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KAGAWARAN NG EDUKASYON
Rehiyon XII
Lungsod ng Heneral Santos
FRANCISCO ORINGO SR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Oringo Subdivision, Brgy. City heights, General Santos City

LANDSCAPING RATIONALE

Set in an idyllic location within Barangay City Heights, Francisco

oringo Sr. Elementary School is a well established school under
General Santos South District. The tone set by this environment
needs to be reinforced by the character and sense of place throughout
the campus. As the school transforms its teaching methods and
curriculum to meet its pupils’ future thinking and facilitate these
transformations.
Having developed over time from 1991, the school is showing
signs of age and is due for an overall renewal to bring the quality of
the spaces up to a level that will reflect the school’s education goals
realizing the 21st century education. The vacant spaces surrounding
the main buildings will be replaced by well considered hard and soft
landscape edges, keeping nature as the view outside the windows.
Access to green was identified as a major priority for the school and
will be achieved by this and several other spaces that have been
created throughout the campus.
The handwashing area will be developed for rest and study place
for pupils. In front of the office will be sited for growing ornamental
plants friendly to learners. On the other hand, rooms with vacant
frontyards will be best for landscaping/plant boxes. The landscaping
will be uniformly constructed according to needs.
Grade Six frontyard adjacent to JICA Building will also be utilize.
These spaces will be designed to encourage pupil interaction, nin
connection to their love and care for environment. The vegetation
and screening along this edge and will be planted with lemon grass
or tanglad, as it will impact to the Income Generated Project (IGP) of
the school since the school is surrounded by several lechon houses.
Tanglad will soon be a livelihood project for the parents waiting
outside in making mosquito repellant.
The existing vegetation will be retained and improved. Edible
plants will be cultivated. To connect students to food production, the
edible landscape elements will be complimented by the garden plots
at the back.
Existing trees are generally in good condition and suitable for
retention by cutting and pruning. It is desirable to retain the existing
trees without removal.
As a result, the school environment will benefit all, since it can
be a good milieu for teaching and learning process. It can develop the
love and care for nature as well as preserving the nature.
Grade Six Frontyard adjacent to School Main Gate
Kindergarten-Patron (new completed classroom) Frontyard
In between Grade I-Tanghinan ang Grade V-Oringo
In front of canteen and feeding center
In front of Grdae One classrooms
In front of Grade Four-Estores
At the handwashing area
In front of principal’s office
 Ang Akong mga Paborito

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