School Celebration day in Padri Vjeko Centre, is an annual event where the school administration, Franciscan Friars, teachers, students, parents and visitors get together to enjoy Mass, the handing out of graduation certificates and watching different performances put on by the students.

This year the celebration day took place on 22nd June 2019 from 8h00 until late afternoon as planned. The activities of the day began with the arrival of parents and visitors who, with the help of protocol team, found themselves warmly welcomed to Padri Vjeko Centre. Mass began at the school compound at 9:00 a.m. With Padri JMV SAMARWA, students, parents, teachers and visitors all enjoyed the Mass accompanied by the student choir from Padri Vjeko Centre.

Afterwards, the visitors made a tour of our school infrastructure – the classrooms, workshops and other school properties. In Padri Vjeko Centre, students are doing good practical work; the carpentry students produce furniture and the tailoring students had made different styles of clothing. The visitors enjoyed seeing the students’ level of quality in their practical works and the protocol team was there to guide them along.

Then the entertainment got underway with Traditional Rwandese dancing (Itorero) done by students to welcome everybody to Padri Vjeko Centre. A welcoming speech by Secretary IYAMBAJE Immaculѐe gave thanks and welcomed everybody as she introduced representatives who were the special visitors.

After more Traditional dancing, SABATO Emmanuel, one of the graduate students spoke and gave special thanks to the school authority, the teaching staff, and other students in general for their team work in achieving the goal of success. Next, ‘Fashion Forward’, one of the Clubs at Padri Vjeko Centre put on a spectacular fashion show! It was really amazing how the students are now fashion designers as you can see from the photos!

Afterwards, two students (Ruhumuriza and Sandrine) sang together - a nice song talking about school and trades in Padri Vjeko Centre. At this point we all heard a speech from the parents’ representative, where he gave thanks to school and everybody who is committed to make the school as good as it has become. We then enjoyed traditional Burundian dancing and drumming because we have students from Burundi at our school and they also wanted to entertain like the others! It was a very good display of their dance and cultural drumming……so nice to watch.

Next we enjoyed a skit put on by the Ndumunyarwanda club, the theatre group at Padri Vjeko Centre. They presented a nice performance that showed how people can work together in their family so that their children will get the right to education.

The Tailoring section was next on the entertainment program, with students proudly modeling wonderful clothes that they had made themselves.

In his speech, Director Fra Ivica gave thanks to everybody for their efforts in the partnership to improve the school. And he also awarded some employees who performed their duties with extra attention and loyalty to Padri Vjeko Centre.

At this point, certificates were presented to some graduates students who attended the ceremony. Honored guest Padri Eugene and the Executive Secretary of Cyeza sector helped in this activity. In her speech the Executive Secretary gave thanks to the school for how it has developed, and how it has helped the youth of the sector by giving them technical skills to attain a good future. She also noted that it is also good for the development of the country of Rwanda in general.

We were then entertained by our young boys and girls from the Kindergarten and Nursery School. It was very interesting to see these young children singing and dancing while being guided by their teachers. They even got the head table guests up to dance, including fra Ivica!

At the conclusion of the ceremony, Padri Eugene, the representative from Kabgayi Diocese gave thanks to students, teachers, parents, and visitors for coming to the celebration. He finished by advising the students to work hard for their future. After his speech, he closed the ceremony by praying a blessing to everybody who attended. After that, everyone enjoyed a well-prepared meal before departing for home.

It was a wonderful day of celebration that everyone enjoyed!