The Eaglet

The Official School Organ of the Ateneo Grade School

Volume 55 Issue 1 SY 2008 - 2009 ateneo_eaglet@yahoo.com

Celebrating Sesquicentennial

Deepening
Spirituality
 Mr. Jose P.
Fr. Norberto Salvador, Jr.
maria Luza
bautista, SJ Assistant
publisher headmaster
for student
affairs

“I aplaud the Eaglet staff for their

hard work at coming up with this
year’s official publication. It is in
reflecting about seemingly ordinary and
commonly shared experiences in school
HONORARY MEMBERS: that you draw personal insights and make
GRADE 4 these experiences your own. And it is in
sharing these insights with others, in the
EDITOR: DELA ROSA, MICKEY form of writing, that you in turn provoke
JACINTO, JIGGY LIAMZON, RAFAEL others to think and reflect as well.”
ORPILLA, LEODEGARIO
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS: PAYAWAL, OSCAR
Po. Jerome Christopher ROASA, PATRICK grade 6
SEDIAREN, poCHOLO andrei
TRINIDAD, JOHN KEVIN GRADE 5 alvarado, dicot
de leon, virgil
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EVARISTO, RAYMOND ALPAño, jonathan montecillo, joseph
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Ongtao, Miguel cabalza, anton panganiban, ricxel
Ozaeta, Carlos Roman castillo, carl rebosa, jay
Rivera, Diego Antonio cu, kristopher reyes, aris
gabriel, jeriah sto. domingo, robbie
oreta, miguel
racela, ryan grade 7
ragos, joshua
romero, david david, rainier
santiago, joko de santos, marco
santos, sean domingo, ejay
flor, jerome
palisoc, franz
thank you po:

Mrs. lucila orencio, AHsa secretary

ms. anna maria noda, eaglet cartoon® artist
ms. shiela May Yangson, cover and pages corp.
mr. marlon hondante, photos

 Mr. Gian Carlo P. Ludovice
Ms. Mara Melanie D. Perez
MODERATORS

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The Eaglet Staff SY 2008-09 

 Our New Father Headmaster Joseph Anthony Montecillo |
Our new headmaster is Fr. Norberto “Kit” Bautista, SJ. Hopefully,
the following article will help you get to know him better. Jeremiaz Estrella | 6-Lopez Jaena

Hobbies:reading books on psychology &

“You should be able to handle failure
literature.
Favorite sports: basketball, football
Favorite TV Show: none, he sometimes surfs
the channels on TV but he has no particular
preferences.
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Favorite movie: The Godfather
Favorite kinds of music: classical music,
and currently, Christmas carols.
Interesting Fact: He likes animals.
Pets: A Labrador in his parent’s house
Childhood ambition: to be either a doctor,
lawyer, or a businessman
After a long day: he likes to meet with his
friends and Jesuit brothers. He also writes
reflections in a journal

properly and to have passion for what

you do. Dream high, and be a man for
others.” - Fr. Kit Bautista, SJ

Goodbye, summer. School is Back!

Kristoferson Cu | 5-Pinaglabanan

Summer has ended and you know what that means: SCHOOL IS BACK!
Some students actually dread going to school because of all the homework, studies and a lot of hard
work. But school is actually learning new stuff and having a lot of fun. When I first went to Ateneo after a long
break, I was surprised to see the new improvement like the road, the sidewalks and the buildings. Then I went to
my assigned classroom and while waiting for our class adviser, I saw some of my classmates last year and some
that I have never saw in my life before. After some time our class adviser came and told us the things we need
and remember throughout the school year. After that, I went home wondering what God planned me to do for
this year. The thing that makes me interested to go back is because of having new friends, learning new things
and getting a whole new experience.
 He feels very develop their character.
excited being the new He says, “You should be
headmaster. One of able to handle failure
his plans is to renovate properly and to have
the EMC to make it passion for what you
a better place for do. Dream high, and
students to learn. be a man for others.”
His role To the students who
models when are easily distracted,
growing up were they should organize
his teachers and his their priorities. They
brothers. His parents should also have proper
were religious and time management.
constantly advised him to His advice to the parents
PRAY AND BE GOOD. is to be aligned with the school’s
When he was in school, his principles and standards. “ H a v e
favorite subjects were English and Filipino. He a partnership with the
found it difficult to balance his academics with school’s standards
h i s other activities. The hardest to continue
subject for him was your son’s
Science. But he education
tried his best. at home
He started where there
observing are no
more things teachers.
and read Know your
books on son well and
the subject. be a good role
H i s model for him.”
advice to the
students is to be

