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๐๐๐๐๐๐ | Batch 2025โ2026 Perpetualites Conquer โThe Climbโ as They March Toward New Beginnings
The halls of memory echo one final time as Batch 2025โ2026 Perpetualites walk toward the closing chapter of their college journey during the 20th Commencement Exercises held at the FLDY Coliseum on May 26, 2026, at 1 p.m.
Before the applause fills the venue and before the tassels finally turn, the graduates gather first in solemn grace during the Baccalaureate Mass at 7 a.m., held in the same place where countless dreams now bloom into reality. Beneath the quiet prayers and trembling voices, they carry years of sacrifices in their heartsโsleepless nights, silent breakdowns, unfinished meals, impossible deadlines, and whispered pleas to keep going.
This day does not merely celebrate academic success. It honors survival.
Clad in togas woven with perseverance, the graduates step into the coliseum carrying stories no medals can fully measure. Some walk with the weight of expectations. Some carry grief hidden behind smiles. Others hold tightly to the dreams their families once postponed for them. Yet despite every storm that threatens to break their spirit, they riseโstronger, wiser, and braver than they once are.
As the melody of โThe Climbโ fills the air, emotions overflow like rain after a long drought. Every lyric mirrors the journey of the graduates: the struggles that nearly convince them to stop, the failures that teach them humility, and the victories that slowly shape them into who they become today. Tears fall quietly from proud parents seated in the audience, while students glance at one another with trembling smiles, realizing that this may be the last time they stand side by side as classmates.
The song does not simply play in the backgroundโit speaks for them.
Indeed, the climb never becomes easy for Batch 2025โ2026. They endure exhausting lectures, demanding duties, financial hardships, heartbreaks, and moments of self-doubt. Yet they continue to ascend, one painful step at a time, until they finally reach this sacred milestone. Their diplomas become more than paper and ink; they become proof that even weary souls still find the strength to continue.
Inside the venue, laughter and tears intertwine beautifully. Cameras flash endlessly, but no photograph can fully capture the depth of the momentโthe silent gratitude in every embrace, the relief in every sigh, and the pride shining through every pair of tearful eyes.
For the Perpetualites, graduation does not mark an ending alone. It becomes a gentle farewell to the people and places that shape their youth. It becomes a salute to friendships forged through shared struggles and to professors who mold them with patience and discipline. Most of all, it becomes a promiseโa promise to carry the values of perseverance, compassion, and excellence beyond the walls of the university.
As they throw their caps into the air, the graduates do not simply celebrate finishing a race.
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โ๏ธ Queenie Nova Jane C. Tolentino
(c) Bien Mamales
(c) Glenn Gabriel Castillejo
(c) Yael Battung
Stay tuned to ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ, the official publication of the University of Perpetual Help System Cauayan, for the latest updates and news.
