1. DYNAMICS OF THE IGNATIAN
PEDAGOGICAL PARADIGM

 

At this level of REFLECTION,
the memory, the understanding, the imagination and the feelings are used to
capture the meaning and the essential value of what is being studies, to
discover its relationship with other aspects of knowledge and human activity,
and to appreciate its implication in the ongoing search fo truth and freedom.
This REFLECTION is a formative and
liberating process. It forms the conscience of learners (their beliefs, values,
attitudes and their entire way of thinking) in such a manner that they are led
to move beyond knowing, to undertake action. 

 

We use the term REFLECTION
to mean a thoughtful reconsideration of some subject matter, experience, idea,
purpose of spontaneous reaction, in order to grasp its significance more fully.
Thus, reflection is the process by which meaning surfaces in human experience:

a.)  by understanding the truth being studied more
clearly.

b.)  by understanding the sources of the sensations
or reactions I experienced.

c.)  by deepening my understanding of the
implications of what I have grasped for myself and for others.

d.)  by achieving personal insights into events,
ideas, truth or the distortion of truth and the like.

e.)  by coming to some understanding of who I am
and who I might be in relation to others. 
 

 

No. 48 –
54, pp 19-20, IGNATIAN PEDAGOGY, A Practical Approach

 

2. Activities and Events  

 

20 Nov, Mon	7:00 am           4:00 pm	Morning Assembly Sponsor: GRADE 9 – BERCHMANS YSEP Duty – GRADE 10-CAMPION   Launching of National Book Week   GRADE 9 DELIBERATION
21 Nov, Tues	4:00 pm	GRADE 10 DELIBERATION   YSEP Duty – GRADE 10-CLAVER
22 Nov, Wed	7:00 am	Mass – Sponsor: Grade 9 SOUTHWELL   YSEP Duty – GRADE 10-DE BRITO
	3:45 pm	FACULTY AND STAFF MEETING
23 Nov, Thurs		Regular Class YSEP Duty – GRADE 10-PONGRACZ
24 Nov, Fri	7:00 am	Mass – Sponsor: Grade 8 IGNATIUS YSEP Duty – GRADE 10-REGIS
	7:30 am	Grade 10 – ARROWSMITH Retreat
	2:40 pm	Activity Hour
		DISTRIBUTION OF 2ND QUARTER REPORT CARD
25 Nov, Sat	8:00 am	Grade 10 – ARROWSMITH Retreat YSEP – Grade 10

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9:00 am

CEP Session for Club/Organization   “Sotero Samuang: Paghahanap ng Kasama” at AVR 2.

 

2. REMINDERS

a.)         
After each
grade level deliberation, subject teachers, class moderators and department
chair must finalize the grades so that the Registrar can start printing the
report cards.

b.)         
JHS Atfest: John Chambers Arts and Music
Festival is on December 1 to 8,
2017. Schedule of activities will be announced next week. 

c.)         
Class
Moderators are advised to start planning for their Class Christmas Party which
is scheduled on Dec 15. All Grade 10 Moderators must submit to the Principal’s
office the venue, time and names of confirmed adult companions on or before
December 11. Same policy applies in choosing the venue for your Christmas
party. (No overnight and not beyond 7km radius)

 

3. STUDENT UPDATES

a)  PUNLAAN schedule of practices for their play, “Sotero Samuang:
Paghahanap ng Kasama” at AVR 2 is on November
20-24, 4:30-6:00 PM. Play date is on November 25 to 29. All are
invited. 

 

b)  Congratulations to KRISTINA CLAIRE B. MADRAZO (Grade 10-

Arrowsmith) and KAITLIN EIRA M.
KIBTIANI (Grade 9-Colombiere), chosen as the YOUTH MAYOR and COUNCILOR respectively, during the
Rotary Club of Zamboanga Youth Activities Week held last November 13-18, 2017.
The school is proud to have both of you!

 

4. SOMETHING TO PONDER

FORCED
GRATITUDE?

Gratitude,
of course, cannot be forced. “You should be grateful,” we growl at our kids, as
they limply move the food around on their plates. “Do you know how many
children in the world go to bed hungry? They would be overjoyed to have a
dinner like that.” Somehow this doesn’t make the braised eggplant any more
appetizing, at least to the children who sit around my dinner table. We know
that gratitude can’t be forced, of course, but we still find ourselves trying
to coerce our kids to be more grateful. And we do the same to ourselves, too.
We’re aware that we have so much to be grateful for: my children’s lives, a
ready supply of food and water, cozy and secure homes. We enjoy these “basics”
– countless luxuries besides – while so many people in the world struggle just
to survive the day. We secretly chide ourselves: I should be more grateful. But
try as we may, we’re just not feeling it. We wonder if there’s something wrong
with us. Is my heart hardened somehow? Is it really not such a great gift to
have these needs met? Will I ever feel content and satisfied?

–Jennifer
Grant, Wholehearted Living
(published in Sacred Space 2017) 

FR. ARNEL T. ONG, SJ