{"id":213685,"date":"2015-11-04T06:06:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T20:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=213685"},"modified":"2015-11-04T06:06:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T20:06:24","slug":"gca-students-take-part-in-challenge-masters-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gca-students-take-part-in-challenge-masters-program\/","title":{"rendered":"GCA students take part in Challenge Masters Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Christian Academy student leaders recently participated in the Challenge Masters Program, which provides training in team building efficacy. The workshop was conducted by Division of Public Health\u2019s Becky Robles and NMPASI project specialist Greg Borja, and program manager Tom Thornburgh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program provides invaluable opportunities for team building and understanding the importance and effectiveness of working together,\u201d said GCA principal Beth Nunez.\u00a0<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_213686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-213686\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Challenge-Masters-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Challenge-Masters-pix-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Grace Christian Academy\u00a0student\u00a0leaders pose for a photo after a leadership training in their campus recently. (Thomas A. Manglona II)\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-213686\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-213686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grace Christian Academy\u00a0student\u00a0leaders pose for a photo after a leadership training in their campus recently. (Thomas A. Manglona II)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIn addition to skills training, students also heard from two GCA alumni from the Class of 1999. Jeannie Mafnas, NMHS Deputy Corporate Director, and Alfreda Camacho of the Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority presented on servant leadership and what defines an effective leader.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mafnas felt humbled at having to speak at a campus that played a significant role in her life. \u201cThe faculty and staff of GCA contribute so much to the students and to this community, and I will always be appreciative of the opportunities they give me to speak to their students,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>As a woman leader on the islands, Camacho urged the students to serve with purpose and honesty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026I couldn&#8217;t help but remember when I used to sit in their exact seats amongst my peers while listening to speakers come from different walks of life thinking what would be my calling in this life God has blessed me with,\u201d Camacho said.\u00a0 \u201cSharing the importance of \u2018servant leadership\u2019 moved me with hope I see in these students as I challenged each one of them to stand up for what is right and be the catalyst for positive change in this community we share.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Christian Academy student leaders recently participated in the Challenge Masters Program, which provides training&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":213686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3998,698,7943,21],"class_list":["post-213685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-beth-nunez","tag-gca","tag-greg-borja","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213685","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}