By Cyril Marc V. Jimenez | The Paulinian
Photos by Sofia Mari J. Lopez | The Paulinian
Malate, Manila – On May 30, 2026, the St. Paul University Manila Basic Education hosted PauLITE FLEx, or Future Learning Experience, an open house for incoming K-12 learners for the 2026-2027 academic year.
Liana Gargar and Rochie Qimbo hosted the event, which began with an Opening Prayer led by Dr. Maynard Cornejo. The program began with Opening Remarks by the University President, Sr. Evangeline Anastacio, SPC. She highlighted that St. Paul University Manila opened with kindergarten students before offering high school and college programs. She mentioned that the last grade school and high school graduating batch was in 1986. Since then, the university has offered only college programs.
Ms. Mary Bernadette Morado-Felisario gave an outstanding music therapy demonstration to energize the visitors, highlighting its importance and benefits. She also mentioned St. Paul University Manila is one of the pioneers of music therapy education in the country. The tour then started, with the visitors being accompanied by the basic education faculty and the ushers.
The visitors were accompanied to various locations, such as the AI Laboratory, where Ms. Sheila Habab, together with Dr. Cornejo, highlighted the laboratory’s features, such as the LED Wall, interactive Scuola boards, the 3D Printer, and the VR Headsets; the Smart Classroom, where Ms. Macy Vitangcol showed the features of Scuola boards; and the Robotics Laboratory, where Mr. Emmanuel Ampong presented various robots, such as the VEX and LEANbot, and how they move and function.
After the tour, the visitors gathered back in the Center of Arts. The hosts then conducted a brief interview, asking the visitors about their best experience in the tour. One of the student visitors said, “Mostly yung AI laboratories po, nakita ko na yung mga napapanood ko na puwede palang gamitin.”
To conclude, Sr. Felicitas Bernardo SPC gave the Closing Remarks. She highlighted that the basic education faculty are highly capable of teaching, noting that some teachers have doctorate and master’s degrees in early childhood education, special education, and curriculum design and development. The event ended with a Closing Prayer led by Dr. Cornejo.