!
resilient and to

a y H i g h
Fir s t d It ruled!
My best
day ever!
- Wax
The best I’ve
had in all my
years in school.
My first week in Grade 6 - Miguel
was fun. We had activities
Fun, awesome, amazing,
and started to learn new
exciting, great, fine, cool,
lessons. All of my teachers
good! – Riggs, Andrew, Miguel,
are kind and courteous to us.
Glad, Anton, Luigi, Abot, Diego,
They help us everytime we have
It was great because Uno, Jules, Miggy, Alfonso,
a problem. They took care
I got to know my Geoff, Mon, Javier
of us like we were their own
children. I enjoyed the first classmates more.
week! – Carlo – Rafael, Junee, Matt
 Eaglet New SY, Cool

asks... New Teachers!

Raymond Michael P. Evaristo
and Franz Royce S. Palisoc |
7-De Britto

Ms. Olda Marie L. Tiozon Mr. Jason Mari A. De

Advisory class: 4- Las Alas
Maguindanao Advisory class: 4-
Subject: Language and Maranaw
reading Subject: Filipino and AP
Graduate of University Graduate of Ateneo
of the Philippines, De Manila University,
October 2007 AB History, 2008.

She was a member of Mr. de las Alas stays

a performing group in in the Ateneo up until
college. 7pm since he was in
high school.

Mr. Rey Salvaña

Mr. Jan
Subject: CLE
Paul Timbal Graduate of Xavier
Subject: Math
University, Ateneo de
Graduate of UP
Cagayan, 1997. Earned
Diliman, Public
a Bachelor of Arts and
Administration
Phlisophy.
2002.
He is a total
Plays Computer games
Sci-Fi and Nazi
like Red Alert and Counter
freak.
Strike. Likes pasta and
reading books. He is a
real movie buff watching
DVD’s and movies a lot.

Mr. Javier Antonio F. Inumerable

Subject: Math
Graduate of Ateneo De Manila, BS
Management Engineering 2006.

When he was in AGS, he was in MAGIS

Math. He also was in the last batch
with no MAGIS Comm Arts

 Every new school year, new teachers are welcomed in the
Ateneo Grade School Community. Eaglet staffers asked them.

What do you look forward to this new school year?

Here is what they have to say:

Mr. Donn E. Gaba

Advisory class: 6- Agoncillo
Ms. Katrina Grace Q. Subjects: Reading and
Sumagit Language
Subject: Math 6&5 Graduate of UP Diliman BS
Graduate of Psychology in 1997
UP College of
Education in 1997-BS Mr. Gaba is the co-
Math –STAT moderator of Bleu Chefs.
He is a Harry Potter geek.
Ms. Sumagit did not He loves reading Harry
take Kindergarten Potter novels. He also likes
or Prep during her to watch movies. He really
school days. She loves to cook and eat.
likes watching
movies and eating.
Mr. Jesus Joseph D. Ignacio
Advisory class: 7-Kostka
Subjects: CLE, Araling
Panlipunan
Graduate of Ateneo
de Manila University -AB
Communications in 2007
Mr. Frederick Tomas and BFA Major for theatre arts
Advisory class: 7- in 2008
Pignatelli
Subject: English
Graduate of UP Mr. Ignacio is a freelance
Masters in Reading stage actor and set designer.
Education in 2001 He idolizes Ninoy Aquino. He
was amazed by the ideas
He loves cartoons of Ninoy for our country. He
and wine. really regrets it that he never
met Ninoy.


