{"id":220133,"date":"2016-02-04T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T20:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=220133"},"modified":"2016-02-04T06:00:45","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T20:00:45","slug":"gca-eagles-soar-high-in-competitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gca-eagles-soar-high-in-competitions\/","title":{"rendered":"GCA Eagles soar high in competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-220133 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gca-eagles-soar-high-in-competitions\/gca-pix-1\/'>GCA-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-220142'>\n\t\t\t\tGrace Christian Academy high school NJSDA winners pose for a group photo. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gca-eagles-soar-high-in-competitions\/gca-pix-2-2\/'>GCA-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-220144'>\n\t\t\t\tGrace Christian Academy middle school NJSDA winners for the Jan. 23 competition pose for a group photo. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gca-eagles-soar-high-in-competitions\/gca-pix-3-2\/'>GCA-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-220145'>\n\t\t\t\tGrace Christian Academy\u2019s Paula Talibong was the first place winner in the Senior Thespian solo musical theater tilt.\n(Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gca-eagles-soar-high-in-competitions\/gca-pix-4\/'>GCA-pix-4<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-220146'>\n\t\t\t\tGrace Christian Academy\u2019s Harry Noh is a member of the CNMI Mathcourt Team.\n(Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Like their younger schoolmates in Kinder to 5th grades who won in Primary Grades Forensic Conference PGFC, Grace Christian Academy\u2019s middle and senior high school students soared high in different competitions last month. They showed excellence in academics, forensic arts, and theater arts in island-wide competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Grace Christian Academy\u2019s 6th through 8th graders soared the highest when they emerged as Academic Challenge Bowl champion this school year. The five-member GCA team was composed of 6th grader Miku Kimura, 7th grader Elijah Joshua Pajarillaga, and 8th graders Arvin Dayao, Harry Noh, and Lanz Jabez Victoria. They finished with a total of 980 points. The team members, along with their coach, Susan Pajarillaga, were awarded individual medals, gift certificates, and certificates of recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by the Saipan Southern High School\u2019s National Honor Society, the event marked the 14th year the Academic Bee Challenge in middle school was held in the CNMI. Held last Saturday, Jan. 30, at SSHS cafeteria; the competition brought together 70 contenders from 14 schools from both public and private schools in the CNMI. The competition, conceptualized locally for schools in the CNMI, aims to promote better learning among students in different subjects like English, Mathematics, Art, Computers, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, and current events.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Noh also won 4th place among 27 mathletes in the final round of middle school Mathcourt statewide competition which was held also at Saipan Southern High School last Saturday. This makes Noh qualified to be  one of the four-member Team CNMI that will compete in the national competition in San Francisco, California in March.<\/p>\n<p>All of the thirteen 6th to 8th graders who competed in the National Junior Speech Debate Association (NJSDA) last Jan. 23 won at least one of the events they joined. All of them are qualified to join the regional competition this month.<\/p>\n<p>For the higher grades, GCA\u2019s National Senior Debate Association, four competitors also won first place in most of the events they joined.<\/p>\n<p>In Senior Thespians, Paula Rose Talibong won first place for the second time in solo musical theater event. She is qualified to join the regional competition this Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The administration, faculty and staff, and parents of Grace Christian Academy are very proud of each student and would like to extend their congratulations to the following winners and everyone who participated in these island-wide competitions. Beth Ann Nunez, GCA principal, is so proud of all the effort of the students and grateful to all the coordinators and coaches.<br \/>\nBelow is the list of all the GCA winners in the middle and senior high school island wide competitions in January.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNMI ACADEMIC CHALLENGE BOWL (6TH-8TH GRADE)<\/strong><br \/>\nMiku Kimura, 1st Place<br \/>\nJoshua Elijah Pajarillaga, 1st Place<br \/>\nArvin Dayao, 1st Place<br \/>\nHyun In Harry Noh, 1st Place<br \/>\nLanz Jabez Victoria, 1st Place<br \/>\nCoach: Mrs. Susan Pajarillaga<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATHCOURT STATEWIDE COMPETITION<br \/>\n(6TH-8TH GRADE)<\/strong><br \/>\nHyun In Harry Noh, 4th Place, member of the CNMI Team in the national competition<br \/>\nMathcourt Coordinator\/Coach:  Mrs. Susan Pajarillaga<\/p>\n<p><strong>NJSDA<br \/>\n(6TH-8TH GRADE)<\/strong><br \/>\nLincoln Douglas Debate<br \/>\nHyun In Harry Noh, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extemporaneous Speech A<\/strong><br \/>\nHyun In Noh, 1st Place<br \/>\nArvin Dayao, 2nd Place<br \/>\nLanz Jabez Victoria, 5th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impromptu Speech A<\/strong><br \/>\nMaria Elizabeth Bonto, 1st Place<br \/>\nJames Alexander Keaton, 3rd Place<br \/>\nJimin Woo, 5th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impromptu Speech D<\/strong><br \/>\nArvin Dayao, 1st Place<br \/>\nChristy Lee, 2nd Place<br \/>\nTae Yong Kim, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impromptu Speech E<\/strong><br \/>\nLanz Jabez Victoria, 1st Place<br \/>\nClerisse Dacumos, 4th Place<br \/>\nMartin Pangilinan, 5th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poetry Reading Masters B<\/strong><br \/>\nAlice Kim, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poetry Reading Masters C<\/strong><br \/>\nChristy Lee, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poetry Reading Masters D<\/strong><br \/>\nTae Yong Kim, 1st Place<br \/>\nProse Reading Masters B<br \/>\nChristy Lee, 3rd Place<br \/>\nJimin  Woo, 5th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prose Reading<br \/>\nMasters C<\/strong><br \/>\nKaydie Claude, 3rd Place<br \/>\nProse Reading Masters D<br \/>\nJoyce Liv Francisco, 4th Place<br \/>\nTae Yong Kim, 5th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duo Interpretation B<\/strong><br \/>\nLanz Jabez Victoria, 5th Place<br \/>\nKaydie Claude Aquino, 5th Place <\/p>\n<p><strong>NSDA<br \/>\n(9TH-12TH GRADE)<\/strong><br \/>\nDramatic Interpretation A<\/strong><br \/>\nYujin Lee, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dramatic Interpretation A<\/strong><br \/>\nAnjenette Jewel Cubangbang, 5th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expository Speech <\/strong><br \/>\nMinna Ito,1st Place<br \/>\nOriginal Oratory B<br \/>\nMinna Ito,1st Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Oratory C<\/strong><br \/>\nMelody Sumin Woo, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poetry Reading Masters A<\/strong><br \/>\nYujin Lee, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poetry Reading Masters B<\/strong><br \/>\nMelody Sumin Woo,1st Place<br \/>\nProse Reading Masters A<br \/>\nYujin Lee, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prose Reading<br \/>\nMasters B<\/strong><br \/>\nMinna Ito, 1st Place<br \/>\nNJSDA\/NSDA Coach\/Coordinator: Miss Grace Duran<\/p>\n<p><strong>SENIOR THESPIANS (9TH-12THGRADE)<br \/>\nSolo Musical Theater <\/strong><br \/>\nPaula Rose Talibong, 1st Place<br \/>\n<strong>Competition Registrar:<\/strong> Mrs. Esther Manzano<br \/>\n<strong>Competition Judges:<\/strong> Pastor Daniel Dilse, Mrs. Miriam Dilse, Miss Laila Portuguez (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like their younger schoolmates in Kinder to 5th grades who won in Primary Grades 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