{"id":354526,"date":"2021-10-26T06:03:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=354526"},"modified":"2021-10-26T06:03:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T20:03:07","slug":"oes-turtles-return-to-pgfc-competition-with-a-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/oes-turtles-return-to-pgfc-competition-with-a-bang\/","title":{"rendered":"OES Turtles return to PGFC competition with a bang"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_354528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-354528\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-354528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/OES-pix.jpg\" alt=\"Oleai Elementary School\u2019s September PGFC participants pose for a souvenir photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-354528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oleai Elementary School\u2019s September PGFC participants pose for a souvenir photo inside their school campus with OES school principal Jasylene Parico and OES PGFC coordinator Esther Manzano. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After a year of not joining the Primary Grades Forensic Conference competition because of no face-to-face instruction last school year, Oleai Elementary School returned this year to the first virtual monthly qualifying PGFC competition in September and, like their school mascot, the turtle, OES students slowly but surely placed in a variety of events in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the COVID-19 situation, almost all of the events were pre-recorded video entries. The only live event for PGFC was Impromptu Speaking via Google Meet\u2014only the competitors and judges can enter the live meeting.<\/p>\n<p>PGFC competition encourages public and private school from kindergarten to fifth grade students to participate in and become proficient in the forensic performing arts: reading, public speaking, and interpretations.<\/p>\n<p>The OES family thanks all its competitors for doing the best they can in accomplishing their goals. \u201cThank you to all the parents who helped in preparing their children at home as well as the teachers and judges for the support and help they have given in this competition,\u201d the school said in a press statement. <em>(PR)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>K-2 DIVISION<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Dramatic Interpretation<\/strong><br \/>\nHallie Marianne Padolina, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Humorous Interpretation<\/strong><br \/>\nFrancisco Tudela, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impromptu Speaking<\/strong><br \/>\nHallie Marianne Padolina, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader\u2019s Forum<\/strong><br \/>\nJulienne Rhyme Casuncad, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>3-5 DIVISION<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Dramatic Interpretation<\/strong><br \/>\nTianmei Jia, 1st Place<br \/>\nBrent Villanueva, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Humorous Interpretation<\/strong><br \/>\nAmlesh David Jr.Jha, 1st Place<br \/>\nIsabel Maximina Carreon,2nd Place<br \/>\nEidrian Calibo, 3rd Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duo Interpretation A<\/strong><br \/>\nJovanalyn Mettao, 1st Place<br \/>\nAleizah Kinarose Nepaial, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p>Marvic James Javaluyas, 2nd Place<br \/>\nHannah Gabrielle Ramos, 2nd Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zoe Ardieta, 3rd Place<\/strong><br \/>\nChineinalyn Jones, 3rd Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Choral Speaking<\/strong><br \/>\nJovanalyn Mettao, 1st Place<br \/>\nAleizah Kinarose Nepaial, 1st Place<br \/>\nIsabel Maximina Carreon,1st Place<br \/>\nErricka Long,1st Place<br \/>\nMario Jr. Sedanza, 1st Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impromptu Speaking<\/strong><br \/>\nHanna Marie Padolina, 1st Place<br \/>\nMario Jr. Sedanza, 2nd Place<br \/>\nAlexander Joseph Salundaguit, 3rd Place<br \/>\nElaia Rhyme Tamayo, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader\u2019s Forum A<\/strong><br \/>\nEidrian Calibo, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader\u2019s Forum B<\/strong><br \/>\nAlexander Joseph Salundaguit,1st Place<br \/>\nHanna Marie Padolina, 2nd Place<br \/>\nLeila Leightley, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader\u2019s Forum C<\/strong><br \/>\nTianmei Jia, 1st Place<br \/>\nMarvic James Javaluyas, 4th Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader\u2019s Forum D<\/strong><br \/>\nZoe Ardieta, 2nd Place<br \/>\nBrent Villanueva, 3rd Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader\u2019s Forum E<\/strong><br \/>\nEnyan Tang, 3rd Place<\/p>\n<p><strong>CCLHS<\/strong><br \/>\nChineinalyn Jones, 1st Place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a year of not joining the Primary Grades Forensic Conference competition because of no&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":354527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2749,2853,7794,739],"class_list":["post-354526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-dramatic-interpretation","tag-humorous-interpretation","tag-impromptu-speaking","tag-pgfc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354526","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=354526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}