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February 1, 2017

From being a guest star on the fourth episode, Maxene Magalona is now a mainstay in IBC-13's hit primetime sitcom Iskul Bukol.

Maxene Magalona as Ma'am Maxene (photoshoot in January 19, 2017)

“I have a good news it is to work in IBC-13. I only hear great things about this network. Finally, now I’m here, I’m excited that I have been given the opportunity to work here,” Maxene said in the contract signing held today (February 1) with IBC EVP Lito Ocampo Cruz, IBC Chief Entertainment Officer Wilma Galvante and Secarats owner and producer Francisco Abuan, Jr.

Maxene Magalona as Ma'am Maxene (1) (photoshoot in January 19, 2017)

Maxene Magalona as Ma'am Maxene (2) (photoshoot in January 19, 2017)

Maxene will be the fun-filled high school level as Teacher Maxene Gonzaga aka Ma'am Maxene, a neautiful and smart teacher girl of Diliman High School as Tonton's (Tonton Gutierrez) love interest who loves her classmates despite their lessons inside the classroom and learned on the Escalera sisters : Keith (Keith Cruz) and Joyce (Joyce Abestano) and her favorite classmate Raisa Ungasis (Raisa Dayrit), i n the first fourth episodes of Kapinoy Comedy flagship primetime curriculum-based sitcom Iskul Bukol which had a number of memorable and funny scenes, while providing a weekly dose of laughter and light entertainment every Saturday night with a lot of laughs and lessons learned in many hilarious antic s, Maxene has proven that her project in acting is not only limited to primetime teleseryes and romantic movies. She can also learned in comedy.

At first, Maxene was just a guest star in the sitcom. But eventually after showing her innate hilarity as a high school teacher girl, Iskul Bukol proudly launches Maxene Magalona as a newest member and a new teacher of Diliman High School, the public high school whose humor is sure to add laughter and hilarous fun in a millennial high school level where the crowd of Diliman High School classmates, along with staff and administrators.

 Lito Ocampo Cruz, Maxene Magalona, WIlma Galvante, Francisco Abuan, Jr. 

It can be recalled that recently, last year, Maxene was the host of IBC-13's defunct children's educational program Y2K: Yes to Kids. Now in Iskul Bukol, she’s ready to teaching the comedienne in her. Maxene will join the millennial high school era of the longest-running sitcom topbilled by today's hottest female teen stars Keith Cruz, Raisa Dayrit and Joyce Abestano as the three high school girls, with the King of All Media Tonton Gutierrez (the father of Joyce) in his role as Keith and Joyce's father Tonton Escalera. Also part of the cast are Mr. Fu as Principal Oscar, Mely Tagasa as the resident high school teacher Miss Tapia, Alodia Gosiengfiao as Teacher Alodia, Amanda Lapus as Teacher Amanda, JC Tejano as Sir Rude, the adviser and high school newspaper editor of Diliman High School, Patrick Destura as Patrick Loyzaga, the high school boy as Joyce's love interest, Patrisha Samson as the pretty classmate Patrisha Vega, Justin Ward, Harold Rementilla, Andres Muhlach, Tess Antonio as the cafeteria owner Aning Francia, Aldred Gatchalian as Aning’s assistant Alwyn and Victor Basa as the coach in Diliman High School himself Raffy.

Maxene Magalona, Alodia Gosiengfiao, Amanda Lapus (photoshoot in January 19, 2017)

Iskul Bukol is a revival of the hit 70s and 80s sitcom, which will feature the iconic trio of Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto and Joey de Leon, that will be turned into a curriculum-based sitcom which will educate its viewers about Philippine basic education and became a household name in the millennial high school level increasingly gained popularity among young viewers of all ages in over public high schools and proved to be a huge success, in less than a month after its debut last January 7. As a result, this will be cater the teen demographics and target the millennials among the public high school teenagers, along with young children and family values. Critics hailed it as a 45-minute comedy program based on the K-12 high school curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd) and focus on the classmates' friendship with their family and friends, as well as reflects the fun of high school life where they study and learn the lessons and good values. Aside from young viewers, it also attract older viewers like dads and moms.

