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ASAT Your School, Your Way to Top! 1

“The Youth are the Hope of the

motherland”, a saying that sur-

vived the test of time and unceas-

ingly proved its worth to our socie-

ty. Believing on the youth’s capa-

bility to build a better future, the

ASAT Alumni Association Incor-

porated (AAAI) through the aid of

various generous individuals,

grant scholarship aid to eight out-

standing students of the school.

The eight students coming from the

grade 7 and 8 were chosen to be AAAI

scholars after a series of careful selec-

tion and deliberation conducted by the

Scholarship committee. They are Se-

thria Agarpao and Jessie Patricio for

academic sholars; Carla Balungaya and

Vea Kate Leste for Candle Court Staff

Scholars; Cyrille Viggayan for Nanum

Sarang Endowment; Trisha Mae Malig

for MERVIESE scholar; Jasha Jane

Tapia and Edlen Saguirre for JJ En-

dowment.

the chairman of the

scholarship committee,

the qualifications and

conditions are as fol-

lows: the candidates

must come from a fami-

ly with an average an-

nual income of less than

P100,000.00. He must

also be a member of the

honor roll with an over-

all average not lower

than 90%. Lastly, he/

she must have a good

moral standing. If quali-

fied and selected, the student will enjoy

a monthly stipend of not less than

P500.00 plus free school fees.

However, there are certain conditions

to maintain the scholarship grant. The

chosen students must maintain their

good standings in class and avoid vic-

es, cheating, cutting classes and getting

absent.

Members of the AAAI Scholarship Committee together with Mr.

Prudencio Penol awarded the stipend of AAAI scholars last July 4,

2014 after the Flag ceremony.

With burning passion to serve

the community, the AAAI together with

the support of their members from the

medical and dental profession conduct-

ed a medical and dental mission last

December 28, 2014 at TESDA API

AVR.

Headed by the Association

President Rodolfo Tolentino, the alumni

conducted a Medical-Dental Mission

which was open to all registered mem-

bers and their immediate families. At-

tending physicians were all alumni of

ASAT: Dr. Jessica Romero, Dr. Rowena

Romero, and Dr. Nerissa Ramos on med-

ical check-ups. On the other hand, Dr.

Charity Malana led the dental check-ups.

After the medical and dental

mission, Election for the interim 2015 set

of officers and members of the Board of

Trustees, search and coronation of Mr.

and Mrs. Alumni, raffle draw for conti-

nuity of scholarship and purchase of

school generator, and other entertainment

shows were also conducted.

Above Photo: shows Mrs. Cielo Addatu, a

faculty of Aparri SAT undergoing tooth

extraction.

Below Photo: shows an alumni undergo-

ing dental check-up

matters most is what you learn in class, not just to get

a high grade and outstanding marks, but also how to

develop your personality, improve your character and

your outlook in life because these qualities are what

you need in life.” she also thanked the individuals

who helped the program. “The Scholarship Commit-

tee would also like to express their heartfelt thanks to

the following: Nanum Sarang, MERVIESSE, Candle

Court Staff, JJ Endowments whose sponsors re-

main anonymous and ALL ALUMNI as sponsors

of the Academic Scholars #Camille Abinan From

The Industrialist Vol. 1 s. 2014-2015

Inside this issue!

Straight News

ASAT EYES FOR NEW BLDG………..p2

ALUMNI DONATES GEN SET……….p2

ASAT UPGRADES E-LEARNING…….p2

ASAT SSG Attends NYC…………...…...p3

ASAT SCRIBE WINS RSPC…………....p3

COSME SHINES SKILL OLYMPICS….p3

ASAT Parents Reap Golden Harvest…….p4

Columns ,Features and Entertainment

AAAI, THE ROAD AHEAD………….p5-6

The ASAT I Knew………………..…...p7-8

My Days at ASAT….…………….....p 9-10

Homecoming Activities……………..….p 11

Editorial Board…………………...……p11

Joke Time and Puzzles……………...…..p12

Sports

Arnisadors Bag CAVRAA Gold…..……p 13

Lady Spikers Tops Municipal League…...p13

Women Basketeers Join PSC tourney……p14

Chess Warrior MOVES TO CONGRE…..p14

ASAT Your School, Your Way to Top!

By: Roshel Alejandre, Kristine Gangani, Jenny Dela Cruz, Jade Tapia

To meet the challenges and demands

brought by the new K+12 curricu-

lum, Dr. Eleazar L. Rabaja of Aparri

School of Arts and trades sets his

eyes in the construction of a two-

storey building having 6 laboratory

classrooms for the next school year.

Dr. Rabaja who was the principal since

August 3, 2004 discussed his developmen-

tal plan in a close door interview with the

staff of the Industrialists.

He said that back then during his first year

as a principal there was only one academic

building and one canteen. This is because

of the separation of TESDA and ASAT.

But because of the joint effort of the ad-

ministration and teachers and the help of

the National Government, there is already

an increase with regards to number of in-

frastructures erected.

In the year 2012 up to the present, his admin-

istration was able to build the Cosmetology

and Commercial Cooking building through

the aid of the government, stakeholders, and

PTA. Aside from that a Comfort room was

donated by the alumni. And now, he is plan-

ning to erect a duplex six laboratory class-

rooms for the vocational subjects such as PC

hardware servicing, Electricity, Electronics,

Civil tech, Garments and Drafting.

He also revealed that aside from the devel-

opment of the infrastructures, he is also

looking after the professional development

of the teachers so he often send them to

seminars and encourage them to finish

their masters degree. He also told the staff

that he is planning to get 19 teachers in

preparation with the opening of the Senior

High School on 2016. #From: The Indus-

trialist Vol. 1 s. 2014-2015

Dr. Eleazar L.

Rabaja ex-

plained his

developmental

plan for 2015

to the staff of

the Industrial-

ist.

Photo by: Karl

Camarao

ALUMNI DONATES

GENERATOR AND TWO-WAY RADIOS

To make the school’s operation

smooth even in times of blackout, the AAAI

donated a brand new generator set plus two

way radios to their beloved Alma Mater last

December 28, 2014.

The generator set worth P 50,000.00

was purchased by the Alumni Association with

the aid of the money collected from the proceeds

of the raffle tickets.

“With this new generator set, we will

no longer fear power interruptions if we have

school programs. We could still continue our

program without delay. Aside from that, we can

easily provide the alumni a copy of their tran-

script of records even there is no current.” Thus,

commented Dr. Eleazar L. Rabaja, the Second-

ary School Principal and also an alumnus.

