Issue No. 1 The Rizalian Page

Pres. Message / Additional FAP Graduates of 2016…….....……………………………………………Page 2 Alumna Achiever - Dr. Maria Consolacion Hernandez Gillis / Dr. B. Manalo Letter..………............Page 3 Pictorials - 25th Anniversary Held in Las Vegas…………………………...……..…………....…..........Page 4-5 Alumni Travels……………………...……………..………………………..................................................Page 6 2018 5-day Pacific Coast Cruise / Souvenir Tote Bags Sale / Cont. Pres. Message ………………….Page 7

February 2017

Newsletter of the Rizal High School Alumni Association of North America

Issue #1

Donations Financial Aid Program Fund Drive

Mabuhay (Long Live) Level Tom & Susan Marcaida Farrell ‘66* - $ 150 Oscar Rosales ‘65* - 100 Dn. Perfecto Santiago ‘58* - 100 Vener Siasoco ‘58* - 100

Matayog (High) Level Batch 1961 SP Ad Excess Donation - 75 Danny Aranton ‘63* - 50 Aurora Anastacio Bernardo ‘74* - 50 Aida Calica ‘54* - 50 Lina Galutera Calub ‘63* - 50 Josie Santos de Grano ‘74* - 50 Rodrigo de Leon ‘63* - 50 Batch Josefina Fares-Marcano ‘62* - 50 Angelita Delansig Sta. Maria ‘59* - 50 Batch 1965 SP Ad Excess Donation - 45 Batch 1966 SP Ad Excess Donation - 35 Fe Angeles ‘66* - 35 Erlinda Verano Beltran ‘55* - 35

Masigasig (Diligent) Level Conchita Sta. Iglesia Agbuya ‘51* - 25 Estela Leonardo Magbitang ’66* - 20 Emeteria Bandril Samson ‘60* - 20

Lifetime Membership Fe Tibay Angeles ‘66* - 50 Susan Marcaida Farrell ‘66* - 50 Rosana L. Camacho ’74* - 50 Josie Santos de Grano ’74* - 50 Aurora Anastacio Bernardo ‘74* - 50 Cecilia Villaflor Onate ‘74* - 50

Thank you to all members who placed ads in our 2016 Souvenir Magazine

Reuel Umali ‘58* - 155 Rosa Cossiel Calara ‘66* - 155 Dn Perfecto Santiago ’58* - 140 Felixberto Campomanes ‘61* - 140 Dolly Tolerba ‘60* - 140 Ludie Abeto Litz ‘66* - 140 Batch 1961 - 140 Batch 1965 - 140 Batch 1966 - 140 Batch 1974 - 140 Nory Geluz ‘65* - 130 Alicia Dingal Webb ‘61* - 105 Estrella Alan-Stephens ‘61* - 105 Oscar Rosales ‘65* - 105 Loreta Cruz Scobee ‘66* - 105 Herminia Reyes Pierce ‘66* - 90 Lily Quion ‘54* - 90 Vener Siasoco 58* - 90 Luz Micabalo ‘54* - 90 Carmelita Mariano Perez ‘61* - 90 Armand Cayan ‘61* - 90 Alma Agustin ’65* - 15 Fe Tibay Angeles ‘66* - 15 Daniel Basmayor ‘66* - 15 Marico Enriquez ‘59* - 15

Donation towards Symposium Snacks Marico Enriquez ‘59* - 100

Correction - Donation Posted July 2016 Tony Chango ‘53* - 50 Rick Seastres ‘56* - 35

RHSAA, NA celebrates its 25th Anniversary Our celebration at the Gold Coast Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Ne-vada on September 24, 2016 started in the morning with a symposium. Seven alumni (Josie de Grano*, Nida Reyes, Felixberto Campomanes*, Vic Dayco*, Rosa Calara*, Nory Geluz*, and Ludie Abeto Litz*) participated and shared their life experiences as they settled here in America.

