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SUBIC BAY Freeport: Ten high-school students from Brent
International School here in Subic were inducted into the
prestigious National Honor Society (NHS), an organization
established in 1921 to recognize outstanding high school students in
the United States.
School principal Garth Wyncott said this was the
first time that students from Brent Subic ever made it to the
prestigious honor roll, which recognized excellence in scholarship,
leadership, service, and character.
The NHS previously extended only to students in
the United States, Canada, as well as US territories like Puerto
Rico.
The new NHS inductees, who come from Brent
Subic’s 11th and 12th grades, are mostly children of business
locators here and represent various nationalities.
They are: Anna Bang, from South Korea, Jennelyn
Boyadjian (England), Dolly Cho (South Korea), Katarina Choi (South
Korea), Dennis Choi (South Korea), Andy Chuang (Taiwan), Maxwell Jo
(South Korea), Yosuke Michisita (Japan), Gabby Mun (South Korea),
and Serene Cuenco-Reyes (Philippines).
The 10 students were inducted recently at Brent
Subic’s auditorium before an audience composed of proud parents,
fellow students and friends, teachers, and members of the Subic
expatriate community.
Besides receiving certificates of membership to
the NHS, the inductees who are graduating this year became qualified
for a $5,000 award from the NHS, school officials said.
Serene Cuenco-Reyes, a 12th grader from Olongapo
City and daughter of an employee of the Subic Bay Metropolitan
Authority, is the only Filipino among the Brent Subic students
inducted into the NHS.
“This is definitely an honor for Serene and
for the other inductees, but I would also say that this tells a lot
about how good a school Brent is, and how conducive to excellence
the Subic Freeport really is,” said her father Alan.
Brent Subic, a private, co-educational college
preparatory school associated with the Episcopal Church in the
Philippines, is the only international school in the Subic Freeport.
Now catering mostly to children of the
multinational business community here, Brent Subic prides itself
with a program that strives to develop individual students as
responsible global citizens and leaders in their respective
communities.
-- Anthony Bayarong
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