Submitted by: ABM 2B

Ella Mae Herrera, John Ernest Hipolito, Mc Ralph

Gerald Cruz, Marianne Cabinian, Jerson Llamado,
Jenalyn Dionisio, Jhanina Nuesca, Alyssa Myke
Pineda, Nicole Samaniego, Joebert Veneracion

Submitted to:
Ms. Monica Robles
Subject Instructor
 The Passion and Process behind the Making of Reckon Magazine
Putting together a magazine is a great way to share your vision in print. To make a
magazine, you simply need to create meaningful content around a solid theme capable of
attracting a specific market, then organize that content into an appealing layout and
publish it digitally or via print. You can make a handmade magazine, or use computer
software to design and print a professional-quality magazine yourself. The magazine that
will be designed and developed of the group is all disseminating information and
promoting the ABM strand.
Getting Started

Create theme or focus.

The group collaborated and assembles
magazine. They generate the primary topic
strand. Out of the overarching theme they
with supporting tagline of "Making ABM as
numbers and account that obviously sum up
brainstorming to talk about the focus of the
of the magazine which is promoting the ABM
come up with a one-word title name "Reckon"
Your Finest Asset". Reckon is a word related to
the theme which is all about ABM.
 Creating the content
 Outline
The group decides on how to assemble the entire content of the magazine.
They gather information through books or printed materials and through surfing the
net.
 The outline of the content is presented as follows:
 Deepen Your Understanding about ABM
 Unleash Your ABM Skills
 I am ABMnista!
 Subjects Exploration
 Choose Your Career Path
 Act-Count-Think Trivia
 Keep Calm and Choose ABM
 Head start your Wildest Dream with ABM
 ABMaterials
 6 ABMindful tips
 ABMotivation
 ABMind Games

 Write articles, columns and stories

The group divided the task to each member and then writes related articles for the
content of the magazine.
 The divisions of work together with final written outputs are as follows:

RECKON (Make ABM as your Finest Asset)

Deepen Your Understanding about ABM Strand
By: Ella Mae DR. Herrera
Do you imagine yourself working in a corporate setting and being successful in
business-related fields? If that depicts your wild imagination then the academic strand,
ABM, is perfectly designed for you!
ABM is a short term for Accountancy, Business and Management. This challenging and
exciting academic strand is exclusive for those aspiring accountants and entrepreneurs
who want to incline their selves in business and corporate world. This strand will boost
up your knowledge about business management and strategies. It introduces you to the wide
perspective of managing and financing a business. ABM strand will surely mold you to be a
business-minded student full of critical thinking skills on how to cater the business
industry.
ABM strand is under the Academic Track of K-12 program. This is designed for those
Math wizards who love numbers and analyzation. The Accountancy, Business and Management
(ABM) strand would focus on the basic concepts of financial management, business
management, corporate operations and all things that are accounted for.
Accountancy
Accountancy is the profession or practice of accounting. It is the practice of
recording, classifying, and reporting on business transactions for a business. It
provides feedback to management regarding the financial results and status of an
organization.
Business
Businesses can be for-profit entities or nonprofit organizations that operate to
fulfill a charitable mission or further a social cause. Business is also the organized
efforts and activities of individuals to produce and sell goods and services for profit.
Management
Management is the coordination of the activities of a business in order to achieve
desired object. It is the process of using resources in order to reach organizational
goals. It is also the art of getting things done through efforts.

