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Vocational School graduates receive certificates
Mrs. Usa Chanrak (left),
representing Ram Shoes Industries Co., Ltd., receives a thank you plaque
from Fr. Lawrence Patin for employing the disabled.
Fr. Worawut Saraphan (left)
presents the good student plaque for 2007
to Pat Tanticharoenwong.
Graduate students from the
Vocational Redemptorist School in Pattaya receive their certificates from
Fr. Lawrence Patin (right).
Teachers congratulate the
graduating students.
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
The Redemptorist Vocational School held a ceremony for the graduates of its
two-year courses on December 8.
Father Lawrence Patin, the principal of the school, conducted the ceremony
along with Father Worawut Saraphan.
There were 68 graduate students from three courses who attended the ceremony
to be presented with their graduation certificates. Amongst these, 24 were
electronics course students, 21 were from the management information system
development course, and 10 from the computer and business English management
course.
Fr Lawrence encouraged the graduates to always follow the four moral
principles of His Majesty the King to conduct their lives.
Firstly, he said, you must think, say, and do with compassion. Secondly,
help each other. Thirdly, be honest, and respect the rules and regulations.
And lastly, do everything to the best of your ability.
TAT organizes Kanchanaburi trip for underprivileged youngsters
The Tourism Authority of
Thailand Central Office Region 3 took 30 underprivileged children on a
tour of Kanchanaburi on December 1.
Ariyawat Nuamsawat
The Tourism Authority of Thailand Central Office Region 3 took
30 underprivileged children on a tour of Kanchanaburi on December 1.
The children, who were from the Banglamung Home for Boys, boarded the 8
a.m. train at Pattaya accompanied by Mrs Pornsiri Manoharn, governor of
the TAT.
TAT personnel acted as guides on the tour. The group traveled first to
the Soldier Monument at Kanchanaburi, where Pornsiri laid a wreath and
the children placed flowers. They then went on to the Bridge over the
River Kwai, and traveled along part of the notorious Death Railway to
Saparntamkrasae railway station, built at a dramatic curve in the route
of the line.
At the end of the day, the children were taken back to Pattaya, having
learned something of the dramatic role Thailand played in World War Two.
A full program of activities planned for Teachers’ Day
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
A meeting to discuss the activities surrounding Teachers’ Day, which
falls on January 16, was held on December 19 at Pattaya School No 9,
with Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon in the chair.
 Deputy
Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon (right) and Thawatchai Rattanyu (left)
director of the Pattaya Education Bureau.
Also present were Thawatchai Rattanyu, director of the Pattaya Education
Department, and the principals of Pattaya Schools 1 to 10.
Pattaya Education Department organizes the activities surrounding
Teachers’ Day, which is held each year as a mark of respect for those
who pass on their knowledge to the nation’s young people.
The main activities will be held at Pattaya School No 2. A religious
ceremony will be held in the morning, followed by the presentation of 10
plaques to teachers who have performed outstanding service during the
year. A committee of administrators selects those receiving the awards.
The afternoon will see a sports competition, with male and female
volleyball, a soccer competition with male and female teams, and a VIP
soccer match between female teachers and Pattaya City administrators.
The day will end with a party, held from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
YWCA presents eyeglasses to students with defective vision
Dennis Willett presents a
bicycle to one of the students.
Bernie Tuppin, (left)
Pattaya Sports Club and President Jan Koos Abbink, (right) Rotary Club
of Jomtien-Pattaya present scholarships to the students.
Mayor Niran
Wattanasartsathorn (left) and mayoral advisor Itthipol Khunplome (right)
present eyeglasses to student representatives.
(Left top right) Nittaya
Patimasongkroh
and Dujduan Ruangwettiwong receive funds from mayoral advisor
Itthipol Khunplome to continue this project.
Sawittree Namwiwatsuk
The YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center on December 18 presented 278
pairs of eyeglasses to students in Banglamung District.
Mayor Niran Wattanasartsathorn opened the presentation ceremony, which
included mayoral advisor Itthipol Khunplome, chairwoman of the YWCA
Bangkok-Pattaya Center Miss Dujduan Ruangwettiwong, and Nittaya
Patimasongkroh, chairwoman of the YWCA’s Love at Different Ages Project.
Dujduan said the presentation of eyeglasses came under the YWCA’s Warm
Family Project, which also distributed scholarships to impoverished and
underprivileged students. Each time the committee from the association
visited students who had received scholarships under the project, the
members had seen how poor eyesight was preventing many of the children
from studying.
The YWCA had therefore worked in conjunction with the Pattaya Social
Welfare Department to identify those students who urgently required
eyeglasses.
Students from 10 schools received 278 pairs of eyeglasses under the
project. The YWCA also provided 54 more scholarships valued at 3,000
baht each to 23 schools, and presented 10 bicycles to students in three
schools, to enable the youngsters who live in remote areas to more
easily attend their classes.
Students from many schools
in Pattaya City were delighted to receive pairs of eyeglasses.
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