The dinner is spearheaded by the GCA Fundraising Committee whose members have been sacrificially given up their time in making the evening successful and memorable.
The committee is headed by Rep. Ed Salas and consists of GCA parents and administrators who have been working since the start of the school year to design and distribute tickets, organize presentations, secure donors, and coordinate efforts with teachers and parents.
There will be entertainment that will be provided primarily by GCA students, parents, faculty, and staff.
Salas, fundraising committee chairman, and Benjie Ganapin, GCA accountant, will be the evening’s masters of ceremony.
Door and raffle prizes, donated by individuals and numerous local businesses, will also be given away.
The committee reiterates that the fundraising is for the benefit of GCA’s student body.
It is GCA’s mission to continually reach out to the community with the love of Jesus as the school partners with the home in producing vibrant, confident, and loving students who excel in their academic pursuits in commitment to Jesus Christ.
Funds that were raised from the 2006-2007 fundraising event were used to build a covered walkway between GCA’s elementary and high school buildings.
Last school year, an urgent need of improving and/or constructing facilities of GCA campus such as 1) upgrading, roofing, installing bleachers for the school’s basketball court and 2) constructing of the school’s library were identified.
In order to complete the first project for the basketball court an estimated cost of $169.000 is needed.
Fundraising endeavors are used to supplement the cost for the improvement of the school’s facilities and programs.
To purchase tickets, turn in donations, and for more information about GCA’s 3rd annual fundraising, call 322-3320/3850.
Registration drive postponed
THE Northern Marianas Democratic Party would like to announce that the rally and registration drive scheduled for Oct. 18 has been postponed until further notice.
We apologize and thank you for your understanding.
MHS Math Court winners
MARIANAS High School congratulates its students who won awards during the Math Court competition held on Oct. 11:
Algebra 1
1st – Mark Anthony Liban
2nd – Grace Lee
2nd – Celina Chow
2nd – Kim Hyo Jeong
Geometry
1st – Alvijane Manabat
2nd – Ardel Tumbaga
2nd – Celina Chow
2nd – Brittany Sablan
3rd – Mark Anthony Liban
3rd – Grace Lee
3rd – Kim Hyo Jeong
Tinian High School advisory
(THS) — There will be a meeting for all parents/legal guardians of Tinian High School students at 3:30 p.m. at the Tinian Youth Center. All parents are urged to attend.
Dandan school’s Kintol among Pacific educators in residence
(PREL) — For more than 20 years, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning has invited Pacific educators to participate in its year-long Pacific Educator in Residence program, either in PREL’s Honolulu office or in one of PREL’s Service Centers located throughout the Pacific region.
Eligibility for this program is open to any teacher, school administrator, counselor, education specialist, or faculty member at an educational institution within American Samoa, the CNMI, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, the Marshall Islands and Palau.
This year, the PEIR program welcomes educators Monroe David of Pohnpei, Martha Kintol from the CNMI, and Salavao Savea-Lopez of American Samoa.
Martha Kintol of the CNMI Public School System is most interested in English language arts and English language learners for grades 4–5.
As vice principal for curriculum and instruction at Dandan Elementary School, Kintol has worked extensively with PREL on early literacy, writers’ workshop, ELL leadership training, and assessment.
She has organized and facilitated professional development addressing the needs of students and teachers. Kintol wishes to return to PSS to share the knowledge gained at PREL — adding another member to the CNMI PSS staff who has received extensive professional development in addressing the needs of ELLs.
Forum examines NMI gender issues
(Taro Leaf Group) — Does gender still matter? Women today have far less traditional “gender barriers” than their counterparts just a few decades ago. However, does it still take “one of the boys” to obtain certain leadership roles in business or in government?
Residents are invited to join a lively discussion entitled “The X Chromosome: Gender Equality in the CNMI” which explores gender issues in the CNMI. Sponsored by the NMI Council for the Humanities as part of its We the People Project and organized by Taro Leaf Inc., the discussion will be led by a highly regarded panel of political, business and community leaders.
Pioneering CNMI women will also share their own experiences in shattering the glass ceiling and important lessons they’ve learned while doing so. Other topics will include other key issues facing today’s women.
Moderated by Frances Sablan, the confirmed panelists include Sen. Maria T. Pangelinan, Assistant Attorney General Rebecca Warfield, former Northern Marianas College President Agnes McPhetres, businesswoman Kimberly King-Hinds, and other notable individuals.
Members of the community are encouraged to participate in the dialogue by personally attending the forum and enjoying complimentary refreshments at the Pacific Islands Club Charley’s Cabaret on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 6 pm to 8 pm.
Off-island residents can also participate by watching the forum live the Internet at www.wethepeoplecnmi.com. Instructions on submitting questions and comments can be found on the site.
For more information, email taroleafgroup@gmail.com.
(CNMI Supreme Court) — Heather L. Kennedy began work as the new executive director of the Law Revision Commission last week, bringing an assortment of legal experience to her new position.
Kennedy spent the last year-and-a-half working as a staff attorney with the Law Revision Commission.
As the Law Revision Commission’s executive director, Kennedy and her colleagues will study local law in order to make recommendations on how to simplify, clarify and modernize CNMI statutes.
Before joining the commission, Kennedy worked as legal counsel to the Public School System and Board of Education for more than seven years.
Kennedy is licensed to practice law in North Carolina, Missouri, and the CNMI. She began her legal career working as an assistant public defender in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Thereafter, she worked as a corporate litigation attorney in a large law firm in St. Louis, Missouri. Kennedy and her husband moved to Saipan in 1999, where they have had two children.
Shell lowers price of gasoline
(Shell) — Eloy Lizama, president of Shell Guam, announced yesterday that they will again lower the price of their unleaded and premium gasoline as well as diesel fuel.
“Shell will pass these savings onto our customers. Shell will lower the price of our Shell regular unleaded, Shell premium gasoline and Shell diesel,” Lizama said. The price decrease will be posted at Shell service stations as of midnight, Oct. 15. The price for Shell Regular Unleaded, Shell Premium and Shell Diesel will lowered by 10 cents a gallon.
