Community Briefs

ZONING BOARD TO MEET TODAY

The March 2005 meeting of the Saipan Zoning Board will be held today, March 31, 2005 at 7pm in CRM’s ground floor conference room of the Morgen Building in San Jose. The item on the agenda is actions to take regarding Western Garapan. The public is invited and encouraged to attend the meeting.

MEGASKILLS TRAINER HOLDS SESSION

A trainer from the Home and School Institute, Dr. Tonisa Ward, is currently on-island to conduct mentor training with 11 public schools from March 28 to 31, 2005.

The training will be in the MegaSkills Character Development Program and will take place daily in the Garapan Elementary School cafeteria.

This is the first time in seven years that MegaSkills will be on-island for the training.

KICK-OFF EVENTS FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH

The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs- Division of Youth Services and the For the Children campaign committee has once again joined efforts to organize activities that would be held throughout the month of April to help promote child abuse prevention in the Commonwealth.

Kick-off events will begin on April 2, Saturday, with a proclamation ceremony at 10:30am during which Gov. Juan N. Babauta will sign a proclamation declaring April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. This will be preceded with a parade starting at 9am at the fishing base area across Kristo Rai Church and culminate with the ever-popular Big Truck Day at the American Memorial Park, from 11:00-3:00pm.

For further information, contact DYS at 664-2565 for Laura T. Ogumuro or 664-2584 for Vivian Sablan.

CHUUK RUN-OFF ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR ON APRIL 5

All eligible Chuukese voters in the CNMI are requested to come out and participate in the run-off election for the governor of the State of Chuuk. The election will be held at the Hon. Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe on April 5, Tuesday. For more information, contact your regional leaders.

PENNY DRIVE FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH

For participants in the annual Penny Drive sponsored by the Division of Youth Services/For the Children Committee, the drive will officially end on April 29. For further information, contact Millie Pialur or Jennider Tanaka at 664-2595.

KAGES REGISTRATION SCHEDULE

Kagman Elementary School will start registering children for grades Kindergarten to 5th for school year 2005-2006.

Registration begins on April 4, 2005 and ends on April 29, 2005 from 9am to 4pm daily.

Kagman Elementary will register children from the following areas only: Kagman I, II, III, Upper Papago (Botanical Garden to Kagman), Agag, and As Teo.

For Kindergarten students, the child must be 5 years old on or before Aug. 31. For 1st grade students, the child must be 6 years old on or before Aug. 31.

The following documents must submitted for your child(ren) to be enrolled:
1. Official Registration Form
2. Birth Certificate
3. CHC Health Certificate (original)
4. Transcript/Report Card/Withdrawal from exiting school
5. Entry Permit, if not a U.S. citizen
6. Affidavit of Guardianship/Power of Attorney (if applicable)
7. Map of residence
8. Health Insurance policy

All students registering must have complete documents submitted on or before the end of the designated registration dates. Incomplete documents will not be accepted.

Should you have any questions, call the school at 664-3911/12.

NMC MATH PLACEMENT TEST IN MAY

The Northern Marianas College has scheduled its Summer 2005 Math Placement Test in May.

Sessions will take place on two successive Fridays with the first test scheduled on May 13 from 10am to 12pm at Room D-1 of the NMC campus.

The second test will be held a week later on May 20, also from 10am to 12pm at Room D-1 of the NMC campus.

Those taking the test each need to bring a picture ID, pen or pencil, a calculator, and an acceptable form of identification.

Acceptable forms of identification include NMC picture ID (needed to be entered into the system), driver’s license, passport, other school picture ID, or CNMI Immigration Card.

Those taking the tests cannot reserve slots for the tests, as the tests are on a first-come, first-served basis only.

The tests will also have limited seats available and the examiner will not admit late comers into the testing room after the test has started.

NMC also said that math placement slips are good for one year from test date and a placement test can only be taken once a year. (PR)

SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE SET

June 30 Public Law 14-37 Scholarship application and all supporting documents

July 1 EAP Fall 2005 (Application only is due)

December 15 EAP for EAP Winter/Spring (Application only is due) For those who did not submit an application for Fall 2005

Supporting documents:
* Acceptance letter into the institution/College (EAP & P.L. 14-37)

* Most recent official sealed transcript (EAP & P.L. 14-37)

* U.S. Passport and/or birth certificate issued by the court (EAP & P.L. 14-37)

* 2003 & 2004 CNMI 1040 for proof of residency (EAP)

* Six years proof of residency for P.L. 14-37 graduating on-island. (Proof must show that you have attended school within the CNMI for a period of six years. Two of the years must be from your 11th and 12th grade CNMI high school.

* Eight years proof residency for P.L. 14-37 graduating off-island. (Must provide parents’ eight years proof of CNMI residency prior to the date of application)

* SAT/ACT test score (for P.L. 14-37)

* Two letters of recommendation for P.L. 14-37

Application will not be reviewed without the proper documents.

WANTED: HS STUDENTS FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE

The Wakai Nekko No Kai Committee is currently seeking high school students who are interested in participating in cultural exchange activities with Japanese high school and college students on May 4 and 5.

The Japanese students will be visiting Saipan aboard the Fuji Maru Ocean University and a number of activities with local high school and college students are being planned for the two days that the group is here.

This year marks the 37th consecutive year that the Wakai Nekko No Kai group has been coming to Saipan as part of its student cultural exchange program.

For more information, contact Val Tenorio at MVA at 664-3200, or Larry Lee at NMC at 234-5498 Ext. 1814.