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Anica Bravo (also known as Antonette Franchesca Bravo) is a student and pageantry participant at St. Michael Academy (OP-Siena School of Catarman).
Key Details:
Pageant Achievement: She won 2nd Runner-Up and the Miss Eloquence award in the Mr. and Ms. SMA 2026 pageant.
Team Representation: She represented Purple Wakanda during the school's events and intramurals.
Involvement: She has been active in campus programs, including layout work and student milestones like the school's senior high school fellowship and anniversary activities.
St. Michael Academy's 2026 pageant results or other student achievements
Eljay Prudencio (Green Guardians) and Ramcis Barreda won best in school/pageant honors at St. Michael Academy in October 2026.
Pageant Results (October 2026)
Eljay Prudencio (Green Guardians)
Ramcis Barreda
Other Recent Student Achievements
Preliminary Competitions: Kia Garcia Miano and fellow candidates showcased their artistic flair during the Mr. and Ms. SMA 2026 preliminary events in October 2026.
Academic Recognition: St. Michael Academy Foundation Inc. (Pulilan) and other St. Michael branches honored their outstanding students for first-quarter academic excellence in September 2026.
Parish & Literary Competitions: Students from St. Michael's Academy of Oas won honors during the Parish Catechetical Day and Himoloan Festival in September 2026, while other St. Michael campuses earned awards in events like DAOP PALAD 2026 and ISAAL Literary competitions.
Miguel Acebedo was born in Palo on September 29, 1901; at the age of 37 he became Bishop of Calbayog. He tragically died in a fire in his birthplace in 1958.
Looking back on its roots:
History
The Invitation: 1946 and Beyond (SMA’s History)
Revised by: Ely E. de Silva Jr., LPT (2021)
In June 1946 through the invitation of the Most Reverend Miguel Acebedo, D.D., the Bishop of Calbayog, Reverend Mother Natividad Pilapil, O.P., the Prioress General of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, ordered three Sisters assigned in La Milagrosa Academy in Calabayog, Samar to travel to Catarman and administer the opening of a new school.
Three days after receiving the order, Mo. Teresita Hacbang, O.P., Sr. Maria Rosa Santiago, O.P., Sr. Magdalena Quisay, O.P., and two working students arrived in Catarman (The Black and White, 1949)
To help the Sisters in the establishment and organization of the new institution, a Board of Directors was formed with Atty. Mariano Singzon as President. Other members included Reverend Father Potenciano Ortega, the Parish Priest of Catarman, Don Ignacio Lahora, Señor Bernabe Figueroa, Señor Francisco Arraiza, and Judge Alberto Lim.
The school was named St. Michael Academy (SMA) in honor of Bishop Acebedo, who had been instrumental in its founding (The Black and White, 1949).
Furniture was unavailable, so some families lent tables and chairs, and books were loaned from La Milagrosa Academy. The “silong” or the hollow space beneath the houses Vicenta Marchan-Balite and Señor Joaquin Cardenas was used as classrooms.
Since there was no convent yet, Mrs. Balite also offered their house as temporary shelter for the Sisters.
Should you need to view the St. Michael Academy (SMA), Catarman Northern Samar, a glimpse of its structure, location and Students' life, given the memory maximum capacity of Blogspot allowed, you may access this link.
On July 7, 1946, St. Michael Academy officially opened its doors. Mo. Teresita Hacbang became the first director and head of the school. Together with her were the first teaching staff composed of Sr. Maria Rosa Santiago and four lay BSE instructors.
In the summer of 1948, SMA successfully produced 17 pioneer graduates in high school. During the same year, Bishop Acebedo provided a parcel of land adjacent to the church. Immediately, the Sisters with the help of the Bishop and some benefactors built a convent and a two-floor wooden structure to house the classrooms, the library, the Science laboratory, and some of the offices. SMA also expanded to include elementary and college departments, offering an Associate in Arts leading to a Bachelor of Science in Education and was renamed St. Michael Junior College (SMJC). On April 28, 1949, SMJC conferred the degree in Associate of Arts.
By April 1952, the institution produced its first batch of 21 elementary school graduates. However, in the year that followed, the college department was discontinued.
Over the next two decades, SMJC ceased offering elementary education, reverting to its original name, St. Michael Academy. From that point forward, the Academy became a prestigious secondary school and has since earned recognition as one of the foremost Catholic institutions in Samar Island.
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