{"id":37912,"date":"2014-06-05T04:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T18:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=37912"},"modified":"2014-06-05T04:00:55","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T18:00:55","slug":"eucon-holds-16th-commencement-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/eucon-holds-16th-commencement-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Eucon holds 16th commencement exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eucon International School held its 16th Commencement Exercises last Friday, May 30, 2014, at 6pm. It was graced by Edward Earwood, executive director of the South Carolina Association of Christian Schools, which is affiliated with the American Association of Christian Schools, of which Eucon International School is a member. <\/p>\n<p>Earwood challenged the graduates and all students to \u201cfear God and obey His commandments for this is the purpose of our education; we are not being judged by faculty but by God, this is the whole duty of mankind.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37919\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Eucon-graduates-pix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Eucon-graduates-pix-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Eucon International School held its 16th Commencement Exercises last Friday, May 30, 2014. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37919\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eucon International School held its 16th Commencement Exercises last Friday, May 30, 2014. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nPastor Steve Thomas, a visiting pastor from Huron Baptist Church, also encouraged the graduates and all students to be thankful because, according to him, \u201cit is a privilege to attend a Christian school. You\u2019re not only taught by Christian men and women but they also love you. They not only care about your academics but your souls.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Christian Wei acknowledged and thanked the parents for their support. \u201cYou are the true heroes,\u201d he added.  <\/p>\n<p>It was a remarkable event for three graduating classes: 6th grade, 8th grade, and 12th grade. There were eight senior graduates, 12 8th graders and nine 6th graders. Annual awards were also given from 1st grade through 12th grade. <\/p>\n<p>Lingge Liu, who according to her couldn\u2019t study well when she first came to Eucon, encouraged her fellow students \u201cto trust God and be thankful, and to not let others to discourage and poison you.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Her twin sister, Lingying Liu, said that \u201cyou cannot change the results but you can change during the process. High school is not only about studies but character building. Cherish your time and learn well.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Chris Niu said he learned patience at Eucon. <\/p>\n<p>Regis Perez reminded himself and the rest of the graduates that going to college is hard but that he knows that God is with him. He will be taking Information Technology at Bob Jones University in South Carolina. <\/p>\n<p>Zhang Jia said that when she first came to Eucon, she didn\u2019t understand much but \u201cGod used my teachers and classmates to help me.\u201d<br \/>\nTianxin \u201cStar\u201d Jia encouraged her fellow students to learn from their mistakes. <\/p>\n<p>Cui Sining recalled that when she first came to Eucon, she encountered a lot of difficulties such as the tropical weather, the language barrier, and culture difference, and that she almost gave up. But through the encouragement of one teacher to trust in the Lord and work harder, she is now in front of her fellow students giving a graduation speech. <\/p>\n<p>Eucon traditionally gives three annual awards: the President Award, Principal Award, and Dean\u2019s Award. The President Award is granted to students who displayed high academic performance and exemplar attitude, while the Principal Award is for students who displayed a huge improvement, and the Dean\u2019s Award is for students who gained the highest academic stature. Eucon always honor the students\u2019 achievements every six weeks to encourage and aid them toward their goals. (Eucon)<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>AND THIS YEAR\u2019S AWARDEES ARE\u2026<\/p>\n<p>1ST GRADE<br \/>\nPresident\u2019s Award: Tan, Jayden<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Tang, Frank Xin<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Santos III, Adonis Justin<\/p>\n<p>2ND GRADE<br \/>\nPresident\u2019s Award: Pillarina, Traci<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Jimenez, Joseph Victor<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Obnimaga, IG Kamiya Nicole<\/p>\n<p>3RD GRADE<br \/>\nPresident\u2019s Award: Pillarina, Allia Raine<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Hodges, Dane<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Yu, JunJie<\/p>\n<p>4TH GRADE<br \/>\nPresident\u2019s Award: Jimenez, Joanah Victoria<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Yan, Joy Esther<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Santos, Pauline Antoinette<\/p>\n<p>5TH GRADE<br \/>\nPresident\u2019s Award: Santos, Victoria Nicole<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Yan, Caleb Joshua<\/p>\n<p>6TH GRADE<br \/>\nPresident\u2019s Award: Song, SeongBeom<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Siasoyco, Juancho Philippe<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Wang, LiYuan<\/p>\n<p>7TH GRADE<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Punzalan, Philip Lorenz<\/p>\n<p>8TH GRADE<br \/>\nPresident\u2019s Award: Villarmero, Daniel EJ<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Pineda, Danielle<\/p>\n<p>9TH GRADE<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Perez, Julianna Patricia<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Han, YuZhen<\/p>\n<p>10TH GRADE<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Leong, Riselle Iris