Co-Curricular
Activities! Robbie Sto. Domingo | 6-Luna

Last June,
we had our
Co-Curricular
Club Orientation.
Instead of the
normal schedule, w e
Guitar club squeezed up all our
a tight 12:10-schedule so
subjects in
we could
have the orientation from 12:10-3:00pm,
which was held in the Covered Courts. It was hot
in the Covered Courts but we could handle it because
of our excitement to see and hear about the old and new clubs.
Before we started, we had a beautiful prayer which was about
thanking the Lord for the wonderful clubs that we were blessed
with. After the prayer, the hosts introduced the first club, ISAIAS. A
high school student shared an inspiring speech, which probably
convinced some people to join that club. One of the new clubs
was the Speed Stacking Club, which I really thought was cool! The
ARNIS orientations of the martial arts clubs like Tae Kwan Do, Muay Thai,
Arnis, as usual, never failed to impress us all. One of the martial
arts orientations even brought in a giant martial arts mascot, which
was really an eye-catcher! The Boy Scout club had an orientation
that really made us go “YEAH!” in our heads, because the speaker
said, “What does scouting mean? Scouting with GIRLS!” The Phil
Epsilon Alpha was one of the clubs that most people wanted to
join, since we were going to meet with students from other schools
like La Salle, Assumption, etc.
Reaching the end of the orientation, we were greeted
once again by the hosts to inform us that the program was about
Arts & crafts the end. We all sighed, since we were having lots of fun. We had a
closing prayer then, we had to leave the courts. While leaving the
courts, most were still confused about which club to join, but some
had already chosen their choice of club. When we reached our
classrooms, we were consulted by our teachers before we were
dismissed. We left happily since the orientation was a blast, and
we could look forward to another year of fun with our clubs!
brebeuf
isaias

pea

 Marco De Santos | 7-Bellarmine

Last August 21, classes were cancelled and many students in the
country rejoiced…but do we know why classes were suspended? Classes
were suspended because it was Ninoy Aquino Day. It is a day wherein
we honor and celebrate Benigno Aquino, one of our national heroes.
Benigno, or Ninoy as he was popularly known, was a man of justice and
truth. He fought a fierce battle with former president Ferdinand Marcos
to attain freedom for our country during those dark days. Ninoy became
the voice of our people during Marcos’ reign and also during the Martial
Law. He protested and contradicted the former dictator’s wrongdoings. Ninoy was then exiled to Boston
after spending a few years in prison. He also underwent a bypass surgery while he was there. Even though he
was still recuperating from the surgery, Ninoy still continued his speeches contradicting the Marcos regime.
Ninoy planned on going back to the Philippines during the year of 1983. On August 21 1983, Ninoy was able
to travel back to the Philippines. Sadly, as he was going down the stairs of the airplane, Ninoy was shot. Many
people mourned at the death of this fellow Filipino, hero of our nation and voice of the people. Even at his
death, Ninoy was still a great man who fought and gave his life for his country. So, the next time Ninoy Aquino
Day comes, don’t just celebrate the suspension of classes but the life and death of Ninoy Aquino, Peace
Advocate of the Philippines.

S
ecrets of a
uccessful
agacious
tudent
Carlo Ozaeta | 6 – Lopez Jaena since we have
to study our
As a student, I learned two important things that I think lessons anyway, we might as well try to do our best.
are really helpful for all of us. And that is the second thing I learned.
First is that we should get to know ourselves. We are responsible for ourselves. We make our own
For example, we should know what is the best time choices. We set our own goals. And if we want to reach
and place for us to study. Is it after a snack or a nap? these goals, we have to make decisions about our priori-
Is it in the family room or our bedroom? What interest ties and about how we spend our time.
us most? We need to know our likes and dislikes, our Remember! Just try our best, make the right choices
strengths and weaknesses so that we can highlight and give it all we’ve got.
what we are good at and work extra hard on the areas See. It’s not really a secret!
we need to improve on. This is where being saga- –––-------------•§•------------------
cious comes in; it is making wise decisions. Are you an honor student? Then this
column is for you! Come and share
What are our goals? Why do we want to do well in
your success story to the whole
school? Maybe it’s world!
because we want
that reward Dad Mrs. Helen Amante,
promised us if we our Asst. Headmaster
get good grades. for Academic Affairs,
Or maybe we want reminds students to be
Mom to be proud of excellent in all academic
us. Or maybe we
endeavours.
just realized that,


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N
h e 2 7 t h !
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g O ve r n i g ht
M a s a ra 7 n
Franz Palisoc | 7-Kostka

