Gaming? What good will that get you?

Online classes from the other side of the world: How two girls managed schoolwork while abroad

By: Nicole Castillo

“I think I’ve never felt that happy,” said Khamille Baraquiel, smiling as she recounted her story. 

Gaming? What good will that get you?

By: Ygie Belleza

We have often been told that playing video games is a waste of our ever so precious time⁠—that we should be focusing on school and school alone. Perhaps, some of you have found yourselves at the receiving ends of long sermons about the dangers of this pastime. 

Grade 10 travels through the decades to claim batch cheer championship

By: Jess Precilla

Batch 2024 won the championship, along with the hearts of many, as they managed to transport us back to the black & white days, the peak of disco music, the era of large polos, and the rise and evolution of pop music. This they all did within their five-minute Batch Cheer, which was live-streamed last March 19, 2022, in Rosehill’s Family Day entitled Homeward. 

Combating COVID-19 at Home: How Rosehill students coped during the health break

By: Ameera Vergara

It was the first week of January 2022. Holiday season was over. But instead of the expected shift to online classes, what greeted Rosehill families and staff alike were the surge of COVID-19 cases.

Braving the Medical Frontlines with Alumnae Camila Camacho and Mandy Esquivel

By: Montsy De Castro and Ashanti Sha

Twenty-four-hour-back-breaking-long duties. Dismal tallies of missed birthdays and Christmases at home. And what feels close to a lifetime of studying.

Ms. Arles on beating the odds and bagging bronze in bowling championship

By: Ms. Arawiran

Closed bowling centers. Balancing training with online teaching. Lack of time.

Small Acts for Lasting Impact: How Students Can Engage with Projects Against Climate Change

By: Ameera Vergara

Oceans are heating up and acidifying, glaciers are melting, and Arctic and Antarctic sea ice are shedding, according to research done by the United Nations. 

HELP, I’m bored, unmotivated, and overwhelmed!

By: Dana de Dios

“Online schooling is a mental battle,” Sara del Fonso, Grade 8 Batch Representative, confessed. 

Imma Santos’ Ultimate Guide to Getting into a University Abroad and Bagging the Scholarship

By: Ynna Lucido

Have you been daydreaming of living like those international students whose aesthetic day-in-the-life videos are scattered all over your YouTube recommendations?

The Evolution of the Student Voice, Montage: Rosehill’s student publication turns 20 this year

By: Montsy De Castro and Irene Rustia

Twenty years ago, Rosebuds made history through their unbending resolve in initiating Rosehill’s official student-led publication team, the Montage Club. That same year, they pieced together the first-ever issue of Montage.

A Fun and Interesting 
Hobby Coming Your Way: Why You’ll Be Hooked on 
Crochet

By: Ameera Vergara

Let’s face it. Have you ever scrolled through Tiktok or Instagram, looking at the current trends, thinking, “I want to be part of that!” Have you ever listened to Taylor Swift’s “cardigan” wishing that you were snuggled in one as well? And have you ever wanted to do something fun and new with this quarantine?  

Sofia Salvador Paints the Spectrum of Aspiration

By: Irene Rustia

Sofia Salvador sits in her family’s study room. Books surround her, and her laptop screen glows as she talks to me over Zoom. With an earbud plugged in her right ear, she listens to my voice echoing greetings and introductions, accompanied by the woofs of my dogs. From her end, I observe a mostly quiet home where she begins speaking, at first quite reservedly, before eventually opening up with more ease.

LOOK BACK: Rosehill virtual family day ‘HoRISEon’ Highlights

By: Myrielle Bautista & Ingrid Korionoff

The very first virtual family day of PAREF Rosehill School was broadcasted live on the PAREF Rosehill Student Council’s Facebook page on March 6, 2021.

Rosehill Students: Favorite Fictional Heroines

By: Zoe Pineda & Patricia Salvador

While many of these influential women are real-life personalities like Marie Curie, Rosa Parks, Helen Keller, and Malala Yousafzai, the remaining fraction are fictional female characters on film, television, and print who have irrevocably transformed the representation of women in popular culture

Q&A: Kat Duavit and Sam Fajardo on Co-Founding Lit for Girls

By: Montsy de Castro

Nothing is quite so satisfying and powerful as seeing women supporting other women. This spirit of girl power lives and echoes through the beautiful friendship dynamic of Kat Duavit, our very own Rosebud, and Sam Fajardo, who currently studies at Everest Academy Manila.

The struggle is real: varsity members on trying to stay fit at home

By: Jess Precilla

It’s 3:40 pm. Students line up outside the high school bathrooms, carrying bulky gym bags. You hear laughter and the sound of hurried footsteps scurrying across the corridors. 

Top 3 Rosehill Student-Founded Businesses to Support

By: Ynna Lucido

With the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, most of us have been urged to stay at home, which has left many Rosehill students with a lot of extra free time on their hands.

Batch 2024 Presents The Phantom of the Opera: Rosehill’s First Online Musical

By: Montsy de Castro

The Grade 9 stunned the Rosehill community with the school’s first-ever online musical, a 45-minute rendition of The Phantom of the Opera, which was live-streamed on Facebook last October 29. 

Our Ates and Kuyas on Life in the Time of COVID-19

By: Montsy de Castro

Due to the ongoing pandemic, many members of the PAREF Rosehill School’s auxiliary staff have been forced to stop working.