On Saturday, November 29, 2025, Eastbridge's English and Math teams competed at the NAPSPHIL (National Association of Private Schools in the Philippines) national academic competition in Balayan, Batangas. Our English team won the gold medal, and our Math team won silver.
Three rounds to reach the nationals
No team gets to the nationals by accident. This season, both of our teams had to win at every level first:
- Town level, ROPRISA (Rodriguez): 24 schools competed. Eastbridge won both English and Math.
- Provincial level, RIPRISA (Rizal): our English and Math teams won again, against the champions of nine other towns.
- National level, NAPSPHIL: gold in English, silver in Math.
Meet the teams
Each team has three students: one each from Grades 4, 5, and 6.
🥇 English Team · Coach: Teacher Glenda Espero, Principal
- Daniel Alexander Espero, Grade 6 (team captain)
- Mauriah Samantha Quillopas, Grade 5
- Sheordel Ayrinne Vicente, Grade 4
🥈 Math Team · Coach: Teacher Lyza Jane Jacobe, a Gold awardee for online teaching
- Asher Job Dogillo, Grade 6 (team captain)
- Ema Lucille Cuerpo, Grade 5
- Zeal Antonio Fernandez, Grade 4
Math team member Zeal Antonio Fernandez may sound familiar: earlier in 2025, as a Grade 3 student, he won a gold medal in the Philippine Heat Round of the Thailand International Mathematical Olympiad. Read Zeal's TIMO story →
Not a one-time win
English and Math have long been Eastbridge's strongest academic fields. In 2023, our Math and English teams both won national gold at NAPSPHIL, and the Math team's title was back-to-back. Read the 2023 story →
What this means for your child
Quiz bees reward children who understand, not just children who memorize. That is the kind of learning we aim for in every Eastbridge class: Singapore Math that teaches children to reason through problems, reading and writing that build real command of English, and small classes where teachers know each child well enough to stretch them. Competitions simply show, in public, what happens in our classrooms every day.
Congratulations to our six competitors, and thank you to Teacher Glenda and Teacher Lyza Jane, and to the parents who supported every review session. To God be the glory!
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