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Volume 16 No. 1 The Official School Publication in English of Bongabong National High School, The HORIZON
June to October 2017 Division of Compostela Valley, Davao Region
SCIENCE
Nutritional Status Monitoring CRISTINE GRACE ACEDILLO
DOH spearheads anti-measles Science and Technology Writer

and tetanus vaccination to BNHS G7 students

In order to make the students of Bongabong National High School Measles free and immune from
tetanus, a total of 215 Grade seven were vaccinated with measles rubella (MR) and Tetanus toxoid Diptheria
vaccine last September 2017.
It was simultaneously conducted in all public high schools and the grade seven students are the
beneficiaries of the said program.
Prior to the vaccination, a team of municipal nurses interviewed the grade seven students in regard to its
health condition.
Moreover, a parent consent was also signed by the parent of the grade seven student to assure that they give
permission to the school and to the government to let their child be vaccinated.
“The vaccination program is helpful as they may not get sick,” said Mrs. Loreta M. Sapilan, School Nutrition
Coordinator.
“In the province of Compostela Valley, cases of measles is very high,” said Mrs. Cristin G. Ungab, School
VON KIRBY VACCINATION. A grade seven student received Nurse.
RAGASA a tetanus and and anti-measles vaccine as part of “In this way, we may be able to lessen the number of cases of Measles in our province and it is on this way
Photojournalist DOH program in making students a healthy one. that we can educate our children about it.” She added.
The vaccination program aims to prevent the children from having slain disease and become measles free.
MARVIN JAN ECOY
Weekly Iron Supplement Science and Technology Writer
BNHS female students receive WIFA supplements,
Weekly monitoring implemented
taste is tolerable, we will take this one.” She added.
Out of 108 female learners from Grade 7, there were 107
who received WIFA tablets while in Grade 8, 101 out of 103
In partnership with the Department of Health (DoH), them received the supplements.
(Grade 7) 108 students Bongabong National High School (BNHS) conducted the Moreover, 77 girls from Grade 9 received the medi-
School-based Weekly Iron Folic Acid (WIFA) Supplemen- cine while there were only 57 students from Grade 10 who
(Grade 8) 101 students tation among female students from Grade 7 to 10 starting received the WIFA supplement.
last July. “We have explained to them the benefits that they
(Grade 9) 77 students can gain from taking WIFA and we are very happy to the
There were a total of 342 female learners of BNHS out
of 352 total enrolled female learners who received the first outcome,” said Mrs. Loreta M. Sapilan, School Nutrition
(Grade 10) 57 students Coordinator.
round of the WIFA Supplements.
“The supplement taste bitter and it does not taste Female Students of BNHS are expecting to receive
Distribution if WIFA tablets per grade level the second round of the supplement on the soonest time
good,” says Izza Gabrielle Juezan, a grade 10 student.
“But if this will help us in becoming healthy, then the possible.

On the call for clean stomach

DOH, BNHS heeds call for worm-free students, 95%: worm free
SHAIRALEY LLANTO
Science and Technology Writer
In order to prevent the possibility of worms that may Also the population of Grade 11 has 88 students,
live in the stomach, Bongabong National High School and there were 80 students dewormed while in Grade
(BNHS) conducted a Deworming Program in partnership 12, there were only 55 dewormed students out of its 60 26.4%
with the Department of Health (DOH) on the first week students.
(G7)
of August 2017. DOH’s deworming program aims to reduce the
There were 795 students who have been dewormed number of students who have worms in their stomach 23.3%
out of 832 students of BNHS. and promote awareness and benefits of healthy living. (G8)
“We are very pleased to say that a lot of the students
participated in this program,” said Mrs. Loreta M. Sapilan, 17.6%
School Nutrition Coordinator.
(G9)
15.7%
“Parents were now clarified of the importance of a
worm-free lifestyle.” She added.
Out of 215 Grade 7 students, there were 210 who were (G10)
dewormed. In Grade 8, there were total population of 192
were there are 185 dewormed students. 11.07%
(G11)
6.92%
Furthermore, in Grade 9, 140 students were dewormed
out of its 147 total population. Lastly, in Grade 10, there
were 125 dewormed students out of 130 students. (G12) Percentage distribution - per grade level - taking the anti-worm tablet.

