Around the Islands

Angel will be leaving the island on March 8 to Honolulu, Hawaii for a follow-up and surgery on both eyes.

The hot lunch, which costs $5 each, will be red rice, barbecue chicken and ribs, coco and a drink.

The side order, which also costs $5 each: pig fritada, saibok banana and saibok suni/taro.

Please come and join us on this day. Come meet our Angelray.

Attention guest workers

IF your name is on the Department of Labor and Division of Immigration’s recently published “Overstaying” or “Overstayers” list, contact attorney Robert Myers at 234-3184 ext. 104, e-mail [email protected], or visit his Web site www.Lwyr4u.com, to learn more about your legal rights.

NMC offers course to improve Praxis score

(NMC) — Northern Marianas College, through the Division of Community Programs and Services’ Community Development Institute, is offering short-term courses to individuals preparing to take the Praxis I and II examinations.

The courses are offered as part of the college’s mission to provide customized, continuing educational and professional development opportunities in response to community needs.

Additionally, the courses are designed to give potential test-takers an idea of what to expect on the Praxis I and II exams.

The Praxis I Review will cover Pre-Professional Skills Test  Math, PPST Writing, and PPST Reading, while the Praxis II Review will cover Literature & Language Arts, Mathematics, History & Social Studies, and Sciences.

Both courses are open to all elementary teachers in the private and public school systems.

• Praxis I Review

Instructor: Bertha De Leon Guerrero, Eric Johnson

March 21 (Saturday)

8 a.m. to 12:30 noon

Room D-1(NMC Campus)

Fee: $60 (Course materials included)

• Praxis II Review

Instructor: Bertha De Leon Guerrero

March 28 (Saturday)

8 a.m. to 12:30 noon

Room D-1(NMC Campus)

Fee: $60 (Course materials included)

For a more detailed description of the course, contact 234-5498 ext. 1010 or log on to www.nmcnet.edu.

All interested individuals should register at least seven days before the day of the course. Certificates of participation will be awarded to registered students who complete all course requirements.

Full payment is required for admission to a class.

To register or for more information about the courses, visit the CDI office at Building P on the NMC campus in As Terlaje  or call  John Manalo at 234-5498 ext. 1010 or e-mail [email protected].

Johoku High School students visit Saipan

FOUR students and one teacher from Johoku High School located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan visited Saipan on Feb. 19, for a school exchange program with Kagman High School, a media release stated.

Kagman High School students hosted their Japanese counterparts for five nights of home stay and built friendship with the visitors.

Three years ago, Kagman High School students visited Johoku High School.

The Japanese students who visited Saipan this year are Daisuke Ebata, Taku Yanagibashi, Kaoru Inoue, and Manami Saruta.

On the second day of their visit, the Japanese students attended classes at Kagman High School with the host students.

During weekend, the host families brought the visitors to the beach and the stores as well as to the other tourist attractions  on island.

On Monday and until lunch time on Tuesday, they went to school to attend some classes.

Daisuke Ebata has visited Kagman High School for the second time and really likes Saipan.

 He said he will come back to the island someday.

The other students said they would like to live in Saipan.

Their teacher, Ms. Onoda, said they really had a great time here.

 She said they appreciated the hospitality of Kagman High School and the host families who accept their students every year.

They hope students from Kagman High School will again visit Johoku High School.

The Japanese visitors left Saipan on Tuesday.

 

 

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