During the evening event nine Batch ’66 alumni were in attendance. Only six of them attended their “Reminiscence Party” last February 5, 2016 at Tanghalang Pasigueno in Pasig City. For these 6 energetic batchmates (Ludie Litz*, Loreta Scobee*, Rosa Calara*, Domingo Mata*, Danny Basmayor* and Al George Zapanta) attending a party is always fun.

There were also six Batch‘74 at-tendees, three from Canada (Rosana Camacho*, Josie de Grano* and Nida Reyes), one from Las Vegas (Aurora Bernardo*), and two from Southern California (Malu Salvador and Cecilia Onate*).

To help bring more energy and ex-citement to our anniversary gather-ing, Batch ’66 performed a special dance wearing their cute logo-designed batch shirts from the Philip-pines.

See more photos on pages 4 & 5

L to R: Fe Tibay Angeles*, Domingo Mata*, Jimmy Aranton, Lore-ta Cruz Scobee*, Susan Marcaida Farrell*, Ludie Abeto Litz*, Daniel Basmayor*, Rosa Cossiel Calara * and Al George Zapanta

2016-2018 New Set of Officers Oath Taking

Batch ‘74 - L to R: Cecilia Villaflor Onate*, Malu Salvador, Ro-sana Camacho*, Aurora Anastacio Bernardo*, Josie Santos de Grano* and Nida Reyes

Right Photo: L to R: Daniel Bas-mayor ’66* Oscar Rosales ‘63*, Alma Agustin ‘65*, Alicia Webb ‘61*, Ludie Litz ‘66*, Bel Raimundo‘65*. Es-trella Alan-Stephens ‘61*, Vener Siasoco ’58* and Luz Mica-balo ’54* officiating the oath taking. Luz G. Micabalo

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President’s Message By Estrella Alan-Stephens ‘61* Hello Fellow Alumni and Friends,

Howdy all! First of all I want to welcome our new 2016 lifetime members Antonia Ambubuyog ’57*, Teresita Narag Bautista

‘65*, Nemencio Reyes ‘58*, Fe Tibay Angeles ‘66*, Susan Marcaida Farrell ‘66*, Rosana L. Camacho ’74*, Josie Santos de Grano ’74*, Aurora Anastacio Bernardo ‘74* and Cecilia Villaflor Onate ‘74*. Thank you for joining us.

Second semester 2016-17 FAP grant checks were given to: Judy Ann Lipata - TIP; Mile Bongon, Erwendell Puda, John Paul Dancel, Edselle Estabillo, Jerome Kim Belo, Gabrielle Bigol, Alyssa Basalo - PUP; Rica Mae Aquino, John Arvin Javier - UP Los Banos and Charlestenne Villamaria - Ateneo. 2016 UP/Diliman BS Civil Engineering graduates Aerholl Son Ramos and Emmeline Barte received their graduation gifts also.

Let’s talk about our 25th anniversary celebration held on Sept. 24, 2016 at Gold Coast Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Cont. on page 7

Aerholl Son R. Ramos ‘16 BS Civil Engineering UP Diliman Batch 4, RHS 2011

Achieving your dreams is not easy. It would be a hard long journey, full of highs and lows, and it would require you to make a number of life-changing decisions. Decisions that would eventually get you to where you want to be. Good thing God has given us people that would not just guide us and pick us up when we’re down, but also pro-vide us extra joy and encouragement, which they are more than willing to give.

Nine years ago, I passed the entrance exam in Pasig City Science High School. By then, my mom had already decided to enroll me there. However, my closest friends were planning to take the en-trance exam for the science curriculum of Rizal High School and I would’ve liked to go to the same school as them. So I made a deal with my mom that I would enroll in Rizal High School but only if I could be part of the science curriculum sections. Fortunately, my friends and I passed the entrance exam and that became my first life-changing decision.

