Narrative Report on Nutrition Month 2015 [Panoloon National High School; Panoloon, Sapad, Lanao del Norte]

Narrative Report on Nutrition Month 2015

By: G-one T. Paisones

July is the month of nutrition in which we will remember the fundamental essence and functions of the food that we eat.  Nutrition month underscores that we should eat healthy foods and avoid eating trans-fats, junk-foods, fast foods, colas and sodas and high cholesterol foods.

The National Nutrition Council has announced the theme for the 2015 Nutrition Month: “Timbang iwasto sa tamang nutrisyon at ehersisyo!” The theme tell us that we should maintain our weight by eating healthy foods and taking exercises.  The Department of Education through our Secretary Brother  Armin A. Luistro issued a DepEd Memorandum No. 62, series of 2015; articulates that we should increase our awareness on the role and importance of proper nutrition and physical activity in the prevention of being overweight and obese among the general public; encourage Filipinos to make positive decisions towards consumption of healthy diets and be physically active to prevent non-communicable diseases as a result of being overweight and obese.

In response to what Brother Luistro’s said, we conducted activities that will promote the health among DepEd personnel as well to the students through varied activities.  In line with these, Panoloon National High School conducted the Nutrition Month celebration on July 1 - 31, 2015.  The activities that highlighted the Nutrition Month celebration were Gulayan sa Paaralan Improvements and Feeding Program headed by Elissa Enriquez.

PNHS conducted the Nutrition Month Culmination on July 31, 2015.  Panoloon NHS upholds that the interruption of classes must be minimized so that there are more time of teacher-students engagement as well as acquisition of higher order thinking skills.  The flow of the program during July 31, 2015 is outlined below:

Agro-Fair Display : 7:45 A.M. (Judging)

Normal Class Schedule : 7:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.

Cooking Contest : 11:30 A.M.

Quiz Bee : 12:00 N.N.

Poster Making Contest : 12:00 N.N.

Part - 1 Program Proper →1:00 P.M.

Part – 2 Song Contest → 3:00PM..

The Barangay Government of Panoloon also held the Nutrition Month Celebration on the same date (July 31, 2015).  Dr. Nenita L. Jaque stress-out that “we should participate in Barangay program even though we have same program in the school to maximize teacher-students’ lesson engagement”.  Dr. Jaque delegated Mr. G-one T. Paisones (The TLE Lead Teacher) and Petronila Labitad (SSG Adviser) as the representative of the school and served also as guardian of the students that had participated in Barangay Nutri-Contest.

The Program in the school was successful.  New talents had been discovered; through Quiz Bee, Poster Making Contest and Singing Contest.  Evidently the real essence of good nutrition had been manifested in the actual performance and exercises of talents of students.