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Nutritional Status Monitoring

BNHS records 13 severely wasted students,

out of

1.3% lower than last year

Severely Wasted Students CRISTINE JOY ALBOS
Science and Technology Writer
for SY. 2017-2018 In a monitoring survey conducted
during the month of July, Bongabong
Comparative data of BNHS’ severely wasted students NHS registered a 1.56% decrease in the
number of severely wasted students with
Furthermore, both Grade nine and ten
records the same number of cases with
0.36% or three students while Grade 11
records only 0.12% or only one case.

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for two school years.
13 students as compared to 21 students However, the Grade 12 records no cases of
last year. severely wasted students this year.
This entails a total decrease of “I am so happy because of the decrease
1.3% for this year as compared to the of the severely wasted students,” said
previous year wherein the school has Mrs. Loreta M. Sapilan, School Nutrition

Out of Out of recorded 2.9% severely wasted students Coordinator.

857
in the in the total number of BNHS “They are now aware of what they are

713
students. eating, whether it is healthy or not,” she
Moreover, out of the 13- four males added.
and nine females - severely wasted this As part of the goal of our school in
year most of them are coming from Grade regard with the health of the students, the
SY. 2016-2017 SY. 2017-2018 7 with four cases. school is now targeting for a below ten
This is 0.48% coming from the Grade cases next year.
seven while there are 0.24% or two cases
from the Grade eight.
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14 The Official School Publication in English of Bongabong National High School, Volume 16 No. 1
SCIENCE Division of Compostela Valley, Davao Region June to October 2017

EDITORIAL

Canteen: Filthy
It is sad to note that while we stand proud of our tagline “steward of
excellence” we failed at one aspect – maintaining the cleanliness of our
school canteen.
See it this way, we have canteen vendors who just hand their
products without using any gloves. Not even mentioning that their hands
are having long nails, hairs are not having any hair nets, and worst their
place is filthy.
To this, we could not blame the Environmental Sanitary Inspection
of the Department Of Health (EnviSan - DOH) when they gave us 60%
out of the 100% for our school canteen. This is according to Mr. Andrie
Bahao, the sanitary inspector of EnviSan in Laak.
These issues are not new, even the school administration knows
about this and it seems there is lack of actions toward this. It seems that
even the students clamor are not given any attention and the school
administration just shrugs off their shoulder upon hearing any of these.
We dare to say that the school canteens failed rating is a just one so as
to call our administrations attention and to the vendors as well to at least
uphold cleanliness and practice waste segregation.
School vendors really have the lack of attention about their Grade 7 tops most count of wasted students
sanitation and to their cleanliness and it really can affect the students
RONNEL D. TATOY
who will buy their food. Legend
Science and Technology Writer
The water that they used to wash their used glasses is not clean
because they lack of supply of water so they just wash their used glasses Male
on the same water that they use to wash on their previous dishes. Female
Some cooked foods like hotdogs that was not bought for a day were Number of Male and Female wasted students per grade level
even recycled in such a way that vendors will keep it and fried it again so
that they can sell it on the another day.
Another one, vendors even use their bare hands to hand over the 12
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goods and even slice some stuff wihout using any gloves. This even adds
to questions if they even wash their hands while handling over the goods 9
that the students buy. Very unsanitary. Very unclean. 7
This somehow allows students to even question as to how clean our
vendors are.
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“One of the reason that their sanitation failed, because they did not
wear proper outfit, like using gloves, wearing hairnet and apron so the
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foods that they will sell cannot have hairs and dirts.” said Mr. Bahao.
Yet, the vendors do not ponder on this as some of the goods even GRADE 7 GRADE 8 GRADE 9 GRADE 10 GRADE 11 GRADE 12
have hairs on it, such as the puto.
Cleanliness must be applied to avoid any sickness and germs that As compared from last year, an increase of she added.
can affect the students because “Cleanliness is being healthy.” about nine students from Grade seven are wasted Grade eight have also reached 8.85% or 17
Vendors must apply cleanliness so on the next inspection to their students making them the grade level with the malnourished students also having the most
places on canteen, they can pass so students will be germs free. most number of wasted students with a total number of wasted males with a total of 12 or
They need to wear what is needed like hairnets so no hair falls, gloves number of 19 or 8.84% wasted ones out of 215 13.48%, and 5 or 4.85% of them are females.
so whatever they touch cannot affect to their foods and apron so they can grade seven students. For grade nine it ranked third from having
be clean. Nine or 8.41% of them are males and 10 or the most count of wasted students with a total of
Not just the vendors, the school administration must also implement 9.26% are females based on the schools nutritional 16 students with nine of them or 13.85% are males
strict rules such as closing the vendors area if it does not comply to the status for school year 2017-2018. and seven or 8.54% are females.
school rules on cleanliness, sanitation and waste segregation. According to the Schools Nutrition For Grade 11, only 10 of them are wasted
Vendors must sell good foods, fresh and clean so students can avoid Coordinator Mrs. Loreta M Sapilan the Grade seven males and 4 only are the wasted females.
infection and there will be no untoward sickness toward our students. reached that number since they are the level with a Grades 10 and 12 on the other hand have the
Students on the other hand must also be vigilant to report to the very high population. least wasted students with seven and three wasted
school administration about the unsanitary acts of our vendors so as to “Some of these grade seven students chose not students respectively.
maintain its cleanliness and proper hygiene. to eat healthy foods especially when they are about Lastly, for the 832 total population of the
Afterall, the schools tagline “steward of excellence” do not just focus to go to school,” said Mrs. Loreta M. Sapilan. school 76 of which is the total number of wasted
on academic aspect, it covers other areas even the canteens cleanliness as “Most of them also do eat junkfoods and students which is three students lower than that
well. fastfoods which are not at all healthy to the body,” of the previous year.

