ADZU – Grade School held its annual Speech Choir Grand Presentation

ADZU – Grade School held its annual Speech Choir Grand Presentation

The Ateneo de Zamboanga University – Grade School held its annual Speech Choir/Sabayang Pagbigkas Grand Presentation last October 2, 2010 at the Brebeuf Gymnasium.

The competition was divided into two parts. The first part was a competition among Grades 1, 2 and 3 classes, and the second part was among Grades 4, 5 and 6 classes. The first part was delivered in English and the second part was delivered in Filipino for the first time.

The winners of the said competition are as follows:

· For the Grade one classes, St. Aloysius Gonzaga grabbed the first, St Melchoir Grodecz second, and St John Berchmans third.

· For the Grade 2 classes, St Peter Canisius, St. Paul Denn and David Lewis, garnered first, second and third placers, respectively.

· For the Grade three classes, St Bernardino Realino got the first rank, seconded by St. Ignatius of Loyola and third St Francis Xavier.

· For Grade four classes, St Philip Evans got the first prize, St. Istvan Pongracz as second and St. Nicholas Owen was third.

· For the grade five classes, first placer was St. Antony Daniel, second was St Alphonsus Rodriguez and third St Isaac Jogues.

· For Grade six classes, St. La Claude Colombiere topped the contest, followed by St. Robert Southwell as second and St. Thomas Garnet third, respectively.

Looking back to the tradition, in the Ratio Studiorum of the Jesuits of 1599, Eloquentia Sapientia and Eloquentia Perfecta were among the humanistic aims of Jesuit Education. The Ateneo de Zamboanga University Grade School, as a Jesuit school, strives to develop in the students the ability to express or verbalize their thoughts and feelings for the service of the society where they live in.

In fulfilment of the provision of the Ratio of the Jesuits, the institution provides its students the necessary exposure and training to sharpen their minds and their oral communication to attain eloquence of speech. The elocution program, for many years, has been the answer to this quest.