{"id":247888,"date":"2017-03-08T06:06:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T20:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=247888"},"modified":"2017-03-08T06:06:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T20:06:57","slug":"gca-eagles-keep-soaring-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gca-eagles-keep-soaring-high\/","title":{"rendered":"GCA Eagles keep soaring high"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-247888 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-keep-soaring-high\/gca-2017-middle-school-academic-challenge-team-with-their-coach-mrs-susan-pajarillaga-have-their-picture-taken-after-the-awarding_\/'>GCA-2017-Middle-School-Academic---Challenge-Team-with-their-coach-Mrs.-Susan-Pajarillaga-have-their-picture---taken-after-the-awarding_<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-247894'>\n\t\t\t\tGrace Christian Academy\u2019s 2017 Middle School Academic Challenge Team pose with their coach, Susan Pajarillaga. (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-keep-soaring-high\/gca-k-6th-grade-february-2017-math-court-winners-have-their-pictures-taken-at-rev-raymond-s-kinsella-library_\/'>GCA-K-6TH-GRADE-FEBRUARY-2017--MATH---COURT-WINNERS-HAVE-THEIR-PICTURES-TAKEN-AT-REV.-RAYMOND-S.-KINSELLA---LIBRARY_<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-247895'>\n\t\t\t\tGrace Christian Academy\u2019s Kindergarten-6th grade February 2017 Math Court winners have their pictures taken at the Rev. Raymond S. Kinsella   Library. (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-keep-soaring-high\/gca-nsda-national-speech-debate-association-february-2017-winners-have-their-pictures-taken-at-rev-raymond-s-kinsella-library_\/'>GCA-NSDA-(NATIONAL-SPEECH-&amp;-DEBATE--ASSOCIATION)-FEBRUARY-2017-WINNERS-HAVE-THEIR-PICTURES-TAKEN-AT-REV.--RAYMOND-S.-KINSELLA-LIBRARY_<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-247896'>\n\t\t\t\tGrace Christian Academy\u2019s National Speech &amp; Debate Association February 2017 winners have their pictures taken at the Rev.  Raymond S. Kinsella Library. (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-keep-soaring-high\/gca-winners-of-2017-chamorro-and-refaluwasch-lunar-calendar-poster-have-their-pictures-taken-with-mr-jack-ogumoro_\/'>GCA-winners-of-2017-Chamorro-and----Refaluwasch-Lunar-calendar-poster-have-their-pictures-taken-with-Mr.-Jack----Ogumoro_<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-247897'>\n\t\t\t\tGrace Christian Academy\u2019s winners of 2017 Chamorro and Refaluwasch Lunar calendar poster have their pictures taken with Jack Ogumoro. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Five Grace Christian Academy students have shown excellent performance in the 2017 Academic Bee Challenge for middle school students. <\/p>\n<p>The five-member GCA team, which won second place among 65 contenders from 13 private and public schools in the CNMI, was composed of 7th graders Miku Kimura, James Alexander Keaton, and Cheng Si Conrad Bao, and 8th graders Jinju Thompson and Joshua Pajarillaga. <\/p>\n<p>Kimura and Pajarillaga were members of GCA 2016 Middle School Academic Challenge Team, the first one to represent the CNMI at the national competition and won second place in the entire nation last year.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by Saipan Southern High School&#8217;s National Honor Society, the event marked the 22nd year the Academic Bee Challenge was held in the CNMI. Held last Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center in Susupe, the competition, conceptualized for schools in the CNMI, aims to better promote learning among students.<\/p>\n<p>GCA\u2019S NSDA WINNERS<\/p>\n<p>Also, all nine Grace Christian Academy\u2019s 9th-12th grade students who competed in the last qualifying competition for the National Speech and Debate Association last Feb. 18, 2017, at Hopwood Middle School won one or more awards.