Senior High Acquaintance Party

                   Senior High kicked us off with a fun Acquaintance Party at the ACT grounds on the 24^th of June.  It was attended by all the Grade 11 and Grade 12 students, the Senior High faculty and the school staff. Hon. Rodrigo A. Abellanosa was also in attendance.  The purpose of this party was to get the senior high students to socialize with each other, not only with their classmates, but also with students in higher levels. It also made us form a bond with our classmates during the activities like the yell competition and the salo-salo that followed after.

                

                  The event started with a flag ceremony and an invocation led by Grade 12 student Shaneika Esgana. After that, the Senior High’s SSG (Supreme Student Government) officers followed by the Senior High Faculty members showed off their talents through a lively dance number.  The SSG officers led by former Grade 10 SSG President Juvanil Alvarado then took an oath to seal their positions in the party. But it wasn’t only the SSG officers and faculty members that showed off their talents, several students also performed in-between activities and showcased their talents whether it’d be singing, dancing, or even incredible feats like magic that was performed by Grade 11 Liberty’s Joshua Timogtimog who gave an outstanding performance that floored spectators and got them talking to the person beside them asking them how in the world was the trick done.  After the performances, the yell competition followed. All 40 sections in the Senior High department performed their section’s “yell” while being monitored by judges who were trying to pick the section with the best yell performance. Some sections even used a cajon box (or a beatbox as it is called here in the Philippines) to hype up their performance a bit more. But that wasn’t the only competition that occurred during the party; handpicked students from different strands danced to the school’s alma mater “Fly High” choreographed by their teachers. With the music blaring out the school’s bass boosted speakers, the theme was played a couple of times until we were bored and absolutely done by it. There was even a grand finale that was joined by everyone attending the party while repeating the same song a couple more times again.

                

                    While the night was coming to an end, students were invited to a disco at the quadrangle while the others with their empty stomachs went upstairs to have dinner with their classmates in their respective sections.  We really got together by just eating with each other.  There were laughs, gags, and a class picture with our adviser Mr. Jebbrys Largo. The event brought us all closer to each other and not only made me call my classmates as friends, but also as another family. A word that once belonged to my classmates back in my Junior High School days.  It was indeed a moment we will never remember, and a night we will never forget