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Last update: June 24, 2009
| Purpose of this site This site was put up and is being maintained to promote cohesiveness and camaraderie among, and to contribute something that is geared towards the greater glory of, "The 59ers of MNHS". +++++ Who we are We are the 13th batch of graduates from the Mangatarem High School (MHS) [now Mangatarem National High School (MNHS)] in Pangasinan, a province of the Philippines north of Manila. Having graduated in 1959, we chose to be called "The 59ers of MNHS." +++++ Where we wish to go As one group, we commit ourselves to be true to the aims of secondary education instilled in our minds by our MNHS teachers, namely: 1) moral character - 1st year, 2) personal discipline - 2nd year, 3) civic conscience - 3rd year, and 4) vocational efficiency - 4th year . Moreover, we believe that life is a journey and that where it is heading to, how one acted during the journey matters. +++++ What we wish to do As one group, we undertake to: 1) keep the font of nostalgia constantly flowing, 2) meet as often as possible to drink from that font, and 3) do Annual Eye Medical Mission (AEMM) for the "needy in our town" of Mangatarem as our means of giving back what we took during our youth. +++++ Where are we now Life is a journey from the cradle to the grave. Surprisingly, its attributes (e.g. vigor, vitality, virility, etc.) follows what scientists call the "normal curve" as shown on the right. Since we have all passed our prime (peak point of the curve) & living the sundown of our years, we must all be now nearing our "fall" at the right end of the curve. It may seem intriguing that if we were but a spirit before we were born (before the left end of the curve), we go back to become a spirit after death (after the right end of the curve). |
| MNHS new iron gate donated by Class '57. Picture taken on Feb. 17, 2009 |
| Quote "If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything." . . Unknown |
| 1. What's Inside |
| Home page 1. What's inside 2. Purpose of this website 3. 'Golden Reunion' souvenir photo (New) 4. MSAA Newly Elected Officers The 59ers page 1. Contact us 2 What we believe in 3. How we measure life 4. Class '59 front-runners with their Principal Mr. Fortunato Olegario 5. Our thinning Class list (New) 6. What makes a 59er a fun to be with 7. Joe Gonzales: The 'No Mercy' Surgeon (afod01) 8. Febe Valdez: The 'Indestructible' (afod02) 9. Fil Olegario: The 'Nucleus' (afod03) 10. Ben Ramos: The 'Pioneer' (afod04) 11. Turing Bautista: The Coordinator 'Extraordinaire' (afod05) 12. Felix Vince Cruz: The 'Hygienist' Par Excellence (afod06) (New) Mission page 1. The beacon that lights our way 2. How the Class '59 annual Eye Medical Mission (EMM) was born 3. Class '59 2009 & 2008 Number of Patients Seen |
| 4.Class '59 2009 EMM Financial 'Balance Sheet' 5.Bucacliw (Aguilar) EMM As I Saw It 6. Class '59 2009 Additional EMM Pictures & Delivery of MAI Donation Afterlife page 1. What matters to us 2. What will matter 3. "Herein lies the departed Class '59 members" 4. Cash "abuloy" to family of departed members (Fely Aguilar & Pascasio Dancel Reunion page 1. The four kinds of reunion 2. The 1986 reunion in Mangatarem 3. Mini-reunions in Mangatarem 4. The coming of RINAs 5. Felix Vince Cruz: What "RINA 1" Means to me 6. The drama of Class '59's GR 7. GR's Part 1/4 photos (9 pcs) 8. GR's Part 2/4 photos (34 pcs) 9. GR's Part 3/4 photos (23 pcs) 10. GR's Part 4/4 photos (50 pcs) 11. How the GR was funded (corrected copy) 12. For every beginning, there is an ending ("Thank you" note to all GR attendees/ >>supporters) |
mangataremNHSclass59.org
| Quote "If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." . . . .Lewis Carroll |
| 4. MSAA Newly Elected Officers (Excerpted fromMSAA News sent in by Martina Carpio-Vergara) |
| Class '59 Annual Eye Medical Mission (AEMM) One author said that "we are all, like swimmers in the sea." Aside from providing us (59ers) some kind of spiritual mooring in that sea called "life", we view our Class' medical mission activity as an expression of our "civic conscience." Please visit Mission page. +++++ The birth of RINAs In late 2001, 59er Felix Vince Cruz took the initiative of tracking down the addresses of class members who are residing in mainland USA and Canada and rallied them to hold a reunion which he billed as "Reunion In North America" or RINA. To date, there has been four RINA "babies". To see who helped Felix deliver the "babies" (hosts), please visit Reunion page. +++++ Golden Reunion's quest: Aren't we there yet? If our "vision-land" is represented by the four high school convocation themes mentioned earlier, one may ask "Aren't we there yet?" During the Golden Reunion in Mangatarem on Jan. 23-24, 2009, we invited one of our teachers, Mrs. Magdalena Alamillo-Santamaria, to speak on the topic "How close has Class '59 come to realizing their high school ideals?" From what we heard from her, we have arrived our destination. |
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