On Monday, the 16th of August, we had an occasion to honor the virtue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Assumption College, and the ceremony was held after the morning assembly. For this occasion, we cordially invited Brother Anucha Chaiyadej to preside over the celebration, followed by Brother Anant Prichavudhi, the Director of Assumption College, then the Vice Directors of the school: Brother Pisutr Vapiso, Brother Thinnakorn Boonsawang, and Brother Sakda Sakonthawat, as well as other representatives of the school.  Brother Anucha began the ceremony by tossing incense, sprinkling holy water and presenting a hand flower chain to the sacred Statue of Mary. The group of Brothers, teachers and students strode along Charoenkrung 40 Road, then through the school buildings and back to the ceremony area. At the end of the event, AC teachers and students placed many flowers in front of the Blessed Virgin Mary statue to remember the great virtue of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

On the 11^th of August 2010, Assumption College held a memorable ceremony to celebrate Mother’s Day 2010. The event took place in the Louis Marie Memorial Hall on the 6^th floor of the Saint Louis Marie Memorial Building. Brother Anant Prichavudhi, the Director of Assumption College and Brother Pisutr Vapiso, the Vice Director of the school including the Assistant Head of the English Program presided over the ceremony. We invited 125 mother’s representatives to participate as the main highlight. This event impressed the entire community of students as could be seen in the  pictures and messages of love and care for the mothers. Furthermore, Brother Anant kindly gave the audience an address concerning the concept of the relationship between mother and son.  Afterward, Brother Pisutr presented the mothers with 2 great books as a souvenir of the celebration.

Following up on the Rama II Campus project, Assumption College held an internal meeting with ABAC Poll Research team researchers on Tuesday, the 11^th of August 2010. Mr. Suriyan Boontae, the Assistant Director of ABAC Poll Research team and Ms Wanwisa Charoennarm, the researcher are the representatives of the ABAC research team. Brother Anant Prichavudhi, the director of Assumption College and Brother Pisutr Vapiso, the Vice Director of the school and the Head of the English Program were present in the meeting together with the school’s survey research committee and parent representatives.

The discussion centred around the aims, objectives and purpose of the survey and to clarify ABAC Poll team procedures. In this meeting, we brainstormed the scope of the survey and the form of information required for this particular research. As ABAC Poll has a great reputation in Thailand, we are confident that they would bring us the most productive and comprehensive result for our further progress.