Unleash Your ABM Skills

By: Mc Ralph Gerald Cruz and Jerson Llamado
The ABM strand generally has three main specifications: Accounting, Business, and
Management. First and foremost, taking the ABM Strand track will allow the people to many
opportunities to start and handle their own business. You will be enhance and develop
different skills that are going to be applicable or use in the course that you are going
to pursue in the future.
Communication Skills
We are going to learn how to communicate with different types of people and adapt
different environments. We need to share our ideas and present our information in an
appropriate way to understand the people. It also develops our vocabulary and languages
especially in a running a business involves a clear and concise communication in able to
build successful relationships with the customers.
Financial Skills
It is a skill that uses knowledge and understanding to manage and solve different
problems specifically financial problems and convert it to a benefits or advantages. We
also going to learn how to handle a business properly and also budgeting and analyzing
our own finances.
Collaborative Skills
It represents and showing our behaviors especially our respect and trust to
ourselves and other people. In running a successful business, we should negotiate in
others and take responsibility to complete a task. Our leadership skills will also
practice and enhance. Like in the company, we work as a team, it is our obligation to
have a clear vision and influence the other people to deal them effectively in their work
especially to the mission of the company.
Analytical Skills
In these skills, it indicates our logical thinking. With the ABM Strand track, your
reasoning skills and critical thinking are going to get sharpened to their fullest
potential. We are a problem solvers that compete in different challenges should analyze
first before making decisions. We need to become creative and resourceful in different
aspects.
 Time Management
This is one of the greatest skills that we could have, especially as students. We
are going to learn how to budget and allocate our time in such a way that everything will
be efficient, effective, and simple. Learn to prioritize work and use schedule plans in
order to have a proper and organize using of time and to avoid too much stress and
unsuccessful things.
Creativity
Creativity, of course in marketing you will think about the strategies on how to
promote a product, how will you encourage buyers and how will you market it.
Logical skills
Logical Skills, in some transactions and questions you will notice that the answer
is already there. It’s just a matter of common sense and logic

Choose Your Career Path

By: Jenalyn Dionisio
Many interesting career paths also await students who graduate from ABM. The question is
which path to choose. Here are some of your options after you graduate from this strand.
Accountancy
o Bachelor of Science Courses
o Accountancy (BSA)
o Accounting Technology (BSAcT)
Business
o Bachelor of Science Business Administration Majors
o Business Economics (BSBA)
 o Financial Management (BSBA major in FM)
o Human Resource Development (BSBA major in HRDM)
o Marketing Management (BSBA major in MM)
o Operations Management (BSBA major in OM)
o Entrepreneurship (BS Entrep)
o Agribusiness (BS Agribusiness)

Management
o Bachelor of Science Courses
o Hotel and Restaurant Management (BS HRM)
o Office Administration (BSOA)
o Real Estate Management (BS REM)
o Tourism Management (BSTM)
o Community Development (BS Community Development)
o Foreign Service (BS Foreign Service)
o International Studies (BSIS)
o Public Safety (BSPS)
o Social Work (BS Social Work)

I am ABMnista!
By: Ella Mae DR. Herrera
I love thinking critically and analytically. I am seeing numbers as an aesthetic
art. Money is always in my part and I am willing to balance everything with all my heart.
I am more than ready to take the risk because I am ABMnista.
It is such a great pleasure to be part of the ABM community. The journey is like a
roller coaster ride; it will blow your mind but will surely give you the best experience
of life. They say that ABM is just for intelligent person because it is more difficult
than the usual. It is somehow true because ABM strand is quite complicated and
challenging. As an ABMnista I often experience having sleepless nights due to overloaded
school works. Balancing the accounts, making business plan and financial plan really
stresses my mind as I go through it. But despite of this I enjoy everything about ABM
because it is interesting to learn about. It teaches me the lessons of being a successful
accountant and business woman. It molded me to be ready enough to enter the corporate
world and being an ABMnista reminded me not to give up until you finish the process and
get the best and balanced outcome.
In my life of being an ABM student I can say that it is hard but memorable.
Struggles and stress may always arise but as long you know how to value time and love
what you're doing, everything will be easy and fine. No matter how hard something is I am
always ready to maintain my assets to fight and gain hope to continue and take the risk
of being an ABMnista.

