“THE GRADERS,” THE OFFICIAL student publication of the WU-P Elementary Department was chosen the Best School Paper of the Year for the third consecutive year while five of its editors and staffers also emerged winners in their respective categories during the 2009 Division Schools Press Conference at the Honorato C. Perez, Sr. Memorial Science High School on October 15-17, 2009.

“The Graders” was judged Best in News Page, Best in Feature Page, Best in Sports Page, Best in Layout and 1st runner-up in the Editorial Page.

It was also declared the Best School Paper for bracket A – English in the Division of Cabanatuan City for the third time.

Among the winning members of the publication were Editor-in-Chief Jeoffrey Mhar Larua who secured second places in Editorial Writing and Feature Writing (both English); Phyllicia Gail Mercado who was third place in feature Writing English; Kryzza Noryn Hidalgo who was also third in Editorial Writing in English; Alexandra Nicole Sugay who landed fourth place in Copyreading and Headline Writing in English; and Vincent Jahleel Santos, also fourth place in photojournalism in Filipino.

Their radio broadcasting team was proclaimed Best in Infomercial Award.

The group was ranked second over-all champion in the individual writing contests.

Mr. Alfredo M. Esteban, Jr. was the coach of the campus journalists and adviser of “The Graders.” ###