During my 4 years of high school, I made deeper connections with my friends, and made new ones. There were lots of moments wherein we just enjoyed being young, and talked just about any-thing, without worry of what will happen when we leave high school. But there were also times when we talked about college and our goals in life. I was certain back then that I would be an accountant someday.

Upon entering college however, I made my next life-changing decision: I want to be an engineer. After five years of college life full of fun and exciting experiences, I finally graduated from the premier university of the country. And I wouldn’t have done it without the help of the Rizal High School Alumni Association of North America Financial Grant. The money I received from their initiative covered much of my expenses during college. Even after I changed my course, they continued to encourage me to finish my studies. It’s nice to know that aside from your family, there are people out there who are willing to support you no matter what. That is why, when I achieve my dreams and become successful in the future, I want to be a blessing to others just like what they were to me.

Now that I had finished my degree, I am very grateful that I made that decision nine years ago. It’s not just one of the first, but it is one of the best. It’s true that the people you are surrounded with really matter in the process of knowing who you are as a person and who you want to be in the future. I still haven’t achieved my dreams, not yet. But hopefully years from now, I could finally see and share with others what awaits me at the peak of this journey.

Emmeline Sablay Barte ‘16 BS Civil Engineering UP Diliman Batch 4, RHS 2011

A very special day has come which makes the past five years a lot more meaningful and colorful. The five years that taught me how to be a real person. The five years of a bucket that is full of experiences, memo-ries, and challenges. The five years of hap-piness, glooms, ups, and downs. The five years that gave me the best people in my life. And the five years that makes me who I am today.

Today, I am very proud to say that I was a “Iskolar para sa Bayan”. UP had taught me a lot. The completion of the degree in BS Civil Engineering is a milestone for us students. This is the most difficult task that I had done. The challenges and experiences Col-lege of Engineering exposed us had given us the chance to ex-plore our true talents and skills.

But all of these would not have been possible were it not for the people behind this success. To Rizal High School Alumni Associa-tion of North America (RHSAA, NA), thank you for becoming my inspiration all throughout my college life. Being a scholar of my Alma Mater is a great opportunity and honor to us Rizalians. Rizal High School is one of the pioneers in self development. It serves as the foundation of knowledge and skills that are required in college. Without a doubt, this scholarship played a key role in achieving my educational dreams. My parents alone could not have supported 100% of my school expenses. Being a scholar of the said program was such a very big help, not only for me but also to my family.

I would like to take this opportunity also to thank Mr. Mark Del

Additional FAP Graduates of 2016

Rosario for referring and helping us to have this scholarship.

The diploma that I will be receiving this June will not only be for my family but will also be offered to RHSAA, NA. Thank you for continuously helping our co-Rizalians. With these, I hope that I will be able to serve well my community, for in the future I might have the ability to help less fortunate families especially in the edu-cation of their children.

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as President of Filipino Overseas Workers in Jordan, with 6,800 members. These went on simultaneously with her appointment as associate dentist with Jordan Center for Family medicine. *Back to Canada in August of 2003 with her husband, Consie decided to retire from the field of dentistry, and started to organize her existing files on culinary cultures in 2007. *On December 12, 2012, Consie produced 22 copies of the first limited edition of her book entitled, "FIVE DECADES of CULINARY ADVENTURE: My Journey Savouring the World". With 400-pages, the book consists of topics on culinary cultures of all the places.

*Consie has three grown up children: Katrina (36) is a singer/ songwriter who lives in Vancouver. Sean at 34, lives in Moncton, New Brunswick with his wife, and just had their baby, Brooklyn Maria, Consie's first grand-child. Francis, the youngest at 30 years old, is now living in Bogota with his Colombian wife, and presently working as Financial Analyst with an international mining company.

