{"id":125145,"date":"2008-08-08T21:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b0ffc466-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e"},"modified":"2008-08-08T21:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T21:17:00","slug":"b0ffc477-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/b0ffc477-1dfb-11e4-aedf-250bc8c9958e\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens share new school year plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First day of school is just around the corner, and its time to get organized by planning ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p>While most are concentrating on forthcoming school activities and clubs, there are also many students who have part-time jobs, are aiming for straight \u201cA\u201d grades, and are involved in community services and events.<br \/>\nStudents share with Youngstyle their plans for the incoming school year. <\/p>\n<p>[B]MICHELLE AVILA<br \/>\n18, 1st year at Northern Marianas<br \/>\nCollege, majoring in Education[\/B]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have many plans for this school year as I want to stay in NMC for only two years. During the summer I have applied for scholarships, and now the CNMI scholarship, SHEFA, and AmeriCorp have accepted me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the time being, I hope to get approval from other scholarships, which is Pell, and the Businesswoman of the Year scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also applied for the work-study program offered by the college, and am planning to continue working at National Office Supply and remain a full-time student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter this semester, I will get myself a brand new laptop from the savings I have made from school and working.\u201d<br \/>\n[B]<br \/>\nTANYA DELA CRUZ<br \/>\n17, 12th grade, Kagman High School[\/B]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want have good grades and keep maintaining them. I aim to be involved with more clubs and activities. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have already been involved with Mock Trial, National Honor Society, Prom Committee, and Teen Talk. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, I want to take part in all school pep rallies. Last school year, I was the class secretary and I am planning to run again for the same position. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI plan to apply ahead of time for college and scholarships. Also, I want to learn how to drive before the school year ends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter high school, I want to go to college in the mainland\u2014either in California or Oregon\u2014and want to become a pediatrician.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First day of school is just around the corner, and its time to get organized by planning ahead of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}