Grade 1 students win district HEKASI quiz

HEKASI Quiz bee champs (L-R) Brady, Nogrado, and Laluz
with RILI teacher Mrs. Cynthia Aguilan (far left)

Raven Brady, Therice Junel Nogrado, and Klarie Jane Laluz, Grade 1 students of Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI), won first place at the district level of the HEKASI Quiz Bee held Oct. 14 at Pila Elementary School.

Brady, Nogrado, and Laluz make up the team which represented RILI and competed against five other teams of Grade 1 students from private schools in the district of Pila. Nogrado earned a perfect score of 30 while Brady and Laluz earned 21 and 20, respectively, landing them in the top spot.

RILI also won and participated in other levels of the quiz bee: Grade 2, third place--Francis Dominic Puna, Samuel Agudo, and Lyn Rianne Ignacio; Grade 3, second place--Ron Wesley Gonzales, Saraiah Kashmir Nido, and Lei Julianna Matienzo; Grade 4, third place--Hannah Pauline Abela, Davidsson Lucero, and Alecssandra Rowie Aranas; Grade 5, participant--Marcus Adrian Balinas, Guila Mae Castañeda, and Rovie Mae Dasmariñas; Grade 6, participant--Irah Michelle Guevarra, Clarisse Vega, and Andrea Nicole Gonzales; Grade 6 (individual category), participant--Gio Manuel Castañeda.

Other private schools which competed in the quiz bee are Colegio Monterei de Pila, Liceo de Pila, St. Therese of the Child Jesus Academy, Integrated Christian School of Pila, Inc., and South Greenville School.

Brady, Nogrado, and Laluz will be competing in the division level HEKASI Quiz Bee on Oct. 28 in Lumban Central School.

RILI wins awards in HEKASI quiz

Jemuela May Castillo (VI-Red) placed 3rd in the division level of the HEKASI Quiz Bee, Sept. 23 at Luisiana Central Elementary School. Castillo competed with 25 other schools in Laguna in the individual category of the quiz bee. She represented the district of Pila having won the district level of the quiz held Sept. 15 at Pila Central school.

RILI also bested other schools in the group category of the competition in the district level:

Grade I-Green, 2nd place
Francis Dominic Puna, Elisha Therese Dimaandal, and Samuel Agudo

Grade II-Violet, 2nd place
Ron Wesley Gonzales, John Patrick Dacir, and Lei Julianna Matienzo

Grade III-Orange, 3rd place
Davidsson Lucero, Hannah Pauline Abela, and Alecssandra Rowie Aranas

Grade IV-Brown
Marcus Adrian Balinas, Rovie May Dasmariñas, and Jeshermaine Castillo

Grade V-Gray, 3rd place
Gio Manuel Castañeda, Andrea Nicole Gonzales, and Irah Michelle Guevarra

Grade VI-Red, 2nd place
Maria Amor Cielo Tolentino, Patrick Neil Pajam, and Ken Lloyd Aquino

The participants will be given recognition during the flag ceremony on Monday, Sept. 27.

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