Francis: Good morning, Talavenians! And good morning to you, Your Highness Armeloid.

Armeloid: Good morning, as well, my prince and to our fellow Talavenians. It is very nice to see all of you
in different costumes.
Francis: It is indeed nice to see different kinds of characters this morning. We feel like we are in a movie
or in a book. But the question is, are we all ready?
Armeloid: That’s right. Talavenians. Are you ready!!!!!!!!!!??
Francis: All right, seems like everyone’s ready. On that note, I would like everyone to please stand for
the invocation and please remain standing for the singing of the national anthem and the city hymn.

-----Prayer-----
-----National Anthem-----
-----City Hymn----

Armeloid: You may now take your seats. To formally open our program this morning, let us welcome
with a round of applause our very hardworking and friendly school principal, Mr. Apolinario Bistis Jr.

------Opening Remarks-----

Francis: Thank you for that wonderful message, Sir Bistis. And now…. since today is the culmination of
our celebration of the Reading Month, let us now hear some words of enlightenment about reading
from our very own beautiful English Teacher, Ms. Euphrosyne Chyne D. Lagahit. A round of applause,
please.

-------Chin------

Armeloid: That was very educational, Ma’am Chin. Thank you for sharing your knowledge about reading.
At this juncture, let us all witness the highlight of this event: learners from all grade levels will showcase
their unique and amazing book character-inspired costumes in a segment we call….

Both: The Runway….

Francis: Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for our awesome character impersonators.

------hold 2 seconds------

First on stage, we have the grades 5 and 6 pupils:

------names of pupils and their characters impersonated------

Armeloid: Next, for the cool characters portrayed by Grade 7 students, we have…

-------names of students and their characters impersonated-------

Francis: We are not done, for now we have on stage the Grade 8. First, from Grade 8 Aries, we have….
-------names of Grade 8 Aries students and their characters------

Armeloid: That’s not all from our Grade 8 because next we have… Grade 8 Scorpio…

------names of Grade 8 Scorpio students and their characters--------

Francis: Don’t blink because now on stage are the Grade 9 Dalton students…. We have….

-------names of Grade 9 Dalton students and their characters ------

Armeloid: Last but definitely not the least, please welcome on stage, Grade 9 Volta!!!. First, we have…

--------names of Grade 9 Volta students and their characters-------

--------hold for 2 seconds--------

Francis: For the last time, give our impersonators a big round of applause for a job well done!

Armeloid: Wow! That is an amazing display of different book character-inspired costumes.

Francis: I agree with you there, Your Highness. That is definitely a sight to behold. On that note, we are
now going to proceed to the presentation of the 10 best character impersonators.

First, we have….

------names of 10 best character impersonators-----

Note: emcees will alternately call the names of the students and their characters.

Armeloid: That was a feast for the eyes! I’m sure our Talavenians are having a really good time right
now!

Francis: I’m sure they do, Your Highness. Let me check for you. Talavenians, are you having fun!!!!!?? I
can’t hear you… are you having fun!!!!???

Armeloid: That was deafening! My prince sure knows how to hype up a crowd. Well, without further
ado, let us continue on with our show. Now, lend us your ears for a very wonderful presentation. Please
welcome on stage the selected Grade 9 students for their choral reading.

------choral reading------

Francis: Thank you for that wonderful and also educational performance, Grade 9.

Armeloid: I concur, my prince. I love both the performance and the message of what they read.
Francis: In that case, let us be more educated. Put your thinking caps on, because up next will be a trivia
segment about the Functions of Books presented to us by the selected Grade 8 students.

------presentation-----

Armeloid: Thank you for sharing that knowledge, Grade 8 students. Truly, this has been very
educational. Don’t you agree, my prince?

Francis: I do, Your Highness. Who’d have thought that we can still learn a lot from books in this age of
technology?

Armeloid: I know, right? But this month has not just been all about reading because yesterday we
witnessed our fellow Talavenians showcase their writing prowess during the Essay Writing and Poem
Writing Competition.

Francis: Wow! Talavenians are very talented. And among the talented, are the gifted ones. Your
Highness, do the honors of announcing the winners of our Poem Writing Competition.

Armeloid: The winner of the English Poem Writing Competition – Elementary Level is ________. Please
claim your prize here on stage
For the secondary level, the winner is…
Moving on to our winners in the Filipino Poem Writing Competition…
In the elementary level, the winner is….
And for the secondary level, the winner is…..

Francis: The winner of the English Essay Writing Competition – Elementary Level is ________. Please
claim your prize here on stage
For the secondary level, the winner is…
Moving on to our winners in the Filipino Essay Writing Competition…
In the elementary level, the winner is….
And for the secondary level, the winner is…..

Armeloid: Congratulations to all the winners!

Francis: Your Highness. I’m sure you’ll agree that everything must come to an end.

Armeloid: Yes, my prince. But I’m glad that we have a happy ending.

Francis: Hear, hear. Now, to formally close our program, let’s give a big hand to our beautiful Ma’am
Geraldine Degracia

------closing remarks------

Armeloid: Thank you so much, Talavenians. This has been your hosts, Princess Armeloid
Francis: And I’m Prince Francis. And always remember this quote from Dr. Seuss (soys). “The more that
you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Thank you
and have a good day!