Children's Paradise Montessori School Promotes Innovations in Education with Upcoming Youth Programs

Children's Paradise Montessori School Promotes Innovations in Education with Upcoming Youth Programs

(The Disney's Little Mermaid Jr. musical production in May 2015 stages at Cinema 1, SM City Cebu as the output from the 6-week Integrated Theater Arts Workshop organised by CPMS; directed by Rudy Aviles)

In any field of endeavor, it is innovation that sets apart an institution or organization from the rest. At Children's Paradise Montessori School (CPMS), innovation is also a vital component in its operations.

CPMS is the first Strengths-Based School in the Philippines. As such, the school promotes a strengths-based culture where it focuses and capitalizes on strengths and managing weakness in its students, and even its employees.

As a trailblazer, CPMS will be holding two summer workshops to reach to the greater Metro Cebu community - the Youth Empowerment and Strengths Camp or YES Camp, and the Integrated Coot Camp (IBC)

(Marivic Bathan - Children's Paradise Montessori School President)

According to CPMS President Marivic Bathan, these innovative activities are aimed at developing and honing the talents of children and the youth to develop them into strengths.

Youth Empowerment and Strenghts Camp or YES Camp

The first ever YES Camp is set to be held at the RAFI-Kool Adventure Camp (KAC) in Balamban, Cebu this coming May 30 to June 1. It will be open to youth aged 4 to 16 years old.

"CPMS is launching this annual program this year as it sees it relevant in empowering and engaging the youth to contribute to the greater good humanity," Bathan said.

"This YES Camp will focus on the strengths of the youth, individually and collectively. At the end of the camp, the participants would have a concrete and firm grasp of their talents, will be coached on how they can develop and hone their talents to strengths, and will be provided a support group starting from their parents, family, and the YES Camp family." she added.

The YES Camp will be facilitated by Coach May Soriano, an internationally awarded Life, Executive, and Gallup Strengths Coach: Fr. Loreto Jaque, who is finishing a masters degree in Biodanza in Peru nad has been trained in Play Expressive Arts Therapy in France and Switzerland; and facilitators from the RAF-KAC.

(Marivic Bathan (2nd From Left), Children's Paradise Montessori School President, is the first Gallup-Certified Strenghts Coach from Cebu who finished the Accelerated Strengths Coaching Course (ASCC) Batch 5 in Shangri-la Edsa, Manila last March 2017. (from left to right) Angel Scott of Gallup; Marivic Bathan; Coach Pia Nazareno-Acevedo 2015-2018 Gallup Philippines Representative who pioneered Gallup Clifton Strengths in the Phils; Coach Lanie Teves of ASCC Batch 5; and Paul Walters of Gallup)

(Marivic Bathan (2nd From Left), CPMS President, attends the UPGRADE Meeting of Gallup Caoches with Saurav Atri (1st from right), gallup Regional Director, Danny Lee (center) Gallup Learning & Development Senior Consultant & Coaches from ASCC-Phils Batch 5 during the March 15, 2019 get together among Gallup-Strengths Coaches at Shangri-la Edsa, Manila)

CPMS' very own Marivic Bathan will also be one of the facilitators of the YES Camp. Bathan is also a certified Gallup Strengths Coach, the very first one from Cebu.

Limited slots are available for teh yES Camp. Register now and avail of an early bird discount. Registrations can be done through calling CPMS at 0920-9522-509 or 422-3446.

Integrated Boot Camp

On the hand, the Integrated Coot Camp (IBC) is scheduled on May 20 or July 5 and will delve on theater arts and creative ecology.

Participants of the IBC will be children from 4 years old and 16 years old with the objective of holistic development through opportunities of exposure in different learning areas and disciplines like the arts, humanities, sciences, and technology.

A competent pool of professional creative artists will serve as trainers and facilitators of participants of the IBC.

Leading the group is Rudy Aviles who will act as the creative director, and Emman Mante as his assistant creative director. Mante is the founder and director of independent theatre group Young Thespians of Cebu.

Professional songwriter, record producer, and musical director Jude Gitamondoc, who is a two-time recipient of the Awit Awards, will be the composer and arranger.

Other trainer are Nino Banares for percussion and rhythmic instruments; Alfie Mosqueda as choreographer; Crisanto Etoma as visual artist, photograher and videographer; and Rosebelle Daculan as camp facilitor.

"What makes this year's Boot Camp exciting is that it will culminate into an original full-theater production to showcase the creativity of the participants on July 6, 2019 at the USP Theater for Performing Arts," Bathan said.

"With a very relevant theme on Ecology, Theater Arts will be the effective means to inspire, educate  and empower the participants and its audience to take heed of the challenges to live back to the basics to save Mother Earth," she added.

At the end of the boot camp, the management of CPMS sees the participants developing their self-confidence, literacy, communication, imagination, empathy, critical thinking and problem solving, self-discipline, community awareness, public speaking, curricular integration, and teamwork.

About Children's Paradise Montessori School (CPMS)

CPMS was founded by Marivic E. Bathan, who has been its President since its inception in 2005, with the mission of providing children with an education for life. CPMS has created a learning environment based on Dr. Maria Montessori's philosophy and principles that guide and nurture the development of each child's potential to become an informed, creative, compassionate, and lifelong learner who will make a positive contribution to the global community.

For ten straight years, from 2010 to 2019, CPMS has been awarded as Montessori School of the Year in the Business Achievement and Recognition Awards. CPMS has exposed its student to real-world experiences and to the beauty and discipline of the arts. CPMS is located along H. Abellana St. in Canduman, Mandaue City.