Magkaisa High School Conference

A big THANK YOU to all who attended the Magkaisa Student Parent Conference this past Saturday! We had over 500 people in attendance! The conference would not have been possible without the leadership of... Magkaisa Chairpersons : Lora Bumatay - Assistant Principal at Granger Junior High Dinnah Donato-Palmore - counselor at Sweetwater High Karangalan Scholarship Chairperson : Lysabeth Luansing-Garcia Thank you also to the Magkaisa Planning Committee and Karangalan Scholarship Committee : Farah Mendoza, Antonio Gutierrez, Reynila Magbuhat-Calderon, Mark Carpizo, Lysabeth Luansing-Garcia, Grace Foust, Sarah Delos Reyes, and Emanuel Miana. Congrats to the Karangalan Scholarship recipients! A big THANK YOU to our Workshop Speakers! Francine Maigue - "The Pinoy Project: Power to Our People! Gina Saclauso-Caro - “Healthy Filipino Cooking” Kuya Ate Mentorship Program - Our vision is to forge relationships with younger Filipin@ American youth in San Diego cou...

Photo Scavenger Hunt Post your pictures on Twitter and/or Instagram! For every photo you take listed below with the hashtag #MagkaisaItoNa ,  you will be entered to win a one of these awesome t-shirts from www.lagulabeach.com ! Picture list: · At the registration table checking in · In front of the Bahay Kubo · Your workshops in action · Favorite outfit from the fashion show · You with your Workshop Presenter 1 · You with your Workshop Presenter 2 · You with Keynote Speaker Eric Tan or Marie Coronel · You with a Magkaisa Committee Member · Karangalan Scholarship Winners · Eating the yummy food · One of the information booths · In front of the fire truck All pictures must be posted by 12:30PM April 18th to be eligible to win!  Must be present to win!

What do you want to be when you grow up? The Magakaisa Conference will give you the opportunity to learn from your peers involved in the Career Technical Education programs in our schools, as well as career professionals who are out in our communities! Which workshop are you most interested to check out? Finance Dosimetrists who work in the cancer field Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Engineering & Design Fire Science Program - Medical Biology and Biotechnology Welding and Manufacturing Education Culinary Arts

We are super excited to share these cultural workshops on Saturday! Which ones are you most excited about?   Learn and Play Filipino Games Kuya Ate Mentorship Program The Pinoy Project: Power to Our People Art of Filipino Dance Ukulele Lessons Filipino Superstitious Beliefs Our History is No Mystery: Four Waves of Filipino immigration to the United States Gawad Kalinga community service Healthy Filipino Cooking Mental Health Issues in the Filipino Community  

PASACAT is a Philippine folk dance, but in San Diego, it began as the acronym for the Philippine-American Society and Cultural Arts Troupe. Today, PASACAT's mission is to preserve and promote Asian Pacific culture through the arts, thereby, extending goodwill and enhancing cultural understanding. PASACAT , established in 1970, continues to contribute to the cultural enrichment of San Diego, California and Southwest Region of the United States. More than 40 performances are given yearly by the 60 member company to an audience totaling 16,000 for numerous educational, cultural, religious and social organizations. Major productions include the Junior Dance Concert, Extravaganza and Parol Festival. The Art of Filipino Dance will be presented as a workshop at the Magkaisa Student Parent Conference this year! Get ready to dance!

The Kuya Ate Mentorship Program (KAMP) started informally in 2007 as a group of college and recently graduated college students who shared a common vision: to forge relationships with younger Filipin@ American youth in San Diego county in order to build critical knowledge about our identity, history and culture. Initially designed as a series of sala talks, or open discussions in our living rooms, the founders of what was soon to be called KAMP realized that many of the youth we wanted to reach out to had no basic knowledge of Filipino American studies and history. KAMP will be workshop presenters at Magkaisa High School conference this year. Make sure you stop by and say HELLO!

We are seeking the participation of any organizations and businesses who would like to participate in our information fair during our conference. The Magkaisa Student Parent Conference will be on Saturday, April 18th, from 8AM-1PM at Sweetwater High School. The information fair will run from 12:30-1PM.We will provide additional details to those interested. Our conference participants love to learn about the great businesses and organizations that serve our communities! If you are interested, please contact Lysabeth.Luansing-Garcia at 619-474-9720 or Sally Barquin at slbarquin@gmail.com