Subjects Exploration
By: Alyssa Myke Pineda
1. Business finance
Refers to money and credit employed in business. Finance is the basic of business. It
is required to purchase assets, goods, raw materials and for the other flow of economic
activities. Business finance can be defined as “The provision of money at the time when
it is needed by a business.
2. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Business ethics is the study of appropriate business policies and practices regarding
potentially controversial subjects including corporate governance, insider trading,
bribery, discrimination, corporate social responsibility, and fiduciary responsibilities.
The law often guides business ethics, but at other times business ethics provide a basic
guideline that businesses can choose to follow to gain public approval.
Social responsibility (or, corporate social responsibility) is a theory that asserts
that businesses, in addition to maximizing shareholder value, have an obligation to act
in a manner that benefits society. The International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) emphasizes that a business's ability to maintain a balance between pursuing
economic performance and adhering to societal and environmental issues is a critical
factor in operating efficiently and effectively.
3. Principles of Marketing
Marketing is defined as "the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from
the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping,
storing, and selling."
An alternate definition is paraphrased from memory of an introductory business text is:
Marketing is all activities conducted to prepare for sales. Sales are all activities
required to close the deal. Shipping and customer satisfaction would be included in sales
to avoid the customer from reversing or unclosing the deal.
Thus Marketing can be categorized as a branch of business as well as a social science.
We buy goods (thus becoming the buyer/consumer) from a vendor (or producer/seller),
creating a transaction. In the past, marketing involved traveling salesmen, while in
modern times, marketing is more likely to involve television, the internet, and other
forms of media bombardment
4. Organizational Management
The process of organizing, planning, leading and controlling resources within an entity
with the overall aim of achieving its objectives. The organizational management of a
business needs to be able to make decisions and resolve issues in order to be both
effective and beneficial.
5. Business Mathematics
Business Mathematics plays an important role in commercial enterprises for
understanding and handling everyday operations.
Commercial enterprises use Math in probability, accounting, statistics, elementary
algebra, sales forecasting, inventory management, financial analysis and marketing.
 6. Applied economics
It is the study of economics in world situations as opposed to the theory of economics.
It is the application of economic principles and theories to real situations, and trying
to predict the outcomes.
7. Fundamentals of Accountancy, Business, and Management 1 & 2
This is an introductory course in accounting, business, and management data analysis
that will develop students’ appreciation of accounting as a language of business and an
understanding of basic accounting concepts and principles that will help them analyze
business transactions

Act-Count-Think Trivia!
By: Joebert Veneracion
1. Bubblegum was invented by an accountant, Walter Diemar in 1928. It was bright pink in
color because that was the only dye he had to hand at the time.
2. It was accountants who brought down Chicago crime boss Al Capone. Although believed to
be guilty of everything from bootlegging to murder, he was ultimately arrested and
convicted of tax evasion.
3. Bookkeeper and the words derived from it (bookkeeping etc.) are the only words in the
English language with 3 consecutive sets of double letters.
4.Mick Jagger, Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and comedian Eddie Izzard are just a few of
the famous names who worked in accounting before their showbiz careers took off.
5. St. Matthew the Evangelist is the patron saint of accountants, as well as bookkeepers,
tax collectors, bookkeepers, stockbrokers and bankers.
6. Monty Python frequently poked fun at accountants. A possible reason for this is that
John Cleese’s father wanted him to be an accountant; he was due to start work for Grace,
Derbyshire & Todd Chartered Accountants in Bristol.
7. Accounting has been around for millennia. Tokens dating back 7000 years were
discovered in ancient Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq, Turkey and Syria). These are thought
to be the earliest documented records of goods received and traded.
8. Accountants play an important role in the Oscars. Every year since 1935 a team of
accountants has spent an average of 1700 hours prior to Oscar night counting the Academy
Award ballots by hand.
9. Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli is regarded as the father of accounting. He
published the first book on double entry accounting in 1494. Leonardo da Vinci was one of
his students.
10. The word “accounting” comes from the French “compter” meaning to count or score.
Other accounting terms are derived from Latin, such as “debit” – “he owes” and “credit” –
“he trusts”.

Keep Calm and Choose ABM

By: Nicole Samaniego
 Choose ABM because if you have strengths and assets of being an accountant and
manager
 Choose ABM to improve your mathematical skills and prepare you for harder tasks
 Choose ABM for a preparation for a career in management accountancy, management
consultancy, and business management
 Choose ABM for the enhancement of your skills
 Choose ABM to have a background on how to be a business leader or how to build up
your own business
 Choose ABM fir big opportunities in the corporate world await after graduating - can
be inside or outside the country

