Students at Pattaya
School #8 tend one of the booths set up as part of the school’s 86th
anniversary and exhibition on the ASEAN Economic Community.
Warunya Thongrod
Pattaya School No. 8 marked its 86th anniversary with an
exhibition on the ASEAN Economic Community.
Principal Aaporn Rajsingho headed the Sept. 26 celebration, inviting
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome and city council members to tour the “Taking
Steps to ASEAN” exhibit.
The display was comprised of just four booths. The first presented the
“Five Rooms Living Habits” to promote health. The second displayed the
rules of karma and the religions of the Southeast Asia. The third
covered student paintings of various tourist attractions. The final one
demonstrated the philosophy of HM the King’s “Sufficiency Economy”
philosophy.
After the exhibition, Itthiphol presented two students who won science
awards. Kanjana Bangkra, a fifth grader, took first place while
eight-grader Supaporn Prueksachart second.
Itthiphol said School No 8 was special as it was one of the first
schools to be established in the city. The school has managed to be one
of the many strongholds of Thailand because of its development and
education, he said.
Founded as Pattayanukul School on Sept. 26, 1927, School No. 8 took its
current name in 1978 and now spreads over six rai at Second and South
Roads in South Pattaya. The school teaches kindergarten through junior
high.
