Notre Dame of Kidapawan for Girls- St. Marys Academy of Kidapawan Alumni Association Inc.

St. Marys Academy Compound Kidapawan City, Cotabato, Philippines, 9400

NSAA Strategic Plan (draft)

May 25

2012
FAITH. SERVICE. EXCELLENCE.

In an endeavor to revive, rebuild and replenish the continuously depleting DEDICATION of NSAAs members to the association, the new Alumni Officers are paving their ways to initiate projects and activities which will again bring out the powerful Marian Thrust.

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Sectional Jargon
a. Type I: General This type of section means that the content is fundamental and is needed for the legitimization, whether politically or in socioeconomic sense, of the association. b. Type II: Event The word itself suggests its purpose. This section contains the programs and other activities that are deemed necessary for the association. c. Type III: Info Path This section contains the information needed for the efficiency and improvement of the associations affairs. d. Type IV: DevCom This section contains the affairs and projects that involve the plans of Community Development, depending on the aspect that a certain community needs.

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Section I. Info Path: Rebuilding of Identity 1. Motto

The motto of the association is the Latin Dedicatio in Fide, Servire et Excellentia or tanslated as Dedication in Faith, Service and Excellence, which pertains to the worth of learning and path of endeavors intended for the association and its members. As it is translated, it obviously emphasizes the incessant call of dedication in the core values of the association: FAITH, SERVICE and EXCELLENCE.

2. Seal
AM Monogram
The monogram AM, which is a very common symbol in almost all RVM Institutions, stands for Ave Maria. Ave Maria goes in praise of the Blessed Mother Mary, under whose patronage our Alma Mater was entrusted. Because it is under the depiction of RVM seal, the monogram also pertains to Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, our Mother Foundress. The monogram finally symbolizes the FAITH and LOYALTY that the association toils in its members.

Light Rays
The rays signify the associations growth, light and wisdom from God through Jesus Christ, the Light of the World.

Mt. Apo
Hailed as Philippines highest peak, Mt. Apo symbolizes the high aspirations and endeavors of the association. It also symbolizes the oath of the association to defend and to be proud of our country, The Philippines. The image finally symbolizes EXCELLENCE, as seen on its colossal reputation.

Kiram Mansion
As a symbol of colorful culture and encompassing history, the Kiram Mansion symbolizes the associations land of growth, Kidapawan City. The deteriorated Roman- Torogan Mansion houses the Manobo upbringing of the province, through the carvings in its walls and the architectural designs it possesses. It also symbolizes SERVICE, for it served as the center of the activities in Cotabato during the

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early times. The Mansion finally represents the universal hands of the association for whether Muslim (Kiram), Catholic (early mentioned symbolisms) or the like, we are all housed by one Heavenly Being.

3. Colors
The colors of the association will be Blue and Gold. Depicted from the Notre Dame Hymn and St. Marys Hymn, gold and blue not just physically work in harmony but also parallelizes to the historical background of the association, both a Notre Dame and St. Mary.

4. Song/Hymn 5. Historiography (Partial History of NSAA)

The history of Notre Dame of Kidapawan for Girls- St. Marys Academy of Kidapawan Alumni Association (NSAA) dates back to the year of the first graduates of the educational institution, 1948. The legitimization of the Alumni Association, though, was made possible 61 years later by the year 2009. Under the Presidency of Juanito Malto, Jr., Former AFP Brigadier General of the Philippines and NSAA President, the recognition of the association is finally made into paper. By the year 2011, changes had been made to accommodate the changes that happened to the educational roots of the association. By December 22, 2011, Vincent Carlo Cuzon was elected president of NSAA. The seal, motto, and identity-related aspects of the association were created and added by the coming year, 2012. Through the boost of social media, NSAA found its way to strengthen the connection to other RVM Alumni Associations, by adhering NSAAs online page to the Federation of Alumni Associations of RVM Schools, Inc. (FAARSI)s online page.

6. Banner 7. Connection
Through the latest breakthrough of technology and the boost of social media, the alumni association made its connection to its members by a group and a page in Facebook. The following are the basic information of the Facebook sites: Group: search NDKG-SMAK Alumni Association, Inc. Page: search Kidapawan: Notre Dame for Girls-St. Marys Academy Alumni Assn. (NSAA)

8. Shirt

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Section II. General: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Registration 1. General Information Sheet
a. Acquire TIN Numbers of Officers -Certification of Office by principal - Barangay Clearance, which also implies the acquisition of cedula - NSO Authenticated Birth Certificate

2. Financial Statement
a. Annual Financial Report b. Resolution for New Signatories -contact old signatories -get a copy of Death Certificate in case the old signatory has departed -2x2 ID pictures of new signatories -Valid ID photocopies of signatories

Section III. Event: Alumni Homecoming Note: This section can be executed better with first look at Section IV. Rationale:
The Alumni Homecoming is an annual event of the NSAA Members. The event should be initiated to foster the need for solid grounds in the other activities that constitute to the association as a whole.

