Multiple Intelligence Awards at CCFT

Multiple Intelligence Awards at CCFT

Each quarter of the school year, CCFT Coron International School recognizes the students who performed well in their academics. CCFT-CIS ascribes to Dr. Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory, which is widely accepted and practiced in major private and international schools worldwide. The theory affirms that every individual is intelligent in his own right and IQ test scores aren’t the exclusive basis of measuring one’s mental abilities.

CCFT-CIS awards students for the eight basic kinds of Multiple Intelligence: Word Smart (Linguistically Intelligent), Body Smart (Bodily-Kinesthetically Intelligent), Nature Smart (Naturalistically Intelligent), People Smart (Interpersonally Intelligent), Picture Smart (Spatially Intelligent), Music Smart (Musically Intelligent), Number Smart (Logically-Mathematically Intelligent), and Self Smart (Intrapersonally Intelligent). A ninth and unique award, Filipino Smart, is also given for students gifted with communicating in the national language, Filipino.

The Second Quarter Recognition Rites were held at the CCFT-CIS Pavilion on November 28, 2008. For each grade level, students who were recommended by their teachers on the basis of their grades in different subjects were awarded certificates corresponding to their unique academic strength. It is interesting to note that no one student reaped all nine awards for his or her grade level. Different students took home different awards, a testament to Dr. Howard’s theory.

This quarter’s recognition was made all the more special because it was the first time students were also recognized for their extra-curricular achievements. CCFT-CIS won first place in two inter-school competitions in Coron within the quarter: the World Tourism Day slogan-making contest in September, and the 45th Fish Conservation Week on-the-spot drawing contest. This was a proud year for CCFT-CIS, a school barely past its second year, attesting to its commitment to excellence in a well-rounded education, both within and outside the school walls.