In a ceremony at the Saipan SDA Center, Hatsuko was named valedictorian while Lacorte was the salutatorian among the 11 eighth graders.
Also promoted to high school were Je Jung “Denise” Kim, Jong Woo Kim, Su Hyun “Julie” Nam, Joey Richard Nigh, Pauline F. Nimer, Tyler Augustin Palacios, Friendly Joy Pena, Sang Won Park, and Ras Raven Saimon.
School principal Michael R. Berglund said “graduation for these students is not the end, but merely the beginning.”
“Our grade 8 class was filled with scholars who worked hard to achieve. We are expecting great things from them in the future,” he added.
Those students, he said, have made their school proud with their academic, spiritual, and personal growth.
“We are proud to call them alumni, and we wish them all the best,” he said.
Jong Woo Kim led the opening prayer and Saimon presented a tribute to parents.
Special music was performed by Jong Woo Kim, Je Jung Kim, Su Hyun Nam, San Won Park, Megan Mocca and Mary Grace Barro while the commencement address was delivered by Eden G. Navarro.
The presentation of diplomas was administered by school public relation director/accountant Virle Shay Gayatin, Berglund, and SDA Clinic director Dr. Kenneth Pierson.
School teachers Ronald Odiyar, Girlie Aguilar, and David Butterfield presented their farewell address before Friendly Joy Pena offered the closing prayer.
