Growing up is a tormenting period. Stepping up to peer pressure, searching for one's place, needing to belong, getting past a first romance—all these constitute the challenges of the young adult.
Tween Academy: Class of 2012 deals with the pains of tweens, or those undergoing the stage between childhood and adulthood, and conquering fears to discover one's self.
The story centers on the lives of three friends—Enzo (Elmo Magalona), a timid boy who has yet to find faith in himself; Georgina (Bea Binene), a boyish and athletic girl who falls in love with her childhood friend Jepoy and struggles to express her feelings; and Kara (Barbie Forteza), an outspoken, anime fanatic who hides her identity from an acquaintance in her online retailing business.
Although they are strongly bonded, they are infamously called the Imba Trio or the invisible three who are the butt of jokes and nasty tricks in their high school.
The threesome is presented at the beginning of the story attending a junior-senior dance which also makes known the kind of status quo that dominates the school. Ruled by cheerleaders, bullies, and jocks, the high school is no place for the Imba Trio to be themselves, least of all, express their uniqueness and prove their worth.
An accident occurs during the school dance that leads Enzo to ruin queen bee Chloe's (Lexi Fernandez) dress. The three get in trouble as Maximo (Derrick Monasterio), the school bully, gets back at the three for making a scene. After being ganged up on by the mean boys and later, being saved by the school's good guy—jock and heartthrob Christian (Alden Richards)—the three friends realize that their whole high school lives cannot possibly be just about getting kicked around by the popular tweens.
Enzo, Georgina, and Kara then dare each other to "face their fears" and find their own place in their school. They make a bet amongst themselves "to be somebody" before the high school's prom night comes around.
Little do the Imba Trio know that their game will lead them to step out of their invisible zone and discover what they are truly made of.
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