Best friends Claudia Barretto and Juliana Gomez graduate with honors

Joan Leary

<p style='text-align: center; '><img src='' alt='053017-Claudine_POTD.jpg' width='500' height='390' align='center' border='0'><br/></p><p>Celebrity kids Claudia Barretto and Juliana Gomez, who attended the same school, finished the 2016-2017 academic year with awards. Their parents shared the proud moment on Instagram. </p><p>As such, Richard Gomez and Lucy Torres expressed love for their only child Juliana. On Richard’s Instagram post, he used the hashtags “#mayawardsianaknagmanatalagasamommyatsyemprekaydaddy.”</p><p></p><center><blockquote class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-captioned='' data-instgrm-version='7' style=' background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);'><div style='padding:8px;'> <div style=' background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.5% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;'> <div style=' background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;'></div></div> <p style=' margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;'> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUtPBKvlWIL/' style=' color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;' target='_blank'>Awarding ceremony for school year 2016-2017. #mayawardsianaknagmanatalagasamommyatsyemprekaydaddy</a></p> <p style=' color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;'>A post shared by Richard Gomez ???? (@richardgomezinstagram) on <time style=' font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;' datetime='2017-05-30T06:41:11+00:00'>May 29, 2017 at 11:41pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center><p></p><p>Likewise, Claudia’s mom Marjorie Barretto took to Instagram to thank her daughter for giving her strength as a single parent. Claudia received a silver award for academic excellence.</p><p>“Just as I was starting to feel that single parenting my grown up children was getting more and more challenging everyday, I found myself lately praying extra harder for strength and wisdom as a mother.Today, my daughter Claudia gives me another academic award, and I suddenly feel recharged. I feel strong again. I feel I'm not doing so bad after all, and I am reminded that the rewards are greater than the trials I face in raising them. Thank you Claudia. Your hard work and anxiety paid off, and you just made me the happiest Mommy today. I love you,” Marjorie said.</p><p></p><center><blockquote class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-captioned='' data-instgrm-version='7' style=' background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);'><div style='padding:8px;'> <div style=' background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;'> <div style=' background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;'></div></div> <p style=' margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;'> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUtQyiYhZ0R/' style=' color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;' target='_blank'>My Claudia receiving her silver award for academic excellence?? #ThankYouLord #proudmom</a></p> <p style=' color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;'>A post shared by marjbarretto (@marjbarretto) on <time style=' font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;' datetime='2017-05-30T06:56:40+00:00'>May 29, 2017 at 11:56pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center><p></p><p></p><p></p><center><blockquote class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-captioned='' data-instgrm-version='7' style=' background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);'><div style='padding:8px;'> <div style=' background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:61.342592592592595% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;'> <div style=' background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;'></div></div> <p style=' margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;'> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUtUo-2h6Ak/' style=' color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;' target='_blank'>Just as I was starting to feel that single parenting my grown up children was getting more and more challenging everyday, I found myself lately praying extra harder for strength and wisdom as a mother.Today, my daughter Claudia gives me another academic award, and I suddenly feel recharged. I feel strong again. I feel I'm not doing so bad after all, and I am reminded that the rewards are greater than the trials I face in raising them. Thank you Claudia. Your hard work and anxiety paid off, and you just made me the happiest Mommy today. I love you??</a></p> <p style=' color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;'>A post shared by marjbarretto (@marjbarretto) on <time style=' font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;' datetime='2017-05-30T07:30:19+00:00'>May 30, 2017 at 12:30am PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center>

<p><center><blockquote class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-captioned='' data-instgrm-version='7' style=' background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);'><div style='padding:8px;'> <div style=' background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.5% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;'> <div style=' background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;'></div></div> <p style=' margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;'> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUtPBKvlWIL/' style=' color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;' target='_blank'>Awarding ceremony for school year 2016-2017. #mayawardsianaknagmanatalagasamommyatsyemprekaydaddy</a> <p style=' color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;'>A post shared by Richard Gomez ???? (@richardgomezinstagram) on <time style=' font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;' datetime='2017-05-30T06:41:11+00:00'>May 29, 2017 at 11:41pm PDT</time></div></blockquote><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center><p><p>Likewise, Claudia’s mom Marjorie Barretto took to Instagram to thank her daughter for giving her strength as a single parent. Claudia received a silver award for academic excellence.<p>“Just as I was starting to feel that single parenting my grown up children was getting more and more challenging everyday, I found myself lately praying extra harder for strength and wisdom as a mother.Today, my daughter Claudia gives me another academic award, and I suddenly feel recharged. I feel strong again. I feel I'm not doing so bad after all, and I am reminded that the rewards are greater than the trials I face in raising them. Thank you Claudia. Your hard work and anxiety paid off, and you just made me the happiest Mommy today. I love you,” Marjorie said.<p><center><blockquote class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-captioned='' data-instgrm-version='7' style=' background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);'><div style='padding:8px;'> <div style=' background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;'> <div style=' background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;'></div></div> <p style=' margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;'> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUtQyiYhZ0R/' style=' color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;' target='_blank'>My Claudia receiving her silver award for academic excellence?? #ThankYouLord #proudmom</a> <p style=' color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;'>A post shared by marjbarretto (@marjbarretto) on <time style=' font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;' datetime='2017-05-30T06:56:40+00:00'>May 29, 2017 at 11:56pm PDT</time></div></blockquote><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center><p><p><p><center><blockquote class='instagram-media' data-instgrm-captioned='' data-instgrm-version='7' style=' background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);'><div style='padding:8px;'> <div style=' background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:61.342592592592595% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;'> <div style=' background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;'></div></div> <p style=' margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;'> <a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/BUtUo-2h6Ak/' style=' color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;' target='_blank'>Just as I was starting to feel that single parenting my grown up children was getting more and more challenging everyday, I found myself lately praying extra harder for strength and wisdom as a mother.Today, my daughter Claudia gives me another academic award, and I suddenly feel recharged. I feel strong again. I feel I'm not doing so bad after all, and I am reminded that the rewards are greater than the trials I face in raising them. Thank you Claudia. Your hard work and anxiety paid off, and you just made me the happiest Mommy today. I love you??</a> <p style=' color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;'>A post shared by marjbarretto (@marjbarretto) on <time style=' font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;' datetime='2017-05-30T07:30:19+00:00'>May 30, 2017 at 12:30am PDT</time></div></blockquote><script async='' defer='' src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js'></script></center>

<p style='text-align: center; '><img src='' alt='053017-Claudine_POTD.jpg' width='500' height='390' align='center' border='0'><br/><p>Celebrity kids Claudia Barretto and Juliana Gomez, who attended the same school, finished the 2016-2017 academic year with awards. Their parents shared the proud moment on Instagram. <p>As such, Richard Gomez and Lucy Torres expressed love for their only child Juliana. On Richard’s Instagram post, he used the hashtags “#mayawardsianaknagmanatalagasamommyatsyemprekaydaddy.”

Celebrity kids Claudia Barretto and Juliana Gomez, who attended the same school, finished the 2016-2017 academic year with awards.

Best friends Claudia Barretto and Juliana Gomez graduate with honors | PUSH.COM.PH