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Facebook, tweeter, instagram,

wattpad,and google are the new

online sites which are very popular

among teenagers, parents and even

“thunders”. These internet sites are

created as a recreation, connection to

our relatives from faraway places,

and for gathering valuable infor-

mation.

With the advancement of technol-

ogy, the cellular phones can readily func-

tion as a computer thus, providing a gate-

way to these sites. This feature of the mo-

bile phone can be unlocked through the use

of portable wifi-hotspot. Speaking of wifi,

the school launches e-program to provide

students opportunity to be dexterous in the

use of such technology.

Aparri School of Arts and Trades

has a total population of more or less 1,200

students wherein 90% of them are using

these sites specially google for further in-

formation that they can use for their aca-

demic subjects specially on researching for

their reports, assignments and activities ;

and the given new wifi spot connection

for ASAT is a big help not only for the

Asatians but also to the teachers for

making their lessons in the next day.

assignments and activities ; and the given new

wifi spot connection for ASAT is a big help

not only for the Asatians but also to the teach-

ers for making their lessons in the next day.

For now, ASAT has two Wi-Fi connections;

the FREE WI-FI is being used by the teachers

and other faculty members for researches and

other important matters while the other one are

for the students for getting enough information

easier and faster . The two wi-fi spot connec-

tions can only accommodate 200 devices .

As time goes by, ASAT continues its

improvement not only on the profes-

sional development of teachers, add

structures in the campus but also en-

hance its facilities for ASATIANS bet-

ter learning experience in academic

and vocational skills for now and fu-

ture generations. # Jade Tapia from the

Industrialists vol. 1 s. 2014-2015

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To acquaint young leaders with

basic economic concepts and show

them the relevance of Economics in

the context of today’s society,

Aparri School of Arts and Trades

sent ten student leaders and two

teachers to attend the National

Youth Congress sponsored by the

Department of Education in coop-

eration with the University of the

Philippines last November 15-17,

2014 at UP Diliman campus Que-

zon City.

“The N.Y.C Training is an avenue to up-

grade the knowledge of the SSG officers

about the basic economic concepts and also

to value the importance of economics in

their daily lives. It’s also a way of enhanc-

ing their Leadership prowess by participat-

ing in all the activities taken in the said

seminar.” Thus said, Mr. Sol Calata when

asked about the importance of the event.

Aside from listening to the brilliant speak-

ers, the participants also compete against

each other in different activities. One of

which is N.Y.C Quiz bee wherein three

ASAT SSG participants had garnered 7th

place out 37 participating schools through-

out the country.

“National Youth Congress is such a memo-

rable event of our lives because we learned

much from it and we enjoyed all the activi -

ties especially the Quiz

bee where we ranked

seventh place. We dedi-

cate this big achievement

to God, to our school and

of course to our adviser

Mr. Sol Calata who en-

lightened us about many

things on how to be an

effective leader. “ Thus,

exclaimed Roshel Alejan-

dre, SSG president when

asked about her thoughts

on their victory.

The participants are Roshel Alejandre, SSG

Pres.; Jade Tapia, SSG Vice Pres, Jenny Ann

De la Cruz, SSG Sec.; Jeth Corbilla ,Ex-

Officio; Vincent Ferrer, SSG P.I.O; John

Michael Bautista, SSG Peace Officer; Celine

Yoma, SSG Auditor; Criselle Fabian,SSG

Asst. Sec; Crismar Calanoga, SSG

Asst.Treasurer; Angela Yvone Yoma, SSG

Peace Officers; Mr. Bonifacio Pascua M.T-

I; and Mr. Sol U. Calata , SSG Adviser.

The participants of the N.Y.C from left to right: Jade Tapia, Roshel Alejan-

dre, Sol Calata, Crismar Calanoga, Jett Corbilla,Celine Yoma, Yvonne Toma,

Jon Michael Bautista, Bonifacio Pascua, Kriselle Fabian

By: Roshel Alejandre

After winning first place in the Health

and Science (Filipino) Category in the

2014 Division Schools Press Conference

(DSPC), Jenny Anne Dela Cruz had once

again proven her worth as she ranked 3rd

place in the Regional Schools Press Con-

ference (RSPC)

With the patience and hard works of Dela

Cruz aided by her coach Ms. Zenaida

Pinget, the Aparri School of Arts and

Trades added feat to the Cagayan as

“Home of Champions” through journal-

ism.

With her laurels, Dela Cruz humbly said

in an interview, “Hindi ko talaga inexpect

na mananalo ako. Honestly, unfamiliar

ako sa topic na ibinigay sa amin during

the contest. Kinabahan pa nga ako dahil

di ko ‘lam kung papaano ko uumpisa-

han...But thank God, though I seem hope-

less, I still made it to top three.”

#From: The Industrialist Vol. 1 s. 2014-

2015

Miko A. Carbonel, a fourth year

Cosmetology student of the school bagged

the championship award for hair and make-

up at the division level and landed 3rd place

in the regional technolympics held at

Tuguegarao last March 19-22,2015.

More than 20 Technical Vocation

schools in the division and more than 15

schools in the region participated in the

event which has the primary objective to

provide opportunities for the students to

showcase their output in Hair and Make-up.

“Put into life whatever skill you

have gained in the contest because this is a

good preparation for a decent life.” Thus,

said Dr.Apolonia Lubbui, the coach of Car-

bonel when asked for her message.

After some years of drought and up-

setting defeats, The Industrialists had

once again proven that they are at par

among the best student journalists of

the region as Jenny Anne Dela Cruz a

fourth year student of the school land-

ed 3rd place in the Science and Health

Filipino Category during the Regional

Schools Press Conference held at

Tuguegarao City Science High School

last January 7-10, 2015.

From Left to Right: Dianne Aquino

(model), Miko Carbonel (Stylists), and Dr.

Apolonia Lubbui (the winning coach)




“What you sow is what you also

reap!” a verse coming from the bible

that survived the test of times and

ceaselessly proved its value.

Proud parents wearing huge smiles

climbed the stage to put medals to

their award winning children during

the ASAT Recognition Day 2015 with

the theme “Kaalamang Tech. Voc:

Tiyak na Tagumpay sa de-Kalidad na

Edukasyon Susi sa Pag-unlad Pam-

bansang Mithiin, Kapit-Bisig na Is-

abuhay!” held at ASAT quadrangle

last March 25, 2015.

Students coming from the different

grade levels received different

awards on academic and extra-

curricular because they have shown

remarkable knowledge and skills in

different areas such as academics,

vocational, arts, sports, sciences,

service, and leadership.

