Teachers’ Day

We are reprinting here a column written by Rudy Romero in today’s issue of  The Daily Tribune, which is a tribute to a former teacher of his. October 5 is World Teachers’ Day and we are enjoining everyone to remember and thank the wonderful teachers who all played a pivotal role in our lives.
Who were [...]

LDHS teachers reunite

Rorie Quijano-Siasoco’s eldest daughter, Rebecca, celebrated her 8th birthday last July 20, and her well-wishers included not only the young ones but the young once: former Lakan Dula High School teachers who took the occasion as an opportunity to visit their LDHS colleague, English teacher Mrs. Severina Quijano.

Ma’am Arafiles’ ordeal

This is a video of a Pinoy television program in the US, which featured the plight of former LDHS teacher Sabina Arafiles and other retirees who are now based abroad. Ma’am Sabina’s pension was recently stopped by the Philippine Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) for her failure to renew her so-called [...]

Mrs. Arafiles live

We are broadcasting a short video of Mrs. Sabina Arafiles, a former LDHS teacher, being interviewed by Ric Javier (Batch ‘70) during their get-together in California on March 20-21. The event was attended by alumni from different batches.
Our thanks go to Marissa de Jesus, an adopted member (she’s from Torres High) [...]

Mrs. Arafiles ‘revisited’

We are (again!) “stealing” some photos posted on the LDHS Alumni Network, which were taken during the visit made by a group of US-based schoolmates to Mrs. Sabina Arafiles. Ma’am Sabina used to teach English at LDHS and has been living in Panorama City, California for years. We’re glad she’s still up and about, enjoying her [...]

Miss Samia as class adviser

We found this photo of Miss Natividad Samia, our assistant principal, when she was still a teacher at the Arellano High School in Sta. Cruz, Manila. She was then the class adviser of the IV-1 class, batch 1968.
Miss Samia started out as head of LDHS’s English department and was promoted as assistant principal during our [...]