My Last KYSD Experience!

This year will be the end of our high school year. We are now going to college and adjust to a college life. One of the activities that I will miss in UP is the Know Your School Day (KYSD). In this activity, the teachers will give the students a chance to teach their co-students. The KYSD for this school year was held last January 25-26, 2006. This activity is a two-day activity to give time to other activities for this school year. There was a decision in the SC that this activity will not continue but because the students like this, it continued with the full force of SC. This activity was a rush-activity for the SC but still this activity was a success not only to the students but to the teachers as well.

During the opening of the KYSD, the student teachers were presented and introduced to the students. These student teachers will have the authority to discipline and teach their students. During this days, the student teachers will no longer be a student but a teacher but for their period only. Almost all of the students in the first year, participated in this activity actively and least for the fourth years. Maybe, because the fourth years are overloaded nowadays because of their different activities that they will be involved after the KYSD particularly the JS Prom, Sci-Tech Week, Family Day and the DramaFest. After the introducing of the students teachers, a symbolic key was given to the students with higher position such as the principal and the assistant-to-the-principal. These students with higher positions shall govern the UP for two days. These jobs are not easy for they use their brains and their leadership as well for the improvement of the campus.

If something is opened, it should also be closed. After two weeks of student teaching the event was successful even though it was for a meanwhile. The students were made to sign in a card designed by SC with teachers on it. In these cards, the students will have the time to thank for the teachers that made them who they are now. The emcee for the closing ceremony was Ella that made the event entertaining to everyone. In the closing program, the students pay a tribute to the teachers of UP High. The students showcased their talents to the teachers through a song. The second year students played their flutes for the teachers while the fourth year students made an original composition for the teachers. While singing the theme song of the KYSD, the students gave the teachers a little token which are the cards where the students had written something. I can see from the faces of the teachers that they were really happy. The students were also flattered because of the smiles of their teachers. The students really prepared for their tribute despite the fact that their time was limited.

After the card-giving, Ella mentioned the names of the different teachers of UP High that made us what we are now including the teachers that already went outside the realms of the school. That time was so emotional for us students and for the teachers as well. I really thanked God that these teachers became a part of my life. They changed me into a better me. They correct my mistakes and give advises. They did not just teach what is on their lesson plans but also the things in life. This would be my last KYSD experience and I hope that I will see these teachers again when I go outside UP High campus. Once again, I salute you my teachers! Thank you and I will never forget all of you! I love you all!