Ruby Jubilarians of 2010 of St. John's School

 The Saint John’s School 13^th Grand Alumni Homecoming

The successful SJS grand alumni homecoming was held last April 8-10, 2012, at the school campus of St. John’s School, Bacuag, Surigao del Norte. All of the alumni who participated the activities performed and attended with gusto, even if some of them came from different places and other countries. The three- day affair started last Easter Sunday after the mass when the 5 cluster group members were called to form each respective group near the altar for head count as the competition commenced before the registration at the plaza. We were caught flat footed as other alumni went home immediately right after the mass, notwithstanding the call from our parish priest Fr. Toto Tiu, announcing the instant prize of Php5000.00 coming from him personally of the surprise competition. With this, thank you Father Toto. The bigger number of members after the count was garnered by One-Sixers who later on turned out to be the overall champion when the 3-day event was concluded. The good sign has already been manifested by the good showing and participation of their members.

Our batch ’70, the Ruby Jubilarians of 2010 belongs  to cluster Magnificent ’05, however we placed second to the head count after the mass and so with the overall result of having just the slight edge of 2 points in favor of One-Sixers.   The highlights of the events were the registration of the attendees, parade, mass dancing, ball games and other sport activities, fellowship night where the guest speakers were Engr. Arnel Canon and Dr. Panfila Galindo-Mozar, Ph.D,  CEU Professor, my sister. Coronation of Miss and King of 13^th Grand alumni  Homecoming , awarding of medals and trophies, and in the final day after the mass, a tree growing was done as part of the culmination of activities before we proceeded to the beach party where the election of the new set of officers of  SJSAA was conducted.

Our batch is a Ruby+ going to Sapphire this coming next grand alumni homecoming on 2015. As it showed, most of our classmates withstood  the test of times as Ruby gemstones are thought to possess an eternal inner flame which is a symbol that the passion in any endeavor is still alive and strong. This means   the stone of fire and passion is thought to speed the healing of body, mind and spirit. We have just refreshed and reinvigorated our selves after we reminisced our high school days, reestablished our means of contacts or communications for our former classmates and friends and schoolmates of St. John’s School. Comes hell or high water, through thick and thin, to cherish our dreams of helping You, we are eager and committed to be with you our Alma Mater, with the end in view of attending this centennial celebration comes 14^th grand alumni homecoming  on 2015….Long live SJS.!!