3. DEPED VISION
We dream of Filipinos
who passionately love their country
and whose values and competencies
enable them to realize their full potential
and contribute meaningfully to building the nation.
As a learner-centered public institution,
the Department of Education
continuously improves itself
to better serve its stakeholders.
4. DEPED MISSION
To protect and promote the right of every
Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based, and
complete basic education
where:
Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-
sensitive, safe, and motivating environment.
Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture
every learner.
5.
6. Directives on Discipline
Uniforms –
The school requires the students to attend classes
and other official functions of the school in their
prescribed school uniform
Identification Card
Every Student shall be required to wear the
official school I.D. card while inside the school
premises. The same ID shall be presented for
entry and for the use of the school facilities
and/or services.
The loss of an I.D. card shall be reported
immediately by the student to the Discipline
Board, which shall determine if the student
should be issued a new I.D.
7. Attendance and Absences
The school requires regular and punctual
attendance in all classes. Absence for any
cause whatsoever does not exempt a student
from written work (tests) and any matters
required during the period of his/her absence.
The responsibility for making up for such work
depends upon the students.
In all cases of absences, an admission
and /or excuse slip must be secured from the
Guidance Office upon the presentation
satisfactory to said school officials. The
excuse slip has to be certified by the class
8. Three instances of tardiness without valid reasons
are equivalent to one absence. All cases of
tardiness are considered unjustified unless a letter
signed by the parent/guardian is presented to the
advisers.
Absences due to illness must be certified by a
doctor. The implementation or appreciation of the
rules on attendance may be modified at the
discretion of the principal.
A student who incurs ten (10) consecutive
absences or twenty (20) days inconsecutive
absences in any subject area shall be notified by the
member of the Discipline Board. Failure on the part
of the parents to appear shall be ground for the
school principal to drop him/her from the school roll
9. Code of Discipline:
The legal basis of the school’s authority to
discipline the student is provided the manual of
regulation of the Dep Ed, which says on:
“Rule 145…
Schools shall have the authority and prerogative to
promulgate such rules and regulations as they may
deem necessary from time to time effective as of the
date of their promulgation unless otherwise
specified.
No penalty shall be imposed upon the student,
except for cause as defined in this Manual and/or in
the school’s rules and regulation duly promulgated
10. Causes for Disciplinary
Action
The following are whereby
disciplinary administrative
sanctions shall be meted out
after due investigation by the
Discipline Board.
11. MINOR OFFENSES
Violation of uniform and/or haircut regulation.
Not wearing/borrowing or lending and /or
tampering of I.D.
Bringing to school, without permission of the
principal, recorders, transistor radio,
game and watch, cell phones and other
items that tend to disrupt classes.
Littering and spitting Sitting on the tables
and arms of chairs.
Wasteful use of chalk and / or writing on the
blackboard without the teacher’s permission.
12. Loitering along the corridors or hallways
when classes are going on.
Disturbance, obstruction or interference
with the normal functioning of classes,
school offices, and recognized school
activities such as borrowing of pen books,
etc. during class hours
Roaming around the room during class
sessions and or occupying the seat
assigned to someone else
Entering the faculty room without valid
reason.
13. Violation of City Ordinance no. 2002-090
on Anti Smoking
Violation of City Ordinance no. 03 on Anti
Littering
Violation of City Ordinance no. 2001-074
on renting out explicitly and overtly violent
computer games and softwares.
Violation of City Ordinance no. 2002-122
on entering and hanging out in billiard
halls, video/computer arcades/shops,
movie houses or malls during school
hours.
14. Violation of City Ordinance no.
2001-098 on buying rugby and
other solvents
Violation of City Ordinance no.
2001-092 Curfew hours for
minors from 10:00 pm to 4:00
am.
Using cell phone during class
hours.
15. SERIOUS OFFENSES
Extortion
Drunkenness and/or drinking liquor
within the school premises.
