NAVAL, Biliran – A two-classroom school building was formally turned-over to the Lucsoon National High School in this province by ABS CBN’s Sagip Kapamilya Foundation on Monday, Sept. 29.
The school building was Sagip Kapamilya’s first partnership project with the Philippine Army’s 19th Infantry Battalion and 546th Engineering Construction Battalion (ECB) in Biliran.
The ceremonial turnover of the school building was witnessed by Lt. Col. Edgar Yerro, commanding officer and Maj. Joselito Alday, operations officer of 546th ECB; Maj. Roy Mendoza Jr., executive officer and Cpt. Christopher Badong, civil military operations officer of 19IB; Mayor Susan Parilla of the municipality of Naval, DepEd officials, barangay officials, students, parents and faculty members of Lucsoon National High School.
Triciana Rosalla, school principal, thanked the donors of the P 1.2-million building which is timely as the school implements the K to 12 basic education program. The building is a welcome addition to their existing 15 classrooms, she said.
Marcel Miñon, the Sagip Kapamilya program director, stressed that the building are funded by the generous donations of their “Kapamilya” and they are the ones that the beneficiaries should thank.
Lani Cervantes, assistant schools division superintendent of DepEd-Biliran, lauded the ABS CBN and the AFP for joining hands and completing the building through a bayanihan concept.
Cpt. Christopher Badong said they saw the necessity to put up the project in Lucsoon National High School, which is catering to high school students from six nearby feeder barangays.