School: Saint Louis Laboratory High School
    Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines

4 students, ages 14-15 worked together to complete this Doors to Diplomacy project on March 16, 2012. They have participated in Doors to Diplomacy in the following year(s): 2011

Classes and Teachers: Vincent Tabor, Florida Martin, Ian, Bruce, Aaron, Jethro

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Our School's Web Site: http://www.slu.edu.ph

1. Description of Our Team

This project was made done by the team CIRCLE. The members were: Ian Ocampo - The 'Mastermind', he is the main mover of this team. Aaron Cortez - The 'Web supporter', he supports us in case we are in trouble. Bruce Colewan - The 'Idealist', he makes his art in here and shows his ideas with us. Jethro Bayao - The 'Uploader', he uploads recent pictures and videos, without any problem.

2. Summary of Our Project

The International impact of this team is what we said in our Home Page, we will make people realize that leadership is always within us, we only need to show people that we can unite people with strength, coordination, power, to make the different nations, into 1 world, and 1 heart.

3. Our Computer and Internet Access

A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:more than 50%

B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:more than 6

C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection

D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:2-3

4. Problems We Had To Overcome

Since the team has only fifty percent of internet users, we have come to the point that we still need to team up and think of alternatives. Ian, the leader, used the pair team plan, he used the 50% of internet users in his team to upload and make the website, and the half of it would only research via newspapers, or on one of the most used computer encyclopedia, Encarta. Other problems we encounter is the non-participation of some members, since we have only four members, we still need to lift our selves to be responsible enough to make this website. Some of our problems also are when we lack or when some inaccurate information shows, it misleads the team so we need to proofread our website and confirm the real background and story of that information. The last problem we need to overcome is when my team is when they lost hope, that is why we always need something to cheer us up and that is why we can accomplish the project with a smile.

5. Our Project Sound Bite

As they quoted, “Having only power doesn’t make us a hero, it only makes us as jerks” -Sky High, this means we only look like nothing with only power in our hand, but when we apply justice and goodness to our power, to become a better leader, we might as well change the world, and I know that our president can be the person to be the best hero in our nation, through his leadership, and his skills that can help the nation’s crisis to be reduced, I know that someday he could change the world if he have to. And with the leadership we can apply in our own lives, we can also help in changing the world, uniting the people, and making a better society that could help us be joyful and nevertheless be safe in our own world.

6. How did your activities and research for this Doors to Diplomacy Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?

In our project, we know that through the said works and his leadership in those projects, we know that we can apply it to ourselves and to the society in making a better nation, sure we need to struggle at first but when we get the hang of it I know that we can show it to the people and teach them the way to success on the justice, equality, and for the good of the society. We know that some people are in jail for the wrong acts or when they use their power to much on violence and evil, on its quote “The gun in hand and the choice is made”, I know that through this quote, we can justify the things in our mind that when a gun is in our hand, we will always have a choice either we use it for good things, or we use it for bad things, but through training, reflection, and ideas for changing people into leaders of our society, to train them the goodness.

Moreover, we can simply identify the mistakes and change them into the correction of our lives. Then we can also concentrate on our development of our country. Thus, making us the key to success, is like making us the very own “movers of society” on where we are making the development of our country, we the help of unity, and participation, with a dash of leadership, the world would be a better place to live in.

1) What information tools & technologies did you used to complete your Doors to Diplomacy project?

Through our said project, we used the research method by using the internet, reading some books and articles, the library, and some other videos or news updates that are all about him.

2) In what ways did you act as "ambassadors" and spokespersons for your Doors to Diplomacy project both on-line and in person.

We did it through our best plan, one work for one person, one to upload, one to design, one to research and one to summarize all the information that they gathered specially the needed ones.

3) What has been the impact of your project on your community?

As said by Ian in the video, it was the leadership itself, showing it to the community, and sharing it gives us the encouragement on making our nation a better one, and as long as our leader lives, we should be there to help.

4) How did your project involve other members of your community as helpers and volunteers?

Few of the cast here are also our parents in giving ideas and suggestions, we also ask some of our relatives who are older than us if they would happen to know anything about P-noy. We also had the best teacher who suggests, and encouraged some of our team mates to work and not to be lazy.