TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan - - - All systems set for Atulayan Elementary School (AtES) to welcome back its alumni for the first-ever Grand Alumni Homecoming to be held on December 30 this year after an attempt to conduct the same two years ago was halted due to the global pandemic.

With the safety-health protocols in place in the school, Marcelino Madino, the school principal, assured alumni that they will surely enjoy their visit to the school safe and sound, especially the transformation of their classrooms with the creative innovations of the teachers.

"We will ensure that their memories flash back to their glorious days at AtES, and I am sure they are excited to see their classmates who have been successful in their endeavors," Madino said.

With the theme in Ibanag language, "Pallipay ta Naggafuanan Ariat-tam Kattamman" (Don’t forget to look back where we started), the event aims to nurture their elementary days where all alumni of AtES share their blessings for the learners of this school.

He encouraged all graduates, especially those who are gainfully employed, to join the said grand alumni homecoming.

"Christmas is a spirit of sharing one’s blessings with the less fortunate brothers and sisters, and I believe a lot of graduates from AtES are now enjoying success in their professions," Madino said.

He also said that the school will accept donations from generous alumni and the amount to be generated will be used for the school project dubbed “Donasyon Mo, Edukasyon Ko” wherein the less fortunate learners of the school are the primary beneficiaries.

"We have identified learners who are in dire need of help and we wanted them to be given financial assistance," Madino added.

A registration fee of P100 is to be collected from participants to cover the snacks during the program.

The school principal also expressed his plan to institutionalize the conduct of annual homecoming for the benefit of the school.

For more information you may contact Nanette Pelovello-Calubaquib at 0935-331-8232. (OTB/ADS/PIA Region 2))