Alumna Achiever Dr. Maria Consolacion Hernandez Gillis RHS Class 1963 Consie graduated from the Rizal High School in March of 1963. She studied Dentistry at the University of the Philippines and Philippine Dental College (De Ocampo Memorial Schools) from 1963 to 1970. Graduated with the title of Doctor of Dental Medicine in June 1970. Garnered the First Place in the Philippine Dental Board of Examiners' licensing examinations taken the same year, with the average of 88.7 % on both theory and practical examinations. *Started with General Motors (Philippines) and Knights of Colum-bus as company dentist in 1971 - 1974. *School Dentist for Marian College School of Nursing & Midwifery and Hospital Dentist for Marian Hospital employees in 1971 – 1974 *Clinical Supervisor & Lecturer, Manila Central University College of Dentistry, 1974 to 1976 *Clinical Supervisor & Lecturer, Centro Escolar University, Dept. of Dentistry, June 1975 to May 1977 *In June 1977, hired by the Kaduna State Government of Nigeria as Dental Surgeon at the Kaduna Dental Center, and Clinical Supervi-sor and Lecturer for the Kaduna Dental Auxiliaries Training Center. *November 4, 1978, got married to a Canadian diplomat in London England *January 1980 went with Canadian husband to settle in Canada *In September 1984, Dr. Consie Hernandez-Gillis was hired as Den-tal Officer by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Ethiopia where she rendered dental services to all UN employees of all the United Nations Agencies present in the country where her spouse served as a diplomat at the Canadian Embassy in Addis Ababa from 1984 to 1989. *In 1991, as the wife of the Chief of Mission for International Or-ganization for Migration with ambassadorial portfolio posted in Manila, Consie became active with the RHSAA , within which time, she was elected as president of Class 1963, and also elected as Vice-President for International Affairs of the Grand RHSAA. Using her international experience in communication, Consie was able to convince some RHS alumni living overseas to come to the Grand reunion that year. *In 1998, Dr. Consie Hernandez-Gillis' diplomat spouse was posted as the Head of the Aid & Development Program at the Canadian Embassy to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Amman. Mean-while, Dr. Consie Hernandez-Gillis was hired as associate dentist with Jordan Center for Family Medicine, the hospital and clinic of some members of the Royal Family. She also became one of the Founders of Toastmaster’s Club and was elected Vice-President in-charge of membership that had only women as members. She was also the Club Administrator of the Diplomatic Women’s Club, ac-tive member of United Nation’s Women’s Guild, and was appoint-ed by the Canadian ambassador as Community Liaison Coordina-tor for the embassy’s Canadian staff. She worked on this capacity in an office at the Canadian Embassy for three years. In the year 1999, Consie was unanimously elected

A Letter from Batch 1958 Alumnus Dr. Bayani Manalo

October 28, 2016 Ms. Estrella Alan-Stephens President, RHSAA, NA

Dear Ms. Alan-Stephens,

Congratulations to our successful RHS Alumni Association under your leadership. I am sorry I missed the 25th Anniversary Celebra-tion. Your souvenir program is great and all the activities depicted in the program look marvelous.

On another topic, I have attached pictures of my personal contri-bution to our alma mater, Rizal High for improvement of the Reading Room, amounting to $10, 000. An award winning charita-ble group namely “Feed the Hungry Inc.” helped me get it done. Hopefully this will stimulate other alumni to help our high school in Pasig, Metro Manila.

Thanks and regards to you and your family and our alumni.

Sincerely,

Bayani L. Manalo, M.D., FACP, FACG

Latest report on Rizal High School Reading Room as of 10/14/16

1. Painting of interior walls - 100% 2. Painting of exterior walls - 70% 3. Painting of interior ceiling - 100% 4. Painting of hallway & exterior ceiling - 80%

5. Fabrication of cabinets - 50% 6. Adequate materials are at site

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Batch 1961 - L to R: Felixberto Campomanes*, Rey Balingcos*, Estry Alan-Stephens*, Alicia

