Public schools throughout the CNMI will officially open today, with yearlong themes to help build student spirit, morale, camaraderie, and achievement. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur school theme this year is \u2018Paving the Road to Success.\u2019 This is for all the teachers and students,\u201d said Garapan Elementary School principal Leila C. Yumul.<\/p>\n
\u201cGarapan Elementary School is looking forward to starting the year to meet all the needs of our [children]. Our teachers and students have our full support by making sure they are well taken cared off,\u201d added Yumul.<\/p>\n
\u201cPaving the Road to Success\u201d starts with the new school materials that GES has in store for its teachers and students.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, we are just really excited because we have new curriculum materials that were purchased for the school district. Our teachers are very excited to get the planning started,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTeaching with new resources and having undergone professional development for several days actually helped us on how to implement the new materials and how to gain some support services. We are focused on instructional support for our students and just moving from there,\u201d Yumul added.<\/p>\n
GES is the largest elementary school in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n
For Marianas High School, the largest high school in the CNMI, this year\u2019s theme is \u201cAspiring to Greatness.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy message to all our students is that there will be some changes and such are in the name of student achievement and student improvement,\u201d said MHS principal Cherlyn Cabrera.<\/p>\n
At MHS, she said the school aims to provide the best education to students, the best opportunity for them, and that it really shares the parents and students\u2019 desire to reach their dreams.<\/p>\n
\u201cDream that they can finish high school, that they can get to college, that they can get scholarships, can join military, and can get work. Be anyone they want to be,\u201d added Cabrera.<\/p>\n
Last year, MHS was able to send many of their graduates to off-island colleges and universities with accompanying scholarships. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe just have so many successes from our Class of 2017 so we hope to increase the number of successful students this year,\u201d said Cabrera.<\/p>\n
In related news, the Northern Marianas College will host a free information session tomorrow, Aug. 17, 2017, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm in Room D-1 at the college\u2019s As Terlaje campus. For more information about the information session and\/or applying to NMC, contact the Office of Admissions & Records at 237-6770, email oar@marianas.edu or visit www.marianas.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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