The Beacon School A Filipino Community IB World School Friday, 15 February 2019 The Beacon Inquirer,The Friday, 15Beacon February 2019 Inquirer Page 1

COMING EVENTS Mon, 18 Feb House Photos for Yearbook; Students come in house shirt 22-25 Feb Term Break; No Classes G7 Filipino Tiangge, 9:00 am, Breakout Space Tue, 26 Feb Term 3 Begins; Classes Resume Tue, 19 Feb BPA Valentine's Bake Sale, PYP Corridor, 8:00 am 27 Feb-1 Mar ISA Exams G3 Invention Convention Mon, 4 Mar G4 Barrio Fiesta 20 & 21 Feb G8 Drama Presentations Fri, 15 Mar Parent Coffee: "Raising Children who Are Resilient and Thu, 21 Feb Last Day of Term 2 Knowledgeable about Self Care", 8:00 am, Auditorium The Beacon Inquirer, Friday, 15 February 2019 Page 2

House Points Update: Events Molave Acacia Narra Filipino Week 1680 1210 1720 Christmas Week 100 120 140 Field Day 500 450 670 TOTAL 2,280 1,780 2,530

Come and Support our Beacon Teams! Our basketball and Futsal teams will also resume playing in the MISAA tournament on Saturday, 16 February at The Beacon School. Here are the games scheduled for this Saturday:

Basketball: 8 & under - Beacon vs. British School - 8:45 am 14 & under Boys - Beacon vs Eurocampus - 12:45 pm

Futsal: 8 & under - Beacon vs. Leaders International Christian School - 10:15 am 11 & under - Beacon vs. Reedley International School - 2:45 pm

Go Beacon!!! Go Barracudas!!!

TO THE FOLLOWING WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ISSUE: Michelle Dizon, Joey Fernandez, Coach Francis Buenaventura, Coach Ricky Sales, Coach JR, IT staff and Mrs Aileen Lerma The Beacon Inquirer, Friday, 15 February 2019 Page 3

Guidance:

Don’t minimize feelings. Do encourage resiliency

by Katherine Prudente Rejection and disappointment are two difficult feelings to have. eW often blame ourselves when we don’t reach some of our goals. Resiliency (or “grit” as it’s now called in pop psychology) is a valuable character trait that we can foster in our children. It is inevitable that our kids will feel disappointed, rejected, and defeated at times. Here are 5 tips that can help build some grit:

1. Comfort and validate their experience. When our kids feel validated and understood, it helps them build a sense of self. It also normalizes their feelings and builds up what I like to call “psychic muscle.” Like working out, when we can lift heavier weights we get stronger and it becomes easier. The better we are able to feel and tolerate uncomfortable feelings, the stronger and easier it is to handle the next time around.

For example, if your child is disappointed because she did not get into her dream college you could say, “That’s so disappointing, I know you were really hoping to get in.” Many well-intentioned parents attempt to minimize feelings of disappointment for their kids, but miss the big picture. Your child is disappointed and may need some comfort before she can consider the other alternatives.

2. Make failing safe. Often adolescents (and adults!) are often afraid of failure. Failure is an excellent learning experience, albeit an uncomfortable one. It can help us reassess our goals and come up with a new game plan to try again. A recent article in Forbes, the author discusses five personality traits of entrepreneurs and one trait is resiliency despite failure.

3. If you don’t succeed, try again. This is not a new euphemism but often after failure a lack of motivation kicks in. If we can make failing part of the process, then a second chance (or third, or fourth!) is always there.

4. Tie your children’s value to their character, not their achievements. It’s easy for parents to want their kids to go to the best schools, get straight A’s and be superstars. The whole world should see what we see and love in our kids. Yet, this pressure to succeed can send a message that your self-worth is directly correlated to your achievement.

Recently, I had a group of sixth graders share their worries about getting into Ivy League schools! When your child achieves a goal like getting exceptional grades, focus on his work ethic and determination, not the end result. “That’s great! You worked real hard this semester.”

5. Take a back seat. We all want to protect our kids from trials and tribulations. But if we shelter them for too long, it stunts their ability to develop a sense of self-efficacy. When we try to solve problems for them or intervene on their behalf, it sends a message that we don’t think they can do things on their own…and they start believing that. Try problem solving together, and let your child take the lead. It will give him confidence to handle situations in the future, and give you the peace of mind that he can, indeed, handle it.

Source: Prudente, Katherine, et al. “How to Help Kids Deal With Rejection.” Child Mind Institute, Child Mind Institute, childmind.org/article/how-to-help-kids- deal-with-rejection/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_conten t=Dealing%2BWith%2BRejection&utm_campaign=weekly-03-13. accessed: 19 March 2018 The Beacon Inquirer, Friday, 15 February 2019 Page 4

Sports News

Robotics

Last Friday, 1 February 1, 2019, the Beacon Robotics team had their first-ever1st Place finish at the Singapore VIQC National Championship. The Beacon team won both the Teamwork Champion and Robot Skills Champion Awards among a field of 11 teams from Singapore, China and the . The team, which goes by the name Invictus, was composed of Mikel M.; G7TM as 1st Driver, JM S.; G7TM as 2nd Driver and Builder, and Nathan R.; G7TM as Coder. Joey Fernandez and Francis Buenaventura are the coaches.

Swimming

On Saturday, 2 February 2019, Nate L.; G8LB and Rocco V.; G6GC represented The Beacon School in the (MJS) Swim Meet. Nate and Rocco competed with swimmers from other international schools, such as International School Manila, , Manila Japanese School, and Brent International School. Nate (left) and Rocco (top) Rocco participated in four events in the 11-12 years age group. Nate participated in the 15 years old and over age category, and he finished 2nd and brought home a silver medal for his 100 Meter Breaststroke Event.

Badminton

The Beacon School Badminton players played in their first tournament this school year as they battled against other MISAA schools on Saturday, 9 February at the Chinese International School Manila (CISM) gym.

Here are our winners: Clara H.; G5PM - 2nd runner-up 11 & under Girls Singles Emilia H.; G5JS & Jenna P.; G6MB - 2nd runner-up 11 U Girls Doubles Yancy T.; G8LB - 1st runner-up 14 & under Boys Singles Noah S.; G7TM - 2nd runner-up 14 & under Boys Singles

The Badminton team will compete again in the MISAA Team Tournament on April 13.

ISSA Basketball

The Beacon School fielded two (2) teams in this year's edition of the Inter-Scholastic Sports Association (ISSA) Basketball Tournament -- the Elementary School Boys and Girls Teams (12 & under division). The ISSA member schools include International School Manila, British School Manila, De La Salle - Zobel, Colegio San Agustin, Brent International School, Assumption, etc.

Our Girls Team won the championship in their division by garnering 5 wins in six games. They were ranked number one after they earned the most number of points via their 5 - 1 win-loss record.

Our Boys team made it to the final four in a field of 8 teams and finished fourth in their division.

Congratulations to our ISSA Basketball Teams for a job well done!!! Go Beacon!!!