In the program, Dr. Eleazar L. Rabaja

congratulated the parents of the

awardee and encourage them to sup-

port their children who are already on

the K+12 curriculum. He also empha-

sized that K+12 curriculum should not

be seen as a burden to the parent

instead a big help to mold their chil-

dren’s future because it will enhance

their skills and capabilities to meet

the demands of this globally competi-

tive world.

The alumna guest speaker Mrs.

Marilou Villena-Cabauatan who is a

customer service associate at BDO

Aparri branch said that the students

are lucky because they have parents

who are very supportive to them. She

further encouraged them to strive

more and dedicate their achieve-

ments to their parents.

“ASAT serves as my training ground

which enabled me to reach my full

potential and win different awards

during my college days be it in aca-

demic, arts or sciences. I could not

have won those awards if ASAT

teachers did not mold me to be the

best! ” She further added.

By: Mark Jason U. Dayao

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List of Honor Students Grade 7: 1st.Malig, Trisha Mae, 2nd Agarpao, Sethria, 3rd Patricio, Jessie, 4thLeste, Vea Kate, 5th Suguitan, Lyka, 6th Pescador, Brian Neil, 7th Doroca, John Erie, 8th Vigga-yan, Cyrille, 9th Ragusante, Girlie, 10th Maldia, Kimberly, 11th Managuit, Angela, 12th Ruiz, Gia

Karla, 13th Rabina, Rences, 14th Lazza, Kria Mae, 15thValencia, Arvin

List of Honor Students Grade 8: 1st Yoma, Angela Yvonne, 2nd Bautista, John Michael, 3rd Antonio,

Sarah Mae, 4th Concepcion, John Aaron, 5th Valencia, Karl David, 6th Abinan, Maria Camille, 7th Pato,

John Kevin, 8th Yunson, Krisha Mae, 9th Romero, Arjay, , 10th Garen, Pamela Axis, 11th Annatu, Kathrese

Cyrene, 12th Talosig, Dominic, 13th Ragasa, Maureen, 14th Acdan, Jhumarie15th Bacuyag, Haira

List of Honor Students Grade 9 1st Gangani, Kristine Joy, 2nd Calanoga, Crismar, 3rd Aglugub, Elian Benjamin, 4th Sunio, Christine Vera, 5th Dizon, Andrea Joy, 6th Siriban, Rowie Ann, 7th

Cadauan, Ma. Clarisse , 8th Acasili, Jyasmin, 9th Agarpao, Prospero, 10th Gumabay, Julia Danika

4th yr. Honor Students: 1st Yoma, Celine, 2ndAlejandre, Roshel, 3rd Ferrer, Vincent, 4th Ban-

astas, Jazzel, 5th Tapia, Jade, 6th Sebaste, Daniel, 7th Corbilla, Jeth, 8th Dela Cruz, Jenny Ann,

9th Abad, Santos Antonio, 10th Reclusado, EJ Christian

Right: Principal Eleazar L. Rabaja, Ph.D. hands in the certificate of recognition to Marilou V. Cabauatan, the alumna guest speaker

Left: Marilou V. Cabauatan delivers her message.




AAAI, THE ROAD AHEAD By Fred Castaneda, Class 1966 AAAI Founder & Adviser

Our Alumni Association is a young organization with officers and mem-bers making adjustments on the most efficient way to develop pro-jects and activities as our school adapts to educational changes. Let us glance back on what we all had done in the past three years as we look into ideas being planned ahead. 2012, The FORMATIVE YEAR. We reached out to alumni in the Philip-pines and around the world to create an alumni association. The formation of a Constitution and By-Laws and registration with the Philippines Se-curities & Exchange Commission became necessary to conduct our task legitimately. Goals were dis-cussed and implementation planned. The ASAT Alumni Association, Inc. (AAAI) was formed. 2013, INAUGURATION, GRAND HOMECOMING & INITIAL PRO-JECTS. On December 20, 21 & 22 we inaugurated the formation of our AAAI and held the Grand Alumni Homecoming at ASAT. From distant countries and different provinces alumni congregated and actively participated in the three day event to include ASAT GOT TALENT and the Search and Coronation of Mr. and Ms. ASAT ALUMNI. Although it rained during the three day event, members’ attendance did not dimin-ish and danced thru the nights side-stepping rain drops from the roof of an improvised "Bamboo Gym". We moved our festivities to the AECS Gym after the first night when torren-tial rain and gusty wind destroyed the makeshift tent. Projects had been started. AAAI constructed and donated a Toilet Building at ASAT Campus for Men's and Women's use and accessible to the physically challenged. Trade tools like Sewing Machines and Cooking Equipment were also donat-ed. 2014, LAUNCHING OF OTHER PROJECTS. New Officers and Mem-

bers of the Board of Trustees were elected and vigorously launched the listed projects of AAAI. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. We offered Academic Scholarship based on Merit and Endowment Scholar-ship based on Needs. We have two (2) academic scholars starting at Grade 7 sponsored by AAAI and are renewable each year. We have six (6) Endowment Scholars sponsored by four sponsors namely: JJ Memori-al Endowment, 2 scholars at Grade 9, Candle Court Staff Endowment, 2 scholars at Grade 7, Nanum Sarang Endowment, 1 scholar at Grade 7 and Melvies Endowment, 1 scholar at Grade 7. We have a total of eight (8) Scholars for SY 2015-2016.

MEDICAL & DENTAL SERVICES The first service was conducted in May 2014 and another in December 2014. Each was a full day service and while alumni were waiting to be seen by medical doctors or dentists, other activities to include Bingo, Zumba Dancing, Line Dancing and Singing entertained them at ASAT court and stage. ALUMNI DISCOUNT PROGRAM. Currently we have six (6) participat-ing establishment offering various discounts to alumni with AAAI ID Card. Participants include: Cherylle Rice Store, MRD Aquarius Electronic & Appliance Center, Jnette's Beauty Parlor, Extensio Oasis Saloon & Spa, Pearl Smile Dental Clinic and Aparri Medical Clinic. More are being requested to join the program. DONATIONS. A portable Generator and Emergency Two Way Radios were donated to ASAT last Decem-ber 2014.

Faculty, AAAI representative, parents and

the first batch of AAAI scholars

Generator set donated by the AAAI

Toilet Building donated by ASAT Alumni on

2013.

