{"id":290663,"date":"2018-12-19T06:06:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T20:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=290663"},"modified":"2018-12-19T06:06:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T20:06:30","slug":"roselle-i-carreon-is-teacher-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/roselle-i-carreon-is-teacher-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Roselle I. Carreon is Teacher of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oleai Elementary School’s Roselle I. Carreon, a 4th grade teacher, poses with her family members, OES staff members, Public School System Commissioner Glenn Muna, Board of Education members Herman Atalig, Herman Guerrero, Janice Tenorio, and BOE chair Marylou Ada yesterday.\u00a0(Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An Oleai Elementary School teacher who has been with the Public School System for over 10 years was recognized yesterday as the 2019 State Teacher of the Year.<\/p>\n

Roselle I. Carreon, a fourth-grade teacher at Oleai Elementary School, was named yesterday the 2019 CNMI PSS State Teacher of the Year, while Hopwood Middle School\u2019s Michael Berbes was named 2019 CNMI Instructor of the Year and Garapan Elementary school\u2019s Grace Belyea and Hopwood Middle School\u2019s Salote Kesol tied as 2019 CNMI Teacher Aide of the Year.<\/p>\n

Education Commissioner Glenn Mu\u00f1a said that Super Typhoon Yutu delayed the awarding, which he noted was usually announced before Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to recognize our teacher, instructor, and teacher aide of the year before the end of the year 2018,\u201d said Mu\u00f1a. \u201cIt was deserving to recognize these hard-working individuals and I am very grateful for their services.<\/p>\n

In a short statement to Saipan Tribune, Carreon noted she feels both humbled and honored.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not expect to receive the honor, but I did my best in completing all requirements. I am extremely grateful. My mom, Brigida DLG Ichihara, was also the CNMI State Teacher of the Year for 1995 and was also the principal for Koblervile Elementary School. She is my inspiration. My father, Juan A. Ichihara, was also an educator and a former administrator at WSR Elementary School. He, too, is an inspiration,\u201d she told Saipan Tribune. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am also thankful to my husband, Nick, and children, Jose and Isabel. They have been my support in this wonderful profession [which is both] challenging and rewarding,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Carreon is a three-time Oleai Elementary School Teacher of the Year for 2010, 2018, and 2019. This year, she bested 11 other candidates from other schools within PSS.<\/p>\n

Carreon got her master\u2019s degree in education from the Framingham State College on Aug. 31, 2006, and her bachelor\u2019s degree in elementary education from the Northern Marianas College on Dec. 20, 2003. <\/p>\n

She has over 14 years of teaching experience with OES at the kindergarten level, as well as 3rd and 4th grades since early 2004.<\/p>\n

Hopwood Middle School, on the other hand, was able to bag two awards for the year, namely the Instructor of the Year and sharing the Teacher Aide of the Year with Garapan Elementary School.<\/p>\n

Berbes was also awarded the Instructor of the Year plum last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis job is one of the most fulfilling careers I have ever been in,\u201d Berbes told Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n

Although he was on the fence about switching careers many years ago, \u201cI stayed because of my cadets.\u201d Berbes is an instructor at Hopwood for the Middle School Leadership Board, along with after-school programs for 6th to 8th graders.<\/p>\n

Berbes, who is also an U.S. Army reservist, had been with the school since 2010. He is also an alumnus of Hopwood before going to high school at Marianas High School.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust seeing my cadets being successful when they join the [U.S.] military or if I see them in the Junior Reserve Officers\u2019 Training Corps program being commanders\u2014that is the most fulfilling thing [in my line of work],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Hopwood\u2019s Salote Kesol shared the 2019 CNMI Teacher Aide of the Year award with Garapan Elementary School\u2019s Grace Belyea.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very proud of them and they deserve to be recognized at the state level,\u201d said Hopwood principal Dr. Rizalina Liwag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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