“Night of 7th on the 27th (Masara7ng Overnight)” was the title

chosen for Grade 7’s last Class Night.
Last June 27, this year’s Grade 7 batch celebrated their last Class
Night. This event is always a much-waited event for most students
here in the Grade School. The day started with studying, reading
and much schoolwork. But by the afternoon, some students have
gone home to take their stuff, while the other students had their
things prepared since the morning. From 3 to 5 o’clock in the
afternoon, students played basketball, swam, roamed around the
campus, and practiced their performances as they waited for the
event to start. By about five, the students started going back to
their respective classrooms for an attendance check. After this, the
students were given time to have their meals. After a few hours, they
met at the classroom, properly lined up and immediately headed
for the Covered Courts for the event. In the event, we had 4 games
and 3 performances shown by a group of students which joined
together to make a performance. After all the performances, the
teachers showed a very fascinating number. To top it all off, Ms.
Maria Elizabeth B. Bermio announced the winners of the games
and gave away the prizes to every class.
After the event, all the students went back to their respective
classrooms for some announcements and the Class Miting de
Avance. After about an hour of speeches, the students were
dismissed and immediately started doing different activities. Some
played basketball, some went ghost hunting and some just played
in the classroom. All the students enjoyed until 11 o’clock struck.
Everyone was asked to turn off the lights and to start sleeping. In
my case, I wanted to make my last class night as memorable as
possible. An hour before 5:00am, I fell asleep out of exhaustion. As
I woke up, I helped clean our classroom and finally left.
This event truly is a very memorable event for it is one of the only
times in the year when we get to bond with our classmates for one
whole night. In this experience, we may learn that we must use our
time wisely, for one day we may regret wasting our time.

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Jerome Flor | 7-Brebeuf

June 27 2008 - The Grade 7 Class Night, the last middle school
class night the Grade 7 students of School Year 2008-2009 had.
The Grade 7 Class Night was a night to remember. It was a
night where students should have fun, have a laugh and be
comfortable in their own classrooms with their friends. One of
the probably anticipated events in the class night is the class
dance. Each class showed their teamwork and creativity in
dancing. Some expected to see the teachers’ dance number.
The next time that they would dance like this would probably
be in next year’s class night which we would miss so much.
That event would definitely be a moment to remember. I hope
another class night would happen again.

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Virgil De Leon | 6-Tandang Sora

Last July 18, 2008, the Grade 6 students celebrated their class night.
After being dismissed from their everyday classes, everyone went
home to prepare for the night. When they arrived back to school
everyone played games with their friends such as basketball,
speed stacks and other board games. At around 6:00pm, everyone
went downstairs to have dinner with their classmates and friends.
After eating, everyone proceeded to the covered courts for the
programs. As soon as everyone arrived, the program immediately
started. They played games, watched performances and they
even heard a few words from their batch mate and AGSCOM
second vice president, Rafa Antonio. Mrs. Castañeda and the
Grade 6 teachers awarded each of the sections with gift packs. The
class of Bonifacio and Mabini were declared the “Most Disciplined
Class.” Meanwhile, in the games, the class of Lopez-Jaena got the
highest total score from winning most of the relays, so they were
the champions! They were closely followed by Tandang Sora as 2nd
placer and Agoncillo as 3rd placer. After the program, everyone
went back to their classrooms to continue the fun. Some even went
Ghost hunting with a teacher. Finally, some students went to sleep,
but some wanted to have “after hour” fun. The next day, everyone
bid their goodbyes to each other and hoped to see each other the
next week. Everyone left with treasured memories of that fun and
wonderful night.

