Framingham master’s program

(NMC) — Registration is now open for ongoing students in the Framingham State College Master of Education Program Cohort 5.
Registration period is scheduled from Feb. 19 to March 9, Monday to Friday, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Students must register by March 9 to enroll in the ESL and Cross Cultural Awareness Course.
Total amount is $598 payable to International Education Programs and $40 payable to Northern Marianas College. Pre-course assignments are now available.
Register at the CDI office, Building P at NMC between 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
For more information contact Velma Mafnas at 234-5498 extension 1005.

Hopwood PTSA

(HJHS) — Hopwood Junior High School has scheduled the following events:
• Feb. 15 – 3rd quarter mid-term progress report
• Feb. 19 – President’s Day
• Feb. 24 – Parent Development Workshops (topics: Finance, Communication, Nutrition, and Drug Prevention/Abuse Awareness, 7:30-2 p.m.)
PTSA meetings are on every second Thursday each month. Next meetings will be on March 8, April 12, May 10.
Open library hours for reading/math/research and tutorial from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. Community members and students are invited to come visit the library every Saturday. “Readers to Succeed” AR Testing is available.
Reminder to students, parents and/or legal guardians — if your child/student is involved in a behavior offense or was suspended, your child/student will not be able to participate in the promotion ceremony.
Parents are urged to remind their kids that they are not allowed to hang out near neighbor businesses before and after school. The school is receiving calls regarding this issue.

Upcoming events

(HJHS) – The Hopwood Junior High School PTSA has scheduled the following events:
• Feb. 14, Wednesday — Graduation Steering Committee meeting in room 8 at 5:30 p.m. All parents who volunteer are asked to attend.
• Feb. 15, Thursday — Golf Tournament Committee meeting in room 8 at 5:30 p.m. All committee members are kindly asked to attend.
• March 8, Thursday — Regular PTSA meeting at 6 p.m. at the cafeteria. All parents are kindly asked to attend

Book donation

(SSHS) — Saipan Southern High School Library is a proud recipient of new books worth about $800 from the Children of Our Homeland Project, through the Friends of the Library.
Funding for the books was made possible by the Administration for Native Americans. The school library celebrated its 1st Teen Read Week in October 2006 using these books and other materials.
Saipan Southern High School students now enjoy reading the new books added to the school library collection. Fiction, non-fiction and short stories of various genres are now in circulation in the school library. Rich collections of cultural and local books are also added to the school library.
“Our small school library helps transform our community by the books and other resources that we offer,” says Sudi Q. Napalan, the school librarian. “I am grateful to the Administration for Native Americans and the Children of Our Homeland Project at the Joeten/Kiyu Public Library for lending us a hand.”

Art exhibit

THE works of Doug Rankin are on display at the CNMI Gallery of Arts and Culture on Capital Hill — Mondays and Fridays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.- 12 noon, through March 5.