Photos: Medical & Dental Mission May 2014

2015, CHANGE OF HOMECOMING MONTH. The homecoming will now be on MAY. Preparation for a homecom-ing is underway to bring majority of Batch Leaders to elect new members of the Board of Trustees and Officers. In this homecoming we will discuss with Batch Leaders changes to Term of Office, elect new Board of Trustees and Officers, review current projects and proposed projects and AAAI inte-gration with the school. >>>>>p6

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THE ROAD AHEAD. In addition to the continuation of the programs listed above, AAAI is working on the following proposed programs and activities: A. ASAT GYMNASIUM. While wait-ing for the 2013 ASAT PTA funding request from Secretary Manuel Mamba for the construction of a Gym, AAAI will start a dedicated Fund Raising for the Gym. It may take years to raise sufficient funds to start the construction but monetary assistance when received from the government will make the construc-tion sooner. A WALK FOR A GYM event is scheduled for May 17 as part of the 2015 Homecoming. This WALK is open to the public. We in-vite all alumni to participate in this Walk to show solidarity for our cause. For alumni with better finan-cial means we request that you give generously for our Gymnasium to reach an initial budget of PhP1.5 Million pesos. Most Elementary and High Schools in Aparri and adjoining barrios have a School Gymnasium except ASAT. Let us ensure that ASAT will have a Gymnasium too.

B. OUTREACH PROGRAMS. These proposed free programs are subject to availability of instructors and num-ber of alumni participants: 1. FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASS. Our world has gotten smaller and better communication is the key to understanding and cooperation. We plan to search for Teachers to teach foreign Languages such as Spanish and French as an After School Pro-gram for students and alumni.

Preparation of BAMBOO Gym during

the homecoming. Unfortunately, Strong

gust of winds and torrential rain

brought it down forcing Alumni to bor-

row the gym of Aparri East Central

School.

When school opens in June we hope to offer a BASIC FRENCH Class. We are in the process of con-firming a Canadian-French Teacher from Montreal, Canada to teach for a limited time. We continue to search for a Spanish Teacher. 2. SEMINARS. Provide a One or Two Hour Seminar Series on select-ed Topics to be conducted by Alumni or Guest Speakers. Subject will range from Art, Science, Technolo-gy, Health and other subjects. 3. LIVELIHOOD TRAINING. A week-end or weekdays class to review technical skills for jobs currently in demand in the work market. Topics vary from Baking, Cooking, Hotel Room Services, Restaurant Ser-vices, Computer Applications and more. We hope to engage the ser-vices of alumni teaching at API/TESDA and ASAT as Instructors. C. ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER.

AAAI Newsletter THE ACHIEVER

was first issued during our Inaugural

Homecoming in 2013. It will now be

available electronically to all alumni

and it will be posted in our Face

book Account "ASAT ALUMNI" and

our PAGE in Face book "ASAT

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION". We invite

alumni to share their stories and ex-

periences by submitting their articles

to Mark Dayao, ASAT Faculty and

Alumni who will serve as the

ACHIEVER, electronic newsletter,

Chief Editor. This newsletter is

scheduled to be posted at least twice

a year.

D. ALUMNI SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

To bring alumni closer, AAAI is plan-

ning to conduct social events

throughout the year that range from

a Picnic, an Evening Ball, Field Trips, Luncheon, Wine and Cheese, Group Dancing, Yoga, Zumba Dance, Aerobics Class and more. Some of these activities re-quire a fee. There are more ideas that we can

add to the list but we must have the funds to implement them. Other pro-ject ideas are expected to be suggest-ed from different batch. Let our AAAI compile all batch suggested projects and funds. If we pool all our funds to-gether instead of per batch projects we can come up with more meaningful and bigger projects. Submitted ideas will be deliberated by our AAAI Board of Trustees and those ideas accepted by majority votes will be listed for im-plementation based on immediate need and funding availability. We wel-come alumni and friends of alumni who wish to be sponsors or major sponsor of a project. We continue to search for more Endowment Sponsors to increase our number of students in the scholarship program. If we have Sponsors interested in student sports development, we can create a Sports Scholarship. The road we travel had been paved but our travels are dependent on how active we are. There will always be "potholes" or challenges along the way. However, with your active in-volvement and the dedication of our goal oriented leaders we can navigate around it to reach our objectives. We seek your ideas on how we can im-prove alumni lives and assistance to school. Remember that each idea needs alumni active participation and funding supports. Every alumnus near and far must get involved in our alumni association’s positive growth and management. If we do this, our alumni association will serve the interest of many to include your children and grandchildren for years to come. In being together, we can travel the road ahead with the strength to face challenges. The great-ness of a school lays in the combined efforts of its faculty and its alumni ac-complishments. We are ASAT. Let us continue its greatness!

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I enrolled at ASAT in May 1962 filled with unknown expecta-tions. The school was then called Aparri Vocational High School (AVHS). As a graduate from Aparri Central Elementary School (ACES) where the school campus is huge, I was more impressed at AVHS, a 5.6 hectare campus, which is three times as big as ACES with as many as 14 buildings in sprawling grounds to include an Olympic size multi lanes Track and Field oval area. I had to take an entrance exam to be qualified to enroll at AVHS. It made me liked the school more for stu-dents were screened. Is it because there were so many enrollees? Stu-dents from other elementary schools were enrolling from as far as Gon-zaga to Santa Ana in the East; from Allacapan & Ballesteros at the other side of Cagayan River in the West and from the south as far as Lallo and Gattaran. Seeing former ACES classmates made easier adjust-ments to high school life while we adapted to new students, teachers and their respective personalities. Each morning we endured the heat of the morning sun during the Flag Raising Ceremony at the concreted quadrangle. The quadrangle was enormous with a stage attached to the Related Building. The stage and quadrangle was the center of our student activi-ties. School plays, Cadets Ball, Jun-ior-Senior Prom, Student Body Or-ganization Campaign speeches, Graduation and other school events were held here. In my senior year, Ms. Pacita Pagalilauan, now Mrs. Bueno, directed a school play "Violane" as part of our school events. The play was based on a French family's two daughters of different character, Violane and Ma-ra, set in a period during the Middle Ages. As part of the authenticity of the play our clothes and appearance must be of that era. Our Dressmak-ing Department teachers assisted in the outfit modifications while our Cosmetology Department trans-formed our age appearances to fit the character we were playing. Teachers & Students from Building Construction, Furniture and Cabinet Making and Drawing Class assisted us in creating the stage decor and movable props.

