Colegio San Agustin-Makati

High School Department

Senior High School
School Year 2018-2019

MY CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE
Capstone Project Portfolio

Submitted to:

Mr. Gil D. Turingan

Capstone Adviser

Submitted by:

Virtucio IV, Jose Bernardo, G.

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Date of Submission:

Oct 23,2018
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Self-Introduction…………………………………………………. 2

What is Capstone…………………………………………………. 2-3

My Capstone Experience…………………………………………. 3-5

Contribution ………………………………………………………. 5-9

Progress Report……………………………………………………. 9

Self-Evaluation……………………………………………………. 10

Contract and Pledge Form………………………………………… 11

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 SELF-INTRODUCTION

I am Jose Bernardo Virtucio IV and I am a HUMSS student or the Humanities and Social

Sciences Academic Strand. As a student, I do my best to pass requirements and tests so that I may

pass my classes and learn more from my teachers. In the future, I see myself as a college student

studying at the De La Salle University Manila pursuing my choice of Legal Management as my

pre-law. I truly believe that I will finish my course and become a lawyer in the future. I live by a

quote said by Marty Mcfly in the movie Back to The Future which is “If you put your mind to it,

you can accomplish anything.” I live by this quote because us humans can do many great things

and I believe that if we really put our mind to it we can do anything. I want to be a lawyer as many

of my family members have pursued this career. Throughout this Capstone program I learned to

balance my academics and my review for the College Entrance Tests. Although, it was hard in

trying to balance academics, capstone, and review for the College Entrance Tests, I managed to do

all with a little bit of hard work, perseverance and patience I was able to do these things

successfully. This project helped me do more in groupworks, occasionally when it comes to

groupworks I get seldom works for most of my groupmates prefer to give me the easier tasks as

they believe that I am not capable of doing or finishing such tasks. But, with my group consisting

mostly of friends that I have come to know since last year, they helped me overcome and motivated

me to be confident with my work and thus, I was able to contribute and do more for my group

throughout the Capstone project.

WHAT IS CAPSTONE?

Capstone is a program that serves as a culminating academic and intellectual experience

for students, which is typically given to them during their final year of high school. In the

Philippines it is given to them in their final year in the Senior High School. This program is

designed to encourage students to think critically, solve challenging problems, and develop skills

such as oral communication, public speaking, research skills, media literacy, teamwork, planning,

self-sufficiency, or goal setting-i.e., skills that will help prepare them for college, modern careers,

and in adult life. For me the capstone program is given to students in their final year of high school

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to be able to immerse themselves and help solve challenging problems that they don’t necessarily

face in their everyday lives. This in turn helps the people whose problems they are helping solve.

MY CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE

Throughout the five months that I spent on the Capstone project of Colegio San Agustin-

Makati Senior High School. I learned and acquired knowledge and skills that are beneficial not

only in school but for my college education and career in the future as well. This is because the

project helped me enhance my social skills which was significantly used in the communities we

visited to be able to discover and solve their problems within their community. Aside from that I

learned to be more observant of my surroundings because for a very long time I never really was

involved in helping in communities except in the outreach activities that the school provides for

its students. But this Capstone project has helped me integrate my help towards the citizens on a

more personal level because it gave me a chance to connect more and know more from the locals

in the communities we have visited. This Capstone project revealed to me as a student and as a

person that I can help solve problems within a community or being able to help in many ways that

can benefit others. This capstone project has helped me be prepared for college, my career, and

my life beyond school because it helped me be more active in helping solve problems and using

my skills that I have learned in this project to its full potential. While doing this capstone project I

realized that I was able to use my social skills which I have had a hard time fully utilizing by

connecting with the locals that we came to know throughout the project. Although I had strengths

within this project I also have weaknesses which are my failure to do things with the amount of

time I am given. This is due to the many requirements given to not only me but the entire class by

the Senior High School department. As the seniors of the high school department, we are expected

to be college ready and independent of our own. But back to the weaknesses or struggles that I had

with the creation of this project, it was hard trying to balance both academics and the Capstone

project because although me and my group mates were given enough time to finish the said

requirements for the Capstone project we still couldn’t do things needed ahead of time which

forced us to cram a few parts in the making of our project. With this, our progress in the making

of project hindered us from finishing the task earlier than expected. But although we suffered such

setbacks we were still able to finish and fully execute our project for the communities we were

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assigned to which made us happy knowing that despite suffering challenges we were still able to

finish all the things needed for this project. As a senior high school student of Colegio San Agustin

Makati I have grown to be more rational and mature. This means that the Senior High School has

helped me grow not only as a student but as an individual as well. I believe that the Senior High

School is a great addition to the education of students. Because not only does its job of preparing

you for college but it also helps you learn and enhance your skills through the different activities

that it offers such as in this case the capstone project. I have learned many new things from the

different subjects in the Senior High School of CSA Makati. One connection I could make with

one of my subjects to the capstone project is my current subject I am currently taking which is

