Book donation at San Vicente Elementary School

In a bid to begin spreading its reach to more Quezon City public elementary schools, One Small Step Forward Foundation, through its partnership with Accenture Philippines, brought the wonders of reading to two more schools - 15th Avenue Elementary School in the Murphy-Cubao area and San Vicente Elementary School in the UP Village district.

The connection to both schools were made through Ma’am Pacita Manga, who used to be the principal of Libis Elementary School and now the district superintendent. With a population of less than 500, 15th Avenue has consistently topped the Quezon City schools achievement tests, often landing in the top 5, if not placing first. On the other hand, San Vicente, with a massive population of

Book donation at 15th Avenue Elementary School

over 3,000 students, has been consistently rated very low in the same achievement tests, often landing in the last 5 percentile. Both schools had recently acquired new principals, both promotees from senior teacher ranks, hence Ms. Manga’s desire to start new programs in those two schools.

In his first meetings with the two principals, Mr. Jay Ureta for 15th Avenue Elementary School and Ms. Emely Pelobello of San Vicente Elementary School, Bing del Rosario discussed the OSSF Foundation and Accenture’s thrust in reading literacy at both Bagumbayan Elementary School and Sto. Cristo Elementary School. Both principals agreed that English literacy was also their schools’ priority initiative.