Sti-maasin Celebrates Its 26th Year Founding Day Anniversary

Sept. 18,2009 STI-Maasin Celebrates Its 26th Year Founding Day Anniversary By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr. Maasin City, Southern Leyte-The Systems Technology Institute(STI-Maasin) college has celebrated its 26th year founding day anniversary recently(Aug. 28-29,2009) at the Provincial Capitol Playing otherwise known as the Sunken Garden. The celebration was capped with two-day sports games competitions among its students. Two weeks prior to the culmination of the founding day anniversary, selected students-participants to different games were having their daily practice in selected venues within the city area. Like in brgys.Tagnipa, Pacu and Ibarra and were mostly done in the afternoon. Other facilitators preferred to have their practice done in the morning. Games competitions included track and field, mind games,. basketball for boys and girls, volleyball for boys and girls, table tennis for boys (singles and doubles),table tennis for girls(singles and doubles),table tennis for mixed doubles(boys and girls),badminton for boys(single) and badminton for both boys and girls and mixed doubles. Games winners in track and field:1)50-meter dash girls-team Tribu Blue-70 points; team Tribu Yellow-20 points;2)100-meter dash boys-team Tribu Red-40 points; team Tribu Blue-30 points; team Tribu yellow-20 points; 3)100-meter dash girls-Tribu Blue-70 points;Tribu Red-20 points; 4)200-meter dash boys-Tribu Yellow-60 points;Tribu Blue-30 points;5)400-meter relay boys-Tribu Red-50 points;Tribu Yellow-30 points; Tribu B lue-20 points; 6)400-meter dash boys-Tribu Blue-50 points; Tribu Red-30 points; Tribu Yellow-20 points. Mind games category winners were:1)Quiz Bee-Tribu Yellow-50 points;Tribu Blue40 points; Tribu Blue-30 points; 2)Spelling Bee-Tribu Red-50 points;Tribu Yellow40 points; 3)Scrabble-Tribu Red-80 points;Tribu Blue-50 points; Tribu Yellow-50 points; 4)Chess-Tribu Red-60 points;Tribu Yellow-40 points;Tribu Blue-30 Points; 5) Word Factory-Tribu Rd-50 points; Tribu Yellow-40 points; Tribu Blue-30 points. Team Tribu Blue grabbed an overall points of 1,185.Team Tribu Red bagged a total of 920 points .While team Tribu Yellow garnered 900 points. Hilario Mobe, STI faculty head disclosed that teams first placers on all sports games competitions were awarded each with trophies. The second and third placers teams were given merits whose points will literally be added to their respective grades. Earlier, the computer school has conducted cooking competitions at its extension campus in brgy. Nasaug, 4 kilometers away from its main school at the city proper. The competition dubbed as “Chef Express” was participated in by 3 STI school branches of Tagbilaran, Ormoc and Maasin as the host. Each participating school was represented by 15 selected Hotel and Restaurant Services (HRS) students. The faculty head also informed that the aforesaid competitions have two different contests. This covered table setting (all in place) and food carving (that would attract attention). The Tagbilaran team has emerged as the winner in food carving. While Ormoc team was the winner in table setting. Currently STI-Maasin has a total of 236 students including 84 out-of-school youth. Sir Mobe explained that the 84 dropouts were under TESDA’s PGMA scholarship program. He said that their inclusion to STI education was done through selection and recommendation of LGU officials from 18 municipalities of the province. Courses offer at STI-Maasin are Information Technology, Computer and Electronic Technology and Hotel and Restaurant Services. However STI as a whole has expanded its network to provide education at the basic, secondary and tertiary levels. Starting with 2 schools in the 1980s, nineteen schools are now offering a Bachelor

of Science degree in Nursing.STI is one of the largest networks of nursing colleges in the Philippines. On Aug. 21, 1983,well respected entrepreneurs and friends,Augusto C. Lagman,Herman T.Gambao,Benjamin A. Santos and Edgar H. Sarte,come together to set up STI-a training center that delivers basic programming for professionals and students. STI has also provides ICT-enhanced education to more than 100 campuses here and abroad. Its programs include courses in Information and Communication Technology, Engineering, Healthcare, Business and Management, Hotel and Restaurant Management and Education. Before the start of the games competitions there was a motorcade. It started from the main school and moved towards brgy. Ibarra then back to brgy. Asuncion .It proceeded to the Provincial Capitol playground otherwise known as the Sunken Garden. Chief Operation Officer Nestor M. Sy, Sr.delivered his motivational talk before the crowd of students.Ayeisa Charisse Siega, IT club President led the oath of sportsmanship. School Administrator Effie Naida Sy-Visaya handed the trophies to the teams-winners during the awarding ceremony. STI-Maasin branch school’s founding day anniversary was inevitably moved a week later due to its conflicting schedules of scholastic activities. Facilitators of the games were Hilario Mobe,Ayeisa Charisse Siega, Bendiamin Ausa,Mylene Malorin,Imelynne Bandibas,Edwin Balagot,Wilma Galdo, Echin Kangleon,Alberto Requiso,Mark Rey Olita,Emma Lacerna,Archel Zamora,Roylan Lobiste,Mabeth Compendio,Venus Junio and Ericca Tibajia. (Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr.)