Las Piñas City Lone District Congresswoman Camille Villar receives her plaque of appreciation from University of Perpetual Help System Dalta (UPHSD) President Anthony Tamayo during the 47th Junior High School moving up ceremony and 5th Senior High School commencement rites on July 19, 2022, at Plenary Hall of Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City. Also in the photo are Dr. Julia Reyes, School Principal, and Dr. Arnaldo De Guzman, School Director. Photo by Dennis Abrina)
UPHSD holds first in-person grad rites
PASAY CITY – Around 1,000 coeds of Junior High and Senior High Schools of the University of Perpetual Help System Dalta (UPHSD) Las Piñas City campus finished their high school program in the said institution in Las Piñas City Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at Plenary Hall of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in CCP (Cultural Center of the Philippines) Complex.
Las Piñas City Representative Camille A. Villar is the program’s guest of honor and speaker for Junior High completers and Senior High School graduates.
Two hundred twenty-six students of JHS (junior high school) and 780 coeds of SHS (senior high school) from 17 sections proceeded to the graduation venue wearing their maroon face masks, “sablay” (sash) and togas for the face-to-face ceremony – after it was canceled by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) when the Coronavirus hit the country in March 2020.
Cong. Villar congratulated the parents on the achievements of their respective sons and daughters and the accomplishments of the parents.
“Raising children and giving them quality education is difficult and perhaps one of the greatest gifts and challenges in our lives, even in ordinary time, add this to the challenges and difficulties in the two-year pandemic,” Villar said in his speech.
Dr. Daisy Tamayo, co-founder and chair, Chief Executive Board, and her son, UPHSD President Anthony Tamayo, CPA, MBA, Ed.M, Ph.D.; School Director Dr. Arnaldo De Guzman and School Principal Dr. Julia Reyes presented the plaque of appreciation and memento to Cong. Villar.
Ashton Antoni of Junior Business High School (JBHS) and Micah Pascua of SHS read the address of the petition, Gian Angelo Alberto of JBHS gave his address of thanks, while Fatima Anne Margaret Tamayo of JBHS and Tetsuya Yoshiko of SHS read their “Pledge of Loyalty”.
Jairus Panlilio, president of UPHSD SHS Alumni Association, inducted the graduates to the alumni association, while UPHSD President Tamayo accepted the graduates.