Mr. Fu, Mely, Patrisha (school uniform), JC, Alodia, Justin (school uniform), Harold (school uniform), Keith (school uniform), Raisa (school uniform), Tonton, Joyce (school uniform), Maxene, Patrick, Kazel, Andres (school uniform), Tess, Aldred, Victor (photoshoot in January 19, 2017)

In the sitcom, Keith and Joyce are the Escalera sisters who gave their classmates' friendship to the other characters in every episode, while Raisa is an attractive and intelligent high school girl Raisa Ungasis. The sitcom which zommed in on the high school life of Escaleras and Ungasis as the three high school classmate girls of the public high school Diliman High School.

Keith Cruz (school uniform) (school chair), Tonton Gutierrez, Raisa Dayrit (school uniform) (school chair), Maxene Magalona, Joyce Abestano (school uniform) (school chair) (photoshoot in January 19, 2017)

In an interview, Maxene said that besides the acting awards she wants to bag in the future, she also dreamt of starring in school-oriented sitcoms like Iskul Bukol as a teacher girl.

“I grew up watching sitcoms, especially those filled with moral values. I also believe that an classmates' friendship of high school life can be learned by watching television together,” said Maxene.

Meanwhile, Iskul Bukol is the weekend top-rating sticom and a trending topic on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) introduced by IBC-13 and Secarats Talent Management Services, and hailed as the most watched comedy program in the country which aligned to the K-12 high school curriculum and registering viewership in public high school at the ratings game. According to Kantar Media last Saturday (January 28), the curriculum-based sitcom garnered the national TV rating of 28.8%.

With this very own high school teacher girl, the feel-good habit of the undisputed Kapinoy Comedy has definitely been revived. Iskul Bukol airs every Saturday, 7:15PM after PBA on IBC-13 or IBC HD. Other weekend comedy shows of the Kapinoy network every Saturday night include Maya Loves Sir Chief and T.O.D.A.S. For more updates, log on to the official website at IskulBukol.IBC.com.ph, follow @IskulBukolIBC on Twitter and Instagram, and ‘like’ the show’s official Facebook page at Facebook.com/IskulBukolIBC.

Iskul Bukol (February 4, 2017)
In 2017, Mexene returned to IBC, and became a guest star in the millennial high school era of the comedy sitcom, Iskul Bukol. However, her guesting evcentually turned into a regular stint by joining the sitcom as one of the main cast, while Alodia Gosiengfiao turned into a supporting role. Maxene portrayed the role as the teacher girl of Diliman High School as Tonton's (Tonton Gutierrez) love interest.
 * Taping an episode for #IBC13's #IskulBukol (date: December 22, 2016) (Facebook) (Maxene Magalona in a classroom of Diliman High School)
 * During the opening scene before intro, in the girls' bedroom of the Escalera house, Raisa (Raisa Dayrit) involve that Joyce (Joyce Abestano) while Raisa yell "Dance Party" and begin dancing, while Keith (Keith Cruz) meets her high school classmate Raisa and Joyce while the three girls involve while Raisa suddenly yell "Dance Party" and begin dancing. Anton (Tonton Gutierrez) achieve their girls where they have a new teacher of Diliman High School.
 * After intro, Keith, Raisa and Joyce is at the classroom of Diliman High School, and Principal Oscar (Mr. Fu) has introduced a new teacher named Teacher Maxene (Maxene Magalona), a beautiful and smart high school teacher girl as she tells the Escalera sisters (Keith and Joyce) that she is ready to study with Raisa as her favorite classmate.

