Saturday, August 28, 2010

This Is It

...And we thought it'll just be English in our lifetime.

With the help of DepEd and the Japan Foundation Manila, our school offered a Japanese language education program called Course on Japan for High School Students (CJH) last June 2010.  Initially, it is a two-year plan designed to teach both Japanese culture and language to selected students.  It's being offered right now as an elective for our sophomores, majority of whom belonged to the Course on Japan for High School students pilot course.  They are:

  1. Joseph Gabriel J. Adaoag
  2. Ynson Aldrich A. Amiller
  3. Christian Joseph B. Anin
  4. Allain Louies P. Dalisay
  5. Leeroye John P. Flores
  6. Francis Regulus R. Gomez
  7. Ian Neil D. Gutierrez
  8. Jan Kenneth P. Mati-Ong
  9. Myron Danielle C. Montefalcon
  10. Lorenzo E. Ortiz-Luiz
  11. Mark Joseph M. Sacramento
  12. Chelsea P. Alejandro
  13. Katrina T. Almonte
  14. Eloisa Ann J. Antinero
  15. Lois Ayra N. Baay
  16. Camille Ann O. Capitly
  17. Maria Micah B. Cruz
  18. Julie Ann D. Dao
  19. Pamela C. De Guzman
  20. Patricia Marie R. Faraon
  21. Angelica Mae Z. Felipe
  22. Meara Angela P. Galvez
  23. Aliena Mari P. Miranda
  24. Denise Mikhaela C. Ortiz
  25. Danielie Anne B. Pacheco
  26. Rojene A. Pajalla
  27. Jaymie L. Reyes
  28. Rein Coleen D. Sandoval
  29. Melody R. Sombilon
  30. Aniña D.C. Soriano
  31. Diane Pauline O. Umali
  32. Carmina Gabrielle A. Villena
Collectively, the students belong to a class named Pasteur under the advisorship of Ms. Cristina Sofia C. Del Rosario.  The class is being jointly handled by Ms. Sayaka Hanami, a Young Japanese Teacher (YJT) sent by the Jenesys Programme in Japan, and yours truly.


The CJH program and participants were recently featured in the latest issue of Merienda, the newsletter of The Japan Foundation Manila.

The official commencement of the CJH program was also announced in the worldwide website of The Japan Foundation.  The article can be found at http://www.jpf.go.jp/world/en/archives/1007.html#asia.


The seedlings of Japanese language education has just been planted in our school.  But we are hopeful that it'll grow up to be a sturdy and strong tree, bearing good fruit and making a lasting impact in the foreign language education scene in the Philippines.

And we're so proud to be part of this  :-)

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