Caltex
Fuel Your School (FYS) program of Chevron Philippines Inc. recently awarded brand
new equipment to public high school in Metro Manila. About 3,000 student from
the highest –need, senior ready public school will benefit from this program.
Students are now learning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
with the help of brand new equipment consist of STEM equipment and materials. Chevron
Philippines Inc. (CPI) is the marketer of high-quality brand of Caltex fuels
and lubricants.
A global Chevron social investment program that was first
introduced in the country this year, Caltex FYS involved motorists and the
public who supported the said campaign during the donation period wherein every
4-liter fuel purchase in any of the 153 Caltex stations in Metro Manila, Rizal,
and Cavite generated one peso donation to fund the projects.
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FUELLING EDUCATORS. Beneficiary teachers (4th-6th in
photo) of Caloocan National Science and Technology High School now equipped
with Caltex Fuel Your School STEM tools to fuel
learning for their students. Joining them are (Left to right) Ebb
Hinchcliffe, Executive Director of American Chamber of Commerce; Jun
Salipsip, Executive Director, American Chamber Foundation
Philippines Inc.; Edwin Feist, President, American Chamber
Foundation Philippines Inc.; Dr. Luz Almeda, Department of Education, NCR
Director; Raissa Bautista, Manager for Policy, Government, and Public Affairs
Chevron Philippines Inc.; and Peter Morris, General Manager
for Philippine Products, Chevron Philippines Inc.
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FUELLING EDUCATORS. 27 beneficiary teachers now
equipped with Caltex Fuel Your School STEM tools to fuel
learning for their students. Joining them are (L-R standing row) Peter
Morris (9th), General Manager for Philippine Products,
Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI); Raissa Bautista (8th), Manager for Policy,
Government, and Public Affairs, CPI; Edwin Feist (7th), President,
American Chamber Foundation Philippines Inc. (ACF); Ebb Hinchcliffe (6th),
Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce and Jun Salipsip
(1st), Executive Director, ACF; and Dr. Luz Almeda (14th),
Department of Education NCR Director.
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Chevron aims to reach a P5M donation fund or at least
P150, 000 per target beneficiary school. This amount was met during the fuel-up
drive and social media campaign from June 15 to July 15, 2015. This funded the
28 STEM classroom proposals that were shortlisted by program partner American
Chamber Foundation as submitted by 27 of the 33 schools pre-selected by DepEd
as schools most in need of support in Metro Manila.
The delivery of the STEM teaching tools such as
laboratory equipment, engineering kits, scientific calculators, laptops,
tablets and multi-media projectors to the schools were received with both
delight and tears by the teacher-proponents, most of whom were still having a
hard time believing their wishes had come true.
Kalayaan High School in Pasay City, teacher/project
proponent Reynaldo Cordova said that “[These] brand new electronics and
technical apparatus will help realize the dreams of the poorest of the poor
students [of Kalayaan High School] of becoming free from poverty”. In Pasay
City South High School, on the other hand, teacher/project proponent Jonalyn
Suzara requested 303 units of brand new scientific calculators. “I can vividly
remember how my students use palengke-style calculators in computing. They were
complaining, ‘Ma’am, we cannot make logarithmic computations here.’ That will
not be a problem anymore with these scientific calculators,” added Suzara.
Some of the teachers got emotional upon receiving their
requested STEM equipment and materials. In Carlos L. Albert High School in
Quezon City where most students have limited or no access to the Internet,
teachers vouched that the state-of-the-art multimedia materials from Caltex FYS
will help students learn faster through interactive participation. Said a
teary-eyed Cecilia Biapo, the school’s science department head, “In the past,
storms and typhoons forms were discussed through ‘MP3’ or ‘Manila Paper 1, 2,
3’. Now, we have 48-inch flat screen TV! Who wouldn’t want to see animations of
cyclogenesis with that?” she relayed.
Other schools took a step closer to their specific
academic visions after receiving the STEM equipment. Imelda Quiban, the STEM
department head of Pitogo High School in Makati City, shared, “To craft the
finest biochemistry research, our student-researchers used to rent an autoclave
– or sterilizer machine in a university in Laguna for PhP5, 000. But now, we
have our own! Whereas we were forced to use ‘vintage’ equipment, now our
autoclave is shiny and brand new. Thanks to Caltex, our school will soon be the
‘center of science research’ in Makati.”
To help spread awareness and thus enable more people to
donate and like the projects posted in the FYS website, the Caltex campaign
also ran a Facebook component, prompting several of the schools to devise
gimmicks and strategies to rack up votes. Caloocan National Science and
Technology High School, the smallest school among the shortlisted schools in
terms of student population, emerged as the victor after getting the most
number of votes. Teacher/project proponent Fel Rose Ignacio despite their
relatively small school population campaigned to the students through a daily
“Facebook voting hour” and had the students view the instructional video she
and her co-teachers created exclusively for Caltex FYS. She recalled, “We
uploaded this video and shared the link to the dedicated Facebook page in which
all of our students were members, then they utilized the ‘web-of-mouth’
strategy and shared with their network.”
Also in the top three based on the Facebook voting rank
are Culiat High School in Quezon City and Pasay City East High School. All
three schools received a new laptop each as a bonus prize in addition to the
STEM materials they asked for, for the untiring but fruitful campaigning both
in social media and fuel-up drive.
Motorists and the social media community played a
significant role in the Caltex FYS program. Entrepreneur Mich Mori said, “I
supported the campaign because I wanted to do my part in helping these kids
have a bright future. Who would’ve thought that a portion of my weekly gas
expense can turn into something beneficial?” Blogger Andy Nieva meanwhile
relayed, “When you see, read, and like the [Caltex FYS] projects on Facebook,
you somehow turn leisure [activity] into valuable support for the beneficiary
children. In this little way, I fueled up the dreams of these students to
become a reality.”
According to Olivia Dagdag, the principal of Camp Gen.
Emilio Aguinaldo High School in Quezon City, “I set the direction of our school
and that is to achieve our Caltex FYS project. Unity is the key to success.
That is why I believe the Caltex FYS program became successful not only because
of our school initiative, but also with the collaboration of the motorists, the
community, and the private sector.”
Raissa Bautista, manager for CPI’s Policy, Government,
and Public Affairs, explained that the company believes that “Education is the
greatest equalizer. The combination of quality school equipment provided by
Caltex FYS, passionate teachers, and motivated students will make education a
very powerful tool for economic growth and sustainability.”
Caltex Fuel Your School is part of CPI’s Energy for
Learning Initiative which supports educational programs that create
opportunities for individuals to acquire new knowledge, gain new skills, and be
exposed to different ways of thinking. To find out more about the STEM projects
of the beneficiary schools, go to www.CaltexFuelYourSchoolPH.com.
About Chevron Philippines Inc.
Chevron Philippines Inc. has been operating in the
country for more than 90 years. Caltex™, its retail brand, offers high quality
products and services. There are close to 700 service stations strategically
scattered throughout the Philippine archipelago and employees working in several
areas of business such as Marketing, Lubricants and Terminal operations. The
Chevron products that are available in the Philippines include Caltex with
Techron® fuel and Caltex Diesel with Techron®D, Havoline® and Delo®
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