Despite the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the CNMI, the Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr.\/Sr. High School saw a 100% graduation rate among its seniors this school year 2019-2020. <\/p>\n
According to RHI High School principal Tanya King, she credits the 100% graduation rate to teachers and staff who went above and beyond their scope of work to help the seniors despite the unprecedented crisis. \u201cWe extend our profound appreciation to the RHI faculty and staff whose commitment and dedication to our students both inside and outside the classroom exemplifies \u2018Students will always be first,\u2019\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
RHI High School held a motorcade graduation ceremony last Friday to bid farewell to 34 of their graduating seniors. <\/p>\n
In her message to the Class of 2020, King said this year\u2019s graduating class is special because they\u2019re the class who dared to be different. \u201cLittle did you realize that when you deliberated and finalized your theme, did you know that that is exactly what you will be, the graduating class who will \u2018dare to be different\u2019, because that is what we need right now. You are the young adults who will address issues that need solutions that dare to be different. The world has changed in a moment and you and your generation are our best hope for a better tomorrow. You have been awesome for the last four years. Now is the time for you to be extraordinary,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
This year\u2019s valedictorian, Ivany Maratita Manglona, said that, although school ending so abruptly was unexpected and their class lost the opportunity to make more memories together, their graduation is a memory that will also go down in history. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are making a memory today with us being here and graduating despite the circumstances we are facing right now. We may not experience a traditional graduation but we are witnessing a change right before our eyes. For the first time in what feels like forever, people are not alone. We all have been through a momentous journey that tested our strength and friendship,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Salutatorian Junice Dawn Masga encouraged her classmates to be strong determined leaders. \u201cI\u2019ve envisioned myself here today, but I have never thought that I would make it here, standing in front of the Class of 2020. Each and every one of us has the potential to achieve their own dreams because I have known the Class of 2020 to be strong and determined leaders,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
The following are the rest of the awards during the Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr.\/Sr. High School graduation:<\/p>\n
Ivany Manglona: Valedictorian,<\/strong> Board of Education Award, top honor award, Presidential award Gold, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Mayor\u2019s Award, OFEGRA, Governor\u2019s Award <\/p>\n Junice Masga: Salutatorian,<\/strong> Commissioner of Education award, top honor, Presidential Award Gold <\/p>\n Virginia Manglona:<\/strong> Principal\u2019s award, Presidential Award Silver<\/p>\n Dawno Jade Manglona Agbayani: <\/strong>Top honor, Presidential Award Gold, Social Studies<\/p>\n Jonovan Vicente Cabrera Lizama:<\/strong> Top honor, Presidential Award Gold <\/p>\n Onria Nicole Atalig:<\/strong> Top honor, Presidential Award Gold<\/p>\n Blessylou Atalig Manglona: <\/strong>Presidential Award Silver, Physical Education<\/p>\n Gene Bernard Ramos Jr.:<\/strong> Presidential Award Silver, Elective <\/p>\n Ralph Joshua Asuncion Ancaya:<\/strong> Presidential Award Silver<\/p>\n Marjorie Japor Banaag:<\/strong> Presidential Award Silver<\/p>\n Klowee Sablan Fujihira:<\/strong> Presidential Award Silver<\/p>\n Angelo Seloterio Lucero:<\/strong> Presidential Award Silver<\/p>\n Prinzes Belle Santos Manglona:<\/strong> Presidential Award Silver<\/p>\n Alejo Rosario Mendiola Jr.<\/strong> IV: Presidential Award Silver<\/p>\n Valeria Genelaso Myers:<\/strong> Science\/World Language<\/p>\n Victor Edgar Sancho Villamor:<\/strong> World Language<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Despite the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the CNMI, the Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr.\/Sr. High School…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":324454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324452","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\/324452","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}