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 Grade 5 Class Night
David Romero | 5-Corregid
or
The Grade 5 Class Night,
which was what everyon
would be excited for, e s, M&M’s and the strawb
was a very special da
everyone. On the day itse y for
lf, every corridor I pass by
packed with people carryi was
ng big heavy bags, espec
sleeping bags. It was so cro ially
wded that I’d get hit by on
almost every 15 minutes. e classes and the Blue Ba
Those who came early
able to set up their things were
and went to the extra pra
since my class and the oth ctice
er sections were delayed
practice very often. After of
the very unexpectedly qu
practice, everyone in Gr ick
ade 5 were free to play ga
and board games, swim, mes
rest and eat up to 7:30p
Everyone had a really gre m.
at time in my class! We pla
Risk, PSP, basketball, koosh yed
ball. We ate about 6 differ
kinds of chips since I bro ent
ught the cheese combo
pack.
We also ate gummy worm
puffs. When it was 7:30p erry
m, all the sections went
to the Covered Courts for do wn
the show. There were da
numbers by students an nc e
d even teachers and Ate
cheers performed by ne o
Battalion by students. Aft bble
er that, we were free to
anything again but this tim do
e we listened to ghost sto
from our teacher and a ries
ghost hunt led by my tea
Mr. Posadas. By 9:30pm, cher
everyone gave up and
to our class. At 10:00pm, we nt
we listened to the final gh
story and went to sleep ost
. The nest morning, every
was up for the morning one
exercise. By the time we
finished, we ate breakfas we re
t, packed up, fix and cle
the classroom and went an ed
home. That’s my story of
class night and it was ve my
ry fun and unforgettable
.
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 Close Encounter
with the Jesuits

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Ateneo Grade School Class Officers Movement
Agscom council
President: Jonathan Gregorio, 7-Bellarmine
1stVP: Jose Paolo C. Oracion, 7-Brebeuf
2ndVP: Rafael Roman R. Antonio, 6-Malvar
Secretary: Mark Z. Gamboa, 7-Campion
Treasurer: Jose Francisco F. Magno, 7-Xavier

Moderators:
Mrs. Maria Isabel O. Castañeda (GLC Gr.6)
and Ms. Elizabeth B. Bermio (GLC Gr.7)

As I said at the Miting de Avance, my main plan is to
make Ateneo physically cleaner. I have planned a
project, which I got the idea while eating at the college
cafeteria. It is called BYOB or Bring Your Own Baunan.
The goal is to lessen the amount of garbage. If you
bring your own baunan, give it to the seller and you’ll
get a discount of 5 or 10 pesos on your meal. I plan
that by the end of the school year, at least 1 thing has
changed, made by the AGSCOM. We will continue to
work together to make Ateneo a better Community.
- JP Oracion
Being an Agscom secretary has changed my life in a
big way. It has taught me to be to a better leader. It
made me more responsible and independent
What are my plans for this school year?
Basically, I have none so far but I hope what I do as
part of the AGSCOM Council will make this school year
a memorable one. I will be very supportive of whatever
the Council decides. - Mark Gamboa
Being the AGSCOM Treasurer, my future plans for the
AGS revolve around the Bigay Puso. I myself think
that this is one of the best programs that the Ateneo
launched because it teaches us that giving is better
than receiving. Also, because this program was
launched when students are at a young age, they will
learn and develop the true value of generosity. This is
why I believe that I should spend my last year in the
AGS promoting the Bigay Puso Program, and helping
other students learn to give.
Even as early as now, the AGSCOM and I are
thinking of ways to promote the Bigay Puso. We believe
that the amount of money raised does not matter, but
what matters is that the students gave out of their hearts.
Even though teaching students the value of generosity
is a tedious task, I know that with the help of God and
my fellow AGSCOM officers, we can teach students
to give and not to count the cost, just as Ignatius and
many other saints did. - Stanley Magno

If you have any suggestions

for projects or concerns we
can act upon, e-mail us:

jpgregorio@yahoo.com
jptmac94@yahoo.com
rafarantonio@yahoo.com
markzgamboa@yahoo.com
stanley.magno@yahoo.com
Mass for presidents andVp’s with mrs. castañeda

Election of Class Officers Rafael Liamzon | 4-Ifugao

The election of class officers last June was pretty long; it was as if there were long speeches. When it was
time to vote, I heard my classmate saying, “I think I’m going to vote for Reign,” and I thought that’s how
Jonathan Gregorio won. On the other hand, some students voted for candidates randomly. That was my
probably one of my weirdest experience because I’m only in Grade 4; unlike in the Primary School like
last year, it was the first time I knew about class officers. That day made me experience a new event
which happens once in a year in the Middle School and I was quite happy of this experience. 17
 As of press time, The clas
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students have a Ms. Greg
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them to be ir
generous.

