Maka-KaLIKHAsan "On-The-Spot Recycled Project Making Contest"

Last September 27, St. Louis College of Valenzuela, on their College Week, invited all fourth year high school students to join the campaign against climate change. As part of their Eco-Fair, they held the Maka-KaLIKHAsan, an on-the-spot project making contest. I chose two of my most creative senior students and we joined this very challenging competition.

In this contest, the goal was to come up of a recycled product out of scrap materials that SLCV provided (old diskettes, egg trays, cartons, CDs, old newspapers and magazines). The final outputs were judged according to the following criteria:

·         Use of Recyclable Materials – 40%

·         Creativity and Craftsmanship – 40%

·         Originality – 20%

After revealing the materials to be used, the coaches were given the chance to collaborate with their students on what particular output they could come up with using those materials. The coaching was limited to ten minutes, so I maximized the time in helping my students to figure out their output. Then, we decided to come up with a TABLE ORGANIZER. Here is their recycled product:

Office table organizer with flower vase and picture frame 

These are the outputs of other schools who also participated:

While the outputs were being judged, we attended the Kabataan para sa Kalikasan Forum. We learned a lot from the speakers who talked about small ways that the youth can do to battle against the danger of the climate change.

When they announced the winners, my students were filled with joy, because in spite of so many beautiful entries, we still bagged the THIRD PLACE! My students received trophies (the trophies are also recycled, made of twisted old newspapers coated with bronze paint) and a cash prize of 1000 pesos.  

With Ms. Venus Bucud, SLCV College Marketing Officer