本月十二日(星期一)下午三時，三部大型遊覽車在總統府多部警車的開道下，風風光光地來到本院大門口，而本院董事會、學院以及校友總會領導，也早已在 門口等候貴賓們的蒞臨。原來這些貴賓們就是這次應菲國阿羅育總統的邀請，宋慶齡基金會施恭旗特使的安排，以柯杜偉團長及劉東副團長為首的「中國四川地震災 區中學生訪菲團」的一百名中學生，他們特地被安排來和本院中學部學生作一番交流活動。
在中國大使館鄧錫軍政務參贊、李欽峰參贊以及多位館員的陪同下，這一百名中學生來到本院。除了由中學菲民族舞蹈隊表演節目外，本院也安排一百名中學生在中正紀念堂與之遊戲交流，由中學部學生自治會主持遊戲。
Mr. Conrado S. Contreras Jr., P.E. teacher of our College since June 1996, was recently chosen as one of the “Pinakatatanging Anak ng Tondo” (Tondo’s Most Distinguished Sons) as part of the celebration of the feast of Sto. Nino de Tondo which was held last January 14, 2009 at the Plaza Amado V. Hernandez, Parokya ng Sto. Nino de Tondo.
Mr. Contreras accepted the award together with other prominent personalities in their respective fields: Nacionalista Party President Manny Villar, Manila’s Mayor Alfredo Lim, former Mayor Gemiliano Lopez Jr., Vice Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, Newscaster Arnold Clavio, Benito Domingo, Aniceto Gepte Jr., and Dale Evangelista. Mr. Contreras, who also teaches at Lakan Dula High School in Tondo, won in the field of education, arts and culture.
Mr. Contreras’ wife, Mrs. Rosario M. Contreras, is also working at CKSC as classroom teacher in the English Instruction of the Grade School Department since June 1998.
「第二屆世界青少年武術錦標賽(The 2nd World Junior Wushu Championship」十二月七日在印尼巴厘島(Bali, Indonesia)五星級威斯汀酒店(Westin Resort)啟開戰鼓，共有來自四十四個國家和地區近百名選手參加角逐，本院學生曾嘉楊為其中一員。在高手如林中，曾嘉楊在棍術比賽中贏得銀牌，為國為 校爭光。
五年前進入本院就讀的曾嘉楊(Henson Jo Tiu See)，目前為本院中二學生，因從小嚮往練就一身好工夫而開始習武，在短短的六年習武間已小有成績，實屬不易。
Olivia Mae Sy, a third year BSIT student, won second place in the First Digital Arts Contest 2008 held at Letran College Auditorium last December 16, 2008. It was the first Digital Arts Contest organized by the Letran Institute of Information Technology with 20 participants from schools throughtout Metro Manila. First place was won by Far Eastern University and the third by Letran College.
Part of the mechanics of the contest required the participants to produce a banner/poster format image on the theme "Intramuros' Cultural Heritage Revisited...A Fusion With Digital Arts." Five pictures were provided by the organizer and the contestants used these pictures as raw resources. With the Adobe Photoshop CS3 Software, final images were produced based on the contestants interpretation of the topic.
十一月，由馳名世界的文具公司「Pentel 飛龍」舉辦的「Pentel Spirit of Wonder Illustration Contest (Pentel奇蹟精神插畫比賽)」，本院除中二學生吳嘉欣贏得佳作獎外，大學部企業系莊永堅( Jimmy Chung)同學亦在十三至十八年齡組贏得總決賽冠軍，獲頒獎金菲幣五千元。
十二月，莊永堅同學在教育部主辦的「現場繪畫比賽」中榮獲總決賽第一名，再度贏得獎金菲幣五千元。
李于立(Bjorn Ulryk Co Yu)，本院小學三年級學生亦不讓學長專美於前，在Scholastic Christmas Card Design Competition中，亦贏得總決賽冠軍，個人獲得該公司的禮卷價值一萬元，亦為學校贏得五千元。更值得驕傲的是，該公司本年度的聖誕卡就是採用李于 立得獎的作品。
德智體群美五育的均衡發展是本院落實教育的理想。除在各種學科競賽，本院學生幾乎無往不利，頻頻得獎外，在美術音樂等藝術教育方面，本院學生亦表現優異，令人矚目。
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