A ceremony fo a new chapter

January 5, 2018 was indeed one of the memorable and remarkable day to each and every one of us. NNCHS - Integrated Senior High School conducted a pre-orientation and send-off ceremony to all Grade 12 students who have successfully endured the challenges of passing the minimum academic requirements and being qualified for the  immersion proper.

The guest speaker of the pre-orientation seminar was an HR PESO officer of the LGU of Nabunturan. She gave us prerequisite things that are necessary before being exposed in the field of work. She also gave us some tips for job interview and do's and dont's in applying overseas or abroad.

Working is not new to me because I have been on a summer job since 2016 at the Provincial Capitol of Compostela Valley. But I'm still excited for our immersion for I will be exposed to my preferred field of work this time.

I'm grateful to have attended the send-off ceremony; a ceremony for a new chapter. It's like when you were still a baby, you were christened to be welcomed in the Christian world, and now in Senior High, the send-off ceremony was likely intended to also
welcome us or send us to a new field: the field of work. It was so because we are now already equipped and globally competitive students of the K-12 basic education curriculum.

At that time, my mind was hazy because after the long-sitting pre-orientation seminar and practice, I hurriedly went to Municipal Hall to get Police Clearance for Immersion requirements. When I got back to school, I didn't know what to do next. There's a lot of people in the gym already. My parents surely couldn't come so I had asked my sister beforetime to tell my aunt she'd come instead. My aunt was still not there. I still haven't eaten lunch. And the program was about to start. With the help of my classmates, I quickly prepared myself in a nick of time and then went to line.

I easily recovered from all the distress that happened to me. Yeah, that's me, master of recovery. Our procession march was like for graduation and I was proud to walk down that aisle since I am a working student who has been primarily supporting my education and finances.

As I reached my seat, I saw my auntie, just arriving and sitting on the bench intended for STEM studes' parents. As I looked at the parents, I saw so much happiness glittering  in their eyes after witnessing their children walk down the aisle. I felt their happiness that the additional 2 years of struggles and hardship now has a product and is nearing to an end.

Part of the ceremony was the candle lighting, each candle had a designated ribbon representing the different strands. The candle symbolized the lighting of the path and the promising of a bright future to offer to our parents.

With the cooperation of the Students,Parents and NNCHS faculty and staff the ceremony was not perfectly done but successfully made.