Thursday, May 29, 2008
UP High wins award for 3rd straight year
STUDENTS from the University of the Philippines-Cebu High School bested 21 other schools in the annual International Cyberfair 2008 competition.
The Cyberfair, now on its 13th year, is an annual competition that challenges students to create a project of their interest and upload their findings on a website.
These students have to design their website on their own.
Cyberfair, considered the largest educational event in its class, is a White House-endorsed program annually organized by globalschool.net.
The UP High team, made up of 12 first year, nine second year and two fourth year high school students, joined the Local Specialty category of the contest and decided to feature tuba (coconut wine) as their project.
Data gathering
According to one of their coaches, Elmer Montejo, the first year students were assigned the data-gathering and fieldwork, while the second year students took charge of creating the website.
School principal Purita Baltazar said she was “very proud” of the achievements of their students. She was impressed that the freshmen went as far as Argao and Carcar to gather the data and with the quality of work the sophomores did with the web design.
Implications
The team decided to focus their project on tuba because of its uniqueness and its social implications (such as those embedded in the concept of “tagay” or communal drinking).
This is the school’s third time to win in the Cyberfair.
In 2006, they won gold in the Historical Landmarks Category; in 2007, an honorable mention in the Natural and Manmade Attractions category; and this year, gold in the Local Specialty category.
Achievement
According to fourth year student Marc Quimbo, the team leader, their win was a big achievement for the group and for the Philippines.
“We can show the world that we are not only good in academics but with technology as well. It really shows that we can be globally competitive,” Quimbo said.
Internationally, 22 schools joined the Local Specialty category, including UP-Cebu High School and Iligan National High School from the Philippines.
“This shows what the students in the Philippines can really do. We can do things just like other schools internationally, and maybe even better,” said Quimbo. (EPB)
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