July 28, 2019— “Wandee, everyone! You are all welcome in the Sundown Spectacle!” With the campers’ spirits lifted and game faces on, they continued with the 3rd day of their camp, exhilarated and thrilled for the sun to set along with the Einsteinians who couldn’t wait for the Sundown Spectacle (Entertainment Night)— a program where the contestants could show off their prowess in two respective fields: Bersikulo: A Speech Choir Competition, and the Cosplay Competition. Albert Einstein School (AES) dared to joined the former.

    Determination. Perseverance. Hard work. AES contestants paved their ways into the nationals for the speech choir competition by pouring blood and sweat, practicing day and night, striving to be the best. When it was their time to perform and to showcase what they had been preparing for weeks, they had shown the audience that they came to the camp more than prepared, instilled in their minds that they must always do things with excellence. Bringing the colors of Maguindanao as they finished performing their piece, they were applauded by the audience, including the judges.

    It was time to wrap up the program— and the announcements were made. To their delight, AES stole the show landing first place and bagging the title of the champion in the aforementioned contest. The school notched all four titles in total: Concordance Award (Best in Choreography), Splendor Award (Best in Props and Costume), and Prominence Award (Best in Facebook Reactions, Views, and Shares) and the major award: Podium Award (Speech Choir Champion).

    The team is composed of 11 participants from the batch of the Explorers namely: Josef Cabanlit, Aiman Lintang, Abdel Escander Jr., Mohammad Ganduan, Luis Valescas, Ylysha Akas, Aliah Alauya, Naveen Ferolino, Yannah Mangelen, Bianca Redoble, Hadjara Sarigan and four from the batch of the Geniuses: Nur Escander, Lei Valencia, Khasandra Gani and Rahajita Mohammad having a total of 15 participants in all. Their triumph wouldn’t be possible without their creative choreographer, Sir Yoyong Acosta, their fastiduous teacher-coach, Sir John-Jeo Cejudo, school principal Ma’am Florence Buat, faculty and staff and of course, their ever-supportive and loving parents.

    Shouting their souls out, indeed, the Einsteinians ended the night with smiles plastered across their faces in spite of the exhaustion the day has caused . With just a few weeks of tiresome preparation, the contest ended with success. Congratulations to the new hall of famers! Long live, Albert Einstein School! Sigay ka, Cotabato City!

    Indeed, with hard work comes success. Albert Einstein School never settles for less. It furnishes individuals to be equipped in different aspects aside from academics and compete with anyone nationwide. This year, with Aragorn Javelosa being the representative for the editorial cartooning contest in the National Youth Science, Technology, and Environment Summer Camp (NYSTESC), AES came home with flying colors. 

    The editorial cartooning competition was held in the very first day of the 4-day camp, along with the other individual contests. Fingers crossed, he turned out to be the champion, outclashing the other contenders, which brought another triumph to him, his family and the school as well. Moreover, his applauded victory made him to be one of the first champions in the school’s history, making his win a momentous one. Without his teacher-coaches Ma’am Omairah Yusop and Sir John-Jeo Cejudo, including Sir Johamin Inok, and his family both at home and in school, his conquest wouldn’t be as sweet.

    Truly, the Einsteinians’ blood never deteriorates as this success exists as one of the living proofs that the Einsteinians excel both in academics and non-academics, competent enough to be capable of surpassing students from other schools all around the country. Through the flow of the ink from his mind to his pen, Javelosa transcends above all. 

Behold our first-ever national champion in the poster making contest!

    This was the deafening chant of the Einsteinians as everybody jumped out of astonishment. Way back in 2016, Albert Einstein School got its first Hall of Famer in Poster Making Contest represented by Bajury Mustapha, from the batch of the Dreamers 2017. He ranked 1st runner-up in that field. This year, another milestone happened in the history of Albert Einstein School not only in academics but also in arts.

    The poster making contest, with the theme of “Renewable Energy Mitigating Energy Scarcity”, was a brilliant and successful outcome of Bai Saadiyah Mahmur A. Sinsuat from the batch of the Geniuses 2021. She outrageously showcased her expertise in arts and overthrew the other contestants of the different schools around the country.

