FILIPINO SCHOOL GENERAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Our schedule for the year will be published on October 18, 2009.
WE HAVE AN ONGOING REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR SIGN UP OF ACTIVITIES AND NEED VOLUNTEERS - PLEASE EMAIL cezarina@FilipinoMass.com or Cezarinaalzona@yahoo.com TO OFFER YOUR ASSISTANCE!
We have Filipino School classes at St. Rose of Lima. Children, Teens and Adults are welcome. The Filipino School will have scheduled meetings for show practices. Please contact Cezarina to participate.
It is never too late to register as we accept registrations throughout the year (given space availability). If you want to register, please come to St. Rose of Lima to one of the 2nd Sunday Misang Pilipino masses (for directions, go to St. Rose Web Page Link at the beginning of this page).
F I L I P I N O -- S C H O O L -- S P E C I A L -- N E W S:
We teach cultural dances at the Filipino School and perform at various religious and cultural events. Click here to see the Tinikling Dance. Recently, we have acquired a new Filipino dance teacher, Meilani Rivera (from San Diego's Pasacat), and we recently performed the Pandango sa Ilaw.
The Filipino School is celebrating its 10th year of existence this March 2004. We will hold a special celebration when we have our annual anniversary mass in September 2004. We held the school's 5 Year Celebration on June 18, 1999. We were honored to have in attendance, Maryland State Senator Jean W. Roesser. I received a Maryland State Senate Resolution #565 in recognition of our 5 years of education. (Click here to see the Resolution.) The Filipino School's 5 Year Anniversary was also recognized by Ambassador Raul Rabe and the Philippine Embassy on Rizal Day, June 20, 1999.
We are a non-profit volunteer organization that teaches Filipino language (Tagalog), culture, music, art and dancing (Filipino and Polynesian). Click here to see a Filipino Dance, Polka Sala, with our youngest students!
We teach cultural dances at the Filipino School and perform at various religious and cultural events. Click here to see the Tinikling Dance. We had acquired a new Filipino dance teacher, Meilani Rivera from San Diego's Pasacat), and we performed the Pandango sa Ilaw. Click here to see the Pandango Dance at the Flores de Mayo reception.We hope to add more native Filipino dances this coming school year.
Our Flores de Mayo is held in May every year. We start with the rosary in the Historic Church at 2pm. This is followed by the Flores de Mayo and Santacruzan Procession of angels, saints and the Virgin Mary Statue. The mass is followed by a pot luck reception with a dance program by the Filipino School of St. Rose of Lima.
Directors/Teacher Information:
Former Dance Teachers, Meilani and Jay along with their son, Jason, were a wonderful addition to our school, joining us a little over a year ago. Click here to see Meilani and her husband, Jay, at the head of the Flores de Mayo procession on May 16th.We are always looking for more volunteer teachers and parents. Please contact me by email if you would like to offer your assistance as it will be more desperately needed. This coming school year (2009-2010) we are fortunate to have two new teachers that Marie-Tess Fitzpatrick has obtained as the Tagalog teachers of our students. We have Mary Anne Fletemeyer and Lorna Pardo as Cultural Teachers (including Tagalog Prayers) and Cezarina Alzona and Matthew Aninzo as dance teachers. Marie and Edrie Ortega will teach dance as their schedule permits. Our previous dance teacher, Louie Ortega, did an excellent job as the teacher of our teen and young adult classes. Click here to see Louie carrying the Flag at the Flores de Mayo ProcessionWe are recruiting more talent for our Filipino School and plan to really accomplish more than we have in this past year. You can also see how active the three teachers, Cho, Marie-Tess and Cezarina are in helping with performances at fundraisers for the school. Click here to see Cezarina, Cho and Marie-Tess, dance teachers at a Navy Yard Performance of Tahitian Dance.
Flores de Mayo 2000:
For our Flores de Mayo on May 21, 2000, our Reyna Emperatrix was Jeny Fanning with her escort, Carlo Viqueira.
Jeny, our beautiful young Reyna, at that time was a freshman at Seneca High School in Gaithersburg. Jeny, an excellent student, has participated in many school sports, especially soccer. Carlo was a freshman at St. John's College High School in Washington DC.
Our Flores de Mayo is held in May every year. We start with the rosary in the Historic Church at 2pm. This is followed by the Flores de Mayo and Santacruzan Procession of angels, saints and the Virgin Mary Statue. The mass is followed by a pot luck reception with a dance program by the Filipino School of St. Rose of Lima.
In 1999, on May 16th, our Reyna Emperatrix was Stephanie Anselmo and her escort, Jorel Taruc. See the photo (below right) of their presentation at the Flores de Mayo mass.
Stephanie and Jorel were principal participants in the June 6, 1999 Philippine Festival Parade, downtown Washington DC.
Filipino Activities of St. Rose of Lima: There was an article in the Hawaii-Filipino Chronicle regarding Community activities of the Filipinos of the Nation's Capital. Click here to see the cover of the Hawaii-Filipino Chronicle. Then to see first page of the article: Click here to see 1st page of cover article - Hawaii-Filipino Chronicle. Then to see second page of the article: Click here to see 2nd page of Hawaii-Filipino Chronicle cover article. Then to see last page of the article: Click here to see 3rd page of Hawaii-Filipino Chronicle cover article.
There was an article in the Washington Post's Metro Section (Jan. 31, 1999) concerning Weekend Schools and the Filipino School was mentioned. The article was focused on weekend schools in the DC Metro area. Click here to see the page of the article that mentions the Filipino School.
The Gazette Papers on August 4, 1999, in a cover page feature story on Asians, also included information about the Filipino School.
Filipino Community of St. Rose Page
(updated April 2004)