Our Electrical Department added spot lights and colored lighting for special effects. It was a two hour play that was magnificently directed by Ms. Pagalilauan. ASAT, under Principal Aguda, decided to re-stage the play but this time as a Fund Raising venue. We built temporary bamboo fence around the quadran-gle to create privacy. Tickets were sold to the public. I played the father character Paul Vercors while Violane Vercors was played by my batch mate Erlinda Valencia now Mrs. Frogoso. Although we had a huge quadrangle, during inclement weath-er we used our second floor class-rooms in the Related Building for events. The classrooms were sepa-rated by folding walls and when fully opened it combined all classrooms into a huge space, creating an in-door auditorium. Many school danc-es were held here where students crowd the dance floor for the "Watuzi","Jerk", "Limbo Rock", "Twist", "Maski Pops" and other dance of the decade. It was an era where men and women shirt’s or blouse’s color matched their respec-tive socks and where women sport-ed their miniskirts. Our academic subject classes were all held at this building, a two story wood framed structure immediately behind the quadrangle. Our academic class teachers were Mrs. Angeles Tajon, Math, Ms. Herundina Unite, Ms. Pac-ita Pagalilauan, English and Geome-try, Ms. Aida Gregorio, Mr. Del Car-men, Pilipino and Mr. Doroteo Ra-mos, English, Ms. Salome Lingan, Economics and Mr. Pedro Udarbe, Physics and Geometry. Mr. Timoteo Mariñas was the Head of the Relat-ed Subjects Department. We had a good sized Library at the second floor east side of the building. Each class section had a "Homeroom". During Christmas Season, we had a contest to decorate each Home-room. It added to the friendly com-petitiveness among us. Keeping us healthy were the primary concern of our school nurse, Mrs. Nora Catalon and our school Dentist, Dr. Florendo, a very quiet person with a magnetic smile.

Drawing Classes were taught by Mr. Eulogio Arizabal, Jun-ior Drawing Teacher and Mr. Felipe Molina, Senior Drawing Teacher; although this class was part of the related subjects, the class rooms were located at the farthest building on the Eastside of the Campus adja-cent to the Men’s Vocational Cours-es Building. The drawing class taught us manual drafting and letter-ing using both pencil and ink. We use triangles, T-Squares and draw-ing instruments such as compass, dividers and ruling pen. Ruling pens are used to draw lines in ink. The nibs were filled with ink and manually adjusted to the thickness of the line required. Drawings submitted were called "plates" that vary in complexity in the senior year. We were also taught how to make "blueprints" of drawings submitted on tracing paper by using a light sensitive paper ex-posed to the sun encased in a box with clear glass front. The darkness of the print depends on the length of exposure to the sun. It was in prepa-ration for a situation where blue printers were not available in future construction sites. Our Vocational Courses Buildings were separated from the Related Subjects Building. To the West of the Quadrangle were differ-ent buildings for Dressmaking under Mrs. Filomena Tajon & Mrs. Virginia Nisperos, Cosmetology under Ms. Roberta Bermejo and Food Trades under Mrs. Felicisima Mata and Mrs. Genoveva Laceda. The buildings for the women vocational courses were closer to the western gate of the school. The main entrance to the campus remains at Rizal Street for vehicular and pedestrian as it is to-day. To the East of the Related Buildings were the Men’s Vocational Courses Buildings.

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Between the Related Buildings and the Men's Vocational Department Buildings was a Cafeteria Building. During my senior year we worked as apprentice on the construction of the building as part of "on the job" expe-rience in Building Construction under the guidance of Mr. Fontanilla. Some of my classmates and I worked dur-ing weekends as helpers to hired outside contractors to continue con-struction of the building. We excavat-ed for the footings, built wood forms, mixed concrete and laid reinforcing bars. Later we assisted in erecting the wood posts bolted at the base to metal straps and connected the wood roof girders. That's as far as we worked on the project for we graduated that year. On weekend work, we were paid a minimum amount, something like 2 pesos an hour. It was an experience that helped me greatly in college and later in my career. I don't know what happened to the building if it was ever completed. It does not exist in the campus today. The Men’s Vocational Courses Buildings we called Shops were noisy due to the use of manual tools and machineries. The Building Construction Shop was under Mr. Fontanilla and Mr. Federico De Villa; Furniture & Cabinet Making Shop was under Mr. Doniego and Mr. Flor-encio Ragojos; Machine Shop Prac-tice under Mr. Geronimo, Industrial Electricity under Mr. Ricardo Sibug, Automotive Mechanics under Mr. Juan Romero and Mr. Samuel Seredon. Mr. Conrado Damian was the Head of the Vocational Depart-ment. In front and to the south of the Men’s Shops was a huge open lawn mostly used for PMT and Boy & Girl Scout activities. The Junior and Senior men had Preparatory Military Training (PMT) class. Scheduled PMT Drills were conducted in the big lawn. Bat-talion formation and marches were conducted here where the tranquility of the area is often shattered by loud voice commands from officers during early afternoon drills. While the men had PMT the women had Women Auxiliary Corps Training (WAC). These were in addition to Boy and Girl Scouting.

PMT class starts at Third Year and we our rank was “Private”. As privates of the rank and file we were provided a wooden rifle repre-senting a Springfield Rifle as used in WW-II to simulate a soldier in the regular Armed Forces. As an ASAT student I found the wooden rifle rudi-mentary shaped. I requested my grandfather who was skilled in wood-work to recreate the Springfield Rifle in wood to its smallest details includ-ing a removable wooden bayonet at the rifle's nozzle tip. I painted black the metal portion and I applied shel-lac on the wood portion. When it was completed I brought it to the school. From a distance it did look the real rifle. Mr. Juan Marantan our PMT Adviser liked my wooden Springfield Rifle and requested ASAT to copy and mass produce without the finer details for everyone to use. Mr. Ma-rantan added a fabric sling and a metal plate at the butt of the wooden rifle. This metal plate created a dis-tinct sound when the rifle hits the pavement at "attention" command. Only ASAT Cadets had this metallic sound of our wood rifle and with the added simulated look of a Springfield Rifle it made us a breed above oth-ers. We practiced our marches in this wide open field at ASAT. During Town parades our "Half-Step March" made as stand out more due to heavier footsteps in unison. As we neared graduation Tagalog com-mands were introduced to replace the English commands. As you can imagine, it created confusion and adjustments in its application. We always interchanged the use of "harap na" and "tingin na". Our Track and Field had

been used for our athletes to train in

100 meter Dash, 400 meter Run to

400 meter relays. Our Track and

Field were also a favorite place to

conduct competition during Provin-

cial Meet. This Track & Field is still

there but rarely used as evidence of

its unkempt grounds.

