{"id":301922,"date":"2019-06-20T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=301922"},"modified":"2019-06-20T06:00:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T20:00:08","slug":"52-seniors-graduate-on-tinian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/52-seniors-graduate-on-tinian\/","title":{"rendered":"52 seniors graduate on Tinian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-301922 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\/52-seniors-graduate-on-tinian\/colleen-m-aquiningoc\/'>Colleen M. Aquiningoc<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-301931'>\n\t\t\t\tCOLLEEN M. AQUININGOC \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\/52-seniors-graduate-on-tinian\/lesley-a-mahilum\/'>Lesley A. Mahilum<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-301932'>\n\t\t\t\tLESLEY A. MAHILUM \nSalutatorian\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>A total of 52 Tinian Junior\/Senior High School seniors graduated last June 10 at the Antonio M. Borja Amphitheater on Tinian, with Colleen M. Aquiningoc and Lesley A. Mahilum leading the Class of 2019 as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In her valedictory address, Aquiningoc noted that, although Tinian faces several adversities, the struggle is what makes Tinian High School students who they are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve learned to take negatives and tune them into positive. \u2026This is why I\u2019m proud to be from Tinian. I will never forget where I am from and continue to strive to make my island proud,\u201d she said. \u201cI am no ordinary woman; my dreams come true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aquiningoc expressed gratitude for her friends, late grandmother, and parents. \u201c\u2026I love you both so much and I will pay you both back for [everything]. I promise. Everything I do, I do for you guys,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In her salutatory address, Mahilum gave lower-year students some tips on how to do well in school.<\/p>\n<p>Mahilum highlighted the importance of challenging yourself but not \u201cto the point where it\u2019s hurting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManage your time wisely. Do hours when you can, do that homework you\u2019ve been avoiding for two days. If something can be finished in five minutes, do it now instead of later,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no need to live your life based on the standards of others. Everyone says to dream big, but I don\u2019t think that you have to live so fiercely like that all the time,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The graduation ceremony also recognized the Top 10 students of the high school: Jodrik R. Mendiola, Carmina Borja, Crizia P. Rodriguez, Dyna Mae Penaranda, Anthony G. Canlas, Renuka M. Shrestha, Jovilyn M. Ancheta, and Isa Rae C. Dela Cruz, in addition to Mahilum and Aquiningoc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 52 Tinian Junior\/Senior High School seniors graduated last June 10 at the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":301931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301922","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=301922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}