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wo promising Math teachers developed a weekly-updated school Mathe-
                                                   matics-based  learning  project,  which  primarily  aims  to  develop  logical-
                                    T  mathematical skills of learners at Ocampo National High School, through
                                    a  Weekly  Math  Challenge.    The  project  called  MATHtibay  is  a  Community-of-Project
                                    (COP)-based  program,  which  is  purposed  to  shift  learners'  attitude  positively  towards
                                    learning Mathematic subjects.
                                    Its key implementors, Rowel S. Brinas, Grade 7 teacher, and Sweetcel C. Nacario, Grade
                                     9 teacher, developed this enticing innovative program to encourage ONHS Junior High                                     3KRWRV  6ZHHWFHO &  1DFDULR
                                      students to participate in Math Challenges, posted weekly on the main bulletin board in
                                       the campus and outside the Math Department. Before its implementation, conference
                                        with Mathematics teachers and  the Department Head were held, before submitting
                                        the final design of the program for approval. The project is broken down into four
                                         concepts: the Weekly Math Challenge, “Mathtrivia”, "Mathdali” and ”Mathugot."
                                          In  the  Math  Challenge,  ONHS  students,  teachers  and  other  Math  enthusiasts
                                          will try to solve a Math problem. Their solutions will be written in a ¼ pad pa-
                                           per with name, grade and section and will be dropped on a sealed box and
                                            will  only  be  opened  every  Friday  (1:00  pm).    The  names  of  the  three  (3)
                                             “Mathletes”  will  be  posted  weekly  for  recognition.  Furthermore,  the  top
                                             ten (10) participating class with correct answers will also be recognized.
                                              The learners with correct entries will be given badges  and plus points
                                               in their performance in Mathematics by their teacher. Also, the learner
                                                with the highest no. of correct entries by grade level for the entire
                                                duration of the project will be awarded as “Mathlete of the Year”.
                                                 Over-all, the entirety of the program spans all over the academic
                                                  year, which entails an excruciating and critical tasks for the two
                                                   teachers. Imagine, the tallying of results weekly and the prom-
                                                   ised prizes, which most fund were generated from their own
                                                    pockets and donations. Despite of this, no amount of money
                                                     could pay off the hardwork and pure passion they put into
                                                      it. As long as they lessen students, even if little by little,
                                                      who  fear Mathematics, it means  more than their sala-
                                                       ries to them.
                                                         These two are definitely the ones to be called -
                                                                             MATHtibay.
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