Head start your Wildest Dream with ABM

By: John Ernest Hipolito
 “Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions.” All of us has our own dreams
in life, dreams that is gradually shaping when time goes by. A dream doesn’t become
reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. Before you achieve
anything there’s a lot of hindrances, circumstances and challenges you have to face,
those are the things that test your stability and courage.
When we are child most of us always saying, I want to be a policeman someday, I want
to become a doctor, I want to become a teacher. Our childhood already give us an idea on
what we want to be in the future. Our surroundings also give a big impact on choosing our
career. There are a lot of stages we need to pass by before we reach the top, our dreams.
Being a senior high school student is one of them. At this stage we already preparing
ourselves to enter the true world and understand the true meaning of life. In senior high
school there’s a variety of strand that you can take base on the career you desire.
Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM), the foundation of future accountants,
businessman/woman, entrepreneur and other business related job. As an ABM student I can
say that this strand is hard, it is more on analyzing and deep understanding. A student
needs to be a good critical thinker to understand every terminology and to catch up in
every lesson. ABM is not a kind of strand that you can take easily; a lot of efforts are
needed to accomplish every task. On the other side it is very challenging, exciting and
worth it. All the experience causes a lot of benefits to a student, different kind of
skills may improve. In social, mental and psychological aspects. This track is perfect
for students who are good in organizing and planning. It enhances learning and knowledge
that can be a big help in college. All of us has different goal in life, like being a
Certified Public Accountant or a Business Manager someday , you must know your priority
,don’t waste your time in useless things. Be productive and mature enough to all your
decisions.
Studying is a long journey of learning and experience, a lot of hardships might
happen to you. Expectation from your family and friends may contribute to your
performance. If you’re really passionate to achieve your dreams, everything will be easy
for you. All the failures will become an inspiration, and all that inspiration can be an
instrument to your success. When you have a dream that you can’t let go of, trust your
instinct and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, they take patience, and
sometimes they require you to dig down very deep, be sure you’re willing to do that. Just
follow your dreams; they know the way of your future.

ABMaterials
By: Marianne Cabinian
 ABM student’s real friend is the FRIXION PEN! Honestly based on my experiences you
don’t really need to be good in math. This strand only requires basic math and you
can compute those numbers manually. Frixion pen is important because you will need
it whenever you write in journals, worksheets etc. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR MISTAKE! I
repeat NO ROOM FOR MISTAKE in writing numbers. Every digit are very important, in a
simple mistake you can get ZERO score. Remember how sensitive numbers are.
 Calculator, even if requires basic math, your professor will surely not allowed you
to take exam without a calculator. Yes it is basic math but you will have a hard
time calculating millions though.
 General journal book is a book to record the debits and credits of the transactions
it is vital for the accounting subject.
 Journals and Worksheets, these two papers is what you will usually use in your daily
activities, seat works and exams.

6 ABMindful Tips
By: Jhanina Nuesca
Many might think that Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM) students get it
easier but boy, were they wrong. ABM students might not have pre-calculus and all the
other heavy Math and Sciences, but they have specialized subjects that gives them equal
stress. So, here are some tips and guides for all those struggling to survive ABM, and
also for the ones that would want to pursue it.
1. Stay Motivated!
 Keep the positivity within you; it helps a lot! Do not lose hope because that will
just put you over the cusp of failure and misery. Staying motivated means having the will
to do things; think about your goal or reason why you chose ABM. Block all the negativity
and have faith!
Motivation is the key ingredient towards success; not intelligence or wealth,
because what will a person with intelligence have when he cannot even motivate himself to
make use of his knowledge? Also, a well-off person who is indolent will eventually lose
all of his wealth.
2. Be organized!
ABM classes require plenty of applied lessons hence, there will be many performance
tasks given. So, it is advisable to get your organizing skills to their fullest! Planners
and sticky notes will serve as your best friends. Take note of all the stuff you have to
do, and do it before hand to avoid cramming.
3. Manage time!
You do not want to be one of those zombie-looking students walking in the hallways,
do you? To avoid that, learn how to manage your time appropriately. Make a list of things
that must be done then, number it according to their deadlines and importance.

