PATTS U-knighted Chess Club

13/06/2026

11/06/2026

𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆.♟️✨

Experiencing the Student Leadership Training Camp (SLTC) for the second time was truly a gift. As a senior leader, it allowed me to see leadership from a new perspective and reminded me that growth never stops. I once thought that attending it once was enough, but going through the experience again broadened my understanding of what it means to lead and serve others.

As the President of the PATTS U-Knighted Chess Club, I often view leadership through the lens of chess. In every game, there are moments when we move too quickly and make risky decisions. There are times when we lose sight of our plans, and times when we hesitate too long and run out of time. Leadership is much the same. We make mistakes, face setbacks, and encounter challenges that test our judgment and character. Yet, just like in chess, when the game ends, we shake hands, reflect on what happened, and learn from the experience.

That is what SLTC reminded me of. We should be proud not only of our victories, but also of our losses. We should be proud of the weaknesses we discover because they show us where we can improve, and proud of the strengths we uncover because they remind us of our potential. We should be proud that we persevered through challenges, survived difficult moments, and continued moving forward despite uncertainty. Most importantly, we should be proud that we learned.

Leadership is not about always having the right move; it is about continuously learning, adapting, and growing. We are entrusted with important roles in our organizations, and with that comes the responsibility to inspire, guide, and serve others. I am grateful for the lessons, experiences, and friendships that SLTC has given me, and I am proud to have been entrusted with the opportunity to lead with other great leaders.

Thank you once again, SLTC!

- Ranel Mark M. Halleg
PUKCC King 2026-2027

28/05/2026

♟️ 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓! ♟️

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐳 𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭! 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐬.

📌 Format: Open Mixed Blitz Chess Tournament
⌚ Time Control: 3mins + 2 secs
📅 Date: June 3 (Wednesday)
👥 Participants: Open for all
📍 Venue: Drawing Room 1

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞!♜🔥

Credits:
Layout - Lorenz Miguel Arroyo
Caption - Ranel Mark Halleg

28/04/2026

28/04/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄-𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐃! ♟️👑 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐭𝐨-𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐭𝐨-𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐀 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬!!

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐥.

𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗔𝟭𝟳 𝗠𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

Board 1 - Babangga, Mark Kian (Bronze)
Board 2 - Olivares ll, Earl Ferdinand (Gold)
Board 3 - Halleg, Ranel Mark (Gold)
Board 4 - Nagamos, Godfrey Giles (Gold)
Board 5 - Del Rosario, Jose Enrico (Gold)

𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗔𝟭𝟳 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

Board 1 - Dorofte, Kristine Pia (Silver)
Board 2 - Ariola, Reneth Zandrea (Gold)
Board 3 - Elpedes, Sharjah (Gold)
Board 4 - Delfin, Kate (Gold)
Board 5 - Dumapay, Christine Julia (Gold)

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀:

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀

- Nagamos, Godfrey Giles (Men's MVP)
- Ariola, Reneth Zandrea (Women's MVP)

𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗔 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗲𝘀

- Halleg, Ranel Mark (Gold)
- Babangga, Mark Kian (Silver)

Coaches/Advisers:

- Levann Kyle D. Trabado
- Benjamin Hernandez Jr.
- Ma Cymberlyn A. Bonto

Credits:

Layout & Caption - Ranel Mark Halleg
Photographer - Ms. Lovella Dumantay

13/03/2026

♟️ 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤♟️

Strategy, discipline, and perseverance these are the qualities that define this week’s achiever. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗿. 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴, 𝗮 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱.

As the 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗦 𝗨-𝗞𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗠 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻, Ranel continues to demonstrate excellence in leadership and competitive sports. His impressive accomplishments include being a 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗢𝗧𝗖 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝘂𝘇𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗴 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝗠𝗿. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝗰𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿, 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲'𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗠 𝗠𝗿. 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝘀. 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗔 𝟭𝟲 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝟮 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗔 𝟭𝟲 𝗠𝗩𝗣 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. 𝗛𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝟭 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗩𝗣, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁’𝘀 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮ñ𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗖𝗔𝗣 𝗚𝗠 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗦𝗼 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝟱.𝟬.

Beyond the trophies and titles, Ranel’s journey reflects confidence, mental resilience, and the power of meaningful friendships built along the way. Balancing academics, passions, and personal growth is never easy, but his dedication proves that perseverance always leads to success.

His guiding principles Mystery, Luck, and Perseverance it remind us that every move matters, both in chess and in life. For him “𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝. 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙛𝙪𝙡.”

Caption: Hannah Margarette Andrade
Layout: Aliejah Lusabia

16/02/2026

𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 (𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟯:𝟭𝟵)

Join the PATTS community as we observe the beginning of the Lenten season. Let us take a pause from our busy schedules to 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩, 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩, and 𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙬 our faith.

📍 𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲
📅 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝟬𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠 - 𝟬𝟮:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠

May we all find the time for this moment of grace together. See you there, PATTSeans. 🤍

12/02/2026

09/02/2026

𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨: 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝, 𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙮! ♟️

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐔𝐊𝐂𝐂 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐒 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲!

Credits:
Layout:
Christine Julia Dumapay

Photographer:
Earl Ferdinand Olivares ll

Editor/s:
Ranel Mark Halleg
Earl Ferdinand Olivares ll

31/12/2025

𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩!!

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐒 𝐔-𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐀𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬.

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆.𝐎.𝐀.𝐓.𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐔𝐊𝐂𝐂!!

Cheers to our GOAT's:
2025: Ranel Mark Halleg
2024: Earl Ferdinand Olivares ll
2023: Albert Emmanuel Allado

Layout:
- Ranel Mark Halleg

Caption:
- Lorenz Miguel Arroyo