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 Game reviews
War Rock
By Jonathan Alpaño | 5-Kawit

Warrock is a massive online multiplayer game played all over

the world. In this game you can chat with friends, level up,
buy guns and equipment for your account and of course
like all online games, make friends. There are roles for you
to choose from in the game: assault, sniper, medic, heavy
trooper and engineer. Assaults are the average soldiers,
those who are skilled in close combat. Snipers, of course,
are for far range assaults. Medics are capable of heal-
ing allies. Engineers, on the other hand, are capable of
repairing wrecked or damaged cars with their spanner.
Heavy troopers are skilled in large damages against
large vehicles like tanks. The game certainly deserves
a 10 over 10. I’m sure that the first time you play it, you
won’t be disappointed with the graphics and the game play.

Super Smash Brothers Brawl

Patrick Roasa | 4-Mangyan

Rating: 4.5 (5-highest, 1-lowest)

Don’t you just love watching Nintendo characters beating the
heck out of each other? If you do, get Super Smash Bros.
Brawl for the Wii (you can also get Super Smash
Bros. Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube but
I suggest Brawl). I mean, almost everyone
loves seeing Mario and Link hitting each
other like crazy! There are loads of other
characters too: Kirby, Bowser, DK, Pika-
chu, Samus, Wario and many more.
The game is addictive and fun
especially if you have a friend or
two with you. If you loved Melee, then
you will certainly love Brawl. It has all new
characters, new stages, and such. If you play hard
enough, you’ll be able to unlock new characters includ-
ing: Marth, Luigi, Gannondorf, Toon Link, Lucario and Snake.
Try it and you’ll love it.

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Guitar Hero 3:
Legends of Rock
Gabriel Orlina 6-Tandang Sora

Guitar Hero has now released its 3rd installment,

Legends of Rock. In this game, if you have the
Nintendo Wii, you need the Wii Remote and the The Main Review:
Guitar Hero guitar for the Wii.
Gameplay: 10
The Good Bits
•Unusual speed and agility is needed to press the
-Beginners start off simple with very
buttons on the guitar. easy.
•The game comes with a guitar. Graphics: 10
•The music has been updated. -Characters are 3-D.
•There are hard levels, so experienced players Life Span: 7
don’t get easily bored. -Some can’t be saved by the Wii.
Final Score: 9
The Bad Bits -Overall, it is a good game for guitar
•You get tired after hard levels. players, and rock stars. #30
•Advertisements are found throughout the
game.
•Bosses are not new.

The City
Book Review
of Ember
Dicot Alvarado | 6-Del Pilar

What would it be like to be trapped in an underground city with several other people? What would hap-
pen if that city was powered only by light bulbs, and they were starting to flicker? What would happen
if there was a blackout or a food shortage? These questions and many others will be uncovered and
answered in “The City of Ember”
The story is about two 12-year old kids named Lina and Doon. They are in a city which is slowly dying. In
their age, they are assigned work to do, either as a street sweeper, a pipeworks laborer or a messenger.
Doon has plans to help the city. The city, lit only by light bulbs, has a generator which powers them,
but it is dying. Doon has plans to fix it, but gives up after seeing how complex it is.
Lina finds a piece of paper which strikes curiosity. It contains directions to something un-
known, but some parts are missing.
Soon, Lina and Doon discover that the paper contains directions to escape the city.
Now, they have to fill in the missing parts and follow the directions to escape the city or
be trapped in the dying city forever.
With a wonderful storyline, interesting characters, an amazing conclusion and a fantas-
tic movie based on the book, “The City of Ember” is a great adventure story to read.
So uncover the clues and unlock the secret of the City of Ember!
Also, watch out for the other books of Ember, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of
Yonwood and The Diamond of Darkhold, “The City of Ember” is a great adventure
story to read.

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 Movie Review The Dark Knight
Joseph Montecillo | 6-Lopez-Jaena

