MGC New Life Christian Academy (MGCNLCA) celebrated its teachers during the school’s first-ever online Teacher’s Day celebration last September 25.
As the faculty staff entered the Zoom room, they were greeted with the bright, and warm smiles of the student officers from the Student Government (SG), Coral Reef Fellowship (CRF), and WHALES. The teachers started catching up with their colleagues, with some grooving to old-school hits from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. The emcees, Shawn Darren S. Chua and Bianca Iyesha G. Sy, formally opened the celebration with a word of prayer. Right after, Whales officer Kaithlyn Ann C. Chua leading the praise and worship.
The faculty was then split into nine breakout rooms for the games, which were hosted by officers from both the SG and CRF. As a little ice breaker before the game session started, teachers began sharing some movies, shows, and series they have been binge-watching over the quarantine. The officers then announced that there would be a cash prize for the top five scorers. The 5th place would receive 500 pesos, with the 4th to 1st place receiving 600, 700, 800, and 1,200 pesos, respectively. The teachers then played a Quizizz game that contained trivia questions about the school, such as “What school organization has the most student officers during DLIFE (Distance Learning Innovation for Education)?” and “What word is in the middle of the school song?” Through this, the teachers got to know a little bit more about the school. The final game the teachers played was the classic “4 Pics 1 Word,” where teachers deciphered the movie, show, or series that four simple pictures represented.
After the fun and games, the teachers returned to the main Zoom session for a short screening of a video message prepared by the SG with the help of students, both former and current. In another video, MGCNLCA alumna Alyana Zoie S. Chua shared experiences with her teachers and how they changed her for the better. After the emcees gave the closing remarks, Mrs. Helen K. Villanueva, the school principal, gave a final speech thanking her fellow teachers for heeding the call. In lieu of the annual buffet lunch, the teachers were each given a surprise bucket of chicken the next day, along with the love gifts from the SG.
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