Four Casans took home medals in an inter-school competition sponsored by Rotary Club District 3820 last September 2, 2017 at the New CAS Auditorium, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna. Students from several schools in Southern Tagalog competed in two categories: Oratory & Impromptu Speaking. With an over-all theme of Great Convergence 2017 the competitions focused on Voices of the Youth and Rotarians in Making a Positive Difference in the World.
Representing Rotary Club of San Pedro (RCSP), Ma. Bianca F. Reyes was 1st Runner-Up in the Oratorical Contest while Tanya Fracesca R. Granados was declared Champion in Impromptu Speaking.
Carrying the torch for Rotary Club of San Pedro South, Maria Angelina Isabel A. Ebora placed 2nd Runner-up in Oratory while Rabbanah Galilei P. Mendoza snatched the 2nd Runner-Up position in Impromptu Speaking.
Being an area level competition, the Champions of both Oratory & Impromptu Speaking will move on to the Finals of the whole District 3820 sometime in November 2017 where winners of Laguna (Area 1), Batangas/Mindoro (Area 2) Quezon/Marinduque (Area 3) and Bicol (Area 4) will compete against each other.
The winning Casans were trained by Ms. Yoly Jakosalem together with Ms. Kiah A. Libiran, both Faculty Members of Casa del Niño Science High School’s English Department. Dr. Mark G. Acierto, EVP for Academics and a Past President of RCSP was instrumental in making their participation possible.
Rotary Great Convergence (formerly known as Rotaryo Educare) is an event to uphold Rotary’s commitment in developing youth leaders while focusing on Literacy and Education. The Laguna-wide contest was spearheaded by Rotary Club of Los Baños Makiling.
CDNSSI President Dr. Rosario Acierto lauded the students and their parents for bringing honor to the school and continuing the legacy of academic excellence for which Casa del Niño is known .