Why so serious?
This is the line that most people associate with The
Dark Knight. But, if you look at some of the other posters, one
of the taglines used was: WELCOME TO A WORLD WITHOUT
RULES.
  This line pretty much sums up the whole movie.
From the very start, we catch a glimpse of this very line. A
group of robbers enter a bank take all the money inside. One
by one, the robbers turn on each other in an attempt to keep
all the money for themselves. It turns out that the mastermind
behind the crime is the sadistic Joker (Heath Ledger), a
psychopathic criminal who will do anything to get what he
wants. But apparently, the bank is being run by the mobsters
of Gotham.
  As the film continues, Joker continues his crime spree.
Batman (Christian Bale) desperately tries to stop him, but the
madman always seems to be one step ahead.
  The movie is much more emotional than the past Batman
movies. Several themes like envy, temptation, and corruption
are integrated into the film to further drive the plot.
  The one thing I like most about this film is the moral conflict
that several characters face. Throughout the movie, most
characters are tempted to do things that they normally
wouldn’t do. Seeing how they handled this was just wonderful
to watch.
  The acting was excellent. The best performance in the film is
Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker. As you watch the movie, character. His scenes with Heath Ledger made
you completely forget the fact that the person on screen this movie incredibly good.
is Heath Ledger. Sometimes, you feel like they literally hired   The other actors were good too, but
the Joker and put him in the movie. Ledger’s performance they paled in comparison to the two main
defined this movie and made the character more than just characters.
an evil clown.  Christopher Nolan must be proud to know
 Christian Bale’s performance was also very moving. He that he directed such a fabulous film.
played the Bruce Wayne, the billionaire who dresses up like   Overall, this is one of the best movies I have
a bat at night. He wonderfully portrays the emotions of the ever seen.

Comic Review
Iron Man
Ryan Racela | 5-Mactan
Iron Man, like a lot of Marvel Comics, was made by Stan “The Man” Lee.
Caught in an explosion that left his heart pierced with shrapnel, Tony Stark, a
scientific genius and billionaire playboy, built a powerful suit of iron to survive.
Deciding to use it in the power of justice, he became the powerful Iron Man.
Using the most advanced suit he ever made, he joined the S.H.I.E.L.D., an
organization of heroes, to fight indestructible aliens that were a problem for
the soldiers of the 2nd World War. The comic book saw a lot of action and
good drawings as well as color. But there were a few things that were hard
to read. On the scale of one to five, I give it a 4.5.
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Environment W u p , e e k
ting: Save e
C a r b o n D i G S
t a n d ou t - A
p e u p , S
Sha
ra,
alisi Rive
Mrs. Virn r
r e a C o o rdinator fo
Subject A te d the progr
am
e , s ta r e
Scienc a y s on how w Ejay Domingo | 7-De Britto
g w
by sharin ct our
can prote
ent
environm The Environmental Week for this year came
and went, leaving behind memories of vario
us
celebrations, visitations, and environment talks
. Did
we really learn anything? The week was entit
led,
“Carbon Dieting: Save up, Shape up, Stan
d out
En Fas – AGS!” Environmentalists told us to segregat
e our
vir hio trash and to not burn them. We were informed
that
onm n f the three components of the environment
Pa entaor
are:
land, air and water. We remember the engi
neer
ssi l who gave a talk to the Grade 7 community
about
on pollution, carbon dioxide, and how it affec
ts our
environment. But then I ask once more: “Wh
at did
we really learn? Do the things everyone taug
ht
us that week really hit our hearts, or did they
just
go out through the other ear? Did those impo
rtant
things that could change the world really stuc
k with
us, or did they get blown away by the wind? Will
we
leave them rotting and gathering dust in the
back
of our minds?” We should appreciate their
effort
and actually apply them to our lives. We shou
ld be
thankful that we celebrate Environment Week
at all.
As I’ve said, we should apply in our lives ever
ything
we’ve learned back then.

A Dialogue in Silence: Sponsored by the Grade 6 Reading Teachers

Diego Antonio Rivera | 6-Lopez-Jaena

Last July 9, we had a Reading Program called “A

Dialogue in Silence.” We watched a Helen Keller
clip and talked about it. Soon, our guests which
were deaf students introduced them selves. We
also learned some hand signs like saying “Hi”,
“Hello” and applauding . After that, we had a
chance to ask questions to them. Some questions
were quite hard that they had to really think about
it. We then realized that we and the guests had
the same interests like playing basketball, playing
computer games, chatting with friends and taking
photos .
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 Anton Cabalza | 5-Bagumbayan

