THEMATIC Q1

                Taking part in the National Clean Up Month celebration actively 

By virtue of Proclamation No. 244, the month of September is declared as the National Clean-Up Month, while Presidential Proclamation No. 470 also designates the 3rd Saturday of September as National Clean-Up Day. 

Together with my club members, we participated in the event at our school that is called a clean-up drive. With the help of the broomsticks, trash bags, and dustpans we cleaned the parts of all the Filipino buildings to maintain it's cleanliness and tidiness of our school.

In this picture, I am picking up trash using my bare hands because even the smallest trash is needed to be picked up and disposed of.

In this image, I am sweeping the back of the PPP building with a broom and dustpan. So that it will look clean, presentable, and prevent the spread of environmental health issues.

Within this image, with the help of trowel, I am planting a fruit bearing tree to help balance our environment; it can also produce fresh air, and when it is time to harvest, we will have something to eat from the tree.

In this picture, I am watering the tree that I planted using a dipper so that it will not die but may live and grow healthy until it's ready to be harvested already.re, I am watering the tree that I planted using a dipper so that it will not die but may live and grow healthy until it's ready to be harvested already.

 I can say that I have actively participated in the said celebration. I am fully aware of the environmental issues right now that we face that we should take seriously, and I wanted to help to make the environment around us all to be maintained, tidy and also to avoid diseases that we can get from a dirty environment to spread. That's why I also participated in the national clean-up month, and as shown in the pictures I provided as evidence.

Reference:

                                    https://www.climate.gov.ph/news/319

My journey throughout the first quarter of my last year as a junior high school student

To be honest, I was scared and terrified at first about what our journey in Grade 10 will be. I thought that maybe it was far from different from our past 3 years in high school, but to my surprise, the first quarter only has made new discoveries and doors that have opened to everyone, especially me. With the help of all the people around me, and also the people I just met, who helped me and guided me, that made my perspective wider. The first quarter felt like going by as fast as a bullet; we were rushing everything because of the limited time and days we had. I am very grateful that my teachers were determined to teach us, despite the limited time. There were many lessons I have learned that I can also share with others. 

At first, I don't know what to do or what adjustments I will make since this will be the last year of me being a junior high school student. I was wondering if the subjects this year will be harder. Orcif my teachers are strict. I was scared that maybe this will become very, very hard. My fear of not being a completer and an honor student gets the best out of me. And the question "am I going to make it?" keeps bugging on my head.

Instead of the fear eating me and pulling me down, what I did was make it an inspiration and motivation to strive more than ever because I know that I can and I will do my best. I have not come this far for nothing. "I have a future that is waiting for me to achieve. I have a plan that is waiting for me to make it come true," and that's my response whenever I feel that I can't do it anymore, when I am so close to giving up, when I feel I am losing my spark as a student anymore. It's like a magic that pushes me to do my best every time.

Moving on, I will give my all this year since this is the last year of me as an JHS student. I have big dreams to achieve. I have a family and loved ones to make them proud of me. I have myself to prove that I got this. and I have my God, whom I trust, my guide in this journey, and my source of strength. If I am not going to do my best in everything this year, and if not now, when? Everyday is always the perfect timing for a person who is striving for a brighter future and for a brighter tomorrow. And that is me. As the first quarter closes, I can say that I am very happy with the lessons and things that I have learned and encountered. Including the fresh new memories and bond I made with everyone.