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Free Participation and Appreciation Certificates for Word: 5 Printables

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Updated 13 November 2026 · By Patrick Elliott

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These free certificate of participation templates give you Word documents on long bond (13 x 8.5 in) and A4 landscape: certificates of participation for a LAC session and for an INSET or seminar-workshop, and certificates of appreciation for a resource speaker, for Brigada Eskwela volunteers and partners, and for anyone else who helped, each in colour and in black and white. Every template is human-made by a teacher: I’m Patrick Elliott, a teacher and Inclusion Lead, and I designed and built each one myself in Microsoft Word, then printed them to check they line up and fill the page as they should.

In this guide, you’ll find which certificate to use for each activity, how to fill in the names and details, and how to print a whole list quickly with mail merge.

What’s in the Participation and Appreciation Certificates

👉 Click any name, position, topic or date and type. Click the activity or role to choose from the list, or type your own.

What Goes on a Certificate of Participation?

School certificates of participation and appreciation in the Philippines follow a familiar layout: the school logo and name at the top, “Certificate of Participation” or “Certificate of Appreciation”, “is awarded to” or “is presented to”, the name and position, the activity or role, the topic or theme, the date and venue, the “Given this … day of …” line, and two signatures, usually the coordinator or facilitator and the school principal. They are independent templates from Word Made Easy, not official DepEd documents, so they carry no DepEd seal: add your school’s name and logo if your division asks for them.

Which Certificate Should You Use?

• Participation, LAC Session: for Learning Action Cell sessions, with the topic, date and venue. Choose webinar, orientation and more from the list.
• Participation, INSET or Seminar-Workshop: for school-based in-service training, with the theme and inclusive dates.
• Appreciation, Resource Speaker: for speakers, facilitators, guest speakers, panel members and judges, signed by the principal and district supervisor.
• Appreciation, Brigada Eskwela: for parent volunteers, partners and donors who helped get the school ready.
• Appreciation, General: for program partners, stakeholders, donors, sponsors, volunteers and committee members. For learner awards, use the certificate of recognition templates.

How to Fill In the Certificates

1. Choose your paper size above, download the ZIP and open the certificate you want.
2. Click the school name, division and address and type, then add your school logo in the circle (right-click, Change Picture).
3. Click the name and position and type, then choose the activity or role from the list.
4. Type the topic or theme, the date and venue, the “Given this” line and the names of the people signing.
5. Print at 100% on long bond or A4 landscape. For a long list of names, use mail merge.

Print one test certificate first to check the logo and a long name fit. For a whole LAC group or every Brigada volunteer, keep the names in Excel and use Mailings > Start Mail Merge in Word. Follow how to mail merge certificates in Word for every step.

Black and White Versions

Every template on this page also comes in a black and white version with the same layout: grey headings and an outlined title, so it prints clearly on any printer and saves ink. In the download box, choose Long bond or A4 for the colour files, Black and white for the black and white files on both papers, or Everything for all of them.

How to Print at the Right Size

1. Open the template in Word and press Ctrl + P (Cmd + P on a Mac).
2. Choose the paper size in the file name: long bond (8.5 x 13 in) or A4.
3. Set scaling to 100% or Actual size, not Fit to page.
4. Print one sheet and measure a row with a ruler before you print a class set.

Every sheet keeps a 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) margin on all sides, so nothing is cut off on home inkjets, school laser printers or older printers with a wide edge.

FAQs

Conclusion

These certificates of participation and appreciation thank every teacher, speaker and volunteer properly, human-made by a teacher in Microsoft Word.

Choose your paper size above, download the ZIP, and for learner honors and awards, use the certificate of recognition templates.

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