A s the 1st Quarter lessons came to an end, one thing

was firmly plastered on each student’s mind. Something
considered as a horror for some, and a chance for others. But
no matter how you look at it, I’m sure you all know what I’m
talking about: the 1st Quarter Exams. Everyone was working
hard to review and study their eyes off for that faithful week
of questions and answers. In each and every classroom,
such adrenaline rush and fear was felt as every single letter
was written. As time ticked and heads began to rest on
their wooden tables, everyone’s grades were slowly being
decided, score after score. But it really wasn’t that bad. The
proctors were very helpful and classmates were always ready
to lend a helping hand in reviewing during recess, even in my
dreaded AP exam. Oh yes, I know that AP was a breeze for
many, but I seriously had some difficulty in that subject filled
with Philippine history and culture. Fortunately, I got through
it with my friends’ help. Day after day, subject after subject,
we got through it. For most, days of reviewing were finally
paying off with the students’ ability to confidently answer
each item. Eyes enthusiastically lit up as a student found the
answer to that tricky question, or the right word to top off
his essay. Friends happily exchanged their answers after the
exams, while eating their favorite recess. As the last day for
the exams came, I almost jumped for joy since my last exam,
Math, was easy. But I was excited even more for the fact
that the exams were done. But no, we still had our scores

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to face. Faces of nervousness, excitement and anxiety were
seen as the graded exam papers fell into our hands. Some
were disappointed, most were relieved. Or, at least, that was
how it was in my class. This is my exam story. What’s yours?

Joko Santiago | 5-EDSA

A
Our 1st quarter exams were held on the first week of
August. It was a very sad time because we all know it’s time for
us to study more than before. It also means we don’t get to play
or watch TV. When it was the start of our first exam, Paragraph
Writing and Talata exams, we met our proctor, whom we didn’t
know much. We were really scared of what we would see in the
test paper. We went home, preparing for the real challenge,
the exams on Language and Science. As I reached Grade 5, I

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found out that the more I study, the higher my grade was, some
thing I didn’t know when I was in 4th grade. We had a hard
time with Science, but it all paid off when we got to answer the
exams. We relaxed when it was CLE and Reading, just some of
the easy subjects. We still had a hard time but we got to answer
it. We also studied for AP and Filipino. As for our grade level,
we studied the Philippine history. We had a hard time because
there were a lot to memorize. Filipino was a bit easy, but still,

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some had a few problems. The hardest subject was the last
one, MATH. We all did a few exercises on all the topics to get
prepared. Truly, the exams were hard and pressured us, but I do
hope that I’d do much better next time.

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Aris Reyes | 6-Bonifacio

Well, we all know that before the

Intramurals start there is always an
opening orientation. Classes were
assigned to pin their works on their
PE shirts. Each class was introduced
and chosen students were the ones
to carry their class banner. Some
of my friends were thinking what
sport we will do in the first quarter.
Most of us taught that they would
introduce basketball. They didn’t
introduce basketball, soccer
or swimming. They introduced
physical fitness. Then Mr. Luz asked
some people what fitness meant.
Some said getting the right abs
while some mentioned not getting
tired when running. After a while,
some girls taught us some moves
and most of us tried to do what
they did, some didn’t do anything
maybe because they cannot be
seen or noticed. Nevertheless, the
Intrams Opening had us wanting
to be fit and be more active this
school year.

Intrams Opening!

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Ateneo Boy Scouts’
Investiture and Fellowship Camp with

Miriam Girl Scouts & St. Mary’s

Girl & Boy Scouts After
the Investiture,
the scouts enjoyed the
tree-planting activity!

East
Field: Mr. Rosanna
blessed the 150 trees &
the scouts offered 150
prayers.

Sept. Ateneo, Miriam and

5, INVESTITURE. St’ Mary’s Scout Masters
Fr. Kit talked about
responsibilities and
leadership.

Getting-
to-know-you... the
scouts learned about
each other’s interests
and schools

Awards! ü

Swimming!!! ü

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 Eaglet asks... Miguel Ongtao &
Carlo Ozaeta

Middle School students and the sweetest

teachers to complete this sentence:

“Spirituality is...”

Ms. Co
Ms. Gregory

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“Accepting the challenge to deepen our spirituality
in this second year of our Sesqui countdown “You should be able to handle failure
by accepting the way of the Cross, learning to properly and to have passion for what
accept responsibility for facing and solving our
problems would be a wonderful preparation for
you do. Dream high, and be a man
our final year theme of ‘Building the Nation.’” for others.” - Fr. Kit Bautista, SJ
- Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, SJ

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