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“𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙧𝙖, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙜𝙚.”🩷

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 — or maybe a little bit of dread. What matters most? No matter what emotion you held, you still walked in.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞.✊🏻

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 — 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙪𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨. 🫶 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 — 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 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 another roller coaster of emotions for young students like you. 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓If the first was the introduction, this was when things got better. The difference? Those “unfamiliar faces” 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.

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒💗

Now, you’ve got new people to support, encourage, and help you in troubling times — 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 — 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?

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙬, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙙.♥️

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙙 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩.

By then, the new kind of fatigue was coming. Not just physical tiredness — 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 “never give up” 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.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝. 💕Even 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 — even when presence alone felt like the hardest thing to commit to in the world.

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧.📚

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙘𝙝. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.

The chapter that everyone told you to finish strong in — as if finishing at all wasn't already an act of tremendous will that you weren’t even sure if you could do.📑

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 — 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.💛

And when it was finally time to let go — to put down the pens, close the notebooks, submit those last requirements and lackings — something shifted.💙

Because it was over. And it was all yours. All of it — the victories, the failures, the almost-didn't-make-its, the barely-held-it-togethers — the everlasting thought of what-ifs — all of it belonged to you.💚

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 — what lessons, experiences and situations has resulted to the beautiful version of you now.

If you ever think that you didn’t do the best, remember that this school year was just a great step to finding yourself and figuring out what’s right and what’s wrong. You’re 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 — you are defined by the fact that you finished.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝.✊🏻

𝙏𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝, 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨, 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧-𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙩 — 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮.

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.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚.

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 🕰️

𝐓𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡. 𝐓𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐓𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 🩷
𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!💛💙💚

🖼️: Empress Malto, Pauleen Agpaoa, Craig Ausclei
✍️: Shan Macugay, Dash Dancel

🎉🎂 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐀𝐎𝐌𝐄! 🎂🎉

Wishing you a day full of good vibes, laughter, and moments worth remembering ✨😊 Another year older means another year of new experiences, new memories, and more reasons to celebrate 🎁🎈

May your birthday be filled with happiness, great company, and lots of fun — because days like this deserve to be enjoyed to the fullest 🥳💫 Cheers to an amazing year ahead! 🎊

✍️: Dash Dancel
🧑‍💻: Craig Ordanel

✨🏆 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐃 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 🏆✨

🎓📚 With immense pride and gratitude, we celebrate a truly outstanding milestone — 💫 𝟒𝟏/𝟒𝟏 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐒 💫, with 🌟 𝟑 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐒 🌟!

This incredible accomplishment reflects the class’ 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 🤝✨ Each effort, late night review, and determination to improve has led to this proud moment 🥇📖

As wisely said by Confucius,
💬 “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”

May this achievement remind us that progress, no matter the pace, is still progress 🚀📘 Let this success inspire us to continue aiming higher, working harder, and supporting one another as we move forward together 🌈🔥

👏🎉 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝟖-𝐒𝐓𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐖𝐈𝐍! 🎉👏

✍️: Dash Dancel
👩‍💻🧑‍💻: Princess Dacuycuy, Cirila Osia, & Craig Ordanel

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐀! 🎉🎂📝

Wishing a happy birthday to our talented journalist who proves that brains and humor are an elite combo 😌✨ Your dedication, creativity, and husay sa pagsusulat really stand out — talagang may angking galing sa pagbibigay-buhay sa mga kwento at balita 📰💫

At syempre, hindi lang puro talino — may dalang saya at good vibes din na nagpapagaan ng atmosphere sa classroom 😂🙌 Hope your day is filled with happiness, inspiration, and success in everything you do. Deserve mo lahat ng good things na darating sa’yo 🎁🤍

✍️: Dash Dancel
🧑‍💻: Craig Ordanel

/Deirdre/Marczhennyne

Grace, confidence, and purpose—meet our candidates!

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐘! 🎉🎂

Another year older, another “ahh dadi” that fills the classroom 😜 still the same certified mood-maker ng classroom 😭✨ walang dull moment kapag nandiyan ka 😂🙌

Hope your day is packed with good food, great vibes, and zero problems — dasurb mo ‘yan 😌🎁 Stay funny, stay makulit and keep bringing that energy that infects the class your pagiging saltik😆💥

✍️: Dash Dancel
🧑‍💻: Craig Ordanel

𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 🎉🎂

We might be late, but the appreciation is RIGHT ON TIME 😌✨
Happy Birthday to these three absolute legends:

😎 Zander — tall, funny, and somehow friends with everyone. Certified laughter generator and good-vibes distributor wherever he goes 😂🙌 (January 11)

🎸 Pablo — the funny guy who casually pulled out guitar skills and surprised us all. Humor + talent combo unlocked 🎶 (January 13)

🧠 Quinn — the smartest in the room, top 1 for a reason, but still funny, charming, and effortlessly charismatic. Proof that brains and vibes can coexist 🤝✨ (January 15)

Belated posts, but genuine wishes — cheers to more laughs, wins, and unforgettable moments with you three 🥂🔥

✍️: Dash Dancel
🧑‍💻👩‍💻: Craig Ordanel

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐊𝐎! 🎉🎂

Hope today is packed with good vibes, great laughs, and moments that make the day extra memorable 😎✨ Wishing you a year full of wins, growth, and endless reasons to smile 🎁🔥 Enjoy every second — you deserve it! 💫🙌

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐊𝐀! 🎉🎂

Wishing you a day that’s calm, happy, and full of good moments 🤍✨ May your birthday be filled with smiles, laughter, and all the little things that make the day special 🎁😊 Here’s to more memories, more growth, and more reasons to celebrate 🥂💫

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐙! 🎉🎂

Wishing you a super late, super chill, and super fun, kind of day 🤍✨ May everything today be light, happy, and filled with good surprises — you deserve it all 🎁😊 Keep smiling, keep shining, and keep being amazing! 💫💐

✍️: Dash Dancel
🧑‍💻: Craig Ordanel

𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐀𝐋𝐕𝐈𝐍! 🎉🎂

Hope today hits different in the best way — full of laughs, good food, good company, and zero stress 😎✨ May this year bring you more wins, more memories, and more moments worth flexing about 📸🔥 Stay cool and keep doing you 💪🎁

✍️: Dash Dancel
👩‍💻: Princess Dacuycuy