S N S F nominated most effective vocational school

The Sabtang National School of Fisheries (SNSF) was chosen among all the secondary schools in the division of Batanes entry to the 1999 Regional Search for the Most Effective School (Vocational School Category) held this January.

An inter-school visitation was conducted on December 14-15, 1999 by Superintendent Alma Dolores M. Navarette, together with other school officials and personnel. The purpose was to personally assess the real set-up of all schools in the mainland and Sabtang School under a prescribed criteria.

On December 16, 1999, an awarding ceremony was held at the Basco Central School. Sabtang National School of Fisheries garnered the most number awards as: 1) Best prepared Learning Environment; 2) Most Beautiful School Landscaped; 3) Most Beautiful Grotto; 4) Most Beautiful/Functional School Office; 5) Most Functional Comfort Room; 6) Most Functional Clinic; 7) Best Home Economics Set-up; 8) Best Structured Academic Classroom; 9) Best Implementor of National Drug Education Program (NDEP).

The SNSF staff, under the leadership of the Vocational School Administrator Rogelio F. Luis, was commended for their achievement. From DECS-Batanes Newsletter (Vol. 1, No. 3 October-December 1999)