{"id":334147,"date":"2020-11-27T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T20:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=334147"},"modified":"2020-11-27T06:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T20:00:57","slug":"gca-students-excel-at-pgfc-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/gca-students-excel-at-pgfc-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"GCA students excel at PGFC competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All 16 new and old competitors who competed in the second virtual monthly qualifying Primary Grades Forensic Conference won in most of their events in the November competition. The eight first placers are from Grace Christian Academy.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the students placed in all events since the start of the competition in October. First grader Matua Wyatt Puguon in K-2 Division said that he is happy that he won again in Impromptu Speaking and also won in Duo Interpretation with his brother Wigan Thor in second grade. \u201cI am excited to compete again in January,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Fourth grader Hans Gabriel Ordas in 3-5 Division said, \u201cIt is an honor to compete with so many competitors from different schools. I would like to thank Ms. Esther and my parents for guiding me in this competition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is minimal practice in school due to protocols, so students practice mostly at home and send videos to the coaches. All events are prerecorded videos except for Impromptu Speaking, which is live via Google meet app.<\/p>\n<p>PGFC competition encourages public and private school students from Kindergarten 5 to fifth grade to participate in and become proficient in the forensic performing arts: reading, public speaking, and interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>The administration, faculty &amp; staff, and parents of Grace Christian Academy would like to extend their congratulations to the following winners who participated in this competition. <\/p>\n<p><strong>K-2 DIVISION<\/strong><br \/>\nDramatic Interpretation\u00a0<br \/>\nSolen Divanica Camacho, 3rd Place<\/p>\n<p>Humorous Interpretation\u00a0<br \/>\nFiona Yu, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p>Reader\u2019s Forum\u00a0A<br \/>\nWigan Thor Puguon, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p>Reader\u2019s Forum\u00a0Masters A<br \/>\nMirielle Isla Badal, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p>Reader\u2019s Forum\u00a0Masters B<br \/>\nFiona Yu, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p>Impromptu Speaking\u00a0A<br \/>\nMatua Wyatt Puguon, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>Duo Interpretation B<br \/>\nMatua Wyatt Puguon, 4th Place<br \/>\nWigan Thor, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>3-5 DIVISION<\/strong><br \/>\nDeclamation\u00a0<br \/>\nHans Gabriel Ordas, 1st Place<br \/>\nDramatic Interpretation\u00a0<br \/>\nCatalina Marie Frink, 3rd Place<br \/>\nNerissa Corinne Xiao Liu, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p>Duo Interpretation<br \/>\nLlyanna Jairah Libut, 3rd Place<br \/>\nEliane Nerrise Pagaduan, 3rd Place<\/p>\n<p>Humorous Interpretation\u00a0<br \/>\nCatalina Marie Frink, 1st Place<br \/>\nChloe Hayul Shin, 3rd Place<br \/>\nBaila Marie Loomis, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p>Impromptu Speaking\u00a0A<br \/>\nHans Gabriel Ordas, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p>Impromptu Speaking\u00a0B<br \/>\nRemelene Geoliz Falig, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p>Reader\u2019s Forum\u00a0A<br \/>\nAnne Gabriel Arriola, 1st Place<br \/>\nBaila Marie Loomis, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>Reader\u2019s Forum\u00a0B<br \/>\nEliane Nerrise Pagaduan, 1st Place<br \/>\nLlyanna Jairah Libut, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>Reader\u2019s Forum\u00a0C<br \/>\nBreanna May Lopez, 1st Place<br \/>\nMariska Badal, 3rd Place<br \/>\nNerissa Corinne Xiao Liu, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p>PGFC coach\/coordinator: Esther Manzano <em>(PR)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All 16 new and old competitors who competed in the second virtual monthly qualifying Primary&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":331088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[698,739],"class_list":["post-334147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-gca","tag-pgfc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334147","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\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}