KRYZYLL ABAD
On the rise of electrical consumption Writer Addressing canteen cleanlines and hygiene
49% of BNHS students School canteen fails sanitation inspection,
use school outlet scored 6 out of 10
for phone charging KYLE JASMIN EGONIA
Amidst the rise of electrical Science and Technology Writer
comsumption of Bongabong National
High School, forty nine percent of
Bongabong NHS’ population charged Bongabong National High School school The result of the said inspection will
their cellphones in the classrooms as canteen fails to the inspection conducted by the be passed on to the Municipal Mayors Office
the result of the conducted survey to Environmental Sanitary Inspection of Department and the school will have to wait for the LGU’s
distinguish the reason of the increasing number of of Health which garnered a 60% grade due to the recommendation.
electric consumption. school canteen vendors lack of proper hygiene According to Mrs. Cleofe Asco canteen in
Out of 857 students including the senior high school (SHS), 428 and proper clothing last August 2017. charge, they have already called for an emergency
honestly answered that they are using the outlet in their classroom to The said inspection was made among the meeting for the school canteen vendors to be
charge their phones. school canteen in the whole province of oriented regarding their hygiene.
“We charge our phones it is because we somehow needed it for Compostela Valley to assure that students or “We will do some steps so that next year we
research purposes,” Johneialene Sarmiento said. learners get clean and healthy foods from the will pass the inspection,” Mrs Asco said.
“But others were abusing it, instead of charging their phones for school canteen. Furthermore, Mr Rolando Noces, School
necessary things, they are doing it to play games and to check their social “You must have at least three garbage bins, Principal I also noted that the canteen will be
media accounts” she added. one for biodegradable, one for non-biodegradable relocate beside on the schools new building that
On the other hand, 305 students out of whole population said that and one for recyclable in short you must segre- will be facing the gate.
they were not charging their phones averaging 35.58% of the survey. gate your waste”,Mr. Andie Bahao said Sanitary Although the school canteen rating fails this
Moreover, 12.83% of the total average , abstained since 110 of the inspector of Laak. year, the administration however, promised that
BNHS’ population has no gadgets to use. “Also, the vendors must follow the proper for the next years inspection they will surely pass.
The survey showed that student’s charging their phones in the class dress code such as wearing hairnet and apron also
is one of the main reason that school’s electric consumption is starting to need a comfort room and washing area” he added.
grow.