Sept 11, 2014 Issue 9
Issue 9 – CocoFestival 1996 and Dividing by 5, 50, 0.5 etc
San Pablo City’s first Cocofestival 1996 – a GRANDSLAM for MSC
The very first coconut festival in San Pablo City was held in 1996 and the main event of the weeklong festivities during that time, and even today is the “mardi gras” or the street dancing competition.
Cocofestival – Mardi Gras 1996
The first mardi gras was held on January 12, 1996 and it was a grandslam for MSC.
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In this issue
- San Pablo City’s first Cocofestival 1996 – a GRANDSLAM for MSC
- MSC’s Annual Acquaintance Party
- Featured batch: MSC Computer Training Center first batch – class of 1993
- New Computer Programming Courses @ MSC
- Converting Kilograms to Pounds and Pounds to Kilograms
- The Yellow Lep
- MSC 9 – Dividing by 5, 50, 0.5, etc.
- Financial Planning at MSC
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The Search for MSC Outstanding Alumni Is On!
Any MSC former student, Class, faculty, or staff may nominate one or more alumni subject to the requirements for nomination. Nomination form may be requested through msc@msc.edu.ph or at the MSC Office, San Gabriel, San Pablo City.
MSC’s Annual Acquaintance Party
New Computer Programming Courses @ MSC
“Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer…
because it teaches you how to think.”
– Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Apple Inc. & Pixar Animation Studios
Enroll in our new programming courses at MSC
MSC Origins Part IV – Start of 2 year courses at A. Flores St.
In 1991, MSC got the necessary permit to offer two-year courses in Office Management (OMC) and Computer Technology (CTC). In June of that year, classes for the two courses started with fifty (50) OMC and twenty-six (26) CTC students.
Lulu testing the PCs in the computer lab
MSC at that time was occupying the second floor of the Jesusa building (on the first floor was Monte de Piedad Savings Bank) along A. Flores St. Its two classrooms had a capacity of 50 students only. MSC had to set morning and afternoon sessions to accommodate the new two-year course students totaling more than 70. Schedule for the short term course students were also set strategically so that there will be a classroom for each class. Saturday and evening classes were conducted.
Converting Kilograms to Pounds and Pounds to Kilograms
A Kilogram is 2.204622622 pounds. But for practical purposes we can consider 1 kilo = 2.2 pound conversion. So we can convert kilos to pound by multiplying by 2 then by 1.1or by 11 then by 0.2 depending on which is easier.
Convert kilo to pounds and pounds to kilo
The Yellow Lep
by the Busybee
It was drizzling so I had to head back to the office. On my way to the office, I saw a brightly colored creature fly. “I’ve never seen that bird before. Now, where did it go?” I scanned the branches of the trees and looked for movement but found no such bird. Something yellow caught my eye. Flutterby, I meant, butterfly! There’s a bright yellow butterfly sipping nectar from the white flowers, I thought.
The common name of Phalanta phalanta is Common Leopard.
Because of my height and the relative position of the lepidopteran, I can only see parts of it. The body is like that of a bumblebee, yellow with black bands. The lepidopteran is dominantly yellow. The basal part of the forewings and the hind wings are yellow with black markings. The top/ upper half of the forewings are mainly black with white markings.
Featured batch: MSC CTC first batch – class of 1993
The first batch of two year course students of MSC was initially composed of fifty (50) students for the Office Management Course (OMC) and twenty-six (26) Computer Technology Course (CTC) students.
During the first semester of school year 1991-92, classes were held at the second floor of the Monte de Piedad Savings Bank along A. Flores St. By the second semester of that school year MSC has transferred to its new site at M. Paulino St. and this became the students second home for the rest of their stay at MSC.
MSC 9 – Dividing by 5, 50, 0.5, etc.
Five (5) is ten divided by two ( 10 / 2 ), so to divide a number by 10/2, we
- multiply it by 2, then
- divide by 10.
Since dividing by 10 only involves moving the decimal point one place to the left, we can easily divide by 5 by just using doubling or multiplication by 2.
Previous Issues
- Issue 1 – Creating Zeroes
- Issue 2 – All From 9 and the Last from 10
- Issue 3 – Subtraction Without Borrowing
- Issue 4 – Stories from MSC Alumni, and Multiplying by 11
- Issue 5 – Blast from the Past, The Search is on and Multiplying by 2
- Issue 6 – Nutrition Month, Carabao Fractions, Division by 2
- Issue 7 – MSC High First Batch in 1998; Doubling and Halving
- Issue 8 – Mutya ng Pilipinas and Multiplying by 9
In the Next Issue
- 25 years of MSC ( more stories )
- MSC 10
- MSC – First School to have a generator
- First Batch of OMC and CTC Graduates
Sponsors
Financial Planning Seminar in San Pablo
The FREE Financial Planning Seminar goes to San Pablo! The seminar is open to the public and will be held at the MSC Green Campus in San Gabriel, hence it is especially convenient for MSC teachers, staff, alumni and friends.
What: This two part event will have a “Practical Tips on Money Management” seminar/presentation then the attendees break up into smaller groups for financial coaching to create personal financial blueprints.
When: Sept 17, 2014, 4pm, Sept 24, 2014, 4pm
Where: MSC Institute of Technology Green Campus
The Financial Planning seminar is about building a solid financial foundation.
Every week, for 25 weeks up to December 4, 2014 when we celebrate our 25th Foundation day, this newsletter will feature one math short cut. We will progress from the simplest to the simple. Believe you can do it! Just proceed one step ( short cut ) at a time, and be pleasantly surprised to discover none of the math short cuts are difficult! Forward this newsletter to your friends, relatives, and young kids.
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MSC on its 25th year held its annual acquaintance day celebration, last June 20, 2014, Friday, with its actively participating faculty, staff and students.
Yells and shouts filled the hall in the afternoon with the games presented by each group with the winners receiving prizes. The acquaintance party and program was successfully held as the first activity of the Student Council for this school year. It achieved the goal of the studentry in proving that learning cooperation and teamwork can be fun, and socialization will leave high school memories that will last and will never be forgotten.