<\/p>\n<p>Dramatic Interpretation A<br \/>\nTae Yong Kim, 2nd Place<br \/>\nJohnny Jin, 5th Place<\/p>\n<p>Duo Interpretation B<br \/>\nSein Woo, 2nd Place<br \/>\nEun Kyung Alice Kim, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>Original Oratory A<br \/>\nMinna Natsuko Ito, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>US Extemporaneous Speech<br \/>\nArvin Dayao, 3rd Place<br \/>\nMartin Angelo Pangilinan, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p>International Extemporaneous Speech<br \/>\nLanz Jabez Victoria, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>Impromptu Speech A<br \/>\nJohnny Jin, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>Impromptu Speech B<br \/>\nTae Yong Kim, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p>Impromptu Speech D<br \/>\nMinna Natsuko Ito, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p>Poetry Reading Masters A<br \/>\nEun Kyung Alice Kim, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>Poetry Reading Masters B<br \/>\nTae Yong Kim, 5th Place<\/p>\n<p>Prose Reading Masters B<br \/>\nSumin Melody Woo, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>NJSDA\/NSDA coach\/coordinator: Grace Duran<br \/>\nCompetition registrar: Esther Manzano<br \/>\nJudges: Connie Chandler, Joan Taitano, Daniel Dilse, Miriam Dilse<\/p>\n<p>GCA MATH COURT WINNERS<br \/>\nThe following Grace Christian Academy\u2019s Kindergarten 5 to 6th grade students won several awards from the last monthly qualifying competition of Math Court last Feb. 18, 2017, at Hopwood Middle School. <\/p>\n<p>Kinder 5 &#8211; 3rd Grade<\/p>\n<p>Kindergarten<br \/>\nHans Ordas, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p>1st Grade<br \/>\nSheewoo Kim, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p>2nd Grade<br \/>\nMin Su Andy Kim, 3rd Place<\/p>\n<p>3rd Grade<br \/>\nJung Woo Kim, 1st Place<br \/>\nSena Woo, 1st Place<br \/>\nRafael Busby, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>4th -6th GRADE QUALIFIERS<\/p>\n<p>4th Grade<br \/>\nTae Young Lee<br \/>\nJessica Ma<br \/>\nKoey Pan<\/p>\n<p>5th Grade<br \/>\nAndrew Nunez<\/p>\n<p>6th Grade<br \/>\nRyan Daproza<br \/>\nMatthew Ernest<br \/>\nAnthony Camacho-DLG<\/p>\n<p>GCA proctors: Susan Pajarillaga, Marilyn Aldan, Laila Portuguez, Jae Kwang Oh<br \/>\nGCA Math Court coordinator: Susan Pajarillaga<\/p>\n<p>GCA CHAMORRO, REFALUWASCH CALENDAR POSTER WINNERS <\/p>\n<p>Four Grace Christian Academy students won in different categories of the 2017 Chamorro and Refaluwasch lunar calendar poster contest sponsored by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council. The theme of the competition was \u201cFishing and Farming to the Cycles of the Moon and Seasons.\u201d The intent is to raise awareness about traditional knowledge and enhance community involvement in fishery management. The students\u2019 winning artworks were featured in the 2017 Chamorro and Refaluwasch lunar calendar with Sara Elizabeth Keaton\u2019s work as the cover. Council on-site coordinator Joaquin \u201cJack\u201d Ogumoro came to GCA last March 1, 2017, to give the awards to the following students.<\/p>\n<p>Graces K-2<br \/>\nHelena Liu, 3rd Place<\/p>\n<p>Grades 3-5<br \/>\nSara Elizabeth Keaton, 2nd Place<br \/>\nTae Hee Kim, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p>Grades 9-12<br \/>\nPaula Rose Talibong, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p>Art teache: Esther Manzano<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Grace Christian Academy students have shown excellent performance in the 2017 Academic Bee Challenge&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":247894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[26,698,1363,6379],"class_list":["post-247888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","tag-cnmi","tag-gca","tag-grace-christian-academy","tag-hopwood-middle-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247888","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=247888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}