MindanaoToday.com | 19 schools in CdeO to compete in RSPC
By: URIEL QUILINGUING
Over 300 campus journalists from 19 educational institutions shall represent Cagayan de Oro City’s division of schools in the 2024 Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) sometime in March, this year.
Gusa Regional Science High School (GRSHS) and Cagayan de Oro City Central School (COCCS), secondary and elementary-level champions in the 2024 Division Schools Press Conference (DSPC), shall lead the campaign to reap honors from the RSPC.
Roy Angelo Gazo, Department of Education’s schools division superintendent for Cagayan de Oro, said only the top winner in group and individual contests in the DSPC are eligible to compete in the RSPC. They would be competing against the best from 13 other divisions of schools in Northern Mindanao.
DSPC competitions in 16 group and 36 individual events were held in three venues last January 18 and 19, with the opening and closing ceremonies at the Cagayan de Oro City NHS (CONHS) Junior Campus in Barangay Nazareth. The other venues were the senior high school campus of CONHS and at the South Philippine Union Conference in upper Barangay Carmen.
Division Memorandum No. 48, which Gazo issued on Friday, January 25, indicated that GRSHS topped the school paper and collaborative desktop publishing in both English and Filipino, radio broadcasting in Filipino, and online publishing in English, for the group events. Three students also excelled in sports writing, photojournalism, and science and technology, all in English medium.
In the elementary level, COCCS was adjudged first-place winner in school paper and collaborative desktop publishing, both in English and Filipino categories. It has one RSPC qualifier from photojournalism in Filipino and several non-RSPC qualifying wins.
Students from Cagayan de Oro City National High School (CONHS), the overall first runner-up winner behind GRSHS, showed they were best in TV Newscasting for both English and Filipino, as well as in Online Publishing in Filipino. Three of them excelled in individual events, particularly in column (English), feature (Fili (Filipino), and science (Filipino) writing contests.
All producers of RSPC qualifiers are public schools, except five privately-owned ones and these are the Capitol University (CU), Corpus Christi School, Kong Hua School (KHS), Liceo de Cagayan University (LCDU), and Xavier University Senior High School (XU-SHS).
LCDU, winner of top awards from National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) in radio broadcasting in the past, emerged as this year’s champion in radio broadcasting in English, once again. With a qualifier for photojournalism in Filipino, LCDU was second runner-up overall. XU-SHS was third-runner up and CU was fourth runner-up.
Other secondary schools with RSPC qualifiers include Pedro “Oloy” N. Roa Sr. HS (2), Kauswagan NHS, Macasandig NHS, Mambuaya NHS (Bayanga Campus), and Tablon NHS.
Those in the Top 5 in elementary level, include Bugo CS, first runner-up; KHS and Camaman-an ES tied as second runner-ups; West CCS and Bulua CS tied as third runner-ups; and Lumbia CS, fourth runner-up. Other elementary schools with RSPC qualifiers are Bulao ES, East CCS, Fr. William Masterson ES, Iponan ES, Kauswagan CS, South CCS, and Upper Carmen ES. (MT)
###