The first Teach for the Philippines Week celebration took place early this past September.
In an effort to expand our movement, our organization recruited key leaders in both the public and private sectors to become guest teachers alongside one of our Fellows in several of our partner schools. This event serves to show, by example, the importance of the teaching profession.
We would like to thank all of our guest teachers, our Fellows, our partner principals and our participating placement schools. We would also like to thank our videographers, Independent Minds. Teach for the Philippines Week was a tremendous success, and we couldn’t have done it without you!
Guests:
● John Nicholls, Chief Operating Officer of HSBC, Philippines
● Matt Bohn, Resident Country Director of the Millenium Challenge Corporation – US Embassy
● Milwida Guevara, President of the Synergeia Foundation
● Neni Sta. Romana Cruz, Chair of the National Book Development Board
● Camille Lee of UBS AG
● Alice Page of UBS AG
● Boy Abunda of ABS-CBN
● Joel Ehrendreich, Economic Counselor of the United States Embassy Manila
● Undersecretary Dina Ocampo of the Department of Education
● Dr. Luisa Puyat, Board Member of ABS-CBN Foundation and Medical Consultant for DZMM
● Secretary Roberto De Ocampo, OBE, Chairman of the Centennial Group, Inc. and Chairman of the Philippine Veterans Bank
● Juan Carlos Dominguez, Director of HR and Corporate Affairs of Coca-Cola FEMSA
● Ramon Sunico, General Manager of the Cacho Publishing House
● Senator Bam Aquino of the Senate of the Philippines
● Marah Faner-Capuyan, Station Manager of DZMM
Fellows:
Delfin Villafuerte, Mary Alimasa, Bea Tan, Leslie Espinosa, Dom Manahan, Ivy Yasis, Miggy Zaballero, Kit Pabiona, Adam Crayne, Noelle Pabiton, Ryan Bestre, Loreen Eslao, AJ Avañez, Hayden Bale
Partner Schools:
General Roxas Elementary School, Apolonio Samson Elementary School, Kamuning Elementary School, Sto. Cristo Elementary School, Krus na Ligas Elementary School, West Fairview Elementary School, and Bagong Pag-Asa Elementary School
Independent Minds:
Video production team of Sol Galang, Awin Galang and PJ Martinez