Heads up football addicts!
Watch out for ESPN’s Football Crazy show tomorrow (May 1) 8 to 9 pm. They will feature the ANZA International Football Challenge held last April 19-20 at Turf City, Singapore where our born 98 and 95 teams showed their mettle.
Here’s to the HEdCen football tradition! Cheers!!
HEdCen U-10 and HEdCen-Marist U-13 Teams Top Group B Divisions in ANZA Soccer Int’l Junior Football Challenge 2008
20 April 2008, Singapore. The HEdCen U-10 and HEdCen-Marist U-13 teams topped their Group B divisions to finish 5th place overall in their respective age brackets at the ANZA Soccer International Junior Football Challenge 2008, held in Turf City, Singapore on April 19 and 20, 2008.
Organized by ANZA Soccer and Football Passion, and sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent, the international youth tournament featured around 40 teams spread across 5 age brackets, with boys and girls from Singapore and other South East Asian countries. Participants in the U-10 bracket played 9-a-side on half-pitch, while those in the U-13 were 11-a-side on a full pitch.
Our U-10 and U-13 teams, headed by Team Manager Archie Santos-Tankia, and accompanied by parents, had to deal with travel fatigue and long waits between games in the scorching sun on the first day of the tournament, and scrambled to stay in contention with more losses than wins. On the second day, despite losing their initial games in closely-fought matches and missing out on the semifinals, both teams performed better and racked up successive victories (some via penalty shootouts) to end their campaign on a high note.
The members of the HEdCen U-10 team are Ackie Adeva, Alec Adeva, Migo Arcega, Kaze Brugada, Andre Calderon, Jodi Layug, Nikko Nackaerts, Mico Protacio, Miggy Salanga, Raja Santos, Marky Santos-Tankia, Alain Tanchuan, and Anakin Violan, with Coach Ruffy Almodal.
The members of the HEdCen-Marist U-13 team are Justin Cabangon, James Condat, John Condat, Vinz Epino, Michael Ferrer, Jason Layug, Marsha Nackaerts, Riana Santos, Miggy Santos-Tankia, Toffee Sumulong, Harvey Maitem, Elijah Manuel, Lou Rafanan, Miguel Ramos, Eryss Santos, and Diao Verder, with Coach Bernard Muros.
The HEdCen U-10 team wishes to express its warmest gratitude to the following sponsors:
Alcatel-Lucent
EBDI Philippines, Inc.
Pacific Paint (Boysen) Phils., Inc.
Lebria Transport
For its part, the HEdCen-Marist U-13 team wishes to express its warmest gratitude to the following sponsors:
Agility Transport
Nortel
Likewise, a million thanks and kudos to the following:
• Archie Santos-Tankia, Team Manager, for his initiative and dedication in making our teams’ participation in the tournament possible;
• The Marist players, Atty. Tess Caalim and the other Marist parents, for joining us and completing the line-up of the U-13 team;
• Coaches Bernard, Ruffy and Doming;
• HEdCen Soccer Moms: Lani Tanchuan, for the beautiful uniforms and traveling shirts; Sarj Protacio, for our Philippine flag and HEdCen patches; Kats Santos-Tankia and Armie Brugada, for being our gorgeous labanderas; and Mallotte Santos, for emailing information and updates, preparing solicitation letters, making online travel and booking arrangements for most of the HEdCen players and parents, and for coordinating a whole lot of other stuff done gratis et amore.
Congratulations to our teams!
Beat the Boredom With HEdCen’s Summer Programs And Sports Clinics
It’s halfway through the summer vacation, and maybe, just maybe, your pre-school children are finding their brains numbed by all that lazing in front of the boob tube watching cartoons non-stop, and you’re desperately in need of more interesting and creative activities for them to do.
The solution?
The Little Farm House is offering several summer programs for your tykes, including “Giant Steps for Little Feet,” “Games and Stories,” and “Make and Do (Arts and Crafts).” All of these are set to start this coming Monday, May 5, 2008 (see poster below).
And to give your older kids who’ve had their faces and fingers glued to their PSPs and DSs a chance to put away their handhelds and get their bodies moving and feet kicking, the school has the following sports clinics:
MILO SUMMER TAEKWONDO CLINIC
When: Starting April 7 onwards
Every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday - 10:00-11:30AM
Where: HEDCEN @ TLFH
only Php2,800/20 sessions
Tae Kwon Do uniforms are available as per request through Mr. Eric Go
Telephone number: 2847529 / 09209548956
Children’s uniform Php1,250
Adult’s uniform Php1,350
HEdCen’s SUMMER FOOTBALL CLINIC
Play Like Champions…..
Join HEdCen’s Summer Football Clinic for Children ages 5 and above
April 23-May 30, 2008
MWF 7:30-9:00AM
Registration fee:
Php1,700 w/ free training shirt
Php3,200 for outsiders w/ free training shirt
Contact us: HedCen 6583489
Coach Ruffy 09153153839
Coach Bernard 09167135334
Those in Grades 3 to 6 and high school can choose to join and enjoy T. Ana’s five-day APPLIED SCIENCE WORKSHOPS to be held on May 19-23, with the following line-up of projects and other details:
Applied Science Workshop for Grades 3-6
8am-11am
Day 1: The Science in Baths (Melt and Pour Soap Making and Bath Fizzes)
Day 2: Fermentation (Wine Making)
Day 3: Osmosis and Lipids (Jam Making and Peanut Butter Making)
Day 4: Homeopathy (Herbal Remedies)
Day 5: Botany Crafts (Leaf Skeleton Crafts)
Applied Science Workshop for HS
1pm-4pm
Day 1: Saponification: The Science in Soap-making (Soap Making - Cold Pressed Method)
Day 2: Fermentation (Wine Making)
Day 3: Paper-making from Plants
Day 4: Floral Water Making and Extractions
Day 5: Homeopathy (Herbal Remedies)
Workshop fee is Php3,000.00 and materials cost Php1,000.00.
So, help your kids beat the heat and boredom of mid-summer with all these great activities to choose from!
Those interested and would like to know further information can contact the school at 658-3489 or 658-2968.
Art Exhibit 2008: Nature Paintings
We’ve seen The Masks of the HS Juniors, but those weren’t the only works displayed at the Art Exhibit held at the Music Room earlier this month. Sharing the spotlight were paintings done by the grade school students and, as you can tell from those featured below, nature scenes dominated this year’s bountiful crop.
Joey captures a tree frog snoozing away on the fuchsia stalk of a tropical plant.
Medium: Watercolor
Artist: Joey Balbas
This bird seems poised to fly off its perch, which Monica renders in a style reminiscent of traditional Chinese brush paintings.
Medium: Watercolor
Artist: Monica Sunga
Edward gives this Philippine monkey-eating eagle a sharp eye in fine detail.
Medium: Watercolor
Artist: Edward Dela Cruz
A multitude of flowers are abloom in a profusion of color in A.J.’s secret garden…
Medium: Watercolor
Artist: A.J. Beltran
… while a quaint wooden bridge leads to Sam’s idyllic hideaway.
Medium: Watercolor
Artist: Sam Santos
Trees were a favorite subject, and Arvin presents this towering specimen rising from the bare earth …
Medium: Watercolor
Artist: Arvin Resuma
… while Jeremiah provides his with striking foliage, and surrounds it with a meadow of wild grasses …
Medium: Watercolor
Artist: Jeremiah Frejas
… and Bryan focuses on the lush vegetation and collection of stones circling the base of this tree …
Medium: Watercolor
Artist: Bryan Ver
… and we end with Ysa’s view of a hillside under a cloud-filled sky.
Medium: Watercolor
Artist: Ysa Guce
We’re not yet done with HEdCen’s Art Exhibit 2008. Watch out for more visual treats coming soon! 
Art Exhibit 2008: The Masks of the HS Juniors
As promised, we present the wonderfully crafted masks of the high school juniors, which formed the centerpiece of HEdCen’s Art Exhibit at the Music Room earlier this month:
First up, it’s Junichi’s drama in silver, with a golden-petaled cheek accent and framed by a curling charcoal stem with leaves.
Pouting purple lips and azure octopuses (octopi?) adorn Joan’s ebony creation.
Emilio’s hieroglyphic man prances on the center of the forehead against a backdrop of gold.
Stylized black mustache and goatee and silver symbols on flaming red transform Pea’s face into El Diablo.
Mariel has slender lapis blue curves and a sun-flower gracing a shiny white surface.
A trickle of scarlet blood provides contrast to the rich and dark metallic sheen of Janno’s piece.
Sam gets a kick out of paying homage to HEdCen’s favorite sport.
Blessing combines copper and varied shades of blue and violet with embossed leaf, butterfly and spider web designs.
Samm comes up with this classic symmetrical silver and bronze piece.
Strains of the tribal and the primeval appear in Zach’s semi-camouflage work.
Bold red, white and blue together with a sun-star impart a patriotic flavor to Martin’s mask.
Rael draws inspiration from the Chinese concept of yin and yang.
Whorls in yellow, green and blue spin in Celina’s horizontally-split regions of white and black.
Kalvin opts for minimalism in smooth silver and gold finish.
The masks were displayed in stunning fashion on a bed of white sand with assorted seashells and glazed pottery.
Props to Teacher Jeanne, Sir Edrick, Sir Seth, the rest of the Art faculty, and the HS juniors!