Webb*, Priscilla Quinn* and Mario Raymundo*

Batch ‘54, ‘56 and ‘58 - L to R: Vic Dayco ‘56*, Luz Micabalo ‘54*, Lorna Olmedo ’58*

and Vener Siasoco ’58*

Pictorials - 25th Anniversary Held in Las Vegas on September 24, 2016

L to R- Seated: Alicia Webb (Dir. At Large), Bel Raimundo (Treas.), Estry Alan-Stephens (Pres.), Alma Agustin (Sec.), Priscilla Quinn (Dir. At Large) Stand-

ing: Oscar Rosales (Auditor), Daniel Basmayor (Dir. At Large), Ludie Litz (Dir. At Large), Vener Siasoco (VP)

L to R - Front Row: Tessie Siasoco (guest), Ester Balingcos ‘63*, Domingo Mata ‘66*, Nory Geluz ‘65*, Daniel Ambrosio ‘65*, Rey Angeles ‘63, Fe Angeles ‘66*, Loreta Scobee ‘66*, Al George Zapanta ‘66 Second Row: Priscilla Quinn ’61*, Ludie Litz ’66*, Alicia Webb ’61*, Bel Raimundo ’65*, Estrella Alan-Stephens ’61*, Alma Agustin ‘65*, Vener Siasoco ‘58*, Oscar Rosales ‘63*, Daniel Basmayor ‘66* Third Row: Susan Farrell ‘66*, Aida Calica ‘56*, Nelinda Dimanlig ‘65*, Lina Calub ‘63*, Malu Salvador ‘74, Aurora Bernardo ‘74*, Josie de Grano ‘74*, Rosana Camacho ‘74*, Nida Reyes ‘74, Cecilia Onate, ‘74*, Sylvia Bernardino ‘72, Elizabeth Alpano ‘71, Lorna Olmedo ‘58*, Juanita Lerma (guest), Carmelita Aranton ‘64, Emma Abeto, Cory Abeto (guest), Luz Micabalo ’54*, Ken Scobee (guest), Aggie Zapanta ‘68 Fourth Row: Maryanne Dayco (guest), Felixberto Campomanes ‘61*, Rosa Calara ’66*, Vic Dayco ’56*, Jimmy Aranton ’66, Rey Balingcos ’61*, Mario Raymundo’61* Not Shown - Guests: Eric Abeto, Lily Dayco, Conrad Calara, James Sarmiento, Maylene Abeto, KC Abeto  

Batch 1963 - L to R: Oscar Rosales*, Rey Angeles, Ester Balingcos*, Lina Calub*

L to R - Batch 1965: D. Ambrosio*, N. Geluz*, B. Raimundo*, A. Agustin*, N. Dimanlig*, with F. An-

geles ‘66*, R. Angeles ‘63*, and O. Rosales ‘63*

Symposium Attendees

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L to R: Loreta Cruz Scobee ‘66*, Domingo Mata ‘66*, Aggie Zapanta ‘66* and Nory Geluz ‘65* ( co M.C.)

Surprise Dance Performance by Batch ‘66 L to R - Front Row: Domingo Mata*, Fe Angeles*,

Ludie Litz*, Loreta Cruz Scobee* Second Row: Al George Zapanta, Dan Basmayor*

L to R: Aurora Bernardo ‘74*, Carmelita Aranton, Malu Salva-dor, Josie de Grano ‘74*, Rosana Camacho ‘74*, Nida Reyes, Cecilia Onate ‘74*, Lina Calub ‘63* and A. Webb ‘61*

L to R - Seated: L. Scobee*, F. Angeles* Standing: C. & R. Calara*, S. Farrell *, L. Litz*, T. Farrell (guest), D. Mata*, K. Scobee (guest), D. Basmayor*, A. Zapanta, J. Basmayor

Batch 1974 - L to R : M. Salvador, Josie de Grano*, Rosana Camacho*, Nida Reyes, Cecilia Onate*

and Aurora Bernardo*

L to R: Conrad & Rosa Calara ‘66* and Aggie ‘68 & Al George Zapanta ‘66

L to R - Seated: Emma Abeto, Ludie Litz, Cory Abeto Standing: Maylene Abeto, Jimmy Aranton, Edwina Aranton, Carmelita Aranton, Eric Abeto, KC Abeto

