By Lisa Anne Ong (Grade 10 – Luna) “To be honest, giving up is never an option. During the hard times when I feel like I should give up, I choose to give myself a break. When I’m tired, I sleep. When I’m sad, I talk to my friends and family. When I’m angry, I...Read More

By Divine Grace Llamas (Grade 10 – Rizal) Love can look like a sweet smile over the smell of bread Baking in the oven, for it to be served by your bed. It can look like taking time out of a busy day To watch a movie with you on a Friday Love can look...Read More

By Jumery Grace Sobrevega (Grade 10 – Rizal) Love like it’s a matter of life and death.A situation, I see myself gasping for breath.A feeling felt once in a lifetime,yet asked to be felt every time.Lost my will, my strengthcouldn’t hold it out ’til the tenth.Thoughts roam my mind, wasting time;even waves, ripples arrive at...Read More

By Neriah Keren Ahhi (Grade 9 Mendeleev) You started to learn the words “Me too.” You’re starting to heal from the trauma. Now, you’re seeing life in a whole new view. Your circle has become smaller. I see you grow. I can see you’ve become someone who’s better. You seem to have that glow from...Read More

By Matthew Elixer Lanario (Grade 7 – Li Bai) It always feels different, whatever it may be, when it’s your firstyou will know and see. I took my first shotwith my uncle’s airgun. Feelings of satisfaction, I was overcome. I took more shots;I felt it again.It was New year then,but I can still feel it...Read More

By Patricia Gaille Tiu (Grade 10 – Luna ) Back to the time I first felt fear, a little age of sevenwith a conscience cohered. Stubborn I was,proud and complex, hard to love, and easy to vex.Yet, one day sat Iin the middle of the room all dark and dull,when a sudden gloom tore through...Read More

Harvy Dalida (Grade 8 – Jacinto) She is a great womanwho clearly doesn’t need a man,a woman who is my greatest supporter,and the woman who is my comforter,a woman who is no damsel in distress,that can handle the stress.Yes, she sometimes spanked me when I was a kid,but I know it was for my own...Read More

By Patricia Gaille Tiu (Grade 10 – Luna) In welcoming the Year of the Ox, the Iloilo Scholastic Academy held the Virtual Chinese New Year Celebration earlier today, February 12, 2020. The virtual program opened with warm greetings of happiness and prosperity from the ISA community. This was followed by presentations from the Preschool, Elementary,...Read More

By Neriah Keren Ahhi (Grade 9 – Mendeleev) A good conversation between you and meTwo faces smiling while staring at the screenA place where both are freeSomething they’ve been doing since quarantine There have been laughs and cries Tears of happiness and sadness It became a world full of surprise The topics are countless From...Read More

By Samantha Mok (Grade 9 – Mendeleev) Mistakes.Something no one wants, But everyone makes. Mistakes. We’ve all been thereTo the frustration, regret, and despairA bad decision, a wrong answer on a test; Someone you hurt, due to carelessness. But it’s alright.Sometimes mistakes help you see the light. Trust the process and see howSome have brought...Read More