I would like to take a final moment to express gratitude for all who have contributed towards the
success of our 17th Foundation Anniversary. SICAT once said, “you can dream, create, design and build
the most skilled individuals not only locally but in the whole world, but it requires brilliant people to
make the aspiration a reality”. My dear students, you have been supported, encouraged and nurtured
by many people in your lives. Our Students once again, thank you to your encouragement and
educational assistants who challenge your thinking, encourage creativity and help you to develop new
skills. Thanks to our Faculty Members, who taught you that you can do anything that you set your mind
to. Deepest appreciation to the Parent of our Students who volunteered and who contributed in so
many ways, supervising your play after school, providing tireless support, running extra-curricular clubs
and sports, and participating on the Parents Auxiliary. And finally, thank you to SICAT Family who
generously shared with us, and who unconditionally guide us in life’s decisions, heartaches and joys.
With its theme “SICAT: Continuing Its Commitment to Excellence” for today’s 17 th Foundation
Anniversary, let us tell to the whole world, WE ARE PROUD SICATIANS!
MARAMING SALAMAT sa inyong lahat, especially to our Guest of Honor and Speaker today, our very
own, DR. CONRADO A. VITO.
We’re looking forward for another fruitful journey and success to come. MABUHAY!
Today, we are celebrating our 8th School Foundation day. We are very young, very tender comparing to
school like Ugyen Dorji Higher Secondary School which will be celebrating its centennial, hundred years
of its foundation this May 2nd coinciding with our Teachers’ Day. Though young, yet we have run a race
with them, we have given them neck to neck competition, we have left some of the established schools
far behind, we are running at par with some of them and we are about to catch some of the highly
established and reputed schools of our kingdom. This race will go on. It will never stop.
In the process, we have made lot of changes and brought lot of new development. I have a long list of
achievement to share. But, in the interest of time, I will not share all that. However, I will not feel
comfortable or happy, if I do not share about the academic achievement of our school over the years.
In 2008, one year prior to my joining this school, I was told that there were 14 students who got
professional courses abroad. In 2009, there were 11 of them who got professional courses. In 2010, it
was little unfortunate, only 2 students qualified for professional courses. However, we have started
rising to our former position in 2012. We have 6 students who got professional courses. Many of them
got CST, kharbandi, many in Sherubtse College, Geddu College and in other premier institutes.
Comparing to our population and size of our land, producing that many intellectuals is also a huge
contribution to our country. Not far from now, we would see lots of doctors in hospitals, lots of
engineers in the mega project construction site, many architects, highly demanded in the construction
site and many reputed teachers in the highly renowned schools from Baylling. I can foresee it. It is not so
far. I will be able to see that type of situation in my own life time.
Another significant, hallmark, milestone our school is achieving is the launch of our school’s website.
We have launched this to link ourselves with the education fraternity of our country and of the world.
With the launch, we have enabled our students and everyone to keep our school on their fingertips,
enabled to take Baylling HSS very close to their hearts at home, in the market, different parts of our
country and the world. You can view your results, programs of the school, infrastructure and many
more of our school from anywhere. You can now only click on to our web address or domain name
[Link].
It has been my dream and passion to create website for our school for the last two years. Only today,
10th March 2012, I see my dream getting fulfilled, my dream coming true. This day is significant not only
in relation to our school, it is also so significant in relation to my personal life.
Success of this program is because of our friend, Mr. Sajeev NM, whom I like to designate as web master
or web administrator. I like to acknowledge him. He has sacrificed whole winter learning the ways to
design, upload and use different colour patterns. He had done all that making personal payment. Thank
you, Mr. Sajeev. I also like to thank Mr. Nima Tshering, Chief Editor of our Newsletters for his
contribution in the newsletter pages and Ms. Rigzin Yangchen for her invaluable contribution in the
newsletter.
Before I conclude, I request our today’s Guest of Honor, to kindly grace our ceremony of launching our
website into the air traffic. ….
Thank you, Sir, for launching our web with your prayer so pure. With due respect to our guest of honor, I
declare our web opened to air traffic.
Wish everyone a very very Happy School Foundation Day. Many many happy returns of the day!
