Page 208 - 2017 yearbook

During the pin ceremony, the class of 2021 waits for their names to
be called. The pins were a symbol of the end of the middle school
years, and the beginning of a new era for the young men.

Beaming with pride, Mrs. Del Aguila looks closely at the pin that her Receiving his pin, eighth grader Alejandro Llorente shakes Father During the mass, eighth grader Eduardo Francia reads from the Scriptures.
son, eighth grader Alexander Fernandez received that night. There Willie’s hand. On hand at the ceremony were also Principal Mr. The mass was officiated by Father Willie Garcia-Tunon, SJ.
was a reception for those who attended the ceremony in the Garrido Jose E. Roca and Middle School Assistant Principal Mrs. Patricia
Family Plaza patio after the event. Bustamante.

By: Roberto Gonzalez One Level Up

As the students entered the still remember the day I received hands as he handed each eighth
school gym, all dressed in their gala mine,”said tenth grader Nicholas grader a pin. The entire eighth grade
uniforms, they took the last steps Suarez, whose brother Alexander faculty was also there to witness this
of middle school and were on their received a pin that night. important event.
way to high school. As the seniors The pin ceremony was held With mix feelings of
of middle school level up to become in the school gym and followed by a excitement and nervousness, the
freshmen, they were rewarded with reception in the central patio. The students quickly realized that this
this pin, which not only signified the actual ceremony was part of a mass would be their last mass as middle
end as middle schoolers, but also their where the pins were blessed and the schoolers.
new challenges that lie ahead. homily was geared towards this rite of “The ceremony was fun and I
“The ceremony was a good passage. am glad I was a part of it,”said eighth
experience for the eighth graders. I Father Willie shook their grader Daniel Feal.