ICA Joins Teachers' Camp

Seventeen of ICA's faculty and staff joined this year's Teachers' Camp entitled, "HEROES: Unleash the power within you." This was held last October 27 - 29, 2008, at Iba, Zambales. The Teachers' Camp, which is evangelistic in nature was participated by around 1,500 public and private school teachers. The ICA representatives participated as counselors during the camp. This annual event is organized and sponsored by Megacity Ministries Inc. This year marks ICA's third time to participate.

Mr. & Ms. Wellness for SY 2008-2009

The HR Department in partnership with the Health Services, launched its \ Search for ICA's Mr. & Ms. Wellness for SY 2008-2009 on July 25, 2008. This search is open to all ICA Employees who are able to stay fit and look fabulous for the whole school year.

In Service Training for Department/Subject Heads

Every 2nd Wednesday of each month, all Department and Subject Heads get together for their monthly In-Service Training. This is a one-year program that began last July 9, 2008 and aims to culminate on August 12, 2009.Learning together as servant leaders of ICA is the primary goal of this activity. Each will have his/her turn of sharing insights based on the material entitled, "Be a Motivational Leader" by Leroy Eims.

Thursdays with Millie

A small group session composed of newly hired employees is being held on Thursdays with Ma'am Millie G. Espino, HRD Officer, as the facilitator. This was created to essentially mentor the new members of the ICA workforce.

To date, the group has finished reading and discussing the following materials:

• The Kingdom Agenda: Experiencing God in the Workplace (Rogers & King)
• Reality: 7 Truths of Experiencing God (Richard & Henry Blackaby)

ICA gearing up for Silver Anniversary

ICA will be celebrating its 25th Foundation Day on October 20 - 25, one week of fun and activites as a testament to God's faithfulness and provision.

Global Youth Pageant kicks-off

With ICA's 25th Foundation Day drawing near, the Social Studies department kicked-off its Global Youth pageant last Septmeber 12 and 15 with the high school and middle school preliminaries.

Designed to narrow down the number of contestants to two per batch, the preliminaries consisted of talent and question-and-answer portions, with contestants chosen based on execution as well as wit.

The Global Youth pageant reaches its finals during ICA's Foundation Day Celebrations in October.

ICA Celebrates "Buwan ng Wika" with Pistang Pinoy

Every August, schools all over the Philippines celebrate and pay tribute to our national language and culture. ICA was no exception, capping the celebrations with Pistang Pinoy, a day packed with programs and activites all geared towards celebrating what it means to be Filipino. However, this being ICA's 25th year, the celebrations were on a scale never before seen.

Beginning at 5:30 in the morning, the day kicked-off with ICA hosting GMA's early morning television show, Unang Hirit. This was followed by a program by the Filipino Department showcasing the various cultural presentations prepared by the selected students and faculty.

As with all "Pistang Pinoy" celebrations, lunch was an important event, with four roasted pigs being prepared onsite.

In the afternoon, the ICA family kicked back and relaxed with various games organized by the student council as well as taking turns riding the three horse- drawn carriages especially brought in for the day.