DONA CARMEN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

DONA CARMEN, TAGBINA, SURIGAO DEL SUR

SCHOOL ID : 304878
email address : [email protected]

CONTINGENCY
PLAN
FOR COVID-19

S.Y. 2020 -2021

SCHOOL HISTORY AND PROFILE
On year 1976, this secondary school existed in the heart of Barangay Doña Carmen, Tagbina, Surigao
del Sur. The given name of the place was in honor of the late Doña Carmen Soriano, wife of the defunct-
PICOP founder and owner Don Andres Soriano.
From Sitio Maputi highway, part of the Surigao-Davao coastal road, the access to the school will take
20 minutes. The school is also a close neighbor to its elementary counterpart, the Dona Carmen Elementary
School. The school land area has approximately 2.45 hectares, residing inside are 8 buildings, including the 2
two-storey buildings that serves as the Senior High School and the Computer and Science Laboratories
respectively.
THE PRESENT…
Today, the school is now under the administration of Ms. Merlinda M. Miraflor, along with the
number of personnel and the students.

NON – TEACHING LEARNERS

 District Nurse – 1
 Administrative Assistants – 3 Males – 127
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Females – 104
 Master Teacher – 1 Total – 231
 Teacher III – 2
 Teacher I – 7
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
 Teacher II – 3

TOTAL PERSONNEL - 17

RATIONALE
As mandated by the Constitution that gives priority in the education sector to mainstream the Disaster
Risk Reduction Management in schools, guided by DepEd Order No.55 s. of 2007. Integration of Disaster
Risk Reduction is aimed to increase learners’ awareness and to develop the culture of safety, despite of the
school’s insufficient status to fully materialize and implement the related activities.
A School Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan had been formulated patterned after the
Comprehensive School Safety Framework which aims to provide clear and unified focus on the DRR efforts in
order for the school partners to work effectively and to link these efforts to other sectors at the global, national,
municipal and barangay level. Adopted in the DepEd Order No. 37 s. 2015 encloses the Comprehensive
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) to guide DRRM efforts in the school level towards
resilience-building and to ensure that quality education is continuously provided and prioritized even during
disasters and/ or emergencies.
In the first quarter of 2020, the whole world was startled by the threat brought by CoViD-19 and the
increase number of cases in different parts of the country was so alarming. With this, all government agencies
nationwide respond to the Executive Order issued by the President declaring our country under the State of
Public Emergency where suspension of work and also classes in different levels as a precautionary measure
against Corona Virus Disease.
The province of Surigao del Sur reported its first COVID-19 case on the latter part of May and every
month cases were added. As of now Municipality of Tagbina, recorded no positive cases and remained as one
of COVID-FREE Municipalities, but still with the strict compliance of minimum health standards and
observance of the health protocols among its constituents.
 This is the School Contingency Plan for COVID-19 and related pandemics which has an aim to
provide timely and well-coordinated response mechanisms relative to its occurrence, thus, protect lives of
learners, school personnel parents, and ensure the continuity of learning amidst disaster.

This Contingency Plan aims to:

1. Established proper coordination among concerned agencies and stakeholders to ensure effective,
efficient, timely communication and linkages.
2. Determined the immediate roles and functions required in the event of pandemics.
3. Accounted all resources, be it manpower, to address learners’ necessary aid.
4. Provided immediate services to affected learner and personnel.
5. Ensured continuity of learning.

COVID-19, OTHER SIMILAR PANDEMICS, AND ITS IMPACTS

SCENARIOS

Situation Bad Scenario Worse Scenario Worst Scenario

Descriptions 1% of the total 3% of the total 10% of the total
population of learners population of learners population of learners
and personnel and personnel and personnel
contracted the virus contracted the virus contracted the virus
with severe condition with severe condition
and deaths
Impact on Human Lives The learning of the The learning of the The learning of the
affected learners will affected learners will affected learners will
be halted until full be halted until full be halted until full
recovery; personnel’s recovery; personnel’s recovery; personnel’s
services will be vitally services will be services will be
limited which will give stopped which will stopped which will
additional burden to give additional burden give additional burden
those who will still be to those who will still to those who will still
reporting and taking be reporting and taking be reporting and taking
over the tasks that over all the tasks of the over all the tasks of the
cannot be performed affected personnel; affected personnel;
by the affected discrimination may be deaths will increase
personnel; experienced the anxiety of the
discrimination may be school community and
experienced might cause further
effects the mental
health
Impact on Infrastructure, Infrastructures and Infrastructures and Infrastructures and
Facilities, and other facilities will not other facilities will not other facilities will not
Environment be maintained very be maintained very be maintained very
well due to lesser time well due to lesser time well due to lesser time
in reporting to school in reporting to school in reporting to school
by the personnel by the personnel by the personnel
Response Capabilities Distribution of Distribution of Distribution of
learning modules will learning modules will learning modules will
be affected; personnel be greatly affected; be greatly affected;
and learners tracking personnel and learners personnel and learners
will be difficult tracking will be more tracking will be more
difficult difficult
EXPOSED LEARNERS AND PERSONNEL