During Town events, select

students were sent to represent

ASAT in declamation, singing and

other performances.

When I attended the Inaugu-

ral Homecoming last 2013, the cam-

pus was the same but not as it was

47 years ago when we graduated

from the school. The quadrangle was retained as the main entrance to TESDA now APARRI POLYTECH-NIC INSTITUTE (API). The Stage is gone. The Related Building is now the main building of API. The grounds where the Shops stood and the big lawn are replaced with the current ASAT Classrooms without the former machineries and trade tools. The Women’s Vocational Course Buildings are also replaced with API Hotel as part of TESDA student trainings. Although drawings are still a subject at ASAT, gone are the T-Squares and triangles for they are now replaced with Personal Computers and Computer Aided Design and Drafting software. The transformation of ASAT Campus begun when TESDA was signed into law in August 1994 as Republic Act No. 7796 by then Presi-dent Fidel V. Ramos. When TESDA was formed, ASAT vocational cours-es were transferred to Cagayan State University, Aparri Campus (established in June 11, 1978) as a degree course in Bachelor of Sci-ence in Industrial Technology offer-ing Automotive, Drafting, Electrical, Food Trades and Garment Trades. It was just a few years ago that ASAT once more offered a Technical-Vocational secondary course. ASAT, an 87 year old institution, was estab-lished in 1928 as Aparri Vocational School and continues today to serve the technical-vocational high school education of Northern Cagayan. Through the years she continues to produce successful alumni in tech-nical and non technical professions spread out around the world.

Today, I see a smaller ASAT Campus in a one hectare area about a fifth of its former size with enrollment around 1,200 students.

However, with the K-12 educational curriculum, I envi-sion a closer integration of ASAT and API in the future especially on subjects for the senior high school. The entire campus is the same but most of the buildings I remember are now different and two insti-tutions occupy the campus of

the ASAT I knew!

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MY DAYS AT ASAT

By Mila Pigao Neate, class 1977

Time flies, and the world of tech-nology is here to stay and will contin-ue to develop beyond our imagina-tions. It evolves around our daily lives and affects our future. In sci-ence, medical treatments are better , medicines are better, people are living longer, food are more abun-dant, looks perfect but taste some-what off the original. New food inno-vations have been created to meet the demand. Animals are bigger and look weirder. People now are more equipped to deal with anomalies. Just take a pilotless aircraft that can be flown by someone from the com-fort of their living rooms hundreds of miles away. And a lot more of unbe-lievable things we never taught we can create then. This is the age of TECHNOLOGY and its frying my brain!

Today is the product of yester-day. Let's go back to our ASAT days, in particular around the 1970's. I have four ASAT alumni in my fami-ly, all in their golden 80's now, with a sharp memory of their high school days. They told me that the buildings of the Aparri Vocational School (as the school was called then) were made of wood sidings, nipa roof and the floor was just bare sand. The campus has two or three buildings at the most. Students had to make do of what they have, especially, on their specific vocational major. The lives of these four alumni were en-riched by the skills from the trade courses they selected. One of my Aunt is a good cook, can create an adobo that tickles your bud and keep eating more till you get bloated. An-other aunt of mine can paint her face like a clown and I used to stare at her wondering if she ever sleep. She used to spend hours in front of the mirror. My uncle likes to build simple homes, small projects and takes pride in it. He likes to build shelves to display his imported alcohol, but it usually just the bottle left as a show. BUT, these three individual still need to eat and will seek the gastronomic creation of the cook. I thought that’s cool, so I decided to take FOOD TRADES as my field to focus on.


In 1973 when I visited ASAT, my first impression when I walked into the compound was awe, lots of buildings in a big campus! I felt lost and coming from the barrio this was a huge change! Our Related Subject Building then is the present TESDA now. The Girls Vocational Building for Foods, Dressmaking and Cos-metology is where the TESDA Hotel is now. Behind the Girls Vocational Building then was an outhouse. It smells so bad that the janitor got tired of maintaining it; water was all carried buckets by buckets from a well behind the Foods Department area. Another two toilets were be-hind the cafeteria now. A well was also beside the present TESDA of-fice. We fetch all the water we need to water our garden plots and orna-mentals at the front of the building.

Do you think we had Fancy Gadgets then? Not a chance! For appliances, we had an oven and a refrigerator in our Foods Depart-ment. We made do with what we had, very basic equipments in trade courses, lots are manual, we used manual egg beat-er, mixer; your hand will get so tired to beat a heck out of the egg whites to make a meringue pie or chiffon cake. But, we had an electric sewing machine, a joy to use compared to the foot pedal model. It ran so fast that I had a hard time making a straight line stitch.

Cosmetology was geared to individu-al that likes pampering, first time I had my head under the hair dryer, I thought my brain will explode! It felt like a coconut was dropped on my head. I also tried the hair curler, it burned my eyebrows instead! I was so excited to use it and see the re-sult. Mrs. Malana said, "tsk! tsk! tsk! “and shook her head and of course smiled! I felt like a cooked crab.

Continuation on p. 10

from left, Mrs. Esmenia Pigao Castrence, 83 years old, Class

1951 currently residing at Paraddun Norte; at the middle is

Augustina Pigao Gallardo, 73 years old, class 1956, retired

Registered Nurse. Not in the picture is my uncle Francisco

Tagaca, 81 years old Class 1953, retired foreman of a deco-

rating company in Manila.

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MY DAYS AT ASAT

By Mila Pigao Neate, class 1977

After these experiences I decided to take Food Trade instead. It's better to cook and eat. Girls and boys alike were always equipped with drawing gadgets and some of us can afford a small calculator, for those who does not have one, we share during class. Cell phone? not a chance, the fastest internet then was a telegram! If we want to com-municate, letters and notes, we even mail it, so the mailman will deliver it to the office, we love to see our name on the bulletin board if we have one, everyone will want to know what it is, hahahaha! These are simple things yet so exciting events that still tickle me to pieces to this day. We have our crushes and boyfriends. We were all very happy. We do compete academically, no sharing of assignments for sure.

The Boys Trade Buildings for building construction, cabinet making, electricity and drawing is where the current ASAT Campus is now. The main building, the former Related Subject Building, now be-long to TESDA. The canteen was attached to the office towards related subjects building and a large well beside it, that’s where we obtained most of our water needs. Every week, a class was appointed to fill water in the toilet containers in the outhouse, YUK! That was an un-pleasant chore; no one wants to do the job! There were major renova-tions in the main building.

