The ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ด) Extension Service is a vibrant celebration of talent, culture, and unity, culminating in a truly special event at Maruglo Elementary School (MES) on March 3,2025. This initiative, under the guidance of ๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ - ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐), has begun to bear fruit as the students showcased their enhanced skills and creativity through various artistic expressions.
The long-term project titled "Liberating and Inspiring Kids Through Arts" was a testament to the progress made by the students, particularly the Indigenous Learners. These young talents captivated the audience with a stunning variety of performances, including heartfelt poetry, soulful singing, graceful folk dances, and vibrant artworks. Their participation in the event demonstrated and shows that creativity is an integral part of their learning journey.
The program opened with a prayer expressed through interpretative dance by the Indigenous Students. This performance set the tone for the event, celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the community. Afterward, the National Anthem was sung, bringing everyone together in a shared moment of respect and national pride.
๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐. ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ณ๐, the ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, delivered the Opening Remarks, greeting attendees and introducing the faculty members involved in the project: ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ณ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ, ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง. ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ข๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต, ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐. ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ข, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง. ๐๐ข๐ถ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ด, and ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, His words of gratitude emphasized the importance of community collaboration and the role of such initiatives in fostering educational and cultural growth.
A video messages from ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐
๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐, and ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐๐ญ of๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ-๐ผ๐ง๐๐ก, further inspired the audience. In her message, Atty. Lily expressed her heartfelt gratitude to Tarlac State University for their partnership, especially to๐๐ซ. ๐๐ซ๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐, and ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐. ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ณ๐, the ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ. She also extended thanks to ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, and other key individuals who supported the success of Project LIKHA, including the๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ and the ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ด. Atty. Lily also acknowledged the efforts of various TSU faculty members and trainers, whose dedication played a pivotal role in the project's success.
Additionally, she expressed her gratitude to ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ, particularly ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง ๐. ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ, and the counterpart teachers and coaches who worked hand-in-hand with the project.
โ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ค ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก๐จ, ๐ก๐๐ก๐ค ๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ก๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ช๐๐๐ง, ๐ฃ๐๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ข ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ,โ said Atty. Lily, expressing her long-held dream of reaching children in far-flung areas to nurture their untapped potential.
Following the opening formalities, the main activities began with the Ribbon Cutting ceremony, led by Dean Jasper, along with the representative of the MES Faculty and Dr. Maria Agnes P. Ladia. This marked the official start of the culminating activity and the beginning of new possibilities for both the students and the broader community.
One of the main highlights of the event was the Art Exhibit, showcasing paintings created by the talented students of MES. The exhibit was a celebration of the students' creative expressions, reflecting their imagination and the growth of their artistic abilities.
Following the exhibit, the audience was treated to POETRY and PAGKUKUWENTO, a session of Malikhaing Pagkukuwento led by ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐. ๐๐๐๐ข๐, ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ ๐. ๐๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ . The students captivated everyone with their stories, showing their dreams, connecting the audience to the rich narrative traditions.
In the PAG-AWIT segment, the students with golden voices took the stage to sing "TAGUMPAY NATING LAHAT", a powerful song of unity and collective triumph. The songโs message resonated deeply, symbolizing the strength found in togetherness and shared goals. They also performed "YESTERDAY'S DREAM", reflecting on past struggles and aspirations for a brighter future. Under the direction of ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ and ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ, the studentsโ performances left a lasting impression on everyone in attendance.
The PAGSAYAW portion, led by ๐๐ซ๐จ๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ, showcased the remarkable dancing talent of the students. Their vibrant performances were a celebration of Filipino dance, filled with energy and grace that captivated the audience.
The event culminated with a Gift Giving ceremony, making the day even more special. It was led by Dean Mendoza, extension coordinators, faculty members, and student organizations, the gift-giving provided students with essential items, including๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, 43-๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐, ๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, and ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐น๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ. In a generous gesture, a delicious meal from Jollibee was provided for the students, donated by Atty. Lily, bringing smiles to their faces.
The success of Project LIKHA would not have been possible without the dedication and expertise of the coaches and trainers who played a vital role in nurturing the students' talents. This team of passionate mentors included ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐. ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ป๐ข ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค), ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ/๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค, ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต, ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐. ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ข, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ โ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ/๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ข), ๐๐ด. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐๐ด. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ด/๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฆ ๐. ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ ๐๐ณ. ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ/๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ด/๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ต๐ด). Their unwavering support, paired with their skills and knowledge, helped the students explore and develop their creative potential.
Additionally, the counterparts from Maruglo Elementary School played an essential role in the success of the event. These includes teacher-counterpart coaches: ๐๐'๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ for Visual Arts, ๐๐'๐๐ฆ ๐
๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐๐ for Music, ๐๐'๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐ณ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐๐ง for the Dance, ๐๐'๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ for Poetry/Pagkukuwento.
The collaborative effort of these trainers, alongside the faculty and the community, made the culmination of this project not only possible but also deeply meaningful for the participants and the audience alike.
In conclusion, Project LIKHA was an outstanding success, celebrating the talents of the students and fostering a sense of community. The event, in collaboration with Lingguhang Lakbay-Aral, not only showcased the creativity of the youth but also reinforced the importance of education and unity. Through arts, music, dance, and storytelling, the project illuminated the path toward a brighter future for the students of Maruglo Elementary School.
