FRESHMEN DOMINATE STREETDANCING 2011

With their interpretation of the Hot Air Balloon Festival of Angeles city, the Freshmen captured the hearts of the crowd as they performed an energetic and colourful festival entry, winning three of the four special awards at stake: Best in Costume, Best in Street Dancing and the Best in Theme Interpretation.

“Singkaban Festival” from Bulacan earned for the Seniors the second place and the other special award, Best in Choreography. The Sophomores won third place for their “Dinagyang Festival” of Iloilo while the Juniors captured the fourth place for their interpretation of the “Pasaka Festival” of Leyte.

The streetdancing competition was divided into two parts. The first part, the street dancing, was performed in a moving/walking manner for 2-3 minutes and were judged while the dancers were performing in the designated area along the main road of the town, fronting the Cano Building.

The second part, the festival theme interpretation, was presented for 6-12 minutes at the SNA Quadrangle and was performed by the dancers in their full costumes and props.

The invited judges included Mr. Jerry Cruz of the San Miguel Academy, Ms. Paulet Macalino of the Macabebe East District, Mr. Nelson Gonzales from Colegio De San Lorenzo, Ms. Ronamarie Luanzon from Singapore and Mrs. Perlita Calara, the PE Coordinator of the Macabebe East District.

Mr. Don Jeremy Clyde Cancio and Mrs. Rowena Viray hosted the program which started with the parade of muses from the pre-school department.

The officers of the 2010-2011 PTCA, headed by Mr. Marcial B. Nicdao Jr., ensured the smooth flow of the parade and the streetdancing as they coordinated with the local police officers in manning the parade routes and in handling the crowd.

- Cassandra Louise C. Orosco

THANK YOU FOR THE DISCIPLINE

Nobody liked Mr. Catacutan. Myself included. He was the "terror" in our school and everyone hated his classes. He made us work hard over our lessons, sweat over a deskload of assignments and suffer in agony over difficult exams.

During classes he wanted us to listen, really listen, whenever he was lecturing. He disliked talking when he was speaking and we had to come to class prepared for the lesson because he might suddenly ask anyone of us to recite.

And so, typical students that we are, we rebelled. Although we were quiet and studious in class, we would make faces behind his back, talk about him when he was not around, call him names, laugh at his mannerisms.

After a year when we finally passed his subject, we all heaved a sigh of relief and vowed to forget him. And we moved on to higher things.

But later we found out a very strange thing.

Whenever another teacher was lecturing, we would automatically shut up and listen. We could now handle many assignments because we had become used to them. We knew how to study for difficult exams and how to prepare for class discussions, because it had become quite natural for us to do so. Because of Mr. Catacutan.

Sometimes we think of going back to Mr. Catacutan to THANK HIM FOR GIVING US SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP US NOT ONLY IN OUR STUDIES BUT IN LIFE...