{"id":300210,"date":"2019-05-27T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=300210"},"modified":"2019-05-27T06:00:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T20:00:44","slug":"tan-lee-lead-graduating-class-of-sis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tan-lee-lead-graduating-class-of-sis\/","title":{"rendered":"Tan, Lee lead graduating class of SIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-300210 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\/tan-lee-lead-graduating-class-of-sis\/michael-lee-2\/'>Michael Lee<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-300217'>\n\t\t\t\tMICHAEL LEE \nValedictorian\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\/tan-lee-lead-graduating-class-of-sis\/prunella-pellegrino\/'>Prunella Pellegrino<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-300218'>\n\t\t\t\tPRUNELLA PELLEGRINO\nSalutatorian\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\/tan-lee-lead-graduating-class-of-sis\/tania-tan\/'>Tania Tan<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-300219'>\n\t\t\t\tTANIA TAN\nValedictorian\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Saipan International School\u2019s graduation ceremony for its Class of 2019 last Saturday at the Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan was unusual in that it featured two valedictorians and one salutatorian.<\/p>\n<p>With Tania Tan and Michael Lee as the class valedictorians and Prunella Pellegrino as the salutatorian, SIS headmaster Ron Snyder noted that this happens because, at SIS, only a student\u2019s final grade point average is considered after rounding off.<\/p>\n<p>Snyder recalled that the school\u2019s Class of 2017 had two salutatorians. \u201cWe go with the highest GPA for the valedictorian and the second highest for the salutatorian,\u201d he explained. \u201cSometimes, they are so close to one another that they are virtual ties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, we have two valedictorians because they both have a 4.3 GPA,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Tan has been accepted to New York City\u2019s Fordham University in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, she said she would first represent the CNMI at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa in track and field and tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026After that, I would be going to college,\u201d she said. She is still unsure about what degree to pursue. \u201cI have applied undecided so I am not too sure at the moment but, hopefully, as the years go by in college, I will be able to find out what I want to major in college,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Her co-valedictorian, Lee, would be entering the Air Force Academy to pursue his dreams of being a pilot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am aiming to be a pilot, so we\u2019ll see what will happen,\u201d he said, noting that it has been his dream to become a pilot for four years now.<\/p>\n<p>Pellegrino, who was caught unawares that she would be named salutatorian of the class, said she intends to stay on Saipan for most of the summer \u201cand then going to the Oxford College of Emory University in Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pellegrino would be taking up business as her major, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really like thinking too far ahead into the future so, for now, [post-graduation plans] are undecided,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Fiesta Resort &amp; Spa Saipan\u2019s Hibiscus Hall was packed Saturday with friends and families of the graduating class.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/SIS-pix-300x201.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saipan International School\u2019s graduation ceremony for its Class of 2019 last Saturday at the Fiesta&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":300217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[699],"class_list":["post-300210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-sis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300210","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}