Do not sacrifice your health over your studies. Yes, education is important but
health is wealth. Thus, leave an ample time to eat your breakfast and have at least 8
hours of sleep.
4. Have time for yourself; have fun!
It is good to know your priorities, but do not take away the youth within you. You
are young, have fun! Make some friends and socialize. Do not drown yourself on school
work, because the most important part of being in high school is the memories and
experiences. Do not steal that from yourself.
 School is not all about getting knowledge and earning high grades, in order to get a
high paying job in the future. It teaches you how to live; how to make friends, how to
approach different scenarios in the future, and how to love the world and appreciate
yourself.
5. Get a study habit; befriend those numbers!
This is yet the most obvious one; get a study habit! Do not study only when you have
a test tomorrow, because that will only cause you to cram and the results will most
likely be terrible.
ABM requires a lot of precision, memorization, and analysis –which is why you really
have to constantly read your notes and practice solving. It will be a big help to
befriend your calculator; get to know the keys and its functions. Subsequently, make an
outline of your lessons, write it down; writing will help you remember. Also, drink lots
of water when studying to keep your body hydrated. But remember these are just some study
techniques; all students are different, some learn differently so these might not work.
Just look for a technique that works on you.
6. Secure a best friend!
What is high school without a best friend? I mean, who will listen to the whines you
have about this annoying course work, or the latest gossip about this cute guy in class?
Your best friend will help you get through the day. Your best friend will help things
seem easier, and the world a lot happier.
High school is the foundation of good friendships. This is where you get to know
some of the most important people of your life. So, treasure and do not waste the
opportunity of finding your partner-in-crime!

Positivity is always the key. Thinking that it was perhaps a wrong choice will
definitely not help and can even worsen the case. Love your choices and make the most out
of it. Do not regret about being in the ABM strand, instead embrace the possibilities and
enjoy the uncertainties. Do not live your life in regret, it will only bring you down and
lead you to failure. Love the life you live, so you can live the life you love!

ABMotivation
An ABM student once said:
“Don’t let anyone depreciate you, get up and show them all you can do.”
- John Ernest Hipolito
“Don’t stop chasing your dreams, let’s make it together and be a CPA someday.”
- Jenalyn Dionisio
“An accountant knows how to find the value of nothing and turn it into something.”
- Nicole Samaniego
“Life is unstable but you can make it balance just don’t lose the opportunity and
chance.”
- Mc Ralph Gerald Cruz
“My dreams are my asset and I am liable for it to be measurable. I will own it and make
it as my biggest equity as much as possible.”
- Ella Mae Herrera
“Perceive because it is important until you became a Certified Public Accountant.”
- Jhanina Nuesca
“Do good things without asking for credits.”
- Joebert Veneracion
“I know the quantity better but trust me, the quality is what really matter.”
- Jerson Llamado
“ABM will challenge you and will definitely change you to be better than you do.”
- Alyssa Myke Pineda
“Make ABM as your strength and it will be your greatest achievement.”
- Marianne Cabinian
 ABMind Game
A REBUS is a picture representation of a name, work, or phrase. Each "rebus"
puzzle box below portrays a common word or phrase. Can you guess what it is?
  Gather images.
Images are important for it serve as visual medium in magazine. The group gathers
some photos that will be used in the making of the magazine. Final photos will be given
in the final product of the magazine for it will be based on the editing technique of the
group.
 Design a cover.
The cover of the magazine should give readers a tantalizing taste of everything that's
inside, without giving away too much. It is carefully designed to catch the attention of
the readers. The picture below will be the initial cover of the Reckon magazine it might
be changed as better as it can be.
 Assembling Your Content
 Choose a final aesthetic for the magazine.
The overall look of the magazine and the content itself will be aesthetically
planned the font and color must be related to theme of the magazine. The external
qualities of the magazine are considered in this part.
 Decide how to order the content.
This part is the table of the contents of the magazine. It is how the content will
be organized and dictates how the readers will flip through our magazine. The order of
the articles is indicated and well presented.
  Produce the layout of the magazine.
The layout part is the consistent design of the magazine including the borders,
styles, numbering and fonts of the content. Master creativity and balance in this part
for it will be the way in which the readers will see the beauty of magazine and will be
interested in the whole content of the magazine.
 Publish the magazine.
This will be the final step in the making of the Reckon magazine. It is the printing
stage wherein all the efforts are subjected into one product. The final part wherein all
the contents are transferred into printed materials that will serve as the end product
and presented as the Reckon magazine.
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