AQUINAS UNIVERSITY OF LEGAZPI DANCE TROUPE PERFORMS "ABAKA" AT THE PHSA
Choreographed by PHSA Alumna (Batch 1994-Ballet) Ma Veronique C Duma-Berdin, the Aquinas University of Legazpi (AUL) Dance Troupe performs "ABAKA" at the NAC Theater, Philippine High School for the Arts at 10am on 18 September 2008. Abaka is the Aquinas University's Center for Culture and the Arts entry to Lusong-Gapasan: Luzon Theater Festival to be held at U.P. Los Baños Umali Hall on 16-18 September 2008.
PPHSA STUDENT COUNCIL SLATES PALARONG IBARANG 2008
The PHSA Student Council will spearhead the Palarong Ibarang 2008 slated on October 9-16, 2008 at the NAC Theater. Aimed at uniting the members of the PHSA community through sports diplomacy, the yearly event will be participated in by parents, teachers, and nonteaching and agency-hired personnel of the school.
PHSA Faculty and students invited to attend FAAM
Five students namely, Genavee A. Lazaro, Maria Monika A. Gamaro, Jasmin T. Gonzales, Jeanne Arielle E. Rodriguez and Maria Angela C. Simbajon together with their Visual Arts teacher Mr. Marc Vincent P. Cosico, was invited to the FUKUOKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM (FAAM) OUTREACH FOR TEACHERS and STUDENTS 2008. They will embark on a 7-day educational exchange program which includes an educational tour, community service, arts workshops and training at the FUKUOKA ASIAN ART MUSEUM, Fukuoka Japan from August 20-26, 2008.
PHSA chairs First Sining Pambansa Festival
The Department of Education has chosen the Philippine High School for the Arts to organize the 1st Sining Pambansa Festival which will be held in Baguio City from February 28 to March 1, 2008. To be participated in by sixteen (16) Special Program for the Arts (SPA) schools in the country, the festival will showcase the best of what the SPA schools have produced in the eight years of operation of the special DepED program.
Also featured in the 3-day celebration are select students of the Mandaue City School for the Arts and the Philippine High School for the Arts.
PHSA Assistant Director Wong tours the Singapore Polytechnic
While in Singapore for the Art and Cultural Education Exchange Program with Regent Secondary School from 3 to 12 July 2008, Assistant Director Reynaldo O. Wong toured the Singapore Polytechnic's Digital Animation Studio, Digital Music Studio, and Applied Drama and Psychology Departments. Director Wong's visit was arranged by Regent Secondary School's Mohana Ratnam and was aimed at informing the PHSA on how Singapore Polytechnic combines arts and technology in today's creative economy boom.
PHSA Director Castillo spearheads DepED's tribute to the Thomasites
In recognition of their contribution to Philippine education that led to the birth of the Baguio Teachers’ Camp (BTC), the Department of Education (DepEd) held a “Tribute to the Thomasites”. This is one of the centennial activities of BTC, which marks 2008 as its 100th year. The county’s public school system owes much to the Thomasites – young idealistic American teachers --who came in waves in 1901 to introduce the American brand of education to Filipinos emerging from the shadow of centuries of Spanish colonization. The event today was highlighted by a reenactment of BTC’s Foundation at the BTC Grounds with performances by the students of Baguio City National High School and the Philippine High School for the Arts.
PHSA director, educators train MAPEH and MSEP teachers in DepED's Division of Aklan
PHSA Assistant Director Reynaldo O Wong, together with Ms Yanna V Acosta (Creative Writing), Ms Catherine Racsag (Theater Arts), Mr Marc Vincent P Cosico (Visual Arts), Ms Frances Niduaza (Music), and Mr Victor L Flor (Dance), trained a total of 180 MSEP and MAPEH teachers in the DepED Division of Aklan in Kalibo last May 13 to 17, 2008.
The training programs zeroed in on arts and culture pedagogy for teachers and were made possible upon the invitation of Superintendent Dr Victorina Lariosa of the DepED Region VI Division of Aklan.
PHSA launches "La Danza Filipiniana" volumes I and II
Philippine High School for the Arts proudly presents La Danza Filipiniana: Glimpses of Selected Philippine Folk Dances and Music to the public. La Danza is an instructional album in DVD format and comes in two volumes. The album was produced, manufactured, and distributed by Tech to Sound Records Trade International in Makati in collaboration with the PHSA.
