{"id":9081,"date":"2015-05-31T11:40:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T03:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=9081"},"modified":"2015-05-31T11:43:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T03:43:29","slug":"caltex-fuel-your-school-launched-to-boost-stem-learning-in-phl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2015\/05\/31\/caltex-fuel-your-school-launched-to-boost-stem-learning-in-phl\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Caltex Fuel Your School’ launched to boost STEM learning\u00a0in Phl"},"content":{"rendered":"

In anticipation of the needs of incoming Grades 11 and 12 in 2016 for public schools, Caltex is helping thousands of public high school students in Metro Manila see their Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) projects come alive through the Caltex Fuel Your School (FYS) program launched in Caltex Mabini station.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The MOA signing for Caltex Fuel Your School was attended by (left to right) DepEd Undersecretary<\/em><\/span>
Mario Deriquito, CPI Policy, Government and Public Affairs Manager Raissa Bautista, DepEd Regional<\/em><\/span>
Director for NCR Luz Almeda, CPI Country Chair Peter Morris, and American Chamber Foundation<\/em><\/span>
Philippines President Edwin Feist.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

From June 15 to July 15,Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI) will donate one peso for every four-liter fuel purchase made by motorists at participating Caltex stations in Metro Manila. “We aim to hit P5 million in this campaign month. The donation will then be turned over to our project partner American Chamber Foundation of the Philippines (ACFP) that is tasked to qualify submitted project proposals as well as the purchase of qualified STEM classroom projects,\u201d announced Peter Morris, country chairman of Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI).<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the Department of Education of the Philippines as FYS project partner shortlisted the 33 highest-need public senior high schools in Metro Manila as beneficiaries qualified to receive a maximum of P150,000 per school in STEM classroom materials.<\/p>\n

\u201cCaltex Fuel Your School strongly reflects our company\u2019s continued commitment to education. I believe if you take a combination of quality school equipment, passionate teachers, and motivated students, that\u2019s when education becomes very powerful. Through this project, we hope to further empower the teachers and spur the students\u2019 interest to help them excel in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics,\u201d said\u00a0Raissa Bautista, CPI manager for Policy, Government & Public Affairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis program is a most welcome partnership with Caltex considering that the Philippines is about to implement the senior high school program next year where STEM is given equal importance along with other tracks. The donation answers our need for additional equipment to give adequate training and preparation to our students,\u201d said DepEd Regional Director for NCR Luz Almeda.<\/p>\n

FYS project partners estimate that at least 700 teachers and 9,000 students from the senior-ready public schools will benefit from the FYS program.<\/p>\n

Aside from supporting the program via fueling at Caltex, the FYS partners also invite the public to help the schools by viewing and liking their favorite schools\u2019 qualified projects as posted on the Caltex Philippines Facebook page at www.facebook.com\/CaltexPhilippines or via www.caltexfuelyourschoolph.com . The FYS leaderboard in the website will be regularly updated to reflect ranking of the projects that generated the most to least likes. Projects will be funded in the order of their July 15 leaderboard rank. The top three projects with the most number of fan likes at the end of the FYS campaign will each receive an additional brand new laptop as bonus prize.<\/p>\n

The program also encourages social media users to help the schools get their STEM wish list by promoting their projects online. Chevron, for instance, has an ongoing FYS awareness volunteer campaign among its employees, retailers and other business partners by urging them to create selfies and groupies using FYS props and posting them as their Facebook profile photos during the FYS campaign period and sending the FYS PH link so their own FB friends can also vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been one of my dreams to see my students in a well-equipped laboratory room where they conduct experiments, manipulate the microscopes and discuss their findings. I\u2019m just so glad this can become a reality through Caltex Fuel Your School,\u201d said Cecilia Santiago, science teacher from M. Araullo High School in Manila.<\/p>\n

ACF president Edwin Feist said: \u201cCaltex Fuel Your School is a wonderful program that helps bright and talented students who do not have sufficient funds to support themselves. We\u2019re certainly delighted to work with Chevron in this innovative campaign to promote STEM education to local schools where assistance is highly needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caltex Fuel Your School is part of Chevron\u2019s Energy for Learning Initiative, which supports educational programs that create opportunities for individuals to acquire new knowledge, gain new skills and be exposed to different ways of thinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In anticipation of the needs of incoming Grades 11 and 12 in 2016 for public schools, Caltex is helping thousands of public high school students in Metro Manila see their Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) projects come alive through the Caltex Fuel Your School (FYS) program launched in Caltex Mabini station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[637],"tags":[3064,3065,645,3066],"class_list":["post-9081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring-2","tag-caltex-fuel-your-school","tag-chevron","tag-csr","tag-energy-for-learning-initiative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}