Hopwood gets 2 new soccer goalposts

Hopwood Middle School now has two functional goal posts for the first time in many years, since Super Typhoon Yutu destroyed the campus in 2018. In a collaborative effort between HMS 8th-grade Physical Education teacher Chang Wan Jang—who bought the materials—and his longtime friend Hak Chon Bae of S.P.G. Corp., the new goal posts were installed on the field today, Thursday, Jan. 15, and are ready for use.

Bae, who provided the labor to build the goals, completed the structure in two weeks. He added that he is an avid soccer fan and said he is happy to see that the children will now have the goals to properly practice and improve their skills.

Jang said he, along with 7th-grade P.E. teacher Dominic Tudela and 6th-grade P.E. teacher Connie Camacho, is grateful for the new structure. Before this, the school used makeshift goal posts built by Jang without nets. Despite that, HMS remains competitive in interscholastic soccer, with the girls varsity team winning the championship this school year, and the boys varsity team winning second place last school year.

HMS principal Victorino Borja presented a Certificate of Appreciation to S.P.G. Corp. before the photo-op with the school’s 8th grade students and teachers.