1) Dagohoy National High School in the Philippines held various activities and contests to celebrate Nutrition Month and promote the importance of healthy eating and nutrition. 2) Events included a Ginataan cooking contest, Tabodlo cooking contest, poster making, and a nutri-quiz. Winners from each grade level received certificates. 3) The culmination program featured an awarding of certificates to contest winners and closing messages. The nutrition month celebration aimed to remind students and the community about practicing good nutrition and its significance for health, development, and productivity.

1. Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Caraga Region
Siargao Division
Dapa West District
DAPA NHS-DAGOHOY INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Dagohoy, Dapa, Surigao del Norte
School Year 2016- 2017
NARRATIVE REPORT ON NUTRITION MONTH
“Health is wealth”, a very famous saying that has huge and significant
meaning in a human’s life. That’s why, human body can’t function properly without
proper diet and literally can’t be productive in all aspects of life. Thus, Dagohoy
National High School joined the annual celebration of Nutrition Month celebration so
that every Filipino citizenry will be reminded that good health habits and eating
right kinds of food are of great importance especially when children’s nourishment is
involved.
The celebration was started by a short opening program with all the students
and faculty teachers of Dagohoy National High School. It was formally opened by
singing the National Anthem, followed by an invocation from audio visual system. It
was followed by a welcomed remark from Sir Rico O. Constante, a Grade-10 adviser,
and then a short parade of muses from Grades 7 to 10 levels was next. The audience
was entertained by an intermission number from the selected students of the school.
It was followed by the reading of different activities and their schedules from Maam
Novelyn D. Ramirez, a Grade-8 adviser. The master of ceremony was Ms. Melanie E.
Bisaya, a Grade 7 adviser and it was ended with a “Tabuan sa Paaralan Contest”.
Moreover, different activities/contests were conducted weekly starting with
Ginataan cooking contest (July 15, 2016) and Tabodlo cooking contest (July 25, 2016).
In the morning of July 28, 2016, Poster Making contest and Nutri-quiz were
conducted with the active participation of the School Head Teacher I, Maam Jessica
C. Dulguime. Before the culmination program, the event was highlighted with
“Boodle fight”, a kind of eating together without fork and spoon. In the afternoon,
the program was again started with an invocation and singing of the National
Anthem. It was followed by an opening message from Sir David G. Solana, Teacher
II, followed by intermissions from selected Grade 9 and Grade 7 students,
respectively. And the most awaited part of the program was the awarding of
certificates to the winners which was announced and facilitated by Maam Melanie E.
Bisaya. The winners from the different contests were the following:
Tabo Contest
1st Place --------------- Grade 7
2nd Place --------------- Grade 8
3rd Place --------------- Grade 9
4th Place --------------- Grade 10

2. Ginataan Cooking Contest
1st Place -------------- Grade 10
2nd Place -------------- Grade 9
3rd Place -------------- Grade 8
Tabudlo Contest
1st Place ---------------- Grade 8
2nd Place ---------------- Grade 9
3rd Place ---------------- Grade 10
4th Place ---------------- Grade 7
Nutri Quiz
1st Place ---------------- Stacy Fina E. Griar – Grade 8
2nd Place ---------------- Erec Samson - Grade 9
3rd Place ---------------- Shella Mae Dormiendo-Grade 9
4th Place ---------------- Garry Comedga - Grade 7
5th Place ---------------- May Amor Dayday - Grade 8
Poster Making Contest
1st Place ---------------- Gretchen R. Buo - Grade 10
2nd Place ---------------- John Allan R. Dotillos-Grade 8
3rd Place ---------------- Aldrin R. Bastasa - Grade 8
4th Place ---------------- Verna Goyonan - Grade 7
5th Place ---------------- Alvin Sindo - Grade 9
To officially close the program, a closing message was delivered by Maam Leianne
Glaiza M. Antigro, a Grade 9 adviser. Maam Novelyn D. Ramirez, a Grade 8 adviser
was the master of ceremony. Generally, the whole nutrition month was successfully
celebrated with a bang!
It might be the end of the month, but the essence of it will continue in the next
succeeding months and forever be of great importance in the daily lives of the
children and the people in the society.