L to R: Ludie Abeto Litz ‘66* (M.C. of the event), Susan Farrell ‘66* and Loreta Cruz Scobee ‘66*

L to R: Danny ’66* & Jojo Basmayor, Cynthia Mata, Aggie Zapanta ‘66, Fe Angeles ‘66*, Conrad & Rosa

Calara ’66* and D. Mata ‘66*

Energetic dancers filled the dance floor as they enjoyed the music played by DJ Conrad Mangune.

L to R: Domingo Mata ‘66*, Al George Zapanta ‘66, Ken Scobee (Loreta

Scobee’s husband)

L to R: Alma Agustin ‘65* Nida Reyes ‘74 ( Raffle Draw-

ing Winner) and Josie de Grano ‘74*

Right Photo: Cynthia Mata (guest), Carmelita Aranton ‘63, Nora Mangune (guest), Luz Micabalo ‘54*

Right Photo: Tessie Siasoco, Lorna Olmedo ’58* & Vener Siasoco ‘58*

Right Photos: Sylvia Bernardi-no ‘72 and Daniel Ambrosio ‘65*

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Sept. 26, 2016 - ‘65 Batchmates Alma Agustin, Bel Raimundo & Nellie Dimanlig joined a day tour of the Grand Canyon after the RHSAA, NA 25th Anniver-sary event. Las Vegas is full of fun with its night life, glittering lights, and the unending casino games but the Grand Canyon displays the beauty of nature. Alma and Nellie (right photo) with a panoramic view of the Grand Canyon.

Sept. 23, 2016 - While in Las Vegas, before attending our RHSAA, NA 25th Anniver-sary, my batchmates and I took a side trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

April 28, 2016 - A day of Love at the famous Villa Es-cudero in Laguna, Philippines.

Rosana Camacho ‘74* April 23, 2016 - Wearing a traditional kimono at a temple in Kyoto, Japan (right photo).

Tess Poticar Bautista ‘80 - her travel adventure in 2017 The adventure of a lifetime ... while in Bangkok we visited a number of temples and old cities; experienced the floating market, river cruise and the most memorable one was riding the elephant.

One of the festivals that go back in time is the Ati-Atihan in Aklan, Philippines, an an-nual celebration in January in honor of the Santo Niño (Infant Jesus). It also pays tribute to the Aeta, the indige-nous people known to be the early settlers of the area. The event starts with a mass, fol-lowed by a procession that

begins with rhythmic drumbeats, and dancers parading along the street. Individuals & groups participate in this weeklong event. Their costumes are made of all natural products such as corn, seeds, feathers, etc.

Feb. 2017, Sumlang Lake, Legaspi City, Albay, Phil. L to R - Seated: Ofelia Banares, Evelyn Chua, Ludie Litz, Paz Buenviaje

Standing: Tessie San Buenventura, Filomena Cruz, Estelita Velasco.

Alumni Travels

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5-DAY PACIFIC COASTAL CRUISE FROM VANCOUVER, CANADA TO

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

ALL RHS BATCHES HIGH SCHOOL REUNION IN 2018.

IF WE HAVE A BIG GROUP WE WILL TRY TO SET UP OUR GROUP ACTIVITIES WHILE WE ARE ON BOARD THE SHIP.

PLEASE EMAIL ME AT ealanstephens@gmail.com IF YOU ARE JOINING AS YOUR RESPONSE TO THIS SURVEY.

THANK YOU.

YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN BOOKING.

