Althea's Recognition Day!

Three days ago, I posted a picture of my eldest daughter's HUMBLED achievement.
And it was stated there that in her class as this semester ends SY 2017-2018 she was recognized as student with honor.

And who wouldn't be so HAPPY with this achievement?
I think no PARENTS can HIDE and DENY that kind of FEELING.
This was because YOU know for a fact that the reason he/she STOOD OUT was because they STUDIED well.


BIG DAY

We were all geared up for the RECOGNITION DAY set on a HOLY MONDAY, 26th of March.
We have witnessed everything Althea practiced with the rest of her SCHOOLMATES who were told to receive SPECIAL SET of AWARDS and those who were RECOGNIZED as TOP on their respective grade levels and sections.

Althea even rehearsed for a SPECIAL NUMBER along with her CLASSMATES.
There was even a time, on the last day of her practice...she was vomiting.
I don't know we are not doctors to conclude that it happened because she was too stressed.

The NIGHT before recognition day unfolds Althea was telling us that she was too EXCITED.
We just told her to go to bed early for she has a BIG DAY coming the following day.


THERE'S A SURPRISE

We use to believed in every movie that there's always a HAPPY ENDING.
Who wouldn't want that?
But sometimes even though we knew what to EXPECT...there's this BEAUTIFUL TWIST that even making the STORY more EXCITING.

Althea together with her MOM (Meanne), lined-up with parents and students to.
But on their way going to the stage, Althea's TEACHER asked her to move at the back.
Some of my daughter's parents were wondering why? But they were teased with an answer...SECRET!

And there she was her name got mentioned but the SPIEL from the announcer was DIFFERENT from what was said in the practice.

AND IT SAYS...

ANNOUNCER: "Batang nagkamit ng mataas na karangalan...KIRSTEN ALTHEA GARABOT!

Honestly speaking, I was BUSY RECORDING it at that moment and that VERY PARTICULAR BOLD LINES which says "BATANG NAGKAMIT NG MATAAS NA KARANGALAN," just slipped my ATTENTION.

But AFTER it was ANNOUNCED...everything became SO CLEAR to me when my WIFE SHOWED me my daughter's CERTIFICATE INDICATING that ALTHEA just received an ACADEMIC EXCELLENT AWARD not just "WITH HONOR," but with "HIGH HONORS."

ALTHEA'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENT AWARDS

 Althea began receiving awards back in 2015, at the time she was just a KINDER she was recognized as 2nd HONOR.

Then came another year when she finally entered ELEMENTARY, she was FIRST HONOR, when she was GRADE ONE.

Followed by another year where ALTHEA also ACHIEVED and RANKED 1st again in their class.

This YEAR was another BLESSING we ARE ALL THANKFUL.


ALTHEA SAYS THANK YOU TO...

I believe that Althea got so many people she wanted to personally say THANK YOU too.

Number one, all her TEACHERS who never get TIRED of giving lessons to her everyday.

Secondly, she also draws inspiration to all her classmates who somehow sometimes (with or without intention) UNDER ESTIMATED her CAPACITY.
But at the time she's going HOME and narrating SAD stories about it, we just BOOST her MORALE.
But that's ONE GREAT characteristic of ALTHEA she knows how to focus on THINGS that MATTERS.

And ALTHEA never even FORGOTTEN to say thank you to people WHO WAS SO DEAR to her specifically her aunties and uncle and her GRANDPARENTS as well.

FINALLY, saying WARM THANK YOU to us her PARENTS.
She even made a CARD that has a VERY INSPIRING MESSAGE that actually came from the VERY BOTTOM of her HEART.

And giving EMPHASIS that..."IF IT WASN'T FOR US...THIS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE!"

Just like the rest of the PARENTS/GUARDIANS out there WE are very PROUD of YOU!

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Althea's recognition day was held last 26th of March 2018 at Navotas Elementary School Central, San Jose Navotas City.