Setting for Iskul Bukol
Escalera family - Escalera is the surname of a family living in Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City, and consist of Tonton Escalera, Cacai Escalera and their sisters: Keith Escalera, an ordinary high school teenager and Joyce Escalera, a cute and sassy high school girl. Ungasis family - Ungasis is the surname of a family living in Quezon City, consisting of Maricar Ungasis, Luigi Ungasis and their daughter Raisa Ungasis. ====Diliman High School (Iskul Bukol) - Diliman High School is the public high school where the Escalera sisters (Keith Escalera and Joyce Escalera), Raisa Ungasis and most of the teenagers of Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City attend, as well as the high school teacher Ma'am Alodia and Principal Oscar. Provide high quality of education with DepEd permit for high school. It is for teens and young girls in high school.==== Located at Uniform - the school uniforms of all public high school students were coordinate with the theme color: black. The uniforms were completely identical with other public schools in Quezon City. The color scheme for the uniform are white blouse with pick necktie and black skirt for females and white polo with pick necktie, black lining on the pocket and black pants for boys. Every uniform must have the following in accordance to the school's policy. Staff - The staff of Diliman High School include Ma'am Maxene Gonzaga (Maxene Magalona) as the teacher girl, Principal Oscar (Mr. Fu) as the principal, Miss Tapia (Mely Tagasa) as the teacher, Ma'am Alodia Montenegro (Alodia Gosiengfiao) as the teacher, Ma'am Amanda Magdayao (Amanda Lapis) as the teacher, Rudulfo "Sir Rude" Valentino (JC Tejano) as the adviser and high school newspaper editor and Raffy Arellano (Victor Basa) as the coach. Classmates - A number of classmates who attend Diliman High School include the Escalera sisters Keith and Joyce and Raisa Ungasis, the high school boy Patrick (Joyce's love interest), the popular high school boys Justin (Keith's bestfriend), Joey (Raisa's boyfriend) and Adie (Keith's good friend), her classmate friends Patrisha and Alyssa, Joyce's classmate friends Zonia and Bibeth, Joyce's back-up classmate friends Michelle and Belle, and other classmate Jimmy and Dexter,
 * Tonton Escalera (Tonton Gutierrez) - Keith and Joyce's father. Later in the sitcom, Tonton has a relationship on Ma'am Maxene at Diliman High School.
 * Keith Escalera (Keith Cruz) - an ordinary high school teenager. She is one half of the Escalera sisters as a high school classmate, the daughter of Tonton and Cacai and Joyce's half-sister, who involve an academic friendship in every episode.
 * Joyce Escalera (Joyce Abestano) - a cute and sassy high school girl. She is the other Escalera sisters as a high school classmate, the daughter of Tonton and Keith's half-sister. She is known for her cutest expression "Oh my Joyce". In the stcom, she develops a crush on her boyfriend Patrick.
 * Cacai Escalera (Cacai Bautista) - Keith's nanny and Tonton's wife.
 * Mr. Matthew (Matthew Mendoza) - the foster father of the Escalera family.
 * Raisa Ungasis (Raisa Dayrit) - the attractive and intelligent high school girl. The Escalera sisters often study on her during class. She is a high school classmate of Diliman High School.
 * Mariel Ungasis (Mariel Rodriguez) - Raisa's mother and Luigi's wife.
 * Luigi Ungasis (Boom Labrusca) - Raisa's father and Mariel's husband.
 * Studio 5 of IBC, Broadcast City, Broadcast City, Capitol Hills, Diliman, Quezon City (Founded in 2016) (a public high school for junior high school and senior high school)
 * the public
 * 1) School Patch on the left side collar
 * 2) Name Plate/Patch on the left breast of the uniform (upper portion of the polo pocket for male)
 * 3) Official School Identification Card
 * Maxene Magalona as Teacher Maxene Gonzaga aka Ma'am Maxene - the beautiful and smart teacher girl of Diliman High School as Tonton's love interest who loves her classmates despite their lessons inside the classroom and learned on the Escalera sisters. She admires Joyce, Ma'am Maxene was romantically connected with Principal Oscar and her favorite classmate is Raisa Ungasis. (mobile phone)
 * Principal Oscar (Mr. Fu) - the principal of Diliman High School. He is known for his expression "may gano'n" (sometimes spelled as "may ganun" or "meganon"). Miss Tapia has a crush on him. (mobile phone) (Prinsipal Oscar's Office: desk, door, sofa, water dispenser, desk, shelf (with low shelf), plant, chair, trophies, certificates and medals, books, computer, flat screen)
 * Liwayway Gawgaw Tapia aka Miss Tapia (Mely Tagasa) - the resident teacher of Diliman High School who often gets on the nerves of Principal Oscar. Although she admires Tonton Escalera and her favorite classmate is Raisa Ungasis. (mobile phone)
 * Teacher Alodia Montenegro (Alodia Gosiengfiao) - the very nice teacher of Diliman High School who involve on the friendship of the Escalera sisters and a good manner of Tonton, later also Ma'am Maxene's friend. (mobile phone)
 * Teacher Amanda Magdayao aka Ma'am Amanda (Amanda Lapus) - the beautiful teacher of Diliman High School whose teach her classmates and a good friend of Teacher Alodia, later Ma'am Maxene's friend. (mobile phone)
 * Rudolfo "Sir Rude" Valentino (JC Tejano) - the good-looking and smart adviser and high school newspaper editor of Diliman High School; later Ma'am Maxene's bestfriend who used to teach her. (mobile phone)
 * Raffy Arellano (Victor Basa) - the coach of Diliman High School where the volleyball team for high school classmate girls. (mobile phone)
 * Keith Escalera (Keith Cruz) (mobile phone/tablet)
 * Joyce Escalera (Joyce Abestano) (mobile phone/MyLife Handheld Portable Console)
 * Raisa Ungasis (Raisa Dayrit) (mobile phone)
 * Patrick Loyzaga (Patrick Desturia) (mobile phone)
 * Patrisha Vega (Patrisha Samson) (mobile phone)
 * Chester Aquino (Justin Ward) (mobile phone)
 * Josemari "Joey" Montero (Harold Rementilla) (mobile phone)
 * Adie Bautista (Andres Muhlach) (mobile phone)
 * Alyssa Umali (Analyn Nacion) (mobile phone)
 * Zonia Garcia (Zonia Mejia) (mobile phone)
 * Viviana "Bibeth" Ortega (Dexie Daulat) (mobile phone)
 * Jimmy Pedrosa (Aries Ace Espanola) (mobile phone)
 * Michelle Fernandez (Zhyvel Mallari) (mobile phone)
 * Belle Alexandra (Lorin Gabriella Bektas) (mobile phone)
 * Dexter Romero (Miguel David) (mobile phone)

