SCRIPT FOR 5th COMMENCEMENT RITES

[INTRO]
MIKE: Two years ago, the Pitogo High School
opened its gates to a batch of eager and hopeful
grade ten students from different public and
private junior high schools for a slot in the grade
eleven level.

JOAN: Two years after, those who were able to

go through the nerve-wrecking examinations are
once again gathered for another very important
and memorable event in their lives. But this time,
they are not going to take a test. Rather, they are
going to reap the fruits of the social, spiritual,
academic, and psychological tests they had gone
through during their stay at the confines of the
Pitogo High School.

NOTE: PURPLE FONT [AUDIO ONLY]

MIKE: The Class of 2022 with their parents.
From the Accountancy, Business and
Management strand, Grade 12 – Liliane
Henriette Charlotte Bettencourt. Miss Maria
Lourdes Abendan Lazaro, adviser.

JOAN: Grade 12 – Jeffrey Preston Bezos. Miss

Maria Cristeta Mirador Malamug, adviser.

MIKE: From the Humanities and Social

Sciences strand, Grade 12 – Paulo Coehlo. Miss
Jhoana Marie Mitiam Catiter, adviser.

JOAN: Grade 12 – Louise Elisabeth Glück. Mr

Noly Esteban Magbalot, adviser.
 MIKE: From the Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics strand, Grade 12 -
Jane Morris Goodall. Mrs Luzviminda Malala
Yabut, adviser.

JOAN: Grade 12 - Stephen William Hawking.

Mr Val Penalosa Olaguer, adviser.

[STUDENTS PROCESSIONAL]

JOAN: Ladies and gentlemen, the faculty and staff of the

Senior High school Department of Pitogo High School,
with our senior high school coordinator, Mrs. Rowena
Dimas-Bunagan.

[Name of Teachers]

ABM
HUMSS
STEM

MIKE: The administrative staff of Pitogo High

School…

Mrs. Marjorie Rodriguez Catayna, Head Teacher

III, English Department

Mrs. Imelda Dumaya Quiban, Head Teacher V,

Science Department

Mr. Nicanor T Lopez, Head Teacher,

Mathematics Department

Mr Alixander Haban Escote, Principal III of the

Pitogo High School.
 JOAN: Honored guests, fellow Pitogo High
School faculty and staff, dear students and
parents, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.
Today we are going to celebrate a historic event
in the lives of everyone here. We are going to
witness our successful students who showed not
only academic excellence but also drive and
determination to overcome the thrills of the
Pitogo High education.

[DRONE]

JOAN: Welcome to the 5th Commencement

Exercises of the Pitogo High School with the
theme Gradweyt ng K to 12: Masigasig sa mga
Pangarap at Matatag sa mga Pagsubok” (K to 12
Graduates: Pursuing Dreams and Fostering
Resilience in the Face of Adversity).

MIKE: Please remain standing for the singing

of the Philippine National Anthem, the
doxology, and the Makati March to be led by the
selected grade 12 students of Pitogo High
School.

[SINGING OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM,

DOXOLOGY, AND MAKATI MARCH]

MIKE: To give his salutation on this significant

day, I call on Reniel Gervacio Calina for his
welcome remarks. Let us give him a round of
applause.
[RENIEL DELIVERS HIS WELCOME
REMARKS
APPLAUSE]

JOAN: Thank you, Reniel. The Department of

Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones
may not be with us personally, but she has some
important things to tell you, our dear graduates.
(Let us all listen to her message.)

MIKE: Thank you, Secretary Leonor Magtolis

Briones.
To give more meaning and substance to the fifth
commencement exercises of the senior high
school department of Pitogo High School, let us
listen to the commencement message of our
regional director, Department of Education
National Capital Region, ladies and gentlemen
please welcome Dr. Wilfredo E. Cabral

JOAN: Thank you Dr. Wilfredo E. Cabral. Truly,

in every field, there is always someone who
shows up his proficiency and expertise. No
matter how big or small, how simple or
complicated your actions may be, rest assured
that those were noted and accounted for.

MIKE: And we have now come to the part of the

program where those who excelled in their
respective field of endeavors are given the
recognitions due them.
 JOAN: I am also optimistic that each of these
students will become someone someday
because they have been prepared to face all
trials and challenges life has to offer them.

MIKE: You are right. Indeed, many are

called, but only few are chosen. Out of the
hundreds who entered the Pitogo High, only
these brave, responsible and blissful faces
here today made it to this moment.

