Press Release No. EBB-15-2019

Consul General attends the annual turn-over ceremony held by International Philippine School Based in Jeddah

Jeddah, 7 March 2019.  The International Philippine School in Jeddah (IPSJ) held its annual turn-over ceremony on 7 March 2019. Consul General, Edgar B. Badajos, was invited as the guest of honor. The ceremony is regularly held around this time of the year to mark the symbolic turnover of responsibilities from the school’s graduating batch to the incoming seniors.

The juniors and seniors of IPSJ performed a wide array of cultural numbers. The event was followed by the ritual of the senior students passing over the metaphorical torch of responsibility and book of knowledge down to the juniors.   

IPSJ is one of four (4) Philippine schools in Jeddah and is the oldest among them. END

Consul General Edgar Badajos (left photo) congratulating the senior and junior students of the International
Philippine School in Jeddah (IPSJ) on their Annual Turnover Ceremony. Consul Mary Jennifer Dingal (4^th from left
in right photo) and Vice Consul Lemuel Lopez (5^th from right) with the faculty, administrative staff, and friends of the IPSJ.