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FACTS ABOUT THE GSF ORPHANAGE AND ACADEMY
HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ------------------ 508
INTERMEDIATE ENROLLMENT -----------------  33
KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT -----------------  17
GSF ORPHANS ENROLLED IN 
   THE PUBLIC SCHOOL (Primary Grades) ---  45
ORPHANS LIVING IN THE GSF --------------- 212
(As of July 1966)

Graduates of the GSF

50 working in government and private firms (1 at the Cultural Section, American Embassy, 1 at Malacañang, Many in the public schools)

8 orphan-graduates are members of the GSF teaching staff     

2 graduates are finishing their Master's degrees in the U.S. 

2 are working as nurses in the States 

1 taking up graduate work in Nutrition in America.

32 College students of the GSF are studying at Central Philippine 
University, Iloilo City Colleges, Iloilo Schools of Arts and 
Trades, West Visayas State College, Western Institute of 
Technology, Doane Evangelical Far Eastern Bible College, and Phil. 
Christian College (Manila)

The Sky's The Limit

"The island, between Panay and Negros island is accessible only by motorized boats or sailboats with outriggers. A man of vision, Rev. Irabon is training his young men to be single-engine pilots and mechanics in the event that friends of the Fold might donate a light aircraft to the GSF. Land has been levelled, trees cut off and an air-strip is in the process of making, with technical assistance from the Civil Aeronautics Administration, and heavy equipment through the provincial governor's office." (Reprinted from THE MANILA DAILY BULLETIN, July 20, 1966)

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Linda Louise, one of the orphans at the fold.

FUTURE PILOTS OF THE GSF
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Percy Irabon 

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Hannibal Dolendo 

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Charles Granthom

Training at the Philippine Air Transport Service (PATS) and the Iloilo Flying School, with assistance from local pilots these three will pave the way for other GSF flyers. 

PLAYDAY, a yearly affair, gives the students opportunities to express their artistic tendencies. With inexpensive costumes which they usually sew themselves, the students are demonstrating a group foreign folk dance. 

Extra-curricular activities, such as this one, provide training in creative leadership and cooperation among team members.
 
Different classes engage in friendly competition for "best performance" group awards.

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The Good Shepherd's Fold Orphanage Buenavista, Guimaras Island, Philippines