MINGLANILLA NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL: Editor-in-Chief and School Paper Adviser to attend NSPC in Butuan City on April 11-15, 2011 for Editorial Writing, Online Journalism and Festival of Talents in SPFL-French

• Carlo Galicia from Minglanilla National Science High School will fly to Butuan City for NSPC competitions in Editorial Writing Category (English) and Online Journalism, representing Cebu Province Division
• As part of the culminating activities, under the SPFL, Galicia is one of the participants in NSPC with regard to the showcase of talents in the use of a 2nd foreign language like French
• The objectives of the special program in foreign language (SPFL) in the NSPC are to promote the special program in foreign language, and to encourage students to participate in the program and see the value  of learning another foreign language
• The date for the said event will be on April 11 – 15, 2011 with the theme: "Freedom of Expression: Rights and Responsibility."
• The organizers are expecting more than 4,000 delegates from 17 regions who will be joining the 2011 National Schools Press Conference in Butuan City that would converge in friendly competition and exercise the freedom of expression. 

The National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) 2011 focuses on the “Freedom of Expression: Rights and Responsibility." As such, the Department of Education (DepEd) mobilizes schools support by advocating and integrating rights and responsibility in related school-community initiatives.

The annual NSPC draws a thousand campus journalists from public and private elementary and high school students nationwide. It will be held on April 11 - 15, 2011 in Butuan City, Caraga Region. It's the place for the national competition of qualified regional winners coming from diverse elementary and secondary levels in the Philippines, most especially for the presscon competition in various categories (English).

Carlo Galicia from Minglanilla National Science High School will compete with other qualified winners during the RSPC for 2011 NSPC competition in Editorial Writing Category (English). He is one of the winners in editorial writing from Cebu Province Division. He is to be accompanied by his coach Dr. Ermetes F. Adolfo, Jr., the Access school paper adviser.

According to Eugenia R. Gorgon (Officer-in-Charge, Director IV) of Department of Education,  in the Festival of Talents: Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL) in NSPC, in connection with the annual holding of the National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) on April 11-15, 2011 in Butuan City, Caraga Region and with reference to DepEd Memorandum No. 15, s. 2011 and DepEd Advisory No. 50, s. 2011, that part of its culminating activities, under the Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL) is a showcase of talents in the use of a 2nd foreign language like French. In this regard, Minglanilla National Science High School is one of the participants from Region VII to join in the said event.

Individual and group writing contests in English and Filipino will carry the conference theme: “Freedom of Expression: Rights and Responsibility."

The group contests comprise five categories: editorial page, feature/literary page, news page and sports page.

High school and elementary students will participate in the individual contests such as editorial writing, news writing, feature writing, sports writing. There will also be competitions in copyreading and headline writing, photojournalism, editorial cartooning, and scriptwriting and radio broadcasting.