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A Centennial
Committee was created to prepare for the thirteen-month-long
celebration of SSC’s centenary year, which kicked off in
December 2005 and culminated in December 2006. The
centennial was a twin celebration of the Priory and the School
which carried the umbrella theme “A Century of Missionary
Benedictine Presence in the Philippines” under which is
subsumed SSC’s sub-theme
“Celebrating Scholastican Education:
Continuing Excellence As Social Responsibility”.
Sr. Mary Bellarmine Bernas, OSB,
chaired the Priory Centennial
Committee; Mrs. Lucris Carina Agnir-Paraan of the SSC College
Faculty chaired the SSC Centennial Committee.
SSC’s celebration featured
special monthly events sponsored and organized
by the various units, departments and offices, involving the
various stakeholders in the SSC community, including parents
and benefactors. To this end, various groups raised funds and organized logistics for the aforementioned
events. The thirteen-month-long celebration culminated in the Grand Alumnae Centennial Homecoming, during
which one hundred outstanding alumnae were honored,
generation awardees recognized, and past presidents of the
alumnae association (SSAFI) cited for their work.
A project shared with the Priory’s Centennial Committee is the
Archives-Museum in the Subiaco building.
In planning the Centennial
celebrations of SSC, the Committee identified the following
guiding values:
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Discipline
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Simplicity
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Humility
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Competence
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Confidence
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Compassion
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Silence/Listening
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Social
Responsibility
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Commitment/Integrity
Guided
by the aforementioned values, therefore, the objectives of the
Centennial Celebration are:
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Celebrate and
express thanksgiving for 100 years of Scholastican
education
via at least one special institutional event per month
between December 2005 and December 2006, special centennial
projects
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Honor the
Benedictine tradition and all the corollary values of being
‘Scholastican’ in our celebrations
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Honor 100
Scholasticans who have exemplified these values
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Co-celebrate, with
the Priory and all our stakeholders, one hundred years of
missionary Benedictine presence in the Philippines
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Foster a strong
school spirit and a grateful pride in being Scholastican/
belonging
to the Scholastican community
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Articulate a
common vision for the next 100 years, blending the legacies
of
the past, the realities of the present and the challenges of
the future
The
Committee also identified the Stakeholders of SSC ---
those to whom the life and legacy of SSC
are important:
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Alumnae/Alumni
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Students
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Administrators,
Faculty and Staff, etc.
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Parents (past and
present)
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Sisters
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Benefactors
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Church
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Business and Industry
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Government, NGOs
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Feeder Schools
As of April 2005,
the following events comprised the Centennial Calendar:
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September 2005
– Formal Kick-off celebration with the Priory
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December
3, 2005
– SSC celebrates her
99th year and begins her
100th year,
kicking-off
with a Mass, a Motorcade (all participating cars bearing
centennial plates), a Community Fun Run (with all
stakeholders), an Open-Air Institutional Concert, a
Raffle/Bazaar, and the 1st “Archives-Museum Teaser” at the
Amrhein. This is to be considered an official school
day in the Academic Calendar.
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January 2006
– Scholastican StarSports; Children’s Peace Congress;
SSC hosts
ABS Cultural Presentation
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February 2006 –
College
Week; SSC ’81 grads’ homecoming;
First issue
of pre-centennial magazine and Centennial memorabilia
on sale
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March 2006
–
Women’s Fair c/o Womyn’s Studies and SAO
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April and May
2006 –
All units/departments increase highlighting of the
centennial
theme and subtheme in their syllabi and plans of action;
Planning/Finalizing of events’ preparations
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June 2006
– Erection of Building Markers and Interactive Walking Tour;
Unveiling
of SSC signage; Amrhein Archives-Museum Teaser II
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July 2006
– Institutional Students’ Month
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August 2006 –
College Faculty Month
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September 2006
– Scholastican Entrepreneurs Bazaar; Archives-Museum opens
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October 2006 –
Celebrity Sportsfest
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November 2006 –
GS and
HS Faculty Month
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December
3,
2006
– We’re 100 years old!:
Centennial
Magazine out. We start the day with the Memory Walk
from the Pier to Moriones, and then proceed to SSC in a
Motorcade, celebrate Mass in the Chapel with all
stakeholders represented while other special
events go
on in the grounds with all the rest. The afternoon and the
evening are reserved for the Grand Alumnae Centennial
Homecoming (with a Program featuring the 100 Centennial
Awardees, Generation Awardees, Honoring of SSAFI presidents,
Sale of Centennial Book and Magazine, plus all memorabilia,
Dinner . . .)
The
Committee also articulated the following success indicators:
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Every batch
graduated by SSC is represented in the grand alumnae
homecoming in December 2006 and in at least one fundraising
event between December 2005 and December 2006.
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An updated,
comprehensive databank that includes college alumnae and
male ‘alumni’ (PS) is produced
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The theme of the
centennial --- especially the SSC subtheme--- is reflected
in all syllabi until the actual centennial school year
2006-20077,
and is imbibed by our students through such various school
fora as lessons, discussions, activities, and so on
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The entire nation
becomes aware of the valuable contributions that SSC
has made to
the growth of the nation in the past 100 years
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Current (enrolled)
Scholasticans become actively involved in the preparations
and celebration
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Our 100 awardees
become sources of inspiration to all Filipino youth
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Our college
alumnae are identified/located, and gathered for
pre-centennial reunions by course/department and in the
homecoming along with the grade school and high school
alumnae
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Our faculty,
personnel, maintenance staff, etc. become actively involved
in the preparations and celebration and come to feel that
they are as much a part of SSC as are the students and
alumni
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Our stakeholders
all participate---via contributed resources or physical
presence---in the celebration
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There is true
coordination and synergy between the Priory and SSC
centennial committees
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