Theft or damage to property of the
school or its constituents
Dishonesty such as cheating during
examination
Forgery, alteration or misuse of school
documents, records or credentials.
16. Vandalism which includes tearing
or defacing any library books or
periodicals, drawing or posting
unauthorized notices on the walls,
fences, post and other parts of the
school building, breakage of glass
windows, school cases, doors.
Electrical devices, unauthorized
removal of official notices poster,
from the Bulletin Boards and other
17. Bullying - Any severe or repeated use by
one or more students of a written, verbal or
electronic expression, or a physical act or
gesture, or any combination thereof,
directed at another student that has the
effect of actually causing or placing the
latter in reasonable fear of physical or
emotional harm or damage to his property;
creating a hostile environment at school for
the other student; infringing on the rights of
the other student at school; or materially
and substantially disrupting the education
process or the orderly operation of a
18. Any unwanted physical contact
between the bully and the victim;
Any act that causes damage to a
victim’s psyche and/or emotional well-
being;
Any slanderous statement or
accusation that causes the victim
undue emotional distress; and
Cyber-bullying or any bullying done
through the use of technology or any
electronic means.
19. “Cyber- bullying” or any bullying done
through the use of technology or any
electronic means. The term shall also
include any conduct resulting to
harassment, intimidation, or humiliation,
through the use of other forms of
technology, such as, but not limited to
texting, email, instant messaging, chatting,
internet, social media, online games, or
other platforms or formats as defined in
DepED Order No. 40, s. 2012; and
Any other form of bullying as may be
provided in the school’s child protection or
20. “Social bullying” - any
deliberate, repetitive and
aggressive social behavior
intended to hurt others or to
belittle another individual or
group.
“Gender-based bullying” - any
act that humiliates or excludes a
person on the basis of
21. Possession, illegal use or distribution of
narcotic drugs such as LSD, marijuana,
barbiturates or operate in any form
within the school premises.
Illegal possession or use of explosive,
incendiary devices or other deadly
weapons.
Engaging in any form of gambling
within the school compound Engaging
in lewd, indecent or immoral conduct
within the premises.
22. PENALTIES
The school reserves the
right, after due investigation, to
subject a student found violating
the rules on discipline to the
following penalties depending
upon the nature and gravity of
the offense committed
23. MINOR OFFENSES
1st Offense
Reprimand-parents to see the Principal
2nd Offense
Suspension-and-failing grade in conduct
3rd Offense
Drop student from the school roll
24. SERIOUS OFFENSES
1st Offense
Parents see the Principal. Suspension
2nd Offense
Submit an affidavit that a repetition of the same
offense or any serious offense committed is subject
for expulsion. Give failing grade in conduct
3rd Offense
Drop student from the school roll.
25. Chapter VI School Discipline –B.
Suspension/ Expulsion (Sec. 145-
151, Part VI, Chapter III, Service
Manual 1960).
“ For a persistent offender or one guilty of a
serious offense, a suspension for not more than
one year may be imposed subject to the
approval of the Division Superintendent.”
27. EXAMINATIONS:
A. A student shall take the
prescribed periodical
examinations scheduled during
the year. However, a student
who, because of justifiable
reasons, fails to take the
examination, may be given a
special examination upon the
28. B. The term cheating during
examination means not only actual
copying from someone but also
the possession of the examinee
either in his/her person or within
his/her reach any material related
to the subject matter under
examination. Giving another
answer is also a form of cheating,
as well as providing another
opportunity to cheat, like talking to,
29. NOTE: Cheating in any examination
makes one an undesirable
student
1st OFFENSE – The student fails in the test
concerned and shall be given 60 in
the conduct grade of the subject
2nd OFFENSE - The student fails in the subject
concerned and conduct grade in all
subjects will be 60.
3rd OFFENSE – The student is dropped from
the roll. (An investigation of the
case shall be conducted
by the Discipline Board and the
