#dq € #F#. .?*€**, F*re"#*..{tu*,*usSA'e-3 &*r{S F*-Fu S Feffi,o* fl&#q"qlq*%'6 Ea"{ srr 't'}* g*.d. s"@ss,*# k*+d ry* * *""*

;!t is amusing how s&rrte ncm-Assun"epti*n friends now refer t* cur" alura:na* hor"mecsrmfing es udvelada"

when the word refers t* *m!y cne aspeet of the dayu whieh is the progirsrn im the afterr:**r: wl"rera weshew *ur dar:eing, sir:ging, amdl*r neting taler:ts after emontl:s cf rehenr**ls. Et secms that thecelebnation lqnown as SXd Cirls'*ay {rnayb* beeause it is mise*mstrucd t* refer to &ne's age instead ofus beimg f*rrr:er students] I"ras heen upstxg*d {litera|*y} hy the very emtertaining ve}cds" It is neitlrer a

g**d nor bad thing; it iust re'fleets the clynarnisrn of language and the tirnes.

I guess it qantt he l"relped sinee we exp*nd s* much effort fercused s* s&!r rreferd*l presentatimn. Take forexaftlple hlish S{hssl (lass *gp&, the Jade {35 years} milest*ne girls, wlro begam dance praetiee in thefinst week of Septemb*r, two tirnes a week, twc l-*curs per practiee fe>r a t*txl *f mearly 4e h*urs {r"r*tecuntimg private rcl:earsals while f*Elowing the sequen{* &fi vide*}. Fer rnany *$ us itrs a ehamce tCI

hopefully slirn d*wm, te work *p darrn*r:t vnuscles and to eateh up en me$rs mbcq";t *ur *arxilies ande&reers"

Er*t w!:at others eavrn*t futrly comrprehend is ttrtat the dance its*l{ is s*e*ndary; the reason why rveu:ndergo this grueling experieffics everlr *ive years is * Iave. As a e[ass, we tr*v* being t*getheno we !sv*reealling *ur wonderfu*Etirne in high school, we love Frcw w* are a8!gn*wir:g *lder and wlsen, we [*Ere tel

corr!€ honre again and again t* a place where we w€re nurtured to be daughters *f the Assuanrptiom. In

each othen we see h*w our values have xrrmed us thrqclgh l{fe's rnafty struggles amd rriet*ri*s. And weneturn beeause wa are thankful; ln/e ar€ gnatefr.rl that we were f*rtumate e**ugh to f:ave been taugh'tand cared fon by str*ftg wofilen *f faith"

When we marked cur $ilver Jubilee in e**3, we eh*se the theme'cfViade in Assa:xnpti*r'r"', Rightly so

heeaarse we &re! indeed, praduets of an educatle*n that ain'rs to tnansf*r!'fi" We faced a nr"raior Xcgistieal

challenge back then heeause Mcther R*se Hall was in very bad shape and herdir"rg se*res of alumma t*Assumpticn Antipolo required determ:ination and organizaticnal skills {vfirtu*s we I*arned frorr*Assun:ptiex). &s allir.rbilari**s lem&w, another e{iffieu!t aspeet *f the eelebration is to naise furnds fcr th*AA&" We hundled that t** with* perseveran(e and marketing talents {again, Iessmns taught ts us ir:

sehocN). #lost inrp:entantNy, we wanted *ur &ld Girlst Day to be m:eamingful and true t* t|"re cra*ues elf

fidelity to duty and love *f sirnplieity. We suceeeded in h*trding a day that haX*nreed spirituality and a

shorar stopping Brsgrarn withixr a t$ght and frugal hudget.

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