Career Talk for Grade 10 Students Held

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A career talk for grade 10 students was held last February 10, 2017 from 8:00 to 10:30am at the school auditorium by the combined departments of the Office for Student Life.
 
Four speakers reminisced their student days at CKS high school, and gave insights on their college lives as well as career paths, namely:
a) Tomas B. Medina (CKS HS Batch '82) - President and CEO of Brandexports Philippines Inc.,  Director of Memere International Recruitment Agency, Inc.; and Business Development Directorof Sea Exports Incorporated, a Hong Kong-based sourcing company for Pacific Island Nations Distribution. A multi-linguist who can speak 8 different world languages, Mr. Medina is a pure-blood Filipino who speaks proficient Chinese Mandarin language and Fookien dialect, which he attributed to his CKS education.
b) Captain Eurico Chua (CKS HS Batch '85) - Pilot of Air Asia Philippines, and former Pilot of Singapore Airlines.
c) Dr. Geraldine Zamora Racaza (CKSC HS Batch '95) - Rheumatologist Physician connected with Manila Doctors Hospital. She was also recipient of the Ten Outstanding Young Men and Women (TOYM) class of 2016 during the awarding rites held presided by President Rodrigo Duterte at Malacanang Palace. Dr. Racaza was also class valedictorian from the UP College of Medicine and topped 4 different board exams. A researcher, dancer, and book author, she is also founder of the Hope for Lupus Foundation, Inc.
d) Alvin Kingson Y. Tan (CKSC HS Batch 2001) - President and CEO of Technominds Easco Incorporated and President of Fil-Chi Media Productions, Incorporated. He was a BPI Sinag Challenge Awardee, a past winner of the Go Negosyo Awards and Philippine representative to the 2012 Intel Asia Challenge Competition held in Bangalore, India.
 
The speakers were each given 20 minutes to talk as they dealt with their respective college courses and their career paths. They also discussed the expectations and preparations after junior high school leading to the different tracks of senior high school. Further, they emphasized the importance of Chinese education and Chinese language as they went into their respective fields of endeavor.
 
After all speakers were done with their inputs, students were given the opportunity to ask questions from the speakers during the panel discussion.
 
Dr. Poa presented tokens of appreciation to the speakers at the end of the activity.