Written by: Mr. Frederick “Icko” Gonzalez
Directed by: Ms. Joyce Guevara
First Holy Communion 2016
Congratulations to all our First Communicants who received the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist for the first time on Divine Mercy Sunday, last April 3, 2016.
Easter Egg Hunt
Easter Mass 2016
March 30, 2016
Face to Faith (Al Azhar 1 Junior High School)
March 11, 2016
Career Day 2016
On March 11, 2016, the 8th grade class had an opportunity to listen to 3 individuals speak about their job and how they became successful in their career: Fr. Gerry Hernandez (Priest), Mr. Joey Manibusan (Assistant Chief, Firefighter), Mr. Gary Artero (Social Worker, DOA).
Geography Bee
On January 24, 2016, Santa Barbara Catholic School held the National Geographic Bee competition among representatives from 4th – 8th grade. Representatives from each grade competed against each other in earlier preliminary rounds. After several rounds, Christian Reyes (8B) was named Santa Barbara Catholic School’s champion and Pamela Marinas (8B) was the runner-up. Excellent job to our winners and all the representatives of the Geographic Bee!
Face to Faith
On March 9, 2016, 21 volunteers from Santa Barbara Catholic School’s 8th grade class engaged in meaningful dialogue with students from St. Monica’s College from Melbourne, Australia. The two schools, through the guidance and facilitation of the Face to Faith Programme, a central part of Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation Global Schools Programme, shared experiences and ideas regarding community, faith, and festivals in their regions.
Face to Faith works across 6 continents delivering a pioneering educational opportunity that focuses on helping prevent religious conflict and extremism. Students are able to embrace an open-minded approach to others, to diversity, and to difference that can lead to tolerant stable societies.
The 8th grade students have been preparing for this opportunity for several months in Ms. Pangelinan’s Social Studies class. Half of the students who engaged in the activity had previous experience with the programme in Mr. Balance’s class in 2015. These students were able to dialogue with others in the Philippines.