New Lifers Celebrate Christmas at the School Fair
This Christmas season, the school community enjoyed the relaunch of the Christmas Fair held by the Student Government (SG) last December 21 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
With the theme “Mythic Market,” the fair was held in different areas in school for safety and crowd control. The food booths were located at Cafeteria 2, while the gym had a variety of booths for the MGC New Life Christian Academy community to enjoy.
“I was honestly really looking forward to it because last year, we didn’t have [the Christmas Fair], so when I heard that we were gonna have [it], I really wanted to go,” alumna Jheyda Tan shared.
During the event, parents, teachers, students, and alumni flocked to the inflatables, food booths, merchandise booths, claw vending machines, and a photo booth by the SG and Coral Reef Fellowship, among others. Additionally, a group of Zion students organized a jail booth that periodically captured fair attendees who matched specific attire descriptions or had “bounties” on their heads.
Toward the latter half of the fair, raffles were drawn. Students Jego Tan and Harris Saavedra won SG T-shirts, while alumnus David Lee got an SG hoodie. Damascus student Roberto Fulgencio took home an SG hoodie, SG tote bag, and P1,000 worth of Papa K’s vouchers. Additional Papa K’s vouchers were awarded to Javier Abadia, Wesley Huang, and Aaron Kho. Raine Sih, who submitted a total of 25 tickets, won the grand prize of a 10th-generation iPad, along with an SG shirt, SG tote bag, and Papa K’s vouchers.
Damascus student Aaron Kho shared his appreciation, noting that “we were able to spend time with friends in and even outside our batch without needing to be concerned with schoolwork.”
“[I] feel so happy seeing familiar faces coming back, all the alumni [sic], and then also being able to see all the kids,” booth owner and Lower Primary Years teacher Frances Paras expressed.
Lei-Anne Abuso, co-owner of the booth with Paras, added that it was delightful to see students applying what they had been taught when they were younger. “Nakaka proud na they’re really stepping up,” she mentioned.
