1. The Department of Education is committed to strengthen the programs on ANTI Illegal Drugs for students. In line with this, the Schools Division Office informs the field that there will be an Orientation for the Conduct of Random Drug Testing. For the convenience of the information dissemination, the secondary school heads are hereby requested continue reading : DM NO. 121, S. 2017 | DIVISION ORIENTATION FOR THE CONDUCT OF RANDOM DRUG TESTING IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS (DepEd Order No. 40, s 2017) , ORIENTATION ON POLICY AND GUIDELINES ON COMPREHENSIVE TOBACCO CONTROL (DepEd Order No. 48, s 2016) AND HEALTH AWARENESS ON TUBERCULOSIS, HIV AND AIDS

Enclosed is a copy of DepEd Office Memorandum OM-OSEC-2017-029 entitled “NON-ACCEPTANCE OF DELIVERY FROM PHILAB INDUSTRIES, INC.”.For your information and strict compliance. 0725 – Memorandum-AUG-24-17-276

Please be informed that there will be a meeting of Elementary, Junior High School and Senior High School Guidance Teachers/Guidance Counselors and Adopt-a-School Program Coordinators on August 24, 2017 at 1 o’clock in the afternoon in San Nicolas Elementary School.Agenda:a. Mainstreaming of Migration and Development (M&D)b. Consolidation of the survey to teachers and students with continue reading : UM | NOTICE OF MEETING (GUIDANCE COUNSELORS & ASP COORDINATORS)

This office hereby informs the field that the Division Festival of Talents dubbed as “DepEd Dasma Got Talent” is rescheduled on September 14 to 15, 2017, the same venue.Please be guided accordingly. 0727 – Memorandum-AUG-23-17-274

In view of DepEd Order No.8, s.201 5 re: Policy Guidelines on Classroom Assessment for the K to 12 Basic Education Program, “A learner who receives a grade below 75 in any subject in a quarter must be given intervention through remediation and extra lessons from the teacher/s of that subject…p.17”, in conformity, this office continue reading : UM | Senior High School Students Promotion and Tracking

1. In line with the administration of the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) for SY: 2017- 2018, this Division will conduct the Division Orientation on the Standardized Administration of the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) bygroup on the following dates and venues:…. 0881 – Division Memorandum No. 120, s. 2017

Please be informed that there will be a meeting of Mathematics Head Teachers for Secondary and Elementary Key Administrators of Division Cluster A (Cluster I-V) and B (Cluster VI-X) on August 25, 2017 (Friday) at CSDO Conference Room, at 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm.Agenda are as follows:1. 2017 DepEd Dasma Got Talent2. Other MattersAttendance is continue reading : UM | MEETING OF SECONDARY HEAD TEACHERS IN MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICS KEY ADMINISTRATORS (ELEMENTARY)

1. As one of the major strategies of the Division to improve its service delivery through Continuous Improvement Program and harmonize CI Methodology with the School Improvement Plan (SIP), this Office shall conduct the Division Roll-Out on Continuous Improvement Program on August 29, 2017 (Tuesday, 7:00am) – September 1, 2017 (Friday, 5:00pm) at Island Cove continue reading : DM NO. 119, S. 2017 | CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DIVISION ROLL OUT

1.In line with the attainment of the DepEd’s thrust to continually improve the quality of Basic Education specifically to raise participation, completion and achievement and implement an official and effective quality assurance mechanism to provide both “youth and adult learners with the skills, knowledge, and values they need to become caring, self-reliant, productive, and patriotic continue reading : UM | ALS MAPPING OF PROSPECTIVE LEARNERS

The Youth Formation Division- SGOD is hereby granted authority to conduct the 1st Division Meeting of SPG SSG Advisers on August 25, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. to 5:00p.m. in City Schools Division Office- Conference Room.This meeting aims to:1. orient officers and advisers about the legal basis on Youth Formation Division;2. discuss about the statement of continue reading : UM | 1st Division Meeting of SPG SSG Advisers