BOOKING DEPOSIT - $50 FINAL PAYMENT IN JULY 2018

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 to FRIDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2018

THE NAME OF THE NEW SHIP IS "BLISS”

Cruise Ports:

Vancouver, Canada (embark) Victoria, British Columbia

San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA (disembark)

Cabins:

Studio Inside Cabin from $399 (solo guest only) Oceanview from $499

Balcony from $549 Spa from $819

Mini Suite from $699 The Haven from $2,049

For required travel documents, go to www.ncl.com or call

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES at 1-866-234-7350

1. 5-day cruise offers an alternative to past RHSAA, NA gather-ings. Your family or relatives can join us.

2. Short, relaxing cruise with entertainment, music to listen or dance to, thus no need to hire a DJ as in the past reunions.

3. Lodging and food are included in the total price.

4. Attendees select their cabins/staterooms according to their specific needs or comfort levels as well as their personal travel budgets.

5. Majority of members reside in Southern California or the Bay Area and are familiar with SF and/or LA. However, the cruise al-lows us to see these cities from a different perspective.

6. Cruise ship is brand new and its maiden voyage will be in 2018.

7. Plenty of room to gather as a whole group or individual graduating class with no additional fee or cost for the use of the room or venue in the cruise ship.

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Make check/M.O. payable to

RHSAA, NA and mail to:

RHSAA, NA c/o Estrella Alan-Stephens 1743 Vancouver Green Fremont, CA 94536

Cont. President Message on page 2

This is our third time to hold our reunion event in this Resort because they Catering Manager always give us a better hall and food services.

Those alumni who arrived on Friday and early Saturday were among the attendees during our morning event which started at 10 am. We served coffee, tea and muffins. There were seven symposi-um speakers who delivered their prepared speeches. Most of the speakers revealed their experiences, how they adopted their new life with their families adopting the American culture. I, myself could relate the same experience. I persevered to achieve a better standard of living for my family. We had a 20 minute break and continued till 1:30 pm after RHS hymn practice.

The evening affair was composed of an oath taking of the new officers led by Luz Micabalo ‘54*. I gave my welcome address, Nory Geluz ‘65* led the singing of RHS Hymn he composed. After the sumptuous dinner, we had dancing, door prize and raffle drawings and Batch ‘66 special dance performance. Everyone en-joyed dancing to the music beat played by DJ Conrad. Ludie Litz ‘66* and Nory Geluz ’65* were the Masters of Ceremony of the night.

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US & Canada Educational Grant Application

Deadline - Aug. 25, 2017 A lifetime member’s child, grandchild or sibling residing in US and Canada, who has a GPA of 3.5 in senior high school going or cur-rently in college may submit an ap-plication for an educational grant (one application per household). Minimum grant award is $250. Completed forms with passport size photo and supporting documents must be postmarked and received by Aug. 25, 2017. Send request for forms by Email or postal mail to: Estry Alan-Stephens ’61* 1743 Vancouver Green Fremont, Ca 94536 E-mail: ealanstephens@gmail.com

IN MEMORIAM

Rudolfo Chupo ‘63 - USA Esmeraldo Cruz ‘58 - PHL Maximina Ponce ‘65 - PHL

Our heartfelt condolences go to Ludie Abeto Litz ‘66*, our Las Vegas Director At Large who now resides in

Corpus Christi, Texas, in the loss of her mother,

Esperanza Revereza Abeto (06/11/27 - 02/07/17)

May They All Rest in Eternal Peace.

Project, Events and Class Reunion Schedules Sat., Sept., 2017 / So Cal RHS Alumni Reunion - No available info from the organizing team yet. Sat., Dec 02, 2017 RHS Grand Alumni Homecoming / RHS Main Campus / Hosts: 1967, 1977, 1987, and 1992 All RHS Batches - Please join us on a 5-day Pacific Coast Cruise / Cruise Ports: Vancouver, Canada; Victoria, BC; SF and Los Angeles / from Sept 30 to Oct 5, 2018 / Norwegian Cruise Lines - New Ship “BLISS” on its Maiden Voyage / Private Booking with $50 deposit, Full Payment required by July 2018

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