Region 8’s Arts and Design School braces for class opening

CALBAYOG CITY, Samar, May 30 (PNA) -– The Calbayog Arts and Design School for Eastern Visayas (CADSEV) in this city is gearing up for the opening of classes on June 13.

CADSEV, the lone senior high school in the region to offer arts and design track, will cater students from the six provinces region, keen on learning skills in arts.

Education Program Supervisor Noel Sagayap said that DepEd had chosen Calbayog as home of the senior high arts and design school since the city has been known as rich in culture and arts.

Sagayap said that as of now, at least 65 incoming Grade 11 students from DepEd divisions of Calbayog City, Catbalogan City, Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar and Leyte were already enrolled.

“This number of students is enough for us to have at least two sections for the first batch of arts and design,” Sagayap said.

The two-storey four-classroom school building built by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now near completion and it will be finished by first week of June.

“The contractor gave an assurance that the classrooms will be utilized on the first day of classes, but we also prepared a contingency plan in case problems arises,” he said.

According to Sagayap, DepEd has already lined up the construction of four eight-classroom buildings that will also be used as laboratories.

Also up for construction in the future are facilities such as students dormitory, canteen, amphitheater, auditorium, parking area, and sports facilities.

CADSEV campus is located in more than two hectares lot owned by the Calbayog city government in Tomalon Estate, Gadgaran village.

Students enrolled in arts and design track will choose the following specializations: media and visual arts, under this field is painting including drawing and printmaking, architecture including interior design and landscape architecture, photography and film making including video and crafts.

Media arts including animation, web design, interactive mobile applications and the like, decorative arts including furniture, ceramics, jewelry and set design.

Also included are performing arts with dance, music and theater. Literary arts with introduction to play, elements of drama and writing for media with scriptwriting for television and radio.

Meanwhile, Sagayap asked parents to support their children who has interest and talents in arts and design and enrol them in this senior high school track.

Sagayap added that students who has interest in the said field has now an opportunity to learn skills or learning being offered in the famous arts and design school in Laguna.

“This is really a good opportunity that the learning our children could acquire from the famous arts and design school in Laguna is now in the region. All we have to do is to extend our full support to our children for them to enhance their talents.”

The Calbayog local government has allocated at least PHP60 million for the construction of access road leading to the new campus, said Mayor Ronaldo Aquino. The budget was sourced out from the city’s 20 percent development fund for 2016. (PNA)
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