24/04/2026
โ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐.โ๐ฉท
Do you still recall the first day of this school year? The excitement mixed with a touch of curiosity, nervousness, and uncertainty filled in your minds. Surrounded by some unfamiliar faces and a long-awaited journey ahead. That first step in the classroom felt heavy, even though the only things you held was your bags, and maybe a little bit of hope โ or maybe a little bit of dread. What matters most? No matter what emotion you held, you still walked in.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐.โ๐ป
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ โ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ. ๐ซถ That struggle of adjusting and meeting up with that high-school life after summer break was overwhelming for all of you. Still trying to match up with the rhythm of this new school year, the expectations of your teachers, and the dynamics of your new classmates. Some of you thrived early, and some of you stumbled. Most of you did both โ maybe in 1-2 weeks or maybe even after 1 month. What matters most was that all of you kept going no matter what.
Then came the ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ซ another roller coaster of emotions for young students like you. ๐ฉโ๐๐จโ๐If the first was the introduction, this was when things got better. The difference? Those โunfamiliar facesโ have turned to friends, classmates, and people who you can recognize as part of your new family. That new classroom of yours has turned to your sanctuary to enjoy the school life. Slowly but surely, that fatigue of that new school year effect wore off.
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ. ๐งโ๐งโ๐งโ๐ง๐
Now, youโve got new people to support, encourage, and help you in troubling times โ especially when it comes to school works. Those group projects that not only tested your knowledge, but also your patience and ability to adapt and work with other people. Recitations that made your heart pound with uncertainty and over-thinking before even raising your hand. Performances, outputs, reports, deadlines โ one after the other. Some nights you felt lost and full with emotion. But no matter what hardship you faced, you still overcame them. It may have been a choppy and rough ride, maybe you were even asking yourself if you were going to pull it off?
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐.โฅ๏ธ
๐๐๐๐ฃ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ.
By then, the new kind of fatigue was coming. Not just physical tiredness โ but something deeper and worse. The kind of sharp feeling that sits in your chest. The kind that makes you second-guess and wonder if all of this exhaustion is worth it. Some of you were running on the fumes of sheer determination and that โnever give upโ mindset. Some of you leaned on your friends just to get through the week. Either a simple conversation to get your heads out of the stress, or a rant on how your week has been. Some of you leaned on faith and prayers. Some of you leaned on nothing but the quiet, stubborn voice inside you that said not yet. not yet. keep going. Seemingly something small, but served as a big part of motivation in your lowest.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ.
๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐. ๐Even when the effort and silent cries didn't seem to show enough. Even when you felt invisible, overlooked, exhausted beyond what words can describe. Even when you struggled with your mental health throughout the treacherous experiences. You stayed. You showed up. You chose, again and again, to be present โ even when presence alone felt like the hardest thing to commit to in the world.
๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐. ๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐.
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง.๐
๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ง๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ.
The chapter that everyone told you to finish strong in โ as if finishing at all wasn't already an act of tremendous will that you werenโt even sure if you could do.๐
By the fourth quarter, you knew things about yourself that you didn't know in the first quarter. You knew how much pressure and stress you could carry. You knew which friendships were real. You knew the specific sound and signs of your own breaking point, and more importantly โ you knew what it felt like to push past it. You had been shaped to something bigger and better, whether you realized it or not, by every single thing this school year put you through.๐
And when it was finally time to let go โ to put down the pens, close the notebooks, submit those last requirements and lackings โ something shifted.๐
Because it was over. And it was all yours. All of it โ the victories, the failures, the almost-didn't-make-its, the barely-held-it-togethers โ the everlasting thought of what-ifs โ all of it belonged to you.๐
To all the awardees presented here, this achievement is real. This honor and recognition of your work is represented here. All those tiring nights has resulted to this here title and achievement given to you. Take a look at yourself and reflect from your experiences in the first quarter. Understand what you have become โ what lessons, experiences and situations has resulted to the beautiful version of you now.
If you ever think that you didnโt do the best, remember that this school year was just a great step to finding yourself and figuring out whatโs right and whatโs wrong. Youโre young, and I applaud you for no matter what ounce of effort you have put in to making your work feel seen. To making you feel seen. Remember that you are not defined by a grade, a ranking, or a quarter โ you are defined by the fact that you finished.
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐.โ๐ป
๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐, ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐จ, ๐ข๐๐ข๐ค๐ง๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง-๐จ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ข. ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง. ๐๐ค๐ช ๐ข๐ค๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ โ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐, ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ.
You came in as one thing. You leave this here school year as another person. And whatever new classroom, new teacher, new lessons, or new challenges that you may face, you face them knowing that you may encounter a new lesson that may be taught to you.
๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐.
๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ. ๐ฐ๏ธ
๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก. ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ. ๐๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐ฉท
๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ!๐๐๐
๐ผ๏ธ: Empress Malto, Pauleen Agpaoa, Craig Ausclei
โ๏ธ: Shan Macugay, Dash Dancel
