Feature: An Angel in Disguise

Spotlight: Novafe Deticio

An Angel in Disguise

By Billie Anne Formalejo

Each year, new students meet new people with new faces and new personalities. They have to deal with the changes and adapt with the new environment they are now in. This kind of situation does not happen only to students but to educators as well.

This school year, the High School Faculty welcomed a lady with a refreshing beauty, Ms. Novafe Deticio. She is the new Citizenship Advancement Training (CAT) teacher of the fourth year students. And when students from the lower year levels learned that she's the new CAT commandant, they quickly thought that Ms. Deticio is a monster.

"The purpose of the CAT is not to torture the students but to build their character." This is her idea and outlook of what the CAT is all about.

And as her students always say, "She's more of an angel than a monster."

To trust in the Lord and to pursue their dreams are the things she wants the students to do. Like what all educaters say, "Mag-aral mabuti!" is her command.

Ms. Deticio did expect a lot from JCAians. And she admitted that unfortunately, not all students have met her expectations. "It really depends on the student," she commented.

Ma'am also expressed her concern for the students when she said that she wants to help them in some ways. She would love to have them build the character that they can bring even when they leave JCA.

"God called me to teach here," Ms. Deticio beamed.

That is what she believes and holds on to. She has had a lot of reasons for applying to be a teacher in JCA but she believes that the Lord's call made her splash into our world.

No wonder why her students don't call and see her as a monster nor a headache. For it is God's will that she is here.