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Submitted by Eva Eisma

The Quilaman Clan of Sagunto Celebrated their Thanksgiving Service on August 9, 2008. There are lots of things to Give thanks and Praise to God:

• Aug.5- 19th Death Anniversary of the Great man Gregorio Malqued Quilaman
• The Homecoming of-Dong Quilaman from South Korea
• The Arrival of Bhie Emperador Santillano in Ontario Canada

Birthdays:

• Aug.2-Jocy Santillano -Macau
• August 6-Kendalle Santillano-9th Birthday
• August 15-Imelda Q. Reyta -Macau
• Choi Quilaman-3rd Birthday Celebration (younger son of Grace and Dong)

To my husband Rod, daughters Kitz who took the effort to make the old photo of Lolo look new, Cyril, Carlo and my grandson Creese an inspiration for for me - may you always know of the great works of Lolo Gorio to the family.

To my lola Teresa who looks great during the celebration. Sorry for the tears that your appos caused. They just want to surprise you. I missed you all and love you.

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Happy Birthday to Edil Bliss who is coordinator of the Bago Youth Council along with her husband Albert.

Let’s all wish our Sagunto Star IT Manager, Jeanette AKA Jmom, a warm Happy Birthday! I’m not as good as my sister when it comes to these remixes, but here goes… 08-08-08 only comes once every 100 years, let’s make this day the best one Happy Birthday, sis!

Happy Birthday to all the celebrants!!

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Two Sagunto teachers, Carmela Baiguen Dagacan and Rhodora Espina, passed the rigorous Educators Skills Assessment and Evaluation Program administered on April 20, 2008. Congratulations, Carmela and Rhodora!

The evaluation which was recently implemented among Sison’s teachers, was again spearheaded by the team of Congressman Mark O. Cojuangco and Mayor Kimi Cojuangco. Concerned over the “alarming degradation and deterioration of Philippine education despite the reforms set by the Department of Education (DepEd) for both the elementary and secondary schools”, they sought to improve the quality of teachers in Sison with this assessment which was administered by University of the Philippines professors, lead by Dr. Leticia Penano. The main objective of the test is “to determine the teaching skills of local teachers, identify their level of competency and performance, as well as to find out their weaknesses and strengths.”

Carmela who has a permanent status on the local school board and would not have been affected by the results anyway as with other teachers on permanent status. However, she proved her position to be well earned and deserved by placing 14th among the examinees, a feat that could not be said of other ‘permanent’ teachers.

Rhodora Espina, who was only on the local school board for a year, was immediately promoted to permanent status due to her excellent placement (16th) on the assessment test. It is said that she even surpassed other, more experienced teachers who would have been promoted to permanency first had it not been for this assessment. 47 local teachers were dismissed as a result of poor test results.

To view the list of examinees and read more about the successful evaluation of teachers in Sison, visit the official website and read kagawad Loejan Anudon’s article:
EDUCATORS SKILLS ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION PROGRAM IN SISON A VERY REMARKABLE FEAT