Ms. Lala Castillo, formerly the Principal of St. Scholastica Grade School, considered by me as the Master of Interdisciplinary Approach in Teaching, with her module on Drama in Education.
Ms. Castillo now heads the Philippine School for the Arts at Mt. Makiling. It was a great honor and privilege for me to finally meet her at a training in Manila. I was an avid reader of her articles published regularly by the Philippine Journal of Education (PJE) when I was a classroom teacher way back in the 1990's. Her module on Drama in Education helped me in understanding integration and thematic teaching.
Her curriculum innovation in her former school are the best models for the public schools. To understand better of her work as a Principal and as an Instructional leader, one has to dig into past issues of the PJE and look for the her articles "Innovations in the Classroom" My favorite though is the story about " Missy".
The meeting at the New Horizon Hotel with this brilliant woman was for me a dream come true. Finally, I have meet a real master.