Aning's Coffeeteria - Aning's Coffeeteria is the cafeteria near Diliman High School. The owner of the Aning cafeteria is Anita "Aning" Francia. She has also an assistant waiter named Alwyn. The cafeteria has renovated environment because the owner believes in feng shui. It has also credit line that Tonton Escalera have. They offer some donuts, muffins, burgers, french fries, hotdog, nuggets, longganisasilog, hotdogsilog, hamsilog, chicksilog, bistek, ice cream and beverages (coffee, hot chocolate, softdrinks, iced tea, milkshakes, milk tea). They also offer free desserts.
 * Anita "Aning" Francia (Tess Antonio) - the cafeteria owner of Aning's Coffeeteria, a cafeteria near Diliman High School. She is patterned to Mang Temi of the original sitcom. (Aning's Coffeeteria) (mobile phone)
 * Alwyn Tejada (Aldred Gatchalian) - Aning’s assistant and the cafeteria waiter of Aning's Coffeeteria. (Aning's Coffeeteria)
 * they ordered 2 hamsilog, 3 escabeche, 2 chicksilog, 5 ukoy and the longest hotdog
 * Order:
 * Super Meals (fried chicken, macoroni soup, bistek)
 * Value Snacks: grab and go meals (burger/two hotdogs/two nuggets/french fries and milkshake)
 * Aning's Coffeeteria
 * Sweet Deals: home baked treats (muffins/waffles/cupcake/seven donuts)
 * Cream Team: A variety of home-made ice cream (five soft-serve ice cream cones: strawberry/chocolate/vanilla/cookies and cream/caramel).
 * Deserts (seven deserts/cakes/soft-serve ice cream cup/milkshake with whip cream/fleche flan/crepe)
 * order customer with 2 chairs
 * 3 tables (table 1 with 3 chairs/table 3 with 2 chairs/table 3 with 4 chairs/table 4 with 4 chairs); 4 chairs on the wall