OB Montessori Center, the pioneer of Montessori education in the Philippines, celebrated 50 golden years of the Montessori experience with a grand show at the plenary hall of the PICC yesterday.
“Young and Ready for the World” was directed by well-known playwright and Palanca awardee for literature Floy Quintos. It featured the school’s distinguished alumni Lea Salonga, Shiela Valderrama-Martinez and theater actors Karla Gutierrez of the Philippine Opera Company, Janine Santos, Arman Ferrer and Spanky Enriquez with 400 students from all OBMC campuses – Greenhills, Sta. Ana, Angeles, Las PiƱas and Fairview.
OB Montessori Center’s 50th anniversary is an important milestone for a great institution that has become a key pillar and bold innovator in the field of education. The show is a fitting tribute to the school’s founder Preciosa Soliven, wife of The Philippine STAR’s founding publisher, the late Maximo V. Soliven.
“Young and Ready for the World” also recognized OBMC’s distinguished alumni who have become productive citizens and contributing forces to the country and to the world: Lea and Gerard Salonga, Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala, Vicky Rose Pacheco, Miko Aspiras, Dino Jalandoni, Paulo Paulino, Michael Deakin, Rafael Jocson, Happy Andrada, Jayvie Agojo, Rico Blanco and Aiza Seguerra among others.
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