31 January 2020
Weekly Memo No. JHS_FF2020-2.1
TO : AdZU Junior High School Community
FROM : Fr. Arnel T. Ong, SJ
SUBJECT : AdZU JHS schedule for FEBRUARY 3 – 8, 2020
1. ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
| 3 Feb, Mon | 7:00 AM 4:00 – 5:30 PM 3:45 PM | MORNING ASSEMBLY SPONSOR: G8 ARROWSMITH JHS Ball Social Dance Practive YSEP: G10 KOSTKA Deliberations – Grade 7 |
| 4 Feb, Tues | 7:00 AM 4:00 – 5:30 PM 3:45 PM | MASS Sponsores: G10 JEROME & G9 PIGNATELLI JHS Ball Social Dance Practice YSEP: G10 RODRIGUEZ Deliberations – Grade 8 |
| 5 Feb, Wed | 4:00 – 5:30 PM 3:45 PM | JHS Ball Social Dance Practive YSEP: G10 IGNATIUS Deliberations – Grade 9 |
| 6 Feb, Thurs | 7:00 AM 7:30 – 12:00 NN 3:45 PM | MASS Sponsors: G10 KOSTKA & G9 REALINO Regular Class for Grade 7&8 JHS Ball Last General Rehearsal Half-day for Grade 9&10 Deliberations – Grade 10 |
| 7 FEB, Fri | 3:00 PM | Study Holiday for students JHS BALL (Astoria Regency) |
| 8 FEB, Sat | No activities / JHS Officers are closed. |
2. PAASCU COUNTDOWN
220 days (as of Jan 31) before PAASCU RE-ACCREDITATION.
3. REMINDERS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mandatory 8-Hour Safety & Health Seminar (M.E.S.H) for JHS FACULTY & STAFF is on FEB 24, 2020. This is a requirement from D.O.L.E and will be included in the clearance required by HRADO.
4. FACULTY UPDATES
- Mr. Mark Layon (Feb 6–10) and Ms. Tina Alegado (Feb 8-10) will be in Baguio City to accompany our students participating in the National Math Quest 2020.
- Mr Carlito Robin, Mrs. Osie Ledesma, and Ms. Eve Bugayong will be in Batangas on Feb 6 – 9, 2020 for the JHS Training of Trainers Phase 2 organized by Private Education Assistance Committee.
5. STUDENT UPDATES
The following students will join the MTAP Division Finals on February 6 in Zamboanga City:
- Cabato, Marxandrea Diane G Grade 9 XAVIER
- Isnani, Althea June Charlotte Q Grade 9 XAVIER
- Tahamid, Nur-Qhadir S. Grade 10 IGNATIUS
- Adjuran, Abdullah Dave Grade 10 IGNATIUS
The following students will join the NATIONAL MATH QUEST 2020 Finals on February 7 – 9 in Baguio City:
- Macrohon, Mitchie Shaye Grade 8 BELLARMINE
- Cabato, Marxandrea Diane G Grade 9 XAVIER
- Orillineda, Anton John Grade 10 IGNATIUS
- Tahamid, Nur-Qhadir S. Grade 10 IGNATIUS
- Adjuran, Abdullah Dave Grade 10 IGNATIUS
Coaches: Mr. Mark Layon for Grade 7 & 8. Ms. Tina Alegado for Grade 9 & 10.
6. POINTS TO PONDER
Remembering Kobe Bryant: A Catholic with a Difficult Legacy
An Excerpt from America Magazine
One of the darkest periods in his personal life happened in 2003 — when he was accused of raping a young woman while he was staying at a mountain resort hotel in Colorado; he was in the state for knee surgery and was staying near Vail in Eagle, Colorado. He was arrested on a rape charge.
He denied he had raped her but admitted that the two had consensual sex. The charges were eventually dropped. In 2004, his accuser filed a civil suit against him and in 2005 Bryant settled with her out of court for an undisclosed sum.
His marriage almost ended over it. In a GQ interview in 2015, he said he relied on his Catholic faith to get him through — and talking to a priest was “the turning point.”
“The one thing that really helped me during that process — I’m Catholic, I grew up Catholic, my kids are Catholic — was talking to a priest. It was actually kind of funny: He looks at me and says, ‘Did you do it?’ And I say, ‘Of course not.’ Then he asks, ‘Do you have a good lawyer?’ And I’m like, ‘Uh, yeah, he’s phenomenal.’ So then he just said, ‘Let it go. Move on. God’s not going to give you anything you can’t handle, and it’s in his hands now. This is something you can’t control. So let it go.’ And that was the turning point.”
