Division School Press Conference 2009

The Division School Paper Press Conference of th Division of Calamba was held at Real Elementary School on Oct. 7- 9, 2009. The E. Barretto Sr. NHS staff joined the conference both in Filipino and in English. The editorial staff of both papers were led by their very able advisers. Mrs. Teodora M. Capulong for English ( The Libbit) and Mrs. Heidi C. Lantacon for Filipino (Ang Libbit)
The school again received several awards and some of her staff were qualified to join the Regional School Paper Press Conference.
In Filipino papers, Jovelyn Patiga won 4th place in Pagsulat ng Lathalain; Cedrick Javier won 5th place in Cartooning and Jennifer Brozola got 6th place in Balitang Isports. The papers also brought home several awards. The paper garnered 3rd place in Editorial page; 5th in Sports page; 5th in News page; 6th in Pag-aanyo ng Pahina and 9th in Pahinang Lathalain. With these awards, the Ang Libbit won 5th place in Over- all Best Newspapers. Mrs. Lantacon deserves congratulations from the school community because of the laurels and honors she and her staff brought to our school. This is the second year that Mrs. Lantacon served as school paper adviser of Ang Libbit.

In the English category led by Mrs. Teodora M. Capulong, the The Libbit staff garnered the following awards:
Arjie Sevilla of IV- A won First place in Newswriting competition
Dale Ranzy Isole won Third place in Sportswriting
Sebastian Clarence Repomanta garnered Sixth place in Editorial Cartooning
Bryan Anthony Sario won 7th place in both Photo Journalism and Lay Outing categories
The Libbit also brought home major awards- First place in News Page; First place in Editorial Page; Fourth Place in Sports Page; Sixth Place in both Feature Page and Lay Out and Page Design categories. Special mention for Ramona Marcelo for garnering 2nd place in
Broadcasting- English medium (Best Infomercial) To bag them all, The school English newspapers won Third Place in the Over All Best School Papers for SY 2009- 2010.
To all members of the editorial staff of the both Ang Libbit and The Libbit, CONGRATULATIONS for a job well done. Because of your talents, skills and sacrifices, the glorious name of our school is consistently rising year after year in the field of campus journalism.
For those who will represent the Division of Calamba City in the incoming Regional School Press Conference, GOOD LUCK to all of you. With our prayer, we wish that you can lift our Calamba City Division into the magic three position.
Good luck and congratulations to the following representatives to the regional levels- Arjie Sevilla, Dale Ranzy Isole, Jovelyn Patiga and Cedrick Javier. God bless and more power.