Disciplines and Ideas in The Applied Social Sciences. One of the lessons in this subject is Social

Work, this lesson can be connected or applied to the capstone project because in capstone we are

assigned to help solve a problem that one of the communities are facing. Social Work, as defined

by (AASW) or the Australian Association of Social Workers recognizes that social work is a

practical profession designed at helping people address their problems and matching them with the

resources they need to lead healthy and productive lives. This is similar with the capstone project

because we help the locals by providing them with the needs that they have a hard time gaining

access to. This is one of the fascinating things about the capstone project because it is a project

that is very relevant as it aims to enhance the students critical thinking, problem solving, and

develop skills such as oral communication, media literacy, research skills etc. That are necessary

in their future. This capstone project has taught me many things and one of them is improving my

social skills and problem-solving skills as well as my public speaking skills. The capstone project

helped me in improving my social skills because I was able to get to know the different people my

group and I will be helping. I’ve always had a hard time trying to talk to others because I’m very

shy when I try to get to know a person or a group of people. But, with the help of my group mates

which are also my friends who helped me and gave me enough confidence and courage to

overcome my challenges of not being able to fully utilize my social skills. With this I was able to

improve on my social skills and made me confident enough to meet new people which is necessary

when I graduate from high school and move on to college. The capstone project also helped me

improve my problem-solving skills, because one of this project’s aim is for students to solve

problems that are given to them. Before, this project my problem-solving skills were average as I

never really was a fan of solving problems because I used to believe that nothing will happen or

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nothing good will come out of it. But, after this project I’ve come to realize that solving problems

is very much needed and that I should work on it while I have the chance because when I get to

college I have to done things on my own as when we get to college we are expected to learn a

higher form of education which means I have to improve on some of these skills for me to be able

to do good in college. And lastly, this project has also helped me develop my public speaking

skills. This is one of the many skills that I have had a hard time improving and overcoming ever

since I got to school. I am not the only one who has had a hard time improving this skill because

not everyone is good at public speaking but with this capstone project it helped me improve and

overcome this skill by immersing me and my classmates to activities wherein we must speak to a

large group of people. I am lucky and happy to have had this capstone project because it helped

me improve many of the skills that I need in preparation for college and for life.

CONTRIBUTION IN THE CAPSTONE PROJECT

 Worked on History & Background of the community for Community Profile Survey
 Worked on Location for Community Profile Survey
 Worked on Purpose for Concept Paper
 Worked on Methodology for Concept Paper
 Presented with group mates for the Elevator Pitch
 Visited and Talked to representative of Red Cross office
 Bought supplies and ingredients needed for the fund-raising activity
 Visited GK with the group three consecutive times
 Participated in the fund-raising activity or the Tatak Agustino

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 PROGRESS REPORT

What I can say about my progress report is that I am consistent in attending my classes

as well as doing my part as a student of this project to help solve the problems of the people we

are helping. My performance in the capstone project is highlighted and seen in my progress report

for I was able to do the necessary tasks needed for the capstone project. Based on my progress

report I can say that I was able to successfully do the parts assigned to me by my group leader and

the tasks assigned to us by our teacher. Also based on my progress report I am consistent in doing

the tasks that have been given to me as well as consistent in attending my capstone class. This is

because I never missed a class except the classes wherein we had cancellation of classes. As seen

in my progress report I was able to list down everything we did during our class from our first

week which was the orientation up to the passing of the final papers needed for the portfolio. It

was a fun experience to have been a part of the capstone project because not only have I learned

many new things, but I also made many memories with the people I met and my classmates as

well.

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 SELF-EVALUATION RATING

Self- Level of Proficiency Equivalent Numerical

evaluation Value
rating (please
check)
 Advanced 90% and above
Proficient 85-89%
Approaching 80-84%
Proficiency
Developing 75-79%
Beginning 74% and below
Reason/s: I deserve to be given this grade because I proved to my
group mates and teacher that I am consistent and
efficient in complying with the tasks that were given to
me. Also based on my performance and attendance I
deserve to be given this grade in my opinion.

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 CONTRACT AND PLEDGE FORM

I understand that I am responsible for completing all requirements of the Capstone subject.
I am aware that all requirements including this portfolio must be submitted on time and failure to
submit would result to a grade of 0. I will maintain the highest standards of honesty and integrity.
I promise not to plagiarize, and I will only include in this portfolio the work that I have created
and completed myself. I understand that if I am suspected of committing plagiarism or
misrepresenting any portion of the course requirements, I will receive a grade of 0 and/or be
referred for appropriate disciplinary action.

Printed Name of the Student:______________________________

Student’s Signature:________________
Date:____________________

As the parent/guardian, I am aware that my child is required to successfully complete the

Capstone subject as an integral part of the Senior High School curriculum. I acknowledge that I
have read over the Capstone project portfolio of my child and understand the expectations of the
course.

Printed Name of the Parent/Guardian_____________________

Parent’s/Guardian’s Signature:________________________
Date: ________________

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