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Special Projects
Star Teacher Magazine | HSBC's
READiscovery Center
Star Teacher
Magazine
Published by Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation and Summit Media, this magazine is designed
to be inspiring, entertaining, and informative. It promises to be
the lifestyle magazine for all types of educators. It builds pride
and confidence in its readers and supports them in improving themselves
as educators, persons, and proponents of reading and critical thinking
among their students. Feature stories include self-improvement articles,
teacher/teaching program success stories, and celebrity stories with
a slant on education and learning experiences. It also helps readers
become more effective teachers and promoters of literacy by providing
educational information and useful teaching techniques. Practical
advice and tips on dealing with real-life, everyday problems both
in and out of school are also tackled.
HSBC's
READiscovery Center
The name READiscovery Center captures the heart of what HSBC and the Sa Aklat
Sisikat Foundation (SAS) want to achieve. These centers aim at making students,
teachers, and even parents discover and rediscover the joys and wonders of reading.
And through reading, they can discover new things, places, and ideas. In essence,
HSBC and SAS envisioned these centers to be a prime learning and fun environment
where Filipino children can discover the world through books, technology, multi-media
equipment and creatively unique library programs in support of SAS’ vision of
building a nation of readers. Its mission is that through the READiscovery Program,
the Filipino child can develop leadership skills, values and knowledge, towards
becoming responsible and productive citizens.
To be able to reach such a vision, HSBC and SAS has gone through great lengths
to ensure that the best technologies and practices were used in developing the
READiscovery Center Program. In terms of the design, the prestigious Leandro V.
Locsin Partners took special care to make these centers not only look good aesthetically
but more importantly functional as well. The multi-media equipment brought in
are top-notch from 29” TVs, DVD players, to Pentium IV computers.And of course
the books and audio/video collection number in the thousands including an impressive
collection of Children’s storybooks and Filipiniana. By the end of January 2004,
we have instilled the love and habit of reading among more than 1,800 Grade 4
public school children. And we have given more than 12,500 public elementary students
the opportunity to browse through more than 20,000 books in the READiscovery Centers.
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