SGEN Musical 2012

December 3, 2012 marked the date of the first ever Southville Global Education Network Musical Play.  All SGEN schools featured student talent in singing, dancing, and acting while endowing with an entertaining and educational competitive experience.

Whether fantasy or realistic fiction, each school presented different stories which are based on the 3Rs: respect, responsibility, and relationship.

It must have been the same in all schools though I witnessed how preparations had been made in only one.  It all started with script-writing, auditioning, and practicing.  Finally, when presentation day came, everybody scrambled about the backstage; all were excited and eager to perform.  Even so, every member of the audience applauded joyfully at all the performances.

In the end, winners of the contest were announced.  All four schools were ranked according to their presentations.  Also, individual performances were recognized, and a fourth-grader hailed to have shown the best performance of all.

As cliché as it may sound, life’s a stage.  Every one of us has a role to play.  Parts may be small or big.  It may be in front of an audience or at the backstage.  It may be the voice singing or reciting, or the person who wrote the lines they deliver.  Whatever role each one of us has to play, we see to it that it’s all to live our lives to the fullest.

December 3, 2012 marked the date of the first ever Southville Global Education Network Musical Play.  Have you ever wondered about the day when you can show the best performance of your life?

SGEN TRIBUTES!

         Started in 2011, the Mr. and Ms. Teen SGEN Pageant has come back to bear witness to the talents and beauties of the students of the SGEN schools.

         The said contest is an initiative of the SGEN Top Management to strengthen the unity among its schools, as well as to promote the 5Cs namely, Competence, Collaboration, Commitment to Achieve, Character, and Creativity.

          This year, a total of 10 pairs of young hopefuls from the four schools participated: four pairs from Southville International School and Colleges, and two pairs each from South Mansfield College, Stonyhurst Southville International School – Batangas Campus, and Stonyhurst Southville International School – Malarayat Campus.  

          The first part of the event was the talent competition, where the contestants exhibited their flair for singing, dancing and acting. 

          The evening was illuminated as the contestants appeared in their breath-taking national costumes and ravishing night gowns and formal attire. Shortly afterwards, the top 5 male and female contestants were chosen - and they all faced the much-anticipated Q & A portion...

          "The pageant was exciting. I found new friends and, I learned a whole lot of new things. The experiences were amazing! I am just happy that my school, SSIS Malarayat Campus, is proud," Bella Fragman, one of the contestants said.

          Having witnessed the event in its second run, Ms. Jeanne Marie Lago, Upper School Department Coordinator of SSIS Malarayat, commented: "This

Mr. and Ms. Teen SGEN 2012

year's pageant got more intense as the participants showed competitiveness in each part of the contest. This only showed that they really prepared making their schools proud."  

          True enough, the SGEN pageant is not only about the quest for the best faces and talents, but also a pursuit of holistic development among its students.

          In fact, Ms. Alea Ann Macam, one of the faculty members who also attended the event said and recognized that "the pageant made the students realized how the 5 C's can really help them achieve. It is through venues like this that the students get to have a real life experience of dreaming, surviving challenges and winning  despite the odds. While bagging most of the awards may be what we were known for, those better individuals after the pageant are still the greatest prize the school receive."

Our very own, Shaira Catadman reigned as
Ms. Teen SGEN 2012. 

          At the end of the evening, Stonyhurst Southville International School - Malarayat Campus shone the brightest, as its representatives bagged eight (8) awards - Ms. Congeniality (Bella Fragman), Mr. Photogenic (Edison Reyes), Best in National Costume (Edison Reyes and Shaira Catadman), Top 5 Finalists (Kyle Hernandez, Edison Reyes, and Shaira Catadman), Mr. Teen SGEN 2nd Runner Up (Edison Reyes), and the most coveted Ms. Teen SGEN 2012 (Shaira Catadman)!

          In one of the interviews, Shaira said, "all my life, I was insecure about myself - thinking that I wasn't good enough and that I had no chance of winning  this competition, but i was wrong. Whether I'm Ms. Teen SGEN 2012 or not, the pageant has helped me to realize, that I am worth something and that I'm beautiful in my own way...I learnt to be patient, to speak up, adjust to people's need and most especially, to believe and trust myself... At that very moment, I prayed to God to thank him for everything..."

SENIOR STUDENTS GO ON A CAMPUS TOUR

The Campus Tour is an activity organized by the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Office of SSIS Malarayat as part of its College Placement Service for graduating students. For the first run of the campus tour for this year, the first graduating batch of SSIS Malarayat visited the De La Salle University-Taft and the University of Santo Tomas-España, Manila, 12 October 2012.

The De La Salle University and the University of Santo Tomas

This activity aims to let the senior students have a first-hand experience of a college or university set-up, and to give them opportunity to know more about the academic programs, facilities, campus culture, and student life of the university that they visit.

First stop: The De La Salle University. A Lasallian student ambassador shares her experience in school as she tours SSIS students around the campus.

The students are awed by the entirely different environment they saw in the universities they visited. This made them a bit excited about going to college next year, and a bit nervous as well for a new chapter in life they are about to take.

The Campus Tour is just a part of the many activities that the Guidance Office of SSIS prepares for high school students. After being exposed to different career options in their third year through Career Exploration Seminars, and knowing their strength, weaknesses, and interests through career assessments, they are now given a chance to look for a university which can give them the best education possible, depending on the course they plan to take.    

Next month, senior students will visit sister schools Southville International School and Colleges and Southville Foreign University for the second run of the Campus Tour.
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