DIYOSA ng JOSA 2018

         The Creative  Events Staff of J. Oberas Scholatic Academy, Inc. has come up with  a brilliant idea of featuring  Mothers of  their pupils and students  to compete for a Beauty Pageant .,The title  of which is DIYOSA ng JOSA for the school 9th Anniversary  highlight.  The Pageant committee was headed by Mr. Rolly Subosa whose  ideas sparkle and bubble as the years go by
          Eight lovely Moms representing grade levels were chosen for the Pageant, They were: Pre-School -Divine Grace Narredo, Grade One-Mrs.   Genalyn Barnes Grade Two- Mrs.Rosel Abangan   Grade Three Mrs.Grace Armentia, Grade Four- Mrs. Marlyn Klein, Grade Five,Mrs. Tess Hosillos Grade Eight, Mrs. Belma Ardena and  Grade NIne: Mrs, Noemi "Tata" Babila.
          The Date was February 21, 2018, when  the pageant opened to a jampacked audience , each rooting for their respective candidates. The lovely contestants competed for Casual wear, talent , evening gowns, and the nerve wrecking interview portion.
           After  a gruelling competition in each category the judges composed of , Mr.Laruan, Mr.  Lavente, Ms. Faith Azucena, Mr. Derek, Mr. Nicholas Clavel came out with the  result which are as follows:  As voted by the candidates Ms Friendship was awarded to Marylyn Klein, Darl;ing of the Production Staff, as voted by the staff is Mrs. Barnes, Darling of the crowd goes to, Mrs. Tess Contreras, Best in Production Number and Best in Gown went to Mrs Babila, Best in Talent Mrs. Armentia; Best in Casual, Best in Interview and Miss Photogenic was awarded to Mrs. Divine Grace Narredo. Then the final result of the pageant : DIYOSA ng JOSA  title  goes to Mrs. Noemi "Tata" Babila representing grade 9, first runner up is the Pre-School candidate Mrs. Divine Grace Narredo and 2nd Runner-up the Grade 3 representative Mrs. Grace Armentia. First of its kind in the whole academe of the region,  the first whooping big cash prizes for a school pageantry, the first received P10, 000, the second 7 thousand and the 3rd placer 5,000 in cold cash.

LUAU Theme Party at JOSA

        The J. Oberas Scholastic Academy, Inc. in Mandurriao, Iloilo City culminated their Ninth Foundation Day , celebration with a colorful Luau Party complete with colorful Hawaiian  costumes, delectable foods and entertainment numbers. Dancing followed, with the stage as the glitzy  ledge and the spacious  JOSA Hall of Fame turned into hawaiian  magical splendour  as the dance floor.
        The Principal, Atty. Nelson C. Oberas proposed a toast for the joyful celebration and later heated the dance floor with the  School Board President, Mrs. Jocelyn Oberas, and PTA President Kevin Tan. The delighted students joined them on the dance floor. Could  the faculty members and parents be far behind, of course not, it's everybody dancing with everybody.

         The event was made more significant  with the presence of engineer Koolen G. Oberas,from Canada, one of the members of the Board of Trustees  of JOSA, Inc. He was impressed with the presentation, of course, he should be. What with the effective leadership of  the School Coordinator, Mrs. Jerrylyn Damasco who sees to it that everything is in proper order and perspective, and added,that the talents and resourcefulness of the Faculty Members and Non teaching Staff made the event a truly memorable one. Special mention goes to the parents who were all very supportive and cooperative in all the projects and programs of J. OBERAS SCHOLASTIC ACADEMY, INC.To all of you

MABUHAY!

Supervising kids table.

The writer poses with the Colonia Family.