{"id":225890,"date":"2016-04-20T04:00:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=225890"},"modified":"2016-04-20T04:00:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T18:00:36","slug":"50-students-join-sccs-annual-hs-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/50-students-join-sccs-annual-hs-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"50 students join SCC\u2019s annual HS workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_225895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225895\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chamber.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-225895\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-225895\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Chamber-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"Fifty students from public and private high schools attended the Saipan Chamber of Commerce\u2019s annual workshop. The workshop aims to educate high school seniors on the paths that lie ahead for them after they graduate. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fifty students from public and private high schools attended the Saipan Chamber of Commerce\u2019s annual workshop. The workshop aims to educate high school seniors on the paths that lie ahead for them after they graduate. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 50 public and private school students attended this year\u2019s High School Workshop hosted annually by the Saipan Chamber of Commerce that was held at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop was developed by the Education Committee of the SCC as an annual event to educate high school seniors on the paths that lie ahead for them when they graduate high school.<\/p>\n<p>Guest speakers for the event were Vicky Benavente of Pacific Islands Club, Jim Arenovski of Island Training Solutions, and Shamika Ratwatte of Ernst &amp; Young.<\/p>\n<p>Benavente opened the workshop on the topic \u201cBalancing Work and Family\u201d where she shared valuable tips to maintain a balanced lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Arenovski discussed the interviewing process through a dynamic and interactive presentation, which offered insight into the do\u2019s and don\u2019ts during an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Ratwatte\u2019s lighthearted presentation about \u201cPersonal Budgeting\u201d made the topic easily understandable and fun.<\/p>\n<p>Certificates of completion were presented to the students by Chamber president Velma Palacios along with the speakers.<\/p>\n<p>SCC thanked their donors Herman&#8217;s Bakery, Subway\/Foremost, and LSG Sky Chefs for the food they provided to keep their attendees happy and focused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe generosity of these companies is greatly appreciated. Thank you to Education Committee co-chair, Mrs. Vickie Izuka for your attendance and part in making this a great success,\u201d SCC said.<\/p>\n<p>Saipan Chamber of Commerce is located on the 3rd floor of the Marianas Business Plaza, Suite #315. For any questions, please call (670)234-7150 or email administrator@saipanchamber.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 50 public and private school students attended this year\u2019s High School Workshop hosted&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":225895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1982,5044,7911,449],"class_list":["post-225890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-education-committee","tag-hs","tag-saipan-chamber","tag-scc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225890","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}