Friday, February 28, 2014

The Ladder of St. Augustine

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame!


All common things, each day's events,
That with the hour begin and end,
Our pleasures and our discontents,
Are rounds by which we may ascend


The low desire, the base design,
That makes another's virtues less;
The revel of the ruddy wine,
And all occasions of excess;


The longing for ignoble things;
The strife for triumph more than truth;
The hardening of the heart, that brings
Irreverence for the dreams of youth;

All thoughts of ill; all evil deeds,
That have their root in thoughts of ill;
Whatever hinders or impedes
The action of the nobler will; —


All these must first be trampled down
Beneath our feet, if we would gain
In the bright fields of fair renown
The right of eminent domain.


We have not wings, we cannot soar;
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.


The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.

The distant mountains, that uprear
Their solid bastions to the skies,
Are crossed by pathways, that appear
As we to higher levels rise.


The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.


Standing on what too long we bore
With shoulders bent and downcast eyes,
We may discern — unseen before —
A path to higher destinies,


Nor doom the irrevocable Past
As wholly wasted, wholly vain,
If, rising on its wrecks, at last
To something nobler we attain.

The Ladder of St. Augustine by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow@

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Orientation of the TOESP and TOSSS of Iloilo 2014

To All Awardees -  Ten Outstanding Elementary School Pupils (TOESP) and Ten Outstanding Secondary School Students (TOSSS) of Iloilo for AY 2013-2014.

Your Orientation will be on February 28, 2014, Friday, 1:30pm at the Gabaldon Bldg, Iloilo National High School, Luna St., La Paz, Iloilo City.

Please wear your school uniform and ID.

The half-day Orientation will be conducted by the previous years' OSCI awardees headed by the Batch 2006.

The main activity during the Orientation is the drafting by the awardees of their response speeches to be delivered by the Most Outstanding Elementary School Pupil (MOESP) and the Most Outstanding Secondary School Student (MOSSS) during the Awarding Ceremony on March 14, 2014.

The awardees' ranks and the MOESP and MOSSS of Iloilo for AY 2013-2014 will be revealed at the last part of the Orientation. The school of the MOSSS will be the venue of the Awarding Ceremony.

As a tradition during the Awarding Ceremony, the school of the MOSSS carries the National Flag, and the school flags of the MOSSS and the MOESP (school of MOESP may bring their own flag carriers). The flag carriers lead the Processional. The school of the MOSSS also leads in the singing of the National Anthem.

Other traditions: school of  MOESP provides the intermission number; the previous year MOESP leads the Opening Prayer; and the previous year MOSSS or designated previous year TOSSS acts as program host/hostess.

Reminders to awardees: Your pictures will be printed for posterity in the souvenir program. Please bring to the Orientation your new photos if you wish to change them, including corrections to spelling of names, etc. @  




Friday, February 21, 2014

The Ten Outstanding Elementary School Pupils and Ten Outstanding Secondary School Students of Iloilo for AY 2013-2014

TO ALL CONCERNED:


Herewith are the final official results of the Search for Ten Outstanding Elementary School Pupils and Ten Outstanding Secondary School Students of Iloilo for AY 2013-2014 (in alphabetical order):





The awarding ceremony will be on March 14, 2014, at 1:00pm. The tentative venue is Monfort Hall, Department of Education Building, La Paz, Iloilo City.

Congratulations to the awardees.

(Sgd) JAPHET GENSAYA FERNANDEZ-DE LEON, MD, FPPA, FCAPPI
Over-all Chairperson
2014 Screening Committee


Note: The Orientation for the above awardees is on February 28, 2014, 1:00 pm, instead of March 7. The venue will be announced later. The awardees are asked to wear their school uniforms.
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Monday, February 17, 2014

Results, Search for TOESP and TOSSS of Iloilo for AY 2013-2014


The final results, in alphabetical order, of the Search for Ten Outstanding Elementary School Pupils (TOESP) and Ten Outstanding Secondary School Students (TOSSS) of Iloilo for the Academic Year 2013-2014 will be published shortly in this blog as soon as the results are received by the Department of Education, OSCI's main partner in the Search.

 

The awardees will be asked to report for Orientation, first week of March 2014, to be conducted by the OSCI alumni (past OSCI awardees). The half-day Orientation aims to introduce the current awardees into the ideals of the Outstanding Students Circle of Iloilo (OSCI). It will also serve as bonding moment for the awardees, who may have met each other only during the course of the Search.

 
The actual date and venue of the Orientation will be published in this blog.

