naman itong patunay ng mahinang pamamahala?