“Potter’s Place School” In El Nido, Palawan – Shaping The Body And Enriching The Mind

 Though I have not been there, my favorite school right now is “Potter’s Place School” in El Nido, Palawan. Yes, The Tourist Spot. Guide To The Philippines says, it is “One of the best island destinations in the world” (guidetothephilippines.ph). This time, we are going there as learners and/or teachers, to visit “Potter’s Place School” – because? Because: (1). As teacher, I want to help Potter’s Place achieve more for the children in terms of sharpening their individual talents via Multiple Intelligences (MI). (2), My MI daughter teaches there: Graciela “Ela” Antonia (UPLB).

(images from pottersplaceschool.com)

Ela already has the MI experience. She graduated from Cahbriba Alternative School founded in 2011 by the husband-wife Cielito & Pilar Habito, in Los Baños, Laguna. Yes, he is Cielito F Habito, “Doc Ciel,” once the Director General of the National Economic & Development Authority (NEDA), Philippines.

Cahbriba educationally integrated Harvard psychology professor Howard Gardner’s theory of MI, with these individual intelligences:

1. Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence (“Body Smart”)
2. Creative Intelligence (“Thinking Smart”), added by FAH
3. Existential Intelligence (“Life Smart”)
4. Interpersonal Intelligence (“People Smart”)
5. Intrapersonal Intelligence (“Self Smart”)
6. Mathematical-Logical Intelligence (“Number/Reasoning Smart”)
7. Musical Intelligence (“Music Smart”)
8. Naturalist Intelligence (“Nature Smart”)
9. Spatial Intelligence (“Image Smart”)
10. Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence (“Word Smart”).

With MI, Potter’s Place will become more rewarding to study in aside from the fact that it is located in a famous tourist town, the 1st class municipality of “El Nido” in Palawan.

Cahbriba ceased operations a long time ago. But I’m sure Cahbriba learned much from the experience. Here’s hoping I could inspire people so that the heads of Cahbriba and Potter's Place can meet and discuss how MI can be implemented and teach a new generation of high schoolers.@517

; 2, the owner being Teacher Marigs Laririt, a UP alumnus, who received this year the UP Alumni Association the “Distinguished Alumni Award in Environmental Conservation”

 

 

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Slogan: “Shaping lives.” I want Potter’s Place to also be “shaping minds”.

It is about children, it is about education, but Potter's Place School, from Nursery to Grade 10, is truly about learning and experiencing life in a nurturing and affirming environment. Established in El Nido, Palawan in Year 2000, it opened to two pre-school children. Every year thereafter, a grade level was added ladder-type, till the pioneering batch finished primary school. We are committed to take them all the way to the end of high school. We are committed to these children's future.

El Nido, officially the Municipality of El Nido (Cuyonon: Banwa i'ang El Nido, Tagalog: Bayan ng El Nido), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 50,494 people.[3]

It is about 420 kilometres (260 mi) south-west of Manila,[5] and 269 kilometres (167 mi) north-east of Puerto Princesa, capital of Palawan.[6] A managed resource protected area,[6] it is known for its white-sand beaches, coral reefs, and limestone cliffs, as well as for being the gateway to the Bacuit archipelago.

 

 

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