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THE LEAF NEWS TEAM
STC STAGES F
After two years of virtual moving up and graduation ceremonies, graduates and completers of Sta. Teresa College marched back on stage for their completion ceremonies and commencement exercises, with the theme “STC Living the Mission, Celebrating the Tradition.” On June 7-8, 471 grade 6 and grade 12 graduates, as well as grade 10 completers, attended a separate face-to-face ceremony at San Lorenzo Ruiz Hall.
“I have been privileged to participate in the graduations of other catholic schools in USAL and it is really comforting to see those completers and graduates. You make our catholic schools proud,” Rev. Fr. Carlo Magno C. Ilagan shared in his homily. He remarked that the face-to-face graduation is a happy time of the year, a day of thanksgiving and praise to Him because all the things being celebrated are all praises from God. In addition, the ceremony was streamed on STC’s official Facebook Page, allowing graduates and completers abroad with their families to feel engaged even if they could not go home to attend in person. With parents’ approval and Batangas’s alert level at 1, indicating that things are gradually returning to normal, the school pursued conducting face-to-face ceremonies for the students. “It is sad to think that we would not be able to push through with face-to-face [completion ceremonies] for the third year, so we decided that even without the announcement of DepEd yet that we will be allowed the F2F graduation. I, Fr. Carlo, and Sir Manalo already planned for it,” Dr. Violeta C. Ramos explained. Senior High School In their final farewell to the alma mater, 165 grade 12 students donned their caps and gowns to celebrate the end of their basic education journeys at the 5th Commencement Senior High School Exercises. John Michael C. Garcia led the batch and received the following awards: Presidential Medal for Excellence, Alumni Association Medal for Excellence, and Family Council Excellence Award. Looking back, Garcia also completed junior high school as the rank 1 of their batch. “The world we are about to enter seems to be intimidating, every new discovery may make us feel small, may make us feel as if we are missing out on so much and that we have to catch up on so many new things,” Garcia remarked in his thanksgiving speech.