Public School Public School

Public School Non-
Public School Teaching Teaching
GRADE/LEVEL Teaching
Learners Personnel Personnel
Personnel
(Advisers) (Non-Advisers)
Male Female Male Male Male Female Male Female
GRADE 7
19 21 2 1
GRADE 8
23 25 0 2
GRADE 9
26 24 0 2
GRADE 10
27 9 0 1 1 2 1 4
SHS – GRADE 11
15 13 0 1
SHS - GRADE 12
17 12 1 0
TOTAL
127 104 3 6

PREPAREDNESS MEASURES
POSSIBLE SCHOOL PREPAREDNESS MEASURE FOR HEALTH EMERGENCIES

Preparedness Measure Persons Involved

- Conduct Orientation on Proper Hand Washing - School Nurse
- Conduct Orientation on How to stop the spreading of - School Nurse
Viruses.
- Construction of Hand Washing Area - School Principal
- PTA Officials
- Procurement of Face Mask/Face Shield/Alcohol/Hand - School Principal
Sanitizer/Thermal Scanner - PTA Officials
- Printing/Posting of IEC materials regarding the - School Principal
Minimum Health Standards - PTA Officials
- Allocation of Funds for emergencies in the School - School Principal during the
MOOE Annual Procurement Plan
- Organized School Incident Command System - SDRRMC
- School DRR Focal

- Orientation of the Roles and Responsibilities of the - SDRRMC

School Emergency Organization. - School DRR Focal
- Plan Workshops and Trainings to educate staff and key - School Principal
partners and stakeholders how to plan for pandemic flu and other - SDRRMC
emergencies
- Revisiting and Updating of Existing Emergency Plan - SDRRMC
- Allocation of budgets for the reproduction of Alternative - School Principal
Delivery Modes (ADM) for learning continuity if possible - PTA Officials
prolong suspension of classes.
INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

INCIDENT COMMANDER

MERLINDA M. MIRAFLOR
SCHOOL HEAD

PUBLIC INFORMATION
OFFICER / SAFETY ADVISOR

ROSALITA A. BASTASA
MASTER TEACHER I

HEALTH CARE AND SERVICES OPERATIONS AND PLANNING

DEVELOP INCIDENT PLAN COMMUNICATIONS

GRACE B. PEROL ERMELITO C. SIDO

SHEENA MAE L. MAHINAY ERLINDA T. PENONIA
SCHOOL NURSE SDRRMC

STUDENT'S CARE AND

SUPPLIES AND FACILITIES TRANSPORTATION FACILITY MANAGER
RELEASE

ALSIE MAY M. PEROLINO MELDILYN T. RENDON JUDARLYN C. MADRIA

ALVIN V. OBENITA

FINANCE AND
RECORDER / DOCUMENTER PROCUREMENT AND CLAIMS
ADMINISTRATIONS

JIMERIC M. LAGRAMA CHARISYL J. ENGUITO

JULIEBERT L. ABAO

ACTIVATION / DEACTIVATION OF CONTINGENCY PLAN

A. Activation
The activation of Dona Carmen Nation High School Contingency Plan for COVID-19 and other
similar pandemic is in accordance with the activation of the Harmonized National Contingency Plan. These
include any of the following triggers:

 On the OPENING OF CLASSES for SY. 2020-2021 on October 5, 2020 this Contingency Plan will
be activated and implemented or the necessary actions at all grade levels of the school.
 Mandates from BDRRMO / MDRRMO / IATF
B. Deactivation
This Contingency Plan for Covid-19 will be terminated or removed from its activity based on the
declaration of the Secretary, Region Director, Schools Division and District Supervisors and School Heads
with the recommendation of IATF and other authorized government suspensions. Depending on the nature of
the hazard/event, the CP may be maintained as a “continuing plan” or a plan that can still be utilized for future
use. In case the same hazard will occur.

PREPARED BY :

ERMELITO C. SIDO, LPT

School DRRM Coordinator NOTED BY:

MERLINDA M. MIRAFLOR
School Head