The main feature of the Orientation is the drafting by the awardees of their response speeches which will be delivered during the Awarding Ceremony on March 14, 2014 by the Most Outstanding Elementary School Pupil (MOESP) and the Most Outstanding Secondary School Student (MOSSS) of Iloilo for the Academic Year 2013-2014. The MOESP and the MOSSS are the students who ranked #1 among the 10 awardees in the elementary and secondary school categories. The awardees are expected to bring a draft of the proposed speech and a proposed NAME for the Batch of 2014.

The announcement of the awardees' ranks will be the highlight of the Orientation.


   

Interviewers (Elementary)

Dr. Daisy A. Altamera - OSCI 
Dr. Aimee Chua - Psychiatrist
Miss Ruby Therese Palma - Department of Education
Mr. Jo Jan Paul Peñol - OSCI Alumnus
Dr. Kristin Treñas - Pediatrician / Private Sector


Interviewers (Secondary)

 Mr. Toribio M. Berano - Department of Education
Dr. Henrietta C. Española - Psychiatrist
Atty. Fevi Fanco - Department of Education
Dr. Ma. Amihan Tamayo-Panes - OSCI


The venue for the Awarding Ceremony will be announced later.

CONGRATULATIONS to all those who were nominated by their schools to the 2014 OSCI awards! Even if many of you will not make it to the TOESP and TOSSS this academic year, you are already the Most Outstanding Students in your respective schools.

This is also to announce the opening of the Search for TOESP and TOSSS of Iloilo for the Academic Year 2014-2015. Deadline for the submission of nominations is January 5, 2015.
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Friday, February 7, 2014

Finalists, Search for TOESP and TOSSS of Iloilo for AY 2013-2014


The following FINALISTS in the Search for Ten Outstanding Elementary School Pupils and Ten Outstanding Secondary School Students of Iloilo for the Academic Year 2013-2014 are requested to report for panel interview on Wednesday, 1:00 pm February 12, 2014 at the St. Clement's Retreat House, Gen. Luna St., Lapaz, Iloilo City.

ELEMENTARY (Alphabetical Order)
         
Comuelo, Josh Zavion A. - PAREF Westbridge School, Inc.; Dagang, Myxezh Anjiela I. - Leganes Elementary School; Faciolan, Chloe Ellesse S. - SPED-Integrated School for Exceptional Children; Geroche, Elaine S. - Oton Central Elementary School; Horlador, Treasure Babe M. - Janiuay Pilot Elementary School; Lagon, Chelsea Anne A. - Iloilo Central Elementary School; Leonida, Mary Angeli J. - West Visayas State University – ILS; Nolasco, Eunice Loraine D. - Jaro I Elementary School; Redaniel, Dominic Nathaniel A. - Children's Integrated School of Alta Tierra, Inc.; Sison, Kathleen Ann H. - Hua Siong College of Iloilo; Sombiro, Nico Angelo O. - Solomon Integrated School de Iloilo; Sy, Shayla Iyesa B. - Iloilo Scholastic Academy; Tabares, Edric John O. - Cabatuan Central Elementary School; Triol, Cheril B. - Sto. Domingo Elementary School; Umadhay, Mandy D. - Sta. Barbara Central Elementary School.

           

         

        

SECONDARY (Alphabetical Order)
         
Atencion, Brian Christian S. - Hua Siong College of Iloilo; Burla, Mischael Deon P.- Pavia National High School; Cambas, Ron Kristian A. - Saint Joseph School (Iloilo), Inc.; Chiu, Dionysius Valeen - Iloilo Scholastic Academy; Dejando, Michael Angelo M. - Oton National High School; Delgado, Rose Jade Eugenie S.  - Colegio de San Jose; Delmo, Maecah Lou C. - University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo; Elizario, Toni Care Y. - Sun Yat Sen High School  of Iloilo, Inc.; Emilio, Edward Dominic E. - PAREF Westbridge School, Inc.; Graza, Thomas Richard E. - Igbaras National High School; Lastimoso, Jessa Mae L. - Guimbal National High School; Lebaquin, Joan V. - West Visayas State University – ILS; Tobias, Kleio Alfric S. - Central Philippine University; Vales, Rae Dawn T. - Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School; Ysulat, Ziber Jee T. - SPED-Integrated School for Exceptional Children.


       


                   

       

For the Finalists: Please bring your school ID. Do NOT wear your school uniform. Instead, please wear appropriate attire.

  (Sgd) DR. JAPHET GENSAYA - F. DE LEON, MD, FPPA, FCAPPI
           Chairperson, Screening Committee
           Clinic Tel: 3377702 loc  289

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