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Misamis Occ. NHS senior wins environmental essay tilt

02/10/2008

Modelynn Cher Quidet of Misamis Occidental National High School bested 373 participants from 115 schools nationwide as he/she won the 5th World Environment Day Essay Writing Contest (WED EWC) sponsored by Hedcor Inc. together with the Aboitiz Group Foundation Inc. (AGFI), 2GO and the United Nations Information Center (UNIC). She was awarded together with four other finalists last Dec. 13 at the Dome Café in Makati City.

Quidet’s essay, A Swing to Renewables, centered on the contest theme: “Renewables: The Future of Philippine Energy.” The piece was completed in a three-hour on-the-spot essay finals held at the Aboitiz Corporate Center a day before. The high school senior was awarded P15,000, a personal computer and a computer set for her school.

The other finalists were: Katrina Mae Cerrado (1st runner-up), a senior of Ateneo de Iloilo; Paolo Antonio Baladad (2nd runner-up), a junior of Pasig City Science High School; Don Pietro Saldajeno, a sophomore of Philippine Science High School; and Lyle Maxine Chua, a junior of Pasig City Science High School.

The prestigious environmental writing competition has attracted about 2,000 participants from hundreds of secondary schools nationwide since it started in 2002. This year’s competition was launched last July 12 together with DepEd Undersecretary Antonio Inocentes.

The WED EWC aims to promote among the youth a deeper understanding and appreciation of the benefits of clean and renewable energy. It also aims to increase public awareness on environmental issues such as global warming, climate change and sustainable development.

Photo shows (from left) Don Pietro Saldajeno, a sophomore of Philippine Science High School, Katrina Mae Cerrado (1st runner-up), a senior of Ateneo de Iloilo; Modelynn Cher Quidet (champion), a senior of Misamis Occidental National High School; Paolo Antonio Baladad (2nd runner-up), a junior of Pasig City Science High School and Lyle Maxine Chua, a junior of Pasig City Science High School.