Dagupan scores high in Regional Schools Press Conference
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS
TWENTY-three students have qualified to join the National Schools Press Conference to be held in Dumaguete City next year.
Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Lorna G. Bugayong said the city scored 32 individual wins, five team win, 22 school paper wins for a total of 59 victories.
The winners were all presented and acknowledged during the flag raising ceremony at the city plaza on December 18 by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez.
“Our city is indeed so blessed. Our children have been victorious in any field of endeavor be it in sports, music and now in writing. Our city itself is also winning numerous awards like the Seal of Good Local Governance for three consecutive years now. We are also finalist in the National Child-Friendly Municipalities and Cities and we were also recognized as the Most Competitive City in the entire region, a feat that we have not gained in the past,” said Fernandez.
Meanwhile, she said preparations are underway for the First Journalism Summit in the city by next year on January 29-31.
The summit aims to promote and enhance the talents of the children in journalism with lectures from well-known journalists, locally and nationally.
Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Lourdes Servito said Dagupan is now number one not just in sports but also in academe.
Among the winners was Young City Mayor Jilian Kay Madison S. Fernandez of the Pangasinan Universal Institute who won 1st place in feature writing in English.
She said the students who participated in the conference mostly won in feature writing, news writing, sports writing, photo-journalism and cartooning.
They also excel in TV and scriptwriting, broadcasting and collaborative desk top publishing. (Joseph C. Bacani/CIO)
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