    “I never expected to be on the top three; moreover, to be the champion. Transcending above the art pieces of over 40 other competitive contestants still feels surreal.” She said as even she herself couldn’t believe she made it. With the support of her parents, teachers, Einsteinians, Explorers 2020, and her batchmates, Geniuses 2021, she was hailed as the champion in the aforementioned contest  making her triumph a remarkable one and representing not only Albert Einstein School but also Cotabato City.

    It has been known nationwide how academically inclined the Einsteinians are. This year, a team of Einsteinians has proven themselves once again. Nevertheless, attaining sweet and glorious things isn't just a piece of cake.

    On the 27th day of July 2018, campers Meilsha Hakima Maniri and Bai Shahana Sabang garnered 5th runner-up in the PSYSC National Science Quiz Bee. The two campers passed the elimination round, along with nine other pairs of contestants, which was held the day prior. Moreover, Meilsha Maniri was entitled as the Top Scorer for the written elimination, making her peers proud. By reviewing books and various study materials,  copious days and nights were spent by the team together with their teacher- coaches Ma’am Omairah Yusop,  Ma’am Apasrah Tabujara, and Ma'am Iluminda Abasolo. The subtopics included in the quiz bee were energy production, energy conversion, energy utilization, and information infrastructure in accordance to this year’s National Youth Science, Technology, and Environment Summer Camp (NYSTESC) theme— Synergon: Initializing the Power Protocols. The quizzers scored 6 points in the easy round, 10 points for the average round and 35 points for the difficult round for a total of 51 points.

    The team duo might have started low, but they never lost hope. They encompassed all the challenges and hooked the title of 5^th runner up at the end. It was an overall great team effort. The Einsteinians, faculty and staff, and their parents are prouder than ever of their achievement. The early morning and late night reviews were definitely worth it and recognized, along with their undying determination and perseverance. Kudos to team AES!

    In every group, such as in the classroom, of equally smart individuals, there is the need to determine the smartest of all. The NYSTESC 2019 is no exception with it having the Best Bata award given to the most clever and high-spirited subcampers.

    The PSYSC of 2019 had approximately 1,300 students hailing from 46 different schools with only 40 subcamps with 4 of these being reserved for teachers. This made things a lot more complicated for those vying to receive the Best Bata award. Aiming to be entitled as the most outstanding subcamper needs a lot of work. One must show overflowing support and prowess in the workshops, and  perform with one’s fullest capabilities, going way beyond of one’s comfort zone. Fortunately, there are two students from Albert Einstein School who beat the odds and earned the Best Bata award. These students are Meilsha Maniri and Aliah Alauya coming from subcamps 16 and 12 respectively, who transcended above their companions. These ladies shined bright to lead their subcamps to victory with both of them acting as leaders to guide their fellow subcampers.

    Just like winning the Medal of Honor, to win the Best Bata award you must be competent, resourceful and, most importantly, the best. Undeniably, Meilsha and Aliah are, indeed, among the very best.

       A person with a silver tongue can make magic with words. With his speech so eloquent and finely crafted, he has the characteristic of being skillful at persuading people to believe what he says and garner lots of information about a certain topic. Albert Einstein School has someone with a silver tongue, a young lad who can confidently coax anyone through his words full of copious information. His name is Michael Tristan Aquino.

       Michael Aquino is a fourth-year student who simply looks like a stereotyped reader who wears eyeglasses and holds books. At first glance, he may look timid, but he always shocks everybody every time he unleashes his thoughts and speaks in front of a humongous crowd. This was caught certainly when he joined a National Extemporaneous Speaking Contest initiated by the PSYSC. Forty-eight individuals were part of the Extemporaneous Speaking held in the National Youth Science, Technology, and Environment Summer Camp (NYSTESC) on the 26th of July, 2019 with the theme Synergon: Initializing the Power Protocols. Initially, they were finding every little way to surpass one another in the elimination rounds in order to qualify for the top seven finalists each in the two different brackets for Junior and Senior High Schools. Spending days and nights acquiring various books and reviewers and mastering all things about energy including its subtopics— its production, conversion, utilization and information, was definitely put up to hopes as Aquino was qualified to the finals.

       Being one of the finalists in the NYSTESC Extemporaneous Speaking Contest means a lot for it brought pride and honor not only to Albert Einstein School but also to Cotabato City. Aquino’s accomplishment wouldn’t have come to existence without his coach, the support of the AES administration, faculty and staff, friends and family and especially his mom who came all the way to Batangas, giving her unconditional love and unending support.