Twenty seven Sanghiyas Pangkat Mananayaw members participated in the production with Mr Victor L. Flor as the choreographer and Director Rey Wong as production manager.
The album is now on sale at the PHSA library. For enquiries, please contact Ms Helen Jimena at 09185013574 or email phsa@laguna.net.
SOTA Principal to visit the PHSA
Principal Rebecca Chew of the newly-established Singapore School of the Arts (SOTA) will visit the PHSA on 19 to 22 August 2008. This was the (tentative) agreement reached in a meeting among PHSA Directors Lala Castillo and Reynaldo Wong and Principal Chew held at SOTA on 9 July 2008. SOTA is Singapore's first national pre-tertiary specialised arts school to offer a 6-year curriculum for youths aged 13-18 years of age. PHSA and SOTA will enter into a Memorandum of Understanding to jumpstart the close cooperation between the two arts schools in the ASEAN region.
Juilliard School of Dance students to coach PHSA scholars
Project Philippines aspires to bring six (6) dancers from the Juilliard School of Dance in New York City to the Philippine High School for the Arts (PHSA) to provide dance education for PHSA students. The collaborative program includes participation in PHSA dance classes as well as providing PHSA dance scholars with in-depth contemporary dance technique workshops. Project Philippines also aims to expose the students of PHSA to contemporary dance and movement through free accessible arts education. This involves interactive dance lessons and improvisation approaches as means to self-expression. The project takes place from 22 July to 02 August 2008.
PHSA hosts PAMANA ng Luzviminda Folkloric Dance Troupe of Canada
The PAMANA ng Luzviminda Philippine Folkloric Dance Company is a non-profit organization dedicated to the propagation and showcasing of the rich cultural heritage of the Philippines in North America. In its three years of existence, PAMANA has quickly earned acclaim from Filipinos and non-Filipinos alike in Canada and the United States. To experience first hand what the fore parents of PAMANA members have been trying to pass on to their children, PAMANA has organized a return to the land of their ancestors.
The members, comprised mostly of youth, are even more excited to share what they know about performing arts within the context of their beloved heritage. They are so eager to meet and learn from fellow youths of the Philippine High School for the Arts who have dedicated themselves to developing excellence with their discipline. Through a letter of request, PAMANA appealed for formal assistance from the Philippine High School for the Arts and the Philippine High School for the Arts Employees Association in behalf of its 61 members who will travel to the Philippines from July 17, 2008 to July 23, 2008.
Specifically, PAMANA has sought assistance in regard transport, interaction, meals, and technical and stage production assistance. PAMANA has expressed interest to share their skills and interact wit the students of the Philippine High School for the Arts and stage a production for free with the proceeds going to the Philippine High School for the Arts and the Philippine High School for the Arts Employees Association.
It is envisioned that this journey to the PHSA would be a means to represent Canada on the international stage, as well as afford PAMANA members the opportunity to enrich themselves with the knowledge and experience on Filipino traditions and culture that it so passionately endeavours to preserve and share with the rest of the Filipinos residing in North America thru the help of the Philippine High School for the Arts.
PHSA scholars, educators, and directors back from Singapore
The 32-strong PHSA delegation is back from its 10-day journey to the Lion City - Singapore. The group's itinerary in Singapore included performances at the Singapore Polytechnic Convention Center for the Cultural Night hosted by the Regent Secondary School (RGT) and the Crescent Girls School where PHSA scholars performed a dance-drama of the Ramayana (The Abduction of Sita) for the 2008 National Literature Festival. The delegation also interacted with their counterparts at the Singapore School for the Arts, watched a concert by the Anglo-Chinese Junior College Chorale at the Esplanade Concert Hall and rode the world's largest observation wheel - the Singapore Flyer! The entourage also toured the Singapore Polytechnic, the Alapana Indian Fine Arts School, Sentosa Island, Bukit Chandu, Vivo City, Night Safari, Singapore Zoo, and Singapore's School of the Future - Jurong Secondary School.
PHSA acquires 15-seater van
PHSA has acquired a brand new 15-seater van to augment the school's transport capability. It was delivered last Friday, April 4 by Nissan Alabang. Up and coming are a brand new motorcycle, a 50-Kv generator set for the entire academic area, a 15-Kv generator set for the entire Vargas area, and a brand new engine for Hino bus. The two coasters are undergoing major repair.
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