Republic of the Philippines

Cordillera Career Development College

Western Buyagan, Poblacion, La Trinidad, Benguet

Community Engagement,
Solidarity and Citizenship
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to thank Ma'am Sheryl Garcia for her efforts, suggestions, and remarks, as well as for
her patience in helping us. The way she teaches has been really beneficial to me throughout. She is the
one who imparted her wisdom and showed us how to properly carry out each task we undertook so that we
could meet the standards for the topic of social sciences.
I express my sincere gratitude to her for all the instructions and lessons for which she put up such
an effort and completed the assignment.

I also want to thank my classmates for joining and taking part in our various activities, which allowed us to
successfully complete the many group activities and one-on-one tasks that were assigned to us.
Additionally, I want to express my gratitude to my family for supporting me as I pursued my degree.
Additionally, I would like to thank Cordillera Career Development College for providing the learning
atmosphere on our behalf.

Above all, I want to express my gratitude to the All-Powerful God who has endowed me with the wisdom to
carry out my tasks and the stamina to face challenges in every area. The glory will always belong to God.
 Table of Contents
 TITLE PAGE.....................................................................................................................................................0
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...................................................................................................................................1
 Table of Contents..............................................................................................................................................2
 CCDC PICTURE...............................................................................................................................................3
 CCDC HYMN....................................................................................................................................................3
 HISTORY..........................................................................................................................................................4
 AUTOBIOGRAPHY...........................................................................................................................................5
PHILOSOPHY IN LIFE....................................................................................................................................................6
GRADUATION SPEECH.................................................................................................................................................7
CULMINATING ACTIVITIES...........................................................................................................................................8
Valentines...................................................................................................................................................................8
Hiking and Camping....................................................................................................................................................9
Aquatics....................................................................................................................................................................10
Culminating Activity...................................................................................................................................................11

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 CCDC PICTURE

CCDC HYMN
Lift thy banner high and lofty
O’er valleys, hills and plains
Wave it high to tell a story
Of a school that it proclaims
Cordillera College we love thy name
We will share your vision and dreams
And thy portals ne’er be forsaken
Till the world will know thy fame
You’ll be proud of us as we take our place
Men and women of our race
And thy banner shall ne’er be folded
By the people thou hast made.
Onward then ye sons and daughters
And in one accord we sing
For her banner our lives we offer
To her ourselves we bring
In the land so blest with prosperity
Thy children loyal will be
In our hearts and minds we pledge thee
Cordillera College will stay
You’ll be proud of us as we take our place
Men and women of our race
And thy banner shall ne’er be folded
By the people thou hast made
 HISTORY
The idea of putting up an institution propped during one casual conversation among close friends talking
about daring challenges. At first, the concept was considered a “foolish joke”, considering the financial
status of each one. However, it was taken seriously after each member reflected that, with their educational
background and working experiences, each could play a major role in the management of one educational
institution. Indeed, with mere guts and modest capital, the group has complied with the requirements of the
Security and Exchange Commission-Baguio Branch to register the Cordillera Career Development College
(CCDC) as a corporation on April 6, 1993 and incidentally making it the “first private educational institution
of higher learning in the BIMAK provinces!” The operation of CCDC started during the summer term of
1993 in rented classrooms of the Pelizloy Centrum at Km. 5, La Trinidad, Benguet with 59 students enrolled
in modular computer courses, review class for the NTC examination, a typing class and remedial classes
for grade school pupils in reading, writing and arithmetic. Enrollment during the start of School Year of
1993-94 was a little more than 100 students during the first semester and increased to more than 200
during the second semester in the various programs: Auto-Diesel Technology, modular classes in
computer, Pre-school and Midwifery. The first graduation exercise was held at the Benguet Capitol
Auditorium featuring those in the modular courses in computer and in the Pre-school. Amazingly, with the
opening of additional programs, the enrollment during the start of School Year 1994-1995 rose to more
than 500 and further increased to 870 college students during the second semester. The new courses then
were the Graduate School, Dental Hygiene, Computer Secretarial, Computer Technology, Computer
Technician, Auto-Diesel Technology and Bachelor of Arts. Out of this number, a total of 157 students were
among the first graduates in 1995 from the following courses: One–year Computer Secretarial; Two-year
Computer Technician; Two-year graduate Midwifery and modular courses in computer. CCDC was first
envisioned merely to be a pre-elementary, review and modular computer center. However, with efficient
leadership coupled with sufficient educational experiences and warm encouragement from the community
elders, the plan has been altered to include grade school, secondary, technical-vocational, tertiary and yes,
even graduate education courses and a college of law! From then on, new programs were offered with the
enrollment continuously increasing. The need for expansion was seen, hence, a three-story main building
was constructed in a 2,500-lot area in Buyagan, Poblacion, La Trinidad in 1995. At present, the college has
three buildings and a gymnasium constructed in a 5,500 sq. m lot and management is on the process
negotiating the purchase of another 6,500 sq. m. lot located just adjacent to the present campus for its
expansion project. CCDC was not earlier meant to compete with older and bigger institutions but rather to
complement and supplement their efforts in our common goal to educate our youth. However, because
members of management have always kept in mind their responsibility to provide quality and relevant
education, the performance of the institution’s graduates are now at par or equal, if not even better than,
the graduates of other institutions. CCDC continues to bloom in its student population coming from all over
the region and continues to adhere to the primary goal of providing quality education to the Filipino Youth,
particularly to the Cordilleran.

