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Today, is the start of our three-day Understanding by Design (UBD) Seminar sponsored by Financial Assistance for Private Education (FAPE) in Manila Hotel.  Ms. Aggabao and I are attending this seminar.  UBD is the education strategy being pushed by the Department of Education ordering all schools in our country to implement UBD this coming school year for all first year high school curriculum (High 1 only).

Fortunately, through the academic leadership of Dr. Tiu and Ms. Aggabao (our Academic Head), our school has been implementing the UBD for the last two years, not only for first year high school curriculum but in all levels from Grade 1 to High 4, and this is being done in all subject areas.  We are more advance actually than the rest of the schools in our country today.

I was able to talk to the speaker, Dr. Jeanne Vantour from the United States to help critic our school's work.   This afternoon, some of our coordinators were able to bring our curriculum maps and lesson plans to Manila Hotel.  We sat down to discuss with the speaker.  The speaker gave her suggestions on how to improve what we have done but according to her, they are very minor.

Dr. Vantour was very very impressed with all praises and highly commends the work done by our faculty.  I quote, "what you have done is even better than many schools in the United States," "your school should be a model for other schools in the Philippines to follow," "I will endorse this," and "your work might be able to help the Department of Education set the standards for UBD in the Philippines."

Let us continue to pray for our school as we further develop and improve our curriculum.  If the Lord is willing, this might be a big contribution to the present Philippine Education.

To God be all the glory!!!