Last Saturday (March 10), the Homeschool Association of the Philippine Islands (HAPI) held a media launch during the Expo Kid event at Rockwell. Many parents and children attended the event, and several key media groups were there as well.

The program began with Catholic Filipino Academy’s Ensemble playing Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Edric Mendoza, chairman of HAPI, came on stage for a while and gave a talk on homeschooling and why the HAPI homeschoolers choose to homeschool their children. He illustrated homeschool as a Do-It-Yourself Education and listed 5 tools for homeschooling success: Learning Content, Learning Context, Enrichment Activities, Support Group, and Standard.

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