Category: Features

The End of a Beginning: A Semester’s Worth of Memories

By Laia De Roma

TIME IS GOLD: In the quick four months that have passed in the previous semester, a multitude of memories have been made. For juniors with a fresh arrival, these are memories of new places and people to be treasured. While for seniors, these only mark the nearing of the end of the unforgettable two-year journey that ASHS offers. Yet with every given pile of examinations, reports, and essays that reminds students of the intimidating future ahead of them, there is a pause in living in the present. It only takes one semester for students to be given the crucial glimpse of what truly matters when making the most out of their time spent on campus.

Behind The Spotlight: The Venture of a Student-Musician

By Gilli Aquino

The art of performance is a passion that you will certainly find here in the ASHS. Whether through the various organizations of song and dance or through the simple performances in the halls of the senior high school — a love for music is found all around the student community. Behind each soulful performance here in the ASHS is a group of talented musicians with the same struggles and responsibilities as the ordinary high school student.

Games of the Mind

By Bella Lucindo

The pursuit of excellence isn’t limited to muscle and motion. Beyond the courts and fields lies a different kind of battleground: the mind.

A Blue and White Christmas: How Ateneans Live the True Meaning of the Season

By Kiera De Guzman

In Ateneo, Christmas isn’t just an event, it’s a feeling that radiates through hearts and halls alike. From quiet nights of prayer at Simbang Gabi Masses to laughter shared under twinkling lights, the season invites the community into a rhythm of hope, gratitude, and togetherness. Grounded in traditions that nurture both faith and fellowship, this time of year becomes a reminder that home is where the heart finds joy, purpose, and belonging.

Nine Nights Before Christmas: The Origins of Simbang Gabi

By Gilli Aquino

Whether it be the dazzling parols hung across streets, or the iconic delicacies of bibingka and puto bumbong, a Filipino Christmas is truly one of a kind — carrying traditions and emblems recognizable to people all around the world. Yet while the tunes of Jose Mari Chan fill others with a jovial holiday spirit, the heart of a Filipino Christmas lies in its time for spiritual reflection and thankfulness.

Pressing Play to Aninaw’s Advocacy

By Reign Querido

GAMEPLAY: In the crevices of one’s pixelated screen, a swarm of misinformation lingers — pesky anonymous posts, edited news, and plenty more claims with no sources. In this day and (digital) age, media literacy is more important than ever. With transparency and fact-checking, it’s up to Aninaw to take a closer look and analyze. With this newfound committee, media education has never been easier. It all comes down to pressing play to its advocacy.

Idiyanale: Advocacy in Focus

By Bella Lucindo

MORE THAN AN INVOLVEMENT: Though small in number, their impact is anything but. Focused on advocacy for PWDs and senior citizens, Idiyanale pushes the ASHS community toward greater awareness and empathy for humanity’s natural diversity. Through their projects, partnerships, and heart-driven efforts, they show how even the smallest committee can spark meaningful change.

Bluest Picture in the Book

By Reign Querido

PICTURE PERFECT: Graduation pictorials, write-ups for the friends you sit with in the cafeteria, yearbook quotes you saved in your notes app, and the never-ending requirements for your finals — all these are seemingly simple but sweet, a mental checklist before senior high ends if you will. But amidst these daily doses of graduation blues, there’s a quiet but diligent committee out there that collects these fallen crumbs of memories to preserve and cherish them. With BlueBook, the moments gathered within ASHS’s two years are forever kept in the safe home of a yearbook. With their hard work in producing quality work, it’s up to them to recall your years in your book.

Solitude in Solidarity: Compassion through the Vision of Mapulon

By Ellianna Custodio

UNFOLD AND FEEL: To show up for one’s self is easier said than done. Oftentimes, it’s much easier to let one thing after another just amalgamate into a pile, as we are too weary to properly face personal mishaps. But Sandigan Mapulon devotes its existence to reminding us the value of compartmentalizing before that pile becomes all too insurmountable — guiding Ateneans in instilling a care that proliferates from the core and flares out to the periphery. What are the mists that Mapulon has emblazoned and the dusks they aim to embrace?