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 AUTOBIOGRAPHY

My name Is Lloyd Gerald A. Licangan, I was born on the 8 th of April, 2005 at Pines City Doctors Hospital
in Baguio City. I am the second son of Anthony Licangan and Mildred Licangan. I have two siblings, and
older brother whose name is Billy Rhay Licangan and a little sister named Kyllie Zofia Licangan. My
hobbies are listening to music, watching movies, reading manga, playing sports, and eating.
UCCP is the school where I studied kindergarten until grade 4. I transferred to CCDC when I was in grade
5 and graduated in the same school. I continued studying in CCDC during my junior and middle high
school. I found CCDC a convenient school for me for which I decided to continue my senior high school
studies. I am currently studying in CCDC this grade 12.
Travelling all countries is my dream, because it’s what I’ve been wanting to do since I was a little kid. I also
wanted to travel to feel the freedom I’ve always wanted and want to taste kinds of foods other countries
have and trying new things. My life decision is to become a successful by being a firefighter or a policeman.
Weighing the two careers, I am planning to be a policeman.
 PHILOSOPHY IN LIFE

My philosophy on life is that you should live while you are alive and you should give others that same
privilege. We shouldn’t judge people for the choices they make, because we all make bad decisions. You
should do what you want with your life, as long as it makes you happy and causes no harm to others.
Happiness is all we can hope for in this world and we have to strive to achieve it. We should help people
when we can and graciously accept failures when we have to.

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 GRADUATION SPEECH
Trustees, Faculty, family, friends, and fellow graduates, I am honored to speak to you on
this very important day.

First, I'd like to thank the administration and faculty of CCDC for their hard work and dedication on our
behalf. I think that students often take their High School experience for granted, as just the step between
high school and the real world.

I do not take one bit of it for granted. So, I thank every one of you who has made this school what it is and
every one of you who have supported my fellow students and me along the way. We have received an
excellent education here, which makes it far more than a step between high school and the real world but
rather a stepping stone to our futures.

On a personal note, I would like to honor my parents. Present in the audience, they encouraged me and
supported me. Without them, my graduation would not have been possible. Thanks, Mom and Dad!

Fellow graduates, today we have finished something. Sometimes I think it is ironic that - in each endeavor
in our academic lives - we learn and grow and achieve the highest level possible in that institution. Then,
we graduate. The next year we are thrown back to being the "low man on the totem pole" in our future
school.

But thanks to everything we have learned so far, I am confident. We will keep climbing as if we are on an
endless ladder to heights we've never achieved before. For that reason, I urge you to make sure that you
are on the ladder on which you genuinely WANT to be. Remember that it is YOUR LIFE.

Carl Jung said, "Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks
outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." So, today I remind you all to look into your hearts and be
awake before you embark upon a dream that is not your own.

Up to this point in many of our lives, most things have been decided for us. From now on, it is up to us to
choose. So be sure to make your choices when you are fully awake, decisions that are informed by your
heart and not by what others say or think or believe.

Our contribution to the world will not be measured by the money we make or the accolades we receive, but
rather by how we share our unique gifts with the world. And the only place to find those gifts is to look
within yourself.

So go forth class of 2023 and make your unique contribution!

Valentines

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Hiking and Camping
Aquatics

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Culminating Activity