CTFLC News & Blog

On Saturday April 26, 2015, The Filipino School had its grand opening at 1:00-3:00 PM and Open House from 4:00-6:00 PM. It opened its portal to the community inviting everybody who is interested in learning more about the Filipino history, culture and language. This Filipino School “takes students on a journey-starting from their current level of knowledge, and building upon that base level of understanding and self-awareness of being a Filipino.” Its main purpose is for the participant to understand his/her own roots in order to find self-identity. They will understand history, embody Filipino values, and communicate in Filipino. Eventually, each one will find self in this journey. Photo credit: Jacqui Magat-Lapid At 1:00 PM, Fr. Lauro Minimo of St. Michael’s Church, officiated the blessing of the school. The program, emceed by Ms. Francine Maigue, started with the Welcome Address by Mr. Tony Olaes, Founder and CEO of OMD and The Filipino School. This was followed by the Keynote Speec

Students and parents gathered at Sweetwater High School for the 12th Annual Magkaisa Student and Parent Conference. This was held on Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Ms. Dinnah Donato-Palmore, SUHI Counselor, and Lora Bumatay, Assistant Principal at Granger Junior, chaired this conference. In the morning, participants listened to an established keynote speaker Eric Tan, a Montgomery High Alumni of Class of 1994 and Senior Principal Designer at Disney Consumer Products. Afterwards, they watched a fashion show of cultural clothing sponsored by parents, teachers, and students of Council for Teaching Filipino Language and Culture (CTFLC). Mrs. Grace Almazar, teacher from Olympian, gathered most of her students to walk the runway. In addition, Mrs. Miguelita Candelaria led the parents and community in participation of this fashion show. They wowed the audience with their beautiful Filipino traditional costumes ranging from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Mr. Salvador Id