The following presentation was made by Fr. Johnny C. Go, SJ, the School Director, during the Parents’ Orientation from May 31 to June 4, 2010.

Parents Orient 2010

What are our goals and dreams in Xavier School this coming school year?Here are the 6 Cs redefined for the 21st Century, as illustrated in a video presented by Fr. Johnny Go during the Parents’ Orientation this year.  Created by Galvin Ngo and voiced by Brian Marana, both from Xavier School’s NExT Team.

The building, which will be named the Henry Sy Primary School Building, will start construction in June and will be completed in time for the school opening in June 2012.

PKK has been running for the past 20 years. It is a summer activity for student volunteers who will serve as teachers of the PKK students that comprise the top 15 students of the public schools located in San Juan.

It is tradition in the Grade 6 Recollection to include class commitments where the entire class promises to do something for themselves and the community, especially for the selected partner institution in the service interaction.

Everyone walked away genuinely appreciative of the performing arts talents that have been nurtured in Xavier and confident that the talents of more students will be developed and honed.

Last March 3, the English sections of H2 participated in the Sophomore Sonnet Slam as part of the celebrations for World Read Aloud Day organized by Lit World.

Congratulations to our awardees for Xavier High School Class 2010! We are proud of you. Luceat Lux!

Muling inilunsad ng Komite ng Kampanya para sa Paggalang ang programang humihikayat at nagpapaalala sa ating mga mag-aaral sa mababang paaralan na maging magalang sa lahat ng pagkakataon.

Xavier student Alfonso Jose Bautista wins MOST OUTSTANDING 12-year old swimmer in the HONG KONG Mantas Invitational Swimming Competition held last April 24 and 25 ,2010 at the Shing Moon Valley Stadium Tsuen Wan Hong Kong.

Four Xavier School swimmers break records in the recently concluded Palarong Pambansa held in Tarlac in April 2010.

Seven-year-old Miko Eala is the new boy wonder of Philippine tennis. The Grade 2 student from Xavier School beat an international cast to win the 8 and under category championship at the Krasae Tennis Camp Junior Challenge 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand from March 27-29.

Congratulations to the Xaverians who won in the recent elections for local office! May they serve their communities with honor and compassion.

Congratulations to two Xaverians, former Sec. Arthur Yap (’83) and Amb. Francis Chua (’67), who were honored recently by Malacanan.

Congratulations to Neil Bernardo (XS Class 2006), who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California (USC).

Time and Distance are the best test of love and in them are stored all the jewels of our passing years. Even our moments of despair and our bitter plaints.

Last May 14-16, 2010, a group of 40 Xavier School faculty and staff attended a three-day silent retreat, dubbed the “3-Day Vacation with the Lord.”

After I heard that we were going to Beijing, I finally decided to cancel my Xiamen tour and try this new thing out. Who said I wasn’t adventurous?

It’s also an opportunity for the school community to learn how to use the FLIPCAMS, the newly purchased video cameras that we hope our students will use to collaborate with one another in creating and communicating what they will learn.

After due consultation about the various new initiatives to be implemented in Xavier School this school year, I have decided that it would serve the best interest of our students to reschedule our class opening to the next week.

Xavier School is deeply saddened by the untimely departure of Francis Matthew Ty who would have been a Grade Six student this school year. He joined our Creator on May 24, 2010.