Blue Knight Directory Online Edition Launched

The Ateneo de Davao High School Class of 1980 recently launched the Online Edition of the Blue Knight Directory. The directory, which first came out in print in 1999, is an open-access publicly-viewable online directory of high school Ateneans grouped by batch and arranged on first-come-first-serve basis. It is accessible at www.blueknightdirectory.com where one can now register online. The domain name was acquired early this year by Class Secretary Larry Baarde and will be managed professionally by Digilution Computer Services, a local e-commerce pioneer, owned by fellow Atenean Rex Mayo of ADDU HS Class ’83.

Once fully operational in July, the site will be database-driven and, therefore, search-capable. Visitors can search the directory by batch, by family name, by company name or organization, and by business or profession. It will be updated regularly as registrations come in and will be spiced with news and articles featuring prominent and not so prominent members of the alumni community.

Unlike the first edition, when registrants had to wait for their copy to check their listing, the online edition will display their card and picture together with those of their classmates’ within days of their registration. It will be displayed on a screen format of five rows by three columns or fifteen business cards per screen-page. A printed version containing all the registrants of the online edition will be published and distributed next year when the Class celebrates its 25th anniversary.

The Blue Knight Directory is a year-long effort of the Class to gather business cards for posting at www.blueknightdirectory.com. The class is calling on fellow Ateneans to support them on this project. For those who do not wish to register online, registration forms are available at the Ateneo de Davao Alumni Affairs Office (Jacinto Campus), Skintimate Facial and Skin Care Center (Villa-Abrille Bldg., J.P. Laurel Avenue) Digilution Computer Services (Marietta Bldg., Jacinto Street) and at Promark Books and Magazines (Sandawa Main Office and at G/F Victoria Plaza Door 3, Bajada).