Continuing its commitment to helping elevate the country's education system, SM Foundation, Inc. (SMFI), in partnership with SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SMPHI) and the Department of Education (DepEd), have recently collaborated to construct two new school buildings in Laguna and Batangas.

Upon the completion of the joint initiative, two two-story four-classroom school buildings will be donated to the Laguna Resettlement Community School in San Pedro City, Laguna and the San Antonio Elementary School in Sto. Tomas City, Batangas.

Each of the school buildings is set to be equipped with learning materials, armchairs, handwashing facilities, emergency equipment, and PWD-friendly facilities to ensure that students, especially from low-income communities, gain access to modern, safe, and conducive learning facilities.

Formalizing the partnership, representatives from the SMFI, DepEd, and the local government units of said provinces attended the memorandum of agreement signing last April 28, 2023, at the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) in Malvar, Batangas.

SM Foundation, through its School Building Program, is an active partner of DepEd in various educational programs. This social good initiative aims to promote quality public education by building classrooms nationwide. To date, it has turned over more than 100 school buildings to grassroots communities. 

I, Kwento Ni Toto, loves to tell stories whether it is my experience or soon to be experience together with my love ones or just me alone. And for this particular story I'll be telling and of course inviting those who loves to go to the beach about a certain place somewhere in the land of blades (Balisong) and coffee (Kapeng Barako), Batangas.

My correspondent Jefferson aka Justin did dig in with the foods in the Batangas Food Fest in Matabungkay Beach Hotel.  Kwento Ni Toto wasn't able to join in with the other bloggers because of the busy schedule.  So for this particular event Justin fill in and enjoyed his stay together with the other bloggers in Batangas.  Read the story as Justin unravels flavors and scene in the said event.