Sunday, February 12, 2012

Manong, What Does This Mean?


The Manong at Manang cluster is an integral part of Paaralang Pinoy.  These are high school and college students, who assist the Teacher-Volunteers in managing and teaching the classes.  They earn credit hours for volunteering their time and energies to the students as Paaralang Pinoy benefits from their assistance.


Their one-on-one work with the students ensure that the young ones are fully engaged.  They bring out sponge activities before class starts, read aloud stories, and lead group activities as well as help in classroom set-up and clean-up.  With these able hands, Paaralang Pinoy is able to share its message of culture appreciation to our Filipino-American kids.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Kleng-Kleng-Kleng!


Christmas, Filipino-style, involves all our senses.  These Paaralang Pinoy students and their friends, many for the first time, took glue and stickers, paper and scissors to create the ultimate Filipino symbol for Christmas, the Parol.  With Filipino Christmas carols serenading them, everybody created their own parol to take home, and to lead the processional on the last night of the Simbang Gabi Mass celebrated by the Bishop of Arlington Diocese.