Objective:
The Alumni Homecoming will be a thrust in strengthening the relationships and the social adherence between the association members.

General Information:
What: Alumni Homecoming Where: To Be Announced (TBA) When: December 22, 2012 Time: TBA

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Section IV. Info Path: Alumni Directory Rationale:

The Alumni Directory will be created to fill the gaps between the alumni association and its members.

Objective:
The Alumni Directory should be able to patch the lapses and solve the communication problems of the association

General Concept:
The Alumni Directory will be generated by a continuous accumulation of the contact information of the NSAA Members. The accumulation entails that the Directory is not done until all information are filled.

Section V. Event: Alumni Awards Rationale:

To foster the NSAA Members/Marian- Notre Damians oath to dedicated FAITH, SERVICE and EXCELLENCE through encompassing and legacy-worth recognition.

Objective:
Enable NSAA Members to be proud of being an NSAA member, as well as be aware that the association recognizes their efforts to continue their oath of Faith, Service and Excellence.

General Concept:
MAGTU TALI Award Magtu Tali is a derived Manobo term that means New Rope. The new rope resembles our members incessant commitment, which started from the time we took oath in the association, to live in FAITH, SERVICE and EXCELLENCE. The awardee will be chosen by the

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Awarding Board consisting of the current NSAA Officers, SMA-Kidapawan Directress/Principal, and Circle of Representatives/Circle of Nominators. HAGTAY DALESAN Award Hagtay Dalesan is an appropriated Manobo term which means Alive House. The award is given to an establishment (profit or non-profit) which showed dedication in the 3 values in or out of Kidapawan City. The alive house symbolizes the recognizable existence and reputation that the establishment has founded. The nomination to the award will only be valid if the establishment has been maintaining a stable existence and a stable reputation for 10 years minimum. Once recognized, the establishment will be marked with the stringent standards and high quality that are tantamount to the successive products and services chosen by the association.

General Information:
What: Alumni Awards Where: TBA When: TBA Time: TBA

Section VI. DevCom: Alumni Resource Center Rationale:

The Alumni Resource Center will be under the Community Development (DevCom) Projects of the NSAA. This is created to make a centralized information-location system in NSAA.

Objective:
The objective of this project, primarily, is to rebuild the identity of the Alumni Association through the centralization of its information accumulated through the years.

General Concept:
The Alumni Resource Center will be a new facility of the association. It will serve as an anthology center of batch stories through the yearbooks published through the years, a gallery of photos preserved from the early yore, and a spot for the exposition of NSAAs history. This section will only be possible if Section I is properly executed and crafted.

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Section VII. Event: Alumni Cup Rationale:

The depleting dedication of NSAAs members to the association is partly associated to the inactivity of the association. Therefore, the NSAA Cup is created to promote activeness and to value integration through sports.

Objective:
The objective of the Alumni Cup will be the successful initiation of events and of course, unifying the members of NSAA in a worthy goal of dedicated service for the association.

General Concept:
The concept of the event will be in likeness to an Intramurals, where different groups unite and compete for a certain goal, not mainly for winning, but more for the experience of being together.

Section VIII. Info Path: Alumni ID Note: Not unless the Alumni Directory is fully furnished, the alumni ID should not persist. Rationale:
The establishment of Alumni ID is under probation, because of its feasibility to accommodate all Alumni/Alumnae, but the project is for the easy access of NSAA Members in the school premises.

Objective:
The Alumni ID Project aims to inculcate and to remind a member of the importance of being a true NSAA member, which is to remain Dedicated in Faith, Service and Excellence.

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Section IX. DevCom: Pillow of Hope Rationale:

The Pillow of Hope is an action to answer the Zero Waste Management Program of the St. Marys Academy of Kidapawan, and as well as act to the pressing problems of unfortunate individuals in Mindanao.

Objective:
The project aims to lessen the garbage accumulation in the school. It also serves to be a concrete enactment of the schools mission of developing innovative programs for the growth of every individual.

General Concept:
The idea basically is to collect the plastic wrappers, junkfood covers and the like. Then, the following step involves processing the collected plastics into tiny pieces. The tiny pieces will be the fill of the pillows. The rising problems though are the funds and manpower, which will be under the solid implementation of Section II.

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The sections stated above still need concept papers and stringent planning. Thus, these are still subjects for changes. The objective of this Strategic Plan (draft), though, is to orient the members of the activities that might happen in the coming years. Prepared by: Vincent Carlo D. Cuzon NSAA President