The situation was chaotic and lots of unrest started to brew, some teachers left for CSU. In those days, strict rules were being implemented for the whole campus to be con-trolled and run smoothly.


There was a guard on both entranc-es who checked our I.D's every time. No one must be late or you are locked out, if so, you are called to explain at the office of Superinten-dent Selicio Flores. And that would be a hell to endure. A few of the boys in my class had their share but we all learn to remember and adhere to rules. I remember one scene, Mr. Cabatan was called to Mrs. Angeles Tajon's office regarding our rowdy behavior on the hallway during switching of classes. He came off her office scratching his head and gave us the wrath! OHHHHH, we all listen with care.

We had a TRADE DAY event at school. This I can say, we ASAT took pride of who we are and we have our own identity in APARRI, as the "BEST SCHOOL"! We are "UP THERE" in quality of student gradu-ates and we were equipped with knowledge and skills to build a house, cabinets and shelves, do the electrical works, sew a dress and

curtains , make ourselves beautiful and more importantly, can cook to make everyone happy and content. We shine to show and sell our talents on this “TRADE DAY", hoards of people from the public came to visit ASAT and went home with their well awaited goods. I re-member one year, I sold all my pro-jects and came off with over P100.00 pesos, I hit a jackpot. My allowance a week was P10.00 pesos; you could imagine how I treasured that money. Everyone was all in their best mood, and we got so much en-couragement from teachers to do better because we will have money when we sell our hard saleable pro-jects.

Prom nights were the "BIG NIGHTS", we all dress up in our best clothes. We forget classes, assign-ments; chores, etc......enjoy the nights away dancing, hayyyyy-yayyyy, what a great feeling!

However, we at the Foods Depart-ment were responsible for preparing the midnight snacks for the whole school, I don't know how we did it and still have a swell time, but, then all the different departments helped in the event, and mountain of dishes to wash and put away, that’s the crappy part but we all get things done without too much squabbling. Actually, it was fun scrubbing pots and pans; better than working under the sun, teachers even take attendance, imagine that, no misses.

CAT was a chore and hard work, we don't really like the subject but its apart of the curriculum, on the other hand, we all look forward to dress up in our uniform to show off!

The teachers were all supportive and made us like to learn. Some boys did like to skip classes and spend time at the billiard hall near Ryan Mall, Super "Selis" will even go round them up like goats if he was in the mood, then he will announce during

flag ceremony, that was fun to hear. I never remember any gang or-ganization, alcohol or drugs on those days, unless, I was deaf and naive.

Graduation came, and ohhhhhhhh what a glory! Finally, we are done and will have so many dreams and aspira-tions. Some went on to pursue their ambitions, seek work and some just stayed and settled in Aparri. We all fell into our destiny. Our high school days in ASAT has taught us hard work, perseverance, integrity, respect and appreciation of learning, hence, we are now equipped with skills of everyday living and strength to adver-sities. I can now relate to my three alumni relatives when we talk about ASAT old days. A big salute to all the teachers and staffs who guided us to our respective courses.

Now, I can say that this is not only memories of YESTERDAY but a HISTORY of ASAT students lives. Let's continue to make one.

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Come May

17, 2015

The Achiever is the official publication of the Aparri School of

Arts and Trades Alumni Association Incorporated committed to

disseminate information and programs of ASAT and AAAI.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Editor-in-chief: Mark Jason U. Dayao

Associate Editor: Fred Castaňeda

Contributor:

Mila Pigao Neate

Mary Anne Peralta

Student Contibutors:

Roshel Alejandre Karl Camarao

Kristine Gangani Crismar Calanoga

Cammile Abinan Andreya Dizon

Consultant: Mrs. Susan B. Cortez




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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao

These statistics have been recorded after

the fight.

Manny Floyd

Punches: 429 435

Landed: 81 148

Hugs: 0 1000

Runs: 0 1000mph

Cave Man and Mother-

in-law!

One day a cave man’s wife rushed to

her husband to tell her a very

alarming news.

Cave man’s wife: Honey! Honey! Wake

up! (woke her husband up!)

Cave man: (Irritated) What is it?

Cave man’s wife: Quick stand up

there and help! A dinosaur entered

my mother’s cave. You need to help!

Cave man: Is that it? Who cares what

might your mother do with the dino-

saur?

Credits to the creator!

The Genius Bartender and the

Customer

Customer: I heard that you are a very intelli-

gent man. What is your secret?

Bartender: My secret? (Looks up and think a bit

then finally decided to speak) Do you really

want to know?

Customer: Yes!

Bartender: Well I will tell you my secret but

you need to promise me that you will not tell

anyone about it.

Customer: (Nods his head!) I promise.

Bartender: ( whispered) My secret is eating fish

heads!

Customer: What? Eating fish heads?

Bartender: Ssssssh! Others might hear you. I

have stocks of fish heads here and I’m going to

sell this to you for 300 pesos each.

Customer: Do you think I’m really going to be a

genius after eating it?

Bartender: Yes of course!

(AFTER A WEEK the customer angrily returned to

the bartender)

Customer: You know what! This is crazy! I bought

fish heads from you for 300 pesos each where in

fact I can buy a whole fish for 100 pesos. I

want my money back!

Bartender: (Calmly replied)I’m sorry but you

could not get you money back. You see—-having

realized that is already my proof that you al-

ready become smarter!




ARNISADORS BAG

CAVRAA GOLD

Rolando Alagon and Ver-

lyn Gorgonio both grade 9 stu-

dents of the school emerged victo-

rious as they both grabbed gold on

the recently concluded LIKHA

ANYO ARNIS COMPETITION

held in Nueva Vizcaya, March

2015.

The two juniors successfully

bagged the gold after showing their

finesse in choreographed stunts and

agility in using the baston.

When asked about

Rolando’s thoughts after winning he

smiled and said, “I was really nerv-

ous during that time but I am happy

and proud to get a gold medal. I

dedicate this to all ASATians who

served as my inspiration and of

course to sir Jimmy who developed

my skill in Arnis”

When asked about the greatest chal-

lenged they have encountered during

the training both agreed that being

away from home and the rigorous

training is really a huge challenge.

“Training is really hard especially

on times when you need to lose

weight or gain weight. Nevertheless

we are happy that we made it. And

we got a bonus which is our medal. I

dedicate this to my family who

served as my inspiration everytime

we are doing lots of hard stuffs and

of course, to our ASAT family and

sir Jimmy because without him we

could not reach this far. We also

thank Ma’am Cielo for always being

there for us.” grinned Verlyn Gorgo-

nio.

“Just continue working hard in play-

ing Arnis”, Mr. Jimmy Usita, their

coach, said during an interview.

“Strive harder, maintain your weight,

improve your agility, endurance and

speed to be champions again next

year and make Palarong Pambansa

your goal next year” He added.

Meanwhile, in direct combat

the two juniors both grabbed bronze

medal after loosing to a close fight

decision. # From the Industrialists

vol. 1 s 2015 by: Reygie Camacam

and Cammile Abinan

ASAT LADY SPIKERS THUMPS

AENHS VOLLEYBELLES

With tricky placings and

powerful spikes, ASAT lady spik-

ers blasted the solid defence of

AENHS volleybelles (25-20, 25-22;

25-23) during the Municipal Inter-

high Meet held in CVI last Novem-

ber 12, 2014.

As the first set begins,

ASAT Lady Spikers immediately

gave a powerful spike made them to

owned the first set 25-20.

Games continued, ASAT

Lady Spikers showed again their de-

Arnisadors showing their arnis skills.

Verlyn Gorgonio(left), Rolando Alagon (far right) together with

their coach Jimmy Usita (center) gallantly receive their gold and

bronze medal.

termination to win and make the

score 25-22 for the second set and

25-23 for the fourth set. ASAT Lady

Spikers lost their cooperation,

AENHS Volleybelles had the chance

to shine and get the third set at the

score of 23-25.

“Sa kanilang paglalaro naging mati-

yaga at hindi sila nawalan ng tiwala

at displina sa sarili. Nahasa din ang

kanilang skills dahil sa patuloy-tuloy

na training ng kanilang trainor na

sila Malou Dy at Janice Calata na

siyang naging daan sa kanilang

pagkapanalo,” Mary Ann F. Peralta,

coach of ASAT Lady Spikers said in

in an interview.

Meanwhile, Celina Visara,

their spiker/best server took the Most

Valuable Player (MVP); Christine

Cabbab as best setter; Rogelyn Si-

mon as digger/stopper; Kristel Onate

as stopper; Genevie Bablis as stopper

and Raycell Kate Visconde as spiker

and they were choosen to compete

for the Congressional Meet. # From

the Industrialists Volume 1 s. 2015

written by: Andreya Dizon

The ASAT Lady Spikers took a pose after

winning the Municipal Volleyball Tourna-

ment.




Pick and roll isolation play

plus and extra pass leading to pull

up jumper that scores beyond the

rainbow country, this is only one of

the numerous plays shown by the

ASAT Blue Marlins during the PSC

– LIGA FILIPINA 3 ON 3 WOM-

EN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPI-

ONSHIP held at Aparri Public

Gymnasium last March 25-27,

2015.

To scout skillful players in

both Colleges & High Schools

throughout the country for the Na-

tional Training Pool, the Philippine

Sports Commission launched a three

day seminar and tournament to 75

female basketball players coming

from different schools and universi-

ties in province. The PSC delegation

who conducted the tournament of

LIGA FILIPINA were Anthony Sulit

and Roger Basillo.

The Team of college stu-

dents from Gattaran whose members

composed of Tolentino, Daluddung

and Cruz, all of whom also joined

the National SCUAA , faced the

ASAT Blue Marlins composed of

Beth Tamayo, Roxanne Noriega and

Marjorie Sumalpong in the champi-

onship round. The championship

was a very close one point game

where the ASAT players are ahead

of a point in the last 28 seconds of

the game but a swift steal from To-

lentino paved way for the College

team to pull up a jumper and deliver

a lucky bounce to gain the one point

lead. With only 3 seconds left Tama-

yo gallantly drive through the basket

but delivered a sorry missed sealing

the 51-50 in favor of the college

team.

Meanwhile two teams also coming

from ASAT landed second and 4th

runner-up respectively. The list of

players from ASAT are as follows.

First-runner-up: Beth Tamayo - Small

forward, Roxanne Noriega- Power

Forward, Marjorie Sumalpong- Point

guard; Second-runner-up: Jane Yoldi

- Shooting guard, Judy Ann Tejano-

Point guard; Fourth-runner-up: An-

gelicka Palor- Power guard, Celine

Visara- Center.

Once selected, the players

will have a chance to play for the na-

tional team and have scholarship and

allowance.

ASAT CHESS WARRIOR DEFEATS AENHS LADY

CHESSER

Like a shark smelling the scent of blood from its prey, Cza-

rina Kae Leste of ASAT Chess Warrior swiftly launched a deadly

attack causing a mate against AENHS Lady Chessers Karina Dela

Cruz to grab the first place during the Municipal Athletic Meet

Chess Competition held at Aparri School of Arts and Trades (ASAT)

Campus, September 26, 2014.

Leste’s sharp variation gave her an edge against her opponents. Thus,

winning four games and a draw, having an equivalent score of 4.5, leav-

ing behind Dela Cruz of Aparri East National High School (AENHS)

with a one-point lead.

“When I saw them of course I feel nervous because I knew that they are

also good but I just thought to consider my family and my coach as my

inspiration, so I did all my best to win this game, and I won!”. Czarina

Kae Leste, the 2014 Municipal Athletic Meet Chess Competition Cham-

pion said during an interview.

Meanwhile, for the men’s category, Ken Rj Alindada landed second

place. Made his opponent sweat allowing only a difference of .5 points

from John Paul Calata of AENHS who got 3 points making him grab the

first place.

Both Leste and Alindada qualified for the CLAP Meet. #AndreaJoyDizon

Leste (white) delivered an easy mate in 3.

Answer of puzzle from p. 12 1. Rxh3 2. Bf3 checkmate Answer of puzzle from p. 12 1. Qd6 2. Rc1




Search for Mr. Alumni 2013 Search for Ms. Alumni 2013

Ukay-Ukay sa Alumni 2013 homecoming symposium

AAAI scholars with their parents Winners of Mr. and Ms. Alumni 2014

Prizes for raffle draws Prizes for Raffles draws




Alumni Raffle Ticket Draw

Winners of Mr. and Ms. Alumni with the

AAAAI officers

Dental Mission Medical Mission

Meeting regarding the homecoming! Meeting regarding the homecoming!

Walk for a Cause

Printing of registration form for

the Walk For a Cause!

Posting of tarpaulins and banners to strategic areas to dissemi-

nate information about the Grand Alumni Homecoming!

Finalizing the e-

newsletter!

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