CKSC students stamped their class in many inter-school competitions.

The CKSC Blue Dragons high school basketball team recently emerged Champion in the national finals of the 2013 Milo Pasarelle Tournament held at San Fernando, Pampanga on November 24 and 25. The team represented National Capital Region as its regional winner and competed against three other teams representing Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. In the championship game, CKSC easily toppled the Visayas Champion, University of San Carlos, 79-50, to emerge National Champion.

As culminating activity for the three-day celebration of St. Jude Catholic School’s 50th Founding Anniversary, a quiz bee competition billed as Academic Brawl 2013, sponsored by the High School Department, was held last November 15 at the school’s Fr. Peter Yang Hall. Emerging as Champion was the team from Chiang Kai Shek College. The team, consisting of Andrew Brandon Ong, Chinarah Tayamora, and Hans Jarrett Ong, bested 16 teams from different private schools. The contest involved questions about English, Math, and Science. They received a trophy, a cash prize worth PhP3,500, and a flash drive. They were trained by Mrs. Brenda Ong, Mrs. Venus Llantada, and Mrs. Armi Mogro for English, Science, and Mathematics, respectively. Ranked second and third were the teams representing Ateneo de Manila and Grace Christian College. Other participating schools were Colegio de San Agustin, Christian Academy of Manila, Immaculate Conception Academy, Malate Catholic School, OB Montessori, Philippine Cultural College, St. Scholastica’s College, San Sebastian College, University of Santo Tomas, Nazareth School, and National University.

Team CKSC, composed of Gabriel Alkuino, Kathleen Ngo, and Chinarah Tayamora, was declared Champion in the 1st PISIKAalaman Quiz Contest held last November 16, 2013. The contest was sponsored by the National Institute of Physics and the UP Physics Association. A total of 24 schools joined the contest. Other winners were teams representing Philippine Science High School (1st Runner Up) and Quezon City Science High School 2nd Runner Up). The Champion team was awarded a cash prize of PhP5,000 and a trophy. Each member was also awarded a gold medal. The students were trained by Mrs. Cynthia Q. Yap, a Physics teacher.

That same day, CKSC also joined Emerge 6.0, a mathematics competition sponsored by the Society of Young Engineers Towards Achieving Excellence (SYNTAX), together with the Engineering Organization Geared towards Excellence (ENGAGE) of the De La Salle University. The competition was composed of various stages which let the students face each other and battle it out to see who would come out as the toughest. Our team, consisting of Jan Kendrick Ong, Nicholas Timothy Ang, and Renzo Roel Tan, won 2nd Place. They received medals, trophy, and a cash prize of PhP3,000.

In the 2013 English International Competitions and Assessments for Schools organized by the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, three students, namely: Clyde Wesley Ang, Ryan Jericho Sy, and Trisha Danielle Sia, received Credit Awards.

Congratulations!