{"id":229799,"date":"2016-06-13T06:06:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T20:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=229799"},"modified":"2016-06-13T06:06:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T20:06:51","slug":"high-school-easiest-part-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/high-school-easiest-part-life\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018High school is the easiest part of your life\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-229799 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\/high-school-easiest-part-life\/mcs-pix-2-6\/'>MCS-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-229841'>\n\t\t\t\tMembers of the 2016 gradating high school class of Mt. Carmel School were presented to members of the school board of directors and officials. (Jon Perez)\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\/high-school-easiest-part-life\/mcs-pix-1-7\/'>MCS-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-229842'>\n\t\t\t\tCNMI Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa-Kim Tenorio delivers the keynote address in last Saturday\u2019s Mt. Carmel School graduating high school class of 2016 at the Mt. Carmel Cathedral. (Jon Perez)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>CNMI Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio told Mt. Carmel School\u2019s 2016 graduating class that high school is the easiest part of their lives and they should be prepared to face harder things that life may bring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy purpose is to inspire you, give you advice, and prepare you for life\u2019s journey ahead. High school is the easiest part of your lives. Now, life has just begun to all of you,\u201d said Tenorio, the chosen Commencement speaker of the Class of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>She added last Saturday\u2019s ceremony at the Mt. Carmel Cathedral is another graduation on the part of each stage of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom baby food, you move to adult food. From crawling, you learn to walk. From Kindergarten, you advance to first grade. From tee-ball, you move to baseball, and from spanking, parents learn to talk and reason with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the result of the 12 years of education, of failures and accomplishments. Now, there are much hard things ahead of you. Use these life\u2019s lessons in what direction you would take,\u201d added Kim-Tenorio.<\/p>\n<p>She said that some might figure a lot of things on their own with lots of failure and pain. \u201cYou can\u2019t celebrate just yet. The titles you received will soon lose significance as you go on. Be prepared to become an overachiever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI leave you with two things. One, don\u2019t forget to thank your parents and guardians; they sacrificed a lot for you. Second, learn to volunteer to your community, it is your duty of giving back,\u201d said Tenorio, who surprised everyone with a mic drop that also drew cheers from the high school class.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Reyes Pangelinan, who will be going to Seattle University, was the class valedictorian with Chapman University-bound Cathryn Jane Albuen Javier as salutatorian. Thomas Lee Atalig Manglona II, a Millennium Gates Scholar who would attend University of California in Berkeley, led the departmental and subject awardees.<\/p>\n<p>Manglona, the first honor, received awards for English Language Arts, Social Science, and Theology as well as the Bishop Tomas A. Camacho Christian Service, Governor\u2019s Leadership, and President\u2019s Award for Meritorious Achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Pangelinan earned the Science, Digital Art, and Drama awards, while Javier got the Mathematics award with Han Byeol Pak. Mikiya Takahashi was the Foreign Language recipient, Lance Vincent Quitugua Deleon Guerrero the Speech awardee, and Markel Deion Retan Toves (Male) and Janika Therese Terlaje Taimanao (Female) the Physical\/Health Education awards.<\/p>\n<p>Emiri Angela Iwai (second honor), Amalina Delamona Lifoifoi Evangelisa (third honor), Han (fourth honor), Hyun Woo Jo (fifth honor), Kiyoun Kim (sixth honor), Min Gyu Kim (seventh honor), Jieun Bang (eighth honor), Taimanao (ninth honor), and Deleon Guerrero (10th honor) are the other academic awardees.<\/p>\n<p>Iwai was also the Most Outstanding Female Award recipient with Bang duplicating the feat for the U.S. Marines Semper Fidelis Award for Musical Excellence. Taimanao and Quinn Ely Ebuen Amog were the U.S. Marines Semper Fidelis Award recipients for Distinguished Athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNMI Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio told Mt. 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