Thirteen Grace Christian Academy students bagged 14 out of 60 major awards for both divisions: kindergarten to 2nd grade and 3rd grade to 5th grade in the 2016 Primary Grades Forensic Conference regional competition held last March 29 at the GCA Saipan campus.<\/p>\n
The first to third placers were awarded with gold, silver, and bronze medals and the fourth and fifth placers were given ribbons, respectively. The winners of gold medals are 1st grade Maria Sofia Gomez for Humorous Interpretation and 5th grade Soleil Lamar for Impromptu Speaking. The silver medalists are 3rd grade Jennifer Woo for Dramatic Interpretation and 4th grade Sara Keaton for Impromptu Speaking. The bronze medalists are 2nd graders Earl Jean Pantaleon for Humorous Interpretation and Nestor Ablog Jr. for Impromptu Speaking; and also 3rd graders Moira Grace Ernest for Dramatic Interpretation and Tae Hee Kim for Reader\u2019s Forum.<\/p>\n
The fourth placers were 3rd grader Tae Hee Kim for Humorous Interpretation, 2nd graders Azriel Fatialofa, and 5th grader Brandie Matsumoto both for Impromptu Speaking. The fifth placers were 4th graders Julia Jinang for Impromptu Speaking and Juruel Neilan Magtalas for Reader\u2019s Forum and the 5th grade tandem of Soleil Lamar and Hye Jin Elliot for Duo Interpretation.<\/p>\n
The administration, faculty staff, and parents of Grace Christian Academy would like to extend their congratulations to all the winners and thank everyone who participated including the coaches and judges in this year\u2019s PGFC competitions. <\/p>\n
Organized by the National Forensic League board and supported by the CNMI Public School System; Kindergarten to 5th grade students from private and public schools vied for this year\u2019s PGFC regional awards in forensic arts: reading, public speaking, and interpretations.<\/p>\n
Below is the list of all GCA 2016 PGFC regional competition winners in the first\/semifinals\/final rounds. <\/p>\n
K-2 Division<\/strong><\/p>\n FINAL ROUND WINNERS Impromptu Speaking FIRST ROUND, SEMI\/FINALIST WINNERS Dramatic Interpretation Impromptu Speaking Reader\u2019s Forum 3-5 Division<\/strong><\/p>\n FINAL ROUND WINNERS Reader\u2019s Forum Dramatic Interpretation Humorous Interpretation Duo Interpretation FIRST ROUND, SEMI\/FINALIST WINNERS Duo Interpretation Dramatic Interpretation Reader\u2019s Forum Teacher\/Coach GCA PGFC judge\/volunteers: Sheryl Prieto, Leah Garfil, Tammy Damer, Bethany Garfil, Minna Ito, Charissa Parco, and Chesca Dalusung. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thirteen Grace Christian Academy students bagged 14 out of 60 major awards for both divisions:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2749,2853,7794,7599],"class_list":["post-224909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-dramatic-interpretation","tag-humorous-interpretation","tag-impromptu-speaking","tag-soleil-lamar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224909","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\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nHumorous Interpretation
\nMaria Sofia Gomez, 1st Place
\nEarl Jean Pantaleon, 3rd Place<\/p>\n
\nNestor Ablog Jr., 3rd Place
\nAzriel Fatialofa, 4th Place<\/p>\n
\nHumorous Interpretation
\nMaria Sofia Gomez
\nEarl Jean Pantaleon<\/p>\n
\nWilliam Cano<\/p>\n
\nNestor Ablog Jr.
\nEthan John Quichocho
\nYellena Sarang Kim
\nEarl Jean Pantaleon
\nAzriel Fatialofa
\nWilliam Cano
\nMarisa Wang
\nAkira Ito
\nLlayana Jaira Manalang
\nAiyana Fatialofa<\/p>\n
\nNestor Ablog Jr.
\nAzriel Fatialofa
\nYellena Sarang Kim
\nEthan John Quichocho<\/p>\n
\nImpromptu Speaking
\nSoleil Lamar, 1st Place
\nSara Elizabeth Keaton, 2nd Place
\nBrandie Matsumoto, 4th Place
\nJulia Jinang, 5th Place<\/p>\n
\nTae Hee Kim, 3rd Place
\nJuruel Neilan Magtalas, 5th Place<\/p>\n
\nJennifer Woo, 2nd Place
\nMoira Grace Ernest, 3rd Place<\/p>\n
\nTae Hee Kim, 4th Place<\/p>\n
\nSoleil Lamar, 5th Place
\nHye Jin Elliot, 5th Place<\/p>\n
\nImpromptu Speaking
\nSoleil Lamar
\nSara Elizabeth Keaton
\nBrandie Matsumoto
\nJulia Jinang
\nTae Young Kim
\nJulianna Rue Magtalas<\/p>\n
\nSoleil Lamar
\nHye Jin Elliot<\/p>\n
\nJennifer Woo
\nMoira Grace Ernest
\nSteven Adriatico<\/p>\n
\nTae Hee Kim
\nJennifer Woo
\nJuruel Neilan Magtalas
\nSara Elizabeth Keaton
\nSteven Adriatico
\nMatthew Gabriel Ernest<\/p>\n
\nK-5, Mrs. Sheryl Prieto
\nFirst Grade, Mrs. Rosanna Lopez
\nSecond Grade, Mrs. Miriam Dilse
\nThird Grade, Miss Maria Gerecke
\nFourth Grade, Miss Tammy Damer
\nFifth Grade, Miss Grace Duran
\nPGFC Coordinator, Mrs. Esther Manzano<\/p>\n