JOAN: Congratulations, graduates! And after spending

sleepless nights to comply with the tests, projects, and
other requirements as well as the joys and excitements of
their six-year Pitogo High education, the legendary Grade
12 are now ready to get hold of the tangible proof of those
efforts.

MIKE: Graduates, it is now time to reap the

fruits of your hard work. To start with, from the
Accountancy and Business Administration
strand, we call on the adviser of 12 – Liliane
Henriette Charlotte Bettencourt, Miss Maria
Lourdes Abendan Lazaro to present the first set
of graduates.

[DISTRIBUTION OF CERTIFICATES]

JOAN: Thank you Miss Lazaro. And

congratulations, once again to 12 – Liliane
Henriette Charlotte Bettencourt. To present the
next set of graduates, we call on Ms Miss Maria
Cristeta Mirador Malamug, adviser 12 – Jeffrey
Preston Bezos.

MIKE: Thank you Ms. Malamug. Once again

congratulations grade 12 ABM Bezos. To
present the next set of graduates, from the
Humanities and Social Sciences strand, we call
on Joahna Marie Mitiam Catiter, adviser, grade
12- Paulo Coelho

MIKE: Thank you Ms Catiter. Once again

congratulations grade 12 HUMSS Coelho.

JOAN: To present the next set of graduates, we

call on Mr Noly Esteban Magbalot, adviser,
grade 12 – HUMSS Glück.

JOAN: Thank you Mr. Magbalot. And

congratulations, once again to 12 – HUMSS
Gluck. To present the next set of graduates, from
the Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics strand, we call on Mrs Luzviminda
Malala Yabut, adviser grade 12 – Jane Morris
Goodall.

Mike: Thank you Mrs. Yabut. And

congratulations, once again to 12 –STEM
Goodall. To present the next set of graduates,
let’s now call on Mr Val Penalosa Olaguer,
adviser 12 – Stephen William Hawking

MIKE: Thank you Mr Olaguer. And

congratulations once again grade 12- STEM
hawking
JOAN: Congratulations, once again, graduates!
You really deserve your certificates dahil tayo ay
“Masigasig sa mga Pangarap at Matatag sa mga
Pagsubok”.

JOAN: Celebrating with us today are very

important persons who have become one of the
reasons why we are all gathered here today. For
without their outstanding leadership and
immeasurable love for education and children,
Makati, in general, and the Pitogo High School
education, in particular, would not be as
excellent as it is.

MIKE: Ladies and gentlemen, let us listen to the

special message of Hon. Luis Campos,
Congressman, 2nd District of Makati, to be
followed by the message of Hon. Abbigail
Binay-Campos, Mayor of Makati City.

JOAN: Thank you Hon. Congressman Luis

Campos and Hon. Mayor Abby Binay At this
juncture, let us listen to one of the students with
highest honors of Class 2022, Emie Jen Tan
Marinas, as she recalls and shares her memorable
experiences as a Pitogo High student. Let us give
her a warm round of applause.

___________ DELIVERS HER SPEECH

APPLAUSE

MIKE: Thank you, Emie! It really pays to

never give up when you face tribulations in your
life because they are just tests to make us better
and stronger. We are Filipinos; we have hearts
that are easily shaken and knocked down. Not to
mention that those problems and challenges are
so minute compared to the big God that we have.

JOAN: Congratulations, once again dear

graduates ! May you and the rest of the Class
2022 continue to bring honor to your parents,
your country, and your Alma Mater as you
pursue higher education and eventually have
your own careers. May you remain faithful as
you look back and give back to them in the
future.

MIKE: To express their allegiance to the Pitogo

High School, Joshua Navelgas Perlado, hereby
leads his batchmates in pronouncing their pledge
of loyalty.

PLEDGE OF LOYALTY

JOAN: Thank you, Joshua. Thank you,

graduates. And now, let us listen to the graduates
as they sing their graduation song, “A Million
Dreams”.

GRADUATION SONG

MIKE: With one heart and one soul, let us join

the graduates in singing the Pitogo High School
Hymn and the National Capital Region Hymn.

PITOGO HIGH SCHOOL HYMN

NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION HYMN
MIKE: History has once again made its mark in
and the Pitogo High School and the Class of
2022.

JOAN: May this day serve not as an end, rather

a beginning of a more fruitful life and academic
year for our school and our graduates. These
have been your masters of ceremonies, Jhoana
Marie Catiter…

MIKE: And Mechael Petallo.

MIKE AND JOAN: Good day and God bless
us all.