RILI places 3rd in history quiz

Iona Gabrielle S. de Torres (left) and Bruce Vincent J. Manalili (right) receive their certificate of recognition during the school flag ceremony, Oct. 9. Not in photo is the third member of their team, Marchel Timothy S. Mercado.

Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. finished in third place at the district level Philippine History Quiz, Oct. 6, at Pansol Elementary School. RILI was among the 15 teams from public and private schools in the district of Pila which competed in the quiz. Each team is comprised by three students coming from Grade 4, Grade 5, and Grade 6. 

RILI was represented by Bruce Vincent J. Manalili (Gr. 4), Iona Gabrielle S. de Torres (Gr. 5), and Marchel Timothy S. Mercado (Gr. 6).

The team from Masico Elementary School won the competition while Pook Elementary School placed second.

Individual scores were also noted. A student from Aplaya Elementary School ranked the highest.

Team RILI was coached by Grade 6 adviser Mr. Alexis Melchor Sta. Ana.

RILI Gr. 1, 2 beat private schools in district math quiz

Therice Junel Nogrado (left)
prepares for the test.

Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc.'s (RILI) Grade 1 and Grade 2 contestants to the district level Math Quest outranked other private schools in Pila held Dec. 12 in Tubuan Elementary School.

Therice Junel Nogrado (Grade 2) outwitted her competitors from the private schools and ranked 2nd in the overall tally together with the contestants from the public schools. Kim Adriel Sta. Maria (Grade 1) also defeated other contestants from the private schools and landed in the 5th spot together with the contestants from the public schools.

Kim Adriel Sta. Maria (back)

writes his answer to the

problem.

Nogrado and Sta. Maria both answered mathematics questions involving the four basic operations. Questions were read by the quiz master and the contestants were left to form their own mathematical statements and then give the answers.

Other contestants from RILI were Lyn Rianne Ignacio (Grade 3), Ron Wesley Gonzales (Grade 4), Euclid Ivana Emmanuel Hidalgo (Grade 5), Gilliane Alysse Ruanes (Grade 6) and Marcus Adrian Balinas (Grade 6).

Nogrado and Sta. Maria advanced to the division level of the Math Quest, Jan. 8, held in Bagumbayan Elementary School, Sta. Cruz, Laguna. Both contestants placed 7th in the overall tally.

The contestants were coached by Mrs. Miriam Añoso, Mrs. Cherry Barrios, Mrs. Rowena Camut, Mrs. Jennelyn Alcantara, and Mr. Daniel Ezra Añoso.

Young Newtons Club holds 1st science and math fair

Elementary pupils eagerly watch how this set-up rolls" uphill"
while a senior student demonstrates.

The Young Newtons Club (YNC) held its first science and math fair Nov. 26 at the school grounds. YNC, the official science and mathematics club of Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI). The club prepared a short program before letting the students see and use the set-ups and installation artworks that members and other students constructed. They also held a film showing for all levels and a quiz contest for elementary students.

The program started with an opening prayer by YNC vice-presindent Jacob Nathanielz Payag (Grade 5) followed by the opening remarks of club president Ronnel Fajardo (Year IV). Selected high school students then gave a special number. After that, the event's guest speaker, Mr. Randy Orense, gave his message. Mr. Orense is instructor of science at the Laguna State Polytechnic University - Sta. Cruz Campus.

The film showing followed while the installation art contest was taking place. After that, students were given the chance to see and play with the set-ups.

III-Sapphire won the installation art contest while the team of Rovie Mae Dasmariñas (Grade 6), Euclid Ivanna Emmanuel Hidalgo (Grade 5), and Joriel Reyes (Grade 4) won the quiz contest.

The fair's theme for this year is Conservation of Natural Resources to Mitigate the Effects of Global Warming and Climate Change.

RILI dominates district Science Congress

RILI's delegates to the Science Congress: (from 3rd leftmost) Mrs.
Jeroline Ocampo, Ron Wesley Gonzales, Marcus Adrian Balinas,
Hannah Pauline Abela, (from 8th leftmost) Karell Anne Laluz,
Jacob Nathanielz Payag, and Ms. Perla Drilon.

Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI) dominated the district level of the Science Congress 2012 for private schools held Sept. 3 at St. Therese of the Child Jesus Academy of Pila, Laguna, Inc. (STCJA). RILI emerged as the champion in four out of the five categories where the school participated. RILI participated in the Science Quiz Bee and in the Sci-art contest.

In the Grade 6 level of the quiz bee, RILI student Marcus Adrian Balinas grabbed the top spot with 26 points followed by the representatives from South Greenville School (SGS) and STCJA who earned 25 and 11 points, respectively. Grade 5 RILI student Jacob Nathanielz Payag also landed in the 1st place by earning 29 points. SGS landed in the 2nd place and STCJA in the 3rd by earning 22 and 5 points, respectively. Ron Wesley Gonzales, RILI's Grade 4 representative, landed in the third spot, while STCJA and SGS landed in the 1st and 2nd place, respectively.

RILI also won in the Grade 5 and Grade 6 categories of the Sci-Art competition. Hannah Pauline Abela (Grade 5) and Karell Anne Laluz (Grade 6) both won 1st place in their respective categories. The two representatives from STCJA grabbed the 2nd place.

Champions of each category will represent Pila district in the division level of the Science Congress on Sept. 12-13.

RILI's representatives were coached by elementary science teacher and Grade 6 adviser Mrs. Jeroline Ocampo. Year I adviser Ms. Perla Drilon acted as one of the scorers for the quiz bee.

San Antonio de Padua College (SAPC) and Integrated Christian School of Pila, Inc. (ICSPI) attended the Science Congress orientation but reportedly backed out of the competition.

Payag Places 6th in Reg'l Sci Quiz

Payag receives his certi-
ficate for this year's RCSC.

Jacob Nathanielz Payag earned the 6th place in the Science Quiz for Grade 4 category of the Regional Children's Science Congress (RCSC), January 11-12 at the National Education Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) CALABARZON in Malvar, Batangas.

Payag represented Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI) and competed against 21 other contestants both from private and public schools in the CALABARZON region. He earned a total of 18 points out of the possible 35 to secure the 6th place together with two other contestants. The over-all winner from Princeton Science School in Batangas City earned 29 points.

Payag, from Grade 4-Brown, earlier competed in the district and division levels of the Science Quiz where he emerged as the winner.

The Science Quiz is just one of the many contests held in the RCSC. Contests in science investigatory projects, sci-journalism, and sci-art were also held.

RILI Competes in PGO

Our delegates pose in front of UP Diliman's Oblation

after the contest

Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI) competed in the 2nd Philippine Geography Olympiad (PGO), held Dec. 3 at the University of the Philippines Diliman. The PGO is a national level quiz contest in geography for third year high school students. Representing RILI are James Christian Espayos, Edmar Magbanua, and Kenneth Cyrus Celso. They were coached by Araling Panlipunan teacher Ms. Perla Drilon.

Contestants were asked questions on general geography, geography of the Philippines, Earth science, biogeography, economic geography, population geography, cultural geography, environmental issues, and general knowledge.

This year's PGO was participated by 20 schools from all over the Philippines. Reaching the finals are the following schools: Manila Science High School, Philippine Science High School (Western Visayas), Philippine Science High School (Central Mindanao), San Jose Del Monte High School, and Marian School of Quezon City. Manila Science High School is this year's champion.

RILI Wins District Math Quest

Grade 1 champion Therice Junel Nogrado
receives her certificate together with RILI
teacher Mrs. Jenny Cura.

Students of Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI) competed and won in different levels of the District Math Quest held Oct. 18 in Pila Elementary School. Therice Junel Nogrado emerged as the champion of the Mathrathon for Grade 1 students.

RILI also received awards in the different levels of the Mathrathon: Grade 2, third place--Francis Dominic Puna; Grade 3, second place--Ron Wesley Gonzales; and Grade 6, third place--Gio Manuel Castañeda. Davisson Lucero and Marcus Adriane Balinas represented RILI in the Mathrathon for Grade 4 and Grade 5, respectively.

The District Math Quest also included a Math Super Quiz Bee for Grade 6 and a Sudoku contest. Karell Ann Laluz, from Grade 5, was the winner among private schools in the Sudoku contest and was second overall. Andrea Nicole Gonzales represented RILI in the Math Super Quiz Bee for Grade 6.

Other private schools which participated in the District Math Quest are Colegio Monterei de Pila, Integrated Christian School of Pila, Inc., South Greenville School, and St. Therese of the Child Jesus Academy.

Nogrado will be competing in the Mathrathon in the Division Math Quest on Oct. 25. Nogrado also recently won in the district level HEKASI Quiz Bee for Grade 1 pupils.

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.

Payag Grabs 1st Place in Division Science Quiz

With just two mistakes in the easy round, Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI) student Jacob Nathanielz Payag won first place in the Division Science Quiz held Sept. 15 at Francisco Benitez Memorial School in Pagsanjan, Laguna.

Payag, from IV-Brown, competed against 14 other Grade 4 students in the Division of Laguna. These students are their district's respective winners.

RILI earned a total of 33 points to win first place. Lumban Academy was at second place with 29 points and Pagsanjan Academy was at third with 28.

The Division Science Quiz is part of the Division Science Fair organized by the Department of Education and is participated by schools in the Division of Laguna.

Payag will be competing in the upcoming Regional Science Quiz. He is coached by Mrs. Bienvenida Mariano, RILI's elementary science teacher.

Payag Wins District Science Quiz

Jacob Nathanielz Payag (Grade IV-Brown) won in the district level of the Science Quiz held Sept. 9 at Pila Elementary School. The science quiz is part of the District Science Fair which include other science-related contests for students and teachers as well.

Payag will be competing in the division level of the science quiz to be held Sept. 15 at Pagsanjan Central School.

Other schools which competed in the District Level Science Quiz were St. Therese of the Child Jesus Academy (2nd place), South Greenville School, and Integrated Christian School of Pila, Inc.

RILI Grabs 2nd Place in Division Math Quiz

Ron Wesley Gonzales (Grade II) won second place in the division level of Mathrathon, a mathematics quiz contest. Gonzales, who was the champion in the district level of the contest represented Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI) and competed against eight other schools in the division level. The contest was held Sept. 22 at Unson Elementary School in Pagsanjan, Laguna.

RILI also competed in the other grade level categories of the Mathrathon in the district level, held Sept. 20 at Pila Central School: Francis Dominic Puna (Grade I, 2nd place), John Fhrix Zyrene Cura (Grade III, 2nd place), Jeshermaine Castillo (Grade IV, 3rd place), Gio Manuel Castañeda (Grade V, 3rd place), and Ken Lloyd Aquino (Grade VI, 3rd place).

RILI also participated in the district level of the Math Quiz Bee held the same date and venue as the Mathrathon: Samuel Agudo (Grade I, 3rd place), Lei Julianna Matienzo (Grade 2, 2nd place), Davidsson Lucero (Grade 3, 2nd place), Guila Mae Castañeda (Grade IV), Ronne Rae Mayuga (Grade V), and Patrick Neil Pajam (Grade VI).

The Mathrathon and the Math Quiz Bee are parts of the Math Quest, a mathematics quiz contest for elementary students organized by the Department of Education.

[Click here for photos of the event.]

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.

To view other photos of the event, click here.

RILI places 7th in PopEd quiz

Rainbow Institute of Learning, Inc. (RILI) placed 7th in the clustered district level of the Population Education (PopEd) Quiz held September 16 at Los Baños National High School (LBNHS).

Liezel Oquendo from IV-Ruby represented RILI and competed against 22 other schools from the clustered districts of Alaminos, Bay, Calauan, Pila, Los Baños, and Victoria. Among the participating schools from Pila, Oquendo ranked third, bested only by Don Manuel Rivera Memorial National High School (rank 1) and Linga National High School (rank 2).

Overall, the host school LBNHS grabbed the championship. LBNHS will advance to compete in the division level of the competition.