A Pleasant afternoon to all, I am Aileen Claire T.
Ngoho, your emcee
for today’s event and welcome to our program in celebration of the
National Book Week with the theme, “MAGBASA, MANGARAP AT
MAGDIWANG.”
May I request everyone to please stand up for our prayer and please
remain standing for our National Anthem.
Thank you. You may now be seated.
Before we start our program, I have a question for you… Why do we
have to celebrate , “National Book Week?” Anyone?
Okay, Let me have a short History of it..
In 1934, the Philippine Library Association handed a petition to then Governor-General Frank
Murphy to propose a celebration that promotes literacy and the library’s services to the public. In
response to the Association, Murphy relented and declared the Philippines’ first National Book
Week in June of that year. The date of National Book Week was only changed to its current
location at the end of November in 1936.
National Book Week is an annual celebration in the Philippines that runs mainly during the last week of
November to encourage reading and literacy. It takes place from November 25 to 29 this year. It also
pays tribute to the service of public libraries in the Philippines in promoting the activity of reading. Even
though interest in reading is waning in today’s world due to teenagers’ preference for television
and video games, National Book Week organizers claim it is more vital than ever. One of the
goals of the holiday is to keep schoolchildren’s reading habits alive so that future generations
will be able to express themselves in writing.
During this a week , we show our appreciation for our favourite books
and dressing up like the characters that take us along on their
adventures with them.
So, to formally start our program… Let us witness our Kindergarten learners up to Grade 6 the
parade of spectacle characters based on their favorite book.
(PARADE)
So, there you have it everyone…Every Grade level is given certificate for their best bookweek
character. It will be given after the presentation..
KINDER.
Grades 1 and 2
Grades 3 and 4
Grades 5 and 6
