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Date: 31 May 2010
To: The Xavier School Community
From: The School Director
Subject: REVISED SCHEDULE FOR CLASS OPENING
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. Read the rest of this entry »
Xavier School is pleased to announce that the Henry Sy family has formalized its support for Xavier School Nuvali. The Henry Sy Foundation signed the Deed of Donation with Xavier School last May 11, 2010 at SM Mall of Asia, to support the school’s new campus. Read the rest of this entry »
by Patrick Wee, Beijing Summer Program participant
Normally, Xaverians spend their summer playing their PS3s, Wiis and DSs, apart from updating their Facebook accounts daily. Well, I, for the past three years went to Xiamen to try out something new. I had fun, but comparing the three summers to the one now, I’ll have to say that this year is the summer well above the rest.
Believe it or not, I was planning to go to Xiamen, again, for the fourth and final time, until I heard from our Chinese teacher that Xavier is offering a special summer program. At first, I didn’t want to go, but, in the end, 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?
The activity was set from April 1 to the 30th. Packing was quite hard for me, considering that only 19 kilograms was allowed for us to carry going to China. Wherever go, my family and I, for that matter always have overweight baggage. One friend speculated why this was so. He told me that since we were physically challenged in size, our clothes and other things will ultimately be bigger, and since on earth, mass is equal to weight, so, you get the equation.
But luckily, on the day we were going to fly to Beijing, all went well, and my baggage was 19.0 exactly. Our accompanying teacher or laoshi as we call her, had a baggage three times the allowed weight. When I looked around, I found that she had to bring with her two extra boxes of Dried Mangos to bring for the school authorities in Beijing. When one of my friends asked, why Dried Mangos? My laoshi paused for a second, and finally answered: “Basta, gusto nila ‘yan!”
We got to Beijing successfully and after an hour’s ride, got to our school. The college we were in was one of the better colleges in the city. In fact, when we got there, we were welcomed into a hotel-like dormitory already filled with our South-east Asian soon-to-be-friends from Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia and Thailand. The dormitories were very comfortable with hotel-like standards. Our rooms have a TV set, a refrigerator, but best of all, a beautiful view of the city skyline outside our windows. It became the home we knew for the month we were going to stay in Beijing.
Classes started as soon as we got there. In Day 2, we had our diagnostic test, and true enough, all Xaverians became part of the intermediate and advanced classes. See, Xaverian’s Chinese isn’t too bad after all. For the next month, we had intensive Chinese Language Training, Chinese Painting, Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Arts and Crafts, not to mention, special computer classes and sports periods.
Congratulations to the Xaverians who won in the recent elections for local office! May they serve their communities with honor and compassion. Read the rest of this entry »
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 25, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
by Donald Bautista
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. Read the rest of this entry »
One of the ways in which our faculty in the Early Education, Grade School, and High School are preparing for the new school year is a refresher workshop on “Understanding by Design,” a framework for designing curriculum. UbD, as it is also known, was introduced over five years ago in Xavier School because it was identified as a tool that could help promote Ignatian Pedagogy in the classroom. Read the rest of this entry »
Congratulations to two Xaverians, former Sec. Arthur Yap (’83) and Amb. Francis Chua (’67), who were honored recently by Malacanang. Arthur Yap was conferred the Order of Lakandula with Rank of Grand Cross (Bayani), alongside other current and former cabinet secretaries. In the same ceremony, the President conferred the Order of Sikatuna with rank of Lakan to Francis Chua, chairman emeritus of the Philippine Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Both Arthur and Francis were active in the AAXS during the terms of past presidents Ruben Tan (’73) and Rudy Ang (’79), serving as vice president and batch representive, respectively.
Congratulations to Neil Bernardo (XS Class 2006), who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California (USC). He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. Luceat Lux!Submitted by David Lim (’70)
The Health Services, in cooperation with Faces and Figures Skin Slimming Spa Wellness and the Health Cube Multispecialty Clinic and Diagnostic Center, would like to invite the Xavier School Faculty and Staff to a Wellness Fair on May 19, 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
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