(English Portion of OCR Text) VALEDICTORY ADDRESS (Delivered by JC M. HALILI, valedictorian of class 2002 of CNCHS on April 2, 2002 during the 58th Commencement Exercises) Man's quest for education is never ending; it starts from the cradle and-ends drily-in the grave. It is always painstaking yet fulfilling; it is sometimes frustrating yet rewarding. Today, we members of class 2002 of our dear Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School are jubilant for we emerged victorious in our quest for secondary education. This occasion is a milestone in our life as students for we successfully steered our ship through the shoals that loom in the surface and the reefs that lurk underwater. We graduates are at a loss of words to express our happiness due to our success today. However, our joy is tinged with sadness because of the thought that we will be parting from our beloved Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School, our dear teachers, and schoolmates. As the valedictorian of class 2002, the task incumbent upon me in this occasion is to express the valediction or farewell of our class. First of all, we bid farewell to, our dear Alma Mater, the Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School. With a heavy heart, we are leaving the portals of our Alma Mater whom we have learned to love for the past four years. As we bid farewell, we assure publicly our Alma Mater that we graduates will try our best to crown her someday with laurels, as what our predecessors had done. Thank you very much Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School, for having been a fountain of quality secondary education to us your children. Wherever we may be, in our pursuit of a new educational struggle, we will be very proud of you. You have nurtured us for four years, making us better citizens of today and prospective leaders of tomorrow. As a token of our gratitude, class 2002 assures you, our dear Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School, that. we shall do everything possible to reap honors and successes in our future endeavors for your greater honor and fame. With profound sense of gratitude, we bid farewell to our dear teachers. It pains us graduates to part from our teachers who have been our loving second parents, our caring big brothers and sisters, our thoughtful friends all throughout our 28 the GLOW april 2002 four year struggles for secondary education. Before we finally part from you, our dear teachers, we graduates publicly convey our thanks and appreciation for your collective efforts in moulding us to what we are today. Thank you, ma'ams and sirs, for giving us the best of what you have, to provide us with quality secondary education that will be our potent weapon in meeting the challenges and demands of tertiary education. We recognize, with grateful appreciation, the fact that all our teachers have been candles for us graduates; they burned themselves so that we their students will be lighted, removing in us the mantle of darkness and ignorance. Thank you very much, dear teachers. We graduates will forever cherish everything good that you have done for us. We also bid farewell to our schoolmates. Thank you, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors for the pleasant company that you shared with us. Your pleasant company has made, to a certain extent, our stay in our school enjoyable, memorable, and fruitful. We are leaving you behind with a challenge to crown our beloved Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School with more laurels by demonstrating excellence in contests and competitions. This you can do by burning your midnight candles and enhancing your commitment to studies. Ingratitude is one cardinal sin that anyone of us can commit. We members of the graduating class do not want to commit this sin by publicly expressing our thanks, appreciation, and gratitude to our beloved parents who are the unsung heroes behind our success today. It is an incontrovertible fact that our ever-dearest parents left no stone unturned in facilitating our acquisition of secondary education. In this regard, I take this opportunity to publicly thank my own parents for translating my dream to reality – the dream of not only finishing my secondary education, but also of acquiring the highest academic honor I am now enjoying. Thank you papa and mama, for your all – out support to me. Thank you very much, lolos and lolas at both my paternal and maternal sides. I also would like to thank publicly my elder sister Anne and my elder brother Ryan for challenging and inspiring me to strive for academic excellence. My elder brother Ryan has been constantly challenging me since my first year up to my fourth year to be at the top of my class. His challenge kept on ringing in my head and it inspired me to maximize the development of my innate intelligence. His challenge motivated, me to graduate at the top of class 2002 although I finished my preparatory and elementary education without any academic honor. Thank you very much Inday Anne. Thank you very much, Manong Yan-Yan. Above all, we graduates lift our eyes to heaven in thanksgiving to God for his gift of graduation to us graduates. Thank you very much, our heavenly father, for blessing our efforts. We implore you, Lord, to continue blessing our efforts and guiding us until we shall have attained the realization of our dreams in life. In closing, from the bottom of our hearts, and in behalf of, class 2002, 1 am reiterating our fond farewell and our million thanks to all those who have a part in our success today. Thank you very much and good day, everyone PTCA donates building to school The Parent Teacher ­Community Association recently donated a two-classroom building. The new school facility cost the association P335,078. Upon its completion, the building was formally turned over to the school by the association, through Mr. Felipe A. Casianan Jr., the chairman of the Board of Directors, and Mr. Pio R. Lujan, the president. To formalize the donation, a Deed of Donation was executed by the PTCA and the school, through the school administrator, Mr. Rey B. Vencer. The other officers of the CNCHS PTCA are: Valentine Sujede, Vice Chairman; Elena Mandarin, Secretary; Annie Tobias, Treasurer; Josefina Samar, Auditor; Rafael Galindo, Business Manager; Edwin Ortega, Dante Roldan, Lope Apelo Jr., Rebeccas Fenis, Zelpha Carmelo, Evelina Artieda, Rufo Casianan, Pio Pedrola, Victor Maroma and Cliff Jim Gallego, Directors. "We are optimistic that the additional classrooms will greatly benefit the students of CNCHS. We , members of the PTCA are confident that the students will help take good care of this legacy," Mr. Felipe Casianan, PTCA chairman said the GLOW aprd 2002 29 SALUTATORY ADDRESS (Delivered by KEVIN G. MONTOYA, salutatorian of class 2002 of CNCHS on April 2, 2002 during the WhCornmencement Exercises of the school) The foundation of the success of a nation rests on a few simple-but powerful propositions. To bring out the best and most creative in human beings, a society should be organized democratically in its economy and its politics. But above all, EDUCATION IS THE BEST INVESTMENT! Indeed, education must not only be viewed as an instrument to serve national needs, but the means to ensure a better quality life for the people. Today ladies and gentlemen, because of the benefit of education that has been given to us by our much-loved 'parents, we, the graduating students of Class 2002 of Cabatuan National Comprehensive High School, are transformed into more confident citizens of this country, equipped not only with indispensable provisions that would make us both active and effective nation-builders, but also with necessary measures that would keep us abreast with the present and future trends of globalization. Today, we are gathered here to witness the culmination of our secondary education – our GRADUATION DAY! Today is the celebration of the strength, courage, character and will that we wielded in finishing the demanding yet manageable four years in high school. Today is not the conclusion of our quest for education but the genesis of a new life as our search for higher learning continues through a college degree. But most of all, today is the rightful time for us, members of the graduating class, to salute all those who are responsible for the realization of this momentous occasion. And, as the Salutatorian of Class 2002, it is my task to express the salutation of our class. Above all, we address our salutation to the Lord, our God, who has blessed us this gift of graduation. We graduates are thankful to the Almighty God for His loving hands that have touched us and that have given us comfort through these years. Most especially, we are thankful to You, our Heavenly Father for the glow of Your love that lit our way, and the warmth of Your embrace that gave us peace when we had problems. Still, we your children pray for your guidance and protection as we embark on a new journey in life. There is nothing quite as special as a teacher, so our salutation also goes to our dear teachers who have patiently and enthusiastically shaped us as conscientious, creative, and responsible individuals of the community. These laudable teachers of ours are worthy to be called mentors for their true aim in teaching is not to impart their own opinions .but to kindle the minds of their students. Ma'ams and sirs, as we part from you, we want to tell you that aside from the scientific and practical lessons that you taught us, we appreciate 'more your honesty, sincerity and earnestness in sharing with us your knowledge and proficiency. We are grateful to be armed with these values as we take a more rigorous journey in life. We also thank the non-teaching personnel who have made this school more conducive for learning. Thank you to the Administrative staff for supporting us morally and financially in our school activities as well as in competitions and seminars outside the school. To the utility persons and security guards, we owe you a lot for keeping our safety and maintaining the cleanliness in the campus. To the faculty and employees of this school, 30 the GLOW April 2002