The school with a heart opened its doors to 12 public elementary schools in Santa Ana, Pampanga to assist them in the opening of classes amid the pandemic.
Holy Cross College and Department of Education Santa Ana District signed a Memorandum of Agreement to educate as one during this crisis. The collaboration aims to set aside competition and help each other to reach and teach students.
HCC will share the e-Learning Management System (LMS), a virtual classroom platform for online classes for this academic year. Selected grade 6 students from 12 different schools will study using the HCC Heart Cloud.
The Supervisor of the Public Schools of Santa Ana, Mrs. Edna L. Pineda said this partnership will help the schools build a better relationship and produce the best learning outcomes in the region.
“First and foremost I would like to thank Holy Cross College for offering this to us imagine inoffer nila to samin sa mga students namin for free ang maexperience nila kung paano iyong online learning so malaking tulong sa mga bata, our grade 6 teachers will sit together with grade 6 teachers of Holy Cross and then titignan nila ang competencies namin at competencies ng Holy Cross which are just the same because we are just following the same MCLE,” Pineda said.
The school with a heart will also train teachers and students on the features of e-LMS before the start of classes to fully equip them in the new normal in education.
“Ito nga na sa new better normal na tayo it is very important talaga, wala tayong choice kung hindi i-adapt na natin ito and sabi nga there is always a room for improvement sa mga teachers,” said Santa Ana Elementary School Principal, Fe Macalino.
“Masaya ako doon sa collaboration kasi imagine public and private and school they will be working together sabi nga natin ang main objective ay itong mga batang ito, we heal as one, sabi nga two heads are better one,” she added.
In the middle of the pandemic, HCC stays true to its mandate to give quality and accessible education for all. The school did not stop to help the community in pursuit of their core value Caritas or charity.
HCC President, Atty. Dennis C. Pangan initiated the collaboration to help public schools and reach more students via the Heart Cloud.
“Nakita naman po ninyo na ang Holy Cross College ay laging tumatalima sa ating core values na Caritas at naniniwala kami na hindi maganda ang maging maramot sa panahong ito lalong lalo na sa pandemic gusto rin nating maabot ang mga estudyante natin sa public schools,” President Pangan said.
“Pinapahatid po namin sa kagawaran ng edukasyon at iba pang eskwela na ang Holy Cross College po ay handang tumalima, hindi po ito ang panahon para magkaroon ng kumpetisyon, pagalingan, o pasikatan ito po ang panahon na kaialngan magsama ang ansa public sector at tiyaka private sector…sharing makes wonders if we share what we have then everybody would have enough,” he added.
The collaboration between HCC and public schools will be limited to five subjects only, such as Mathematics, Science, English, Filipino, and Araling Panlipunan. The said subjects will be integrated into the e-LMS and will be available for students by August.
Teachers from different schools are also expected to work together to produce the best modules and best teaching practices to better serve the students.