Aside from home, the school is another safe place for the child, it is even much productive and enjoyable in this place for you learn a lot of things in all academic areas.  It is anticipated that it is the place that caters the best for the educational clientele, for the teachers and for the stakeholders.

          Primarily, the school is very much concerned with the quality of education.  The learners deserve to have the best education from the teaching agents or teachers.  The teachers should utilize the best methods and implement the excellent strategies in delivering knowledge and skills for the holistic development of the child.  The teaching-learning process should produce quality students from quality teachers.

          Secondly, the ideal school should ensure the safety of everyone within it.  It should be a place where the learners and teachers are moving with convenience and ease.  The people in the school must feel that they are free from hazards and other forms of disruptions.  In other words, the school should be people-friendly.

          Thirdly, an ideal school should be a dynamic venue of various worthwhile activities.  The learners and teachers should experience enjoying and celebrating events which are relevant and related to education.  Moreover, these activities should give the opportunity to sharpen and enrich the individual’s talents and potentialities.  Indeed, it should be a great venue for the showcase of brilliance among the people within the school, young and adult alike.

          An ideal school is also aiming for innovations and great changes.  It should be a school that adopts novel ideas and realize the needs for education.  Furthermore, the school should move forward for its betterment and for reaching greater heights.

          An ideal school connects with the community and other stakeholders.  The school should have a linkage with other associations and organizations which assist the school and aid the learners with their needs.  The ideal school opens the door for stakeholders who are willing to support the institution.

          These are the distinctive characteristics which truly define an ideal school.  There should be an ideal school for the sake of the entire teaching-learning community.

By: DR. TROY B. VILLASOL | Head Teacher III | Sta. Elena Elementary School | Orion, Bataan