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One and a half hours was all it took to formally begin the 36th Annual Na-tional Summer Conference and Workcamp last night. Held at Ibay Zion Hotel’s mess and function halls, the festivities started with a dinner for the delegates, teacher-ad-visers, parents, and special guests. The actual program was set to run its course with words of welcome from Mr. Rafael Talocoy, secretary to Baguio City Mayor Hon. Mauricio Domogan. CMLI Project Director Prof. Jose Dividina opened the ceremony with a mes-sage that involved lively participation and affirmation from the delegates. Prof. Dividina also related in his remarks the innate sensitivity of the Filipi-no youth to the global and social concerns despite them facing negative images of re-belliousness, apathy, and mediocrity. After the opening remarks, CM-LI-Teacher Advisers’ Association of the Philippines, Inc. (TAAPI) President Mr. Roel Villamor conducted a roll call of the participating schools for the convention, which counted 19 schools and 125 student

delegates, a mixture of elementary and high school students. To exemplify CMLI’s brand of excellence, a live performance was presented by two members of the Junior Council-National Executive Board (JC-NEB), Staffer++ Ms. Kayne Erin Lacuna and Councilor++ Mr. Alexander Hans Col-lado, Jr. The climax of the evening, the keynote address was delivered by South-east Asian public speaking exemplar Mr. Dino De Leon. The keynote speaker, who is also a former president of the JC-NEB, gave points and tips that revolve around the good things that the current genera-tion of the Filipino youth can do, as well as how to achieve social transformation through exerting efforts for self-better-ment The program was capped by JC-NEB President++ Mr. Lorenzo Miguel Re-lente, who declared the start of #Summer-Con36 with the traditional three-way gavel strike.

The theme for this year’s summer conven-tion is “Say Yes!: Surpassing Limits and Unleashing the Power of the Filipino Youth.”

VOL. 1, ISSUE NO. 1 THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF CMLI JC-NEB 2014

CMLI’s 36th summer confab declared open

APRIL 24, 2014

#SummerCon36 counts 125+ school reps

Latest secretariat records reveal that around 125 students successfully registered as delegates for the 36th Annual National Summer Conference and Workcamp.

19 delegations set this year’s number, based on the roll call conducted by Teacher-Advisers’ Association of the Philippines, Inc. (TAAPI) President Mr. Roel Villamor during the convention’s opening dinner last night. These schools, composed of grade school and high school students, came from different locations across the country.

News Writer: Briane Dela Pe

NEB++ prepares CMLI walkthrough for delegates “Yes!” was a much-highlighted statement during the Orientation and Acquaintance Socials (ONA) for all dele-gates during the first day of the 36th Annual National Sum-mer Conference and Workcamp yesterday.

Organized by the Junior Council-National Executive Board (JC-NEB) 2014, this year’s ONA featured different superheroes as labels for the groupings, a reference to the five-day event’s theme, “Say Yes!: Surpassing Limits and Un-leashing the Power of the Filipino Youth.

Cheers and inter-group games were also a staple for the said activity.

Meanwhile, the dance craze for #SummerCon36 was a snippet from Jennifer Lopez’s Live it Up, with the cho-reography prepared by JC-NEB Vice President++ Berenice Joanna Dela Cruz and Staffer++ Wynfred Russell Santos.

Yesterday’s ONA also exhibited audio-visual pro-ductions presenting the convention’s basics, such as house rules, names of the different facilitators, and things that the participants need to expect for the next four days.

Being the first major event in any convention spon-sored by the Children’s Museum and Library, Inc. (CMLI), this aims to give its participants a headstart about the up-coming activities for #SummerCon36.

News Writer: Briane Dela PeñaLayout Artist: Alexander Hans Collado Jr.

A number of delegations de-cided to enlist their delegates in var-ious competitions for excellence and entertainment, while others served as prospective stakeholders who conduct-ed observations on the activities of the five-day endeavor to back themselves up with information that will assist them in planning for future competition ven-tures.

Registered student delegates have the chance to participate in var-ious dynamics, meetings, and com-mission discussions that will revolve around the theme, “Say Yes!: Surpass-ing Limits and Unleashing the Power of the Filipino Youth.”

Each delegate was also given a slot for one workshop, which options

included theater, journalistic writing, creative writing, modeling, and project feasibility study. Meanwhile, teach-er-advisers were entitled to seminars and activities organized by the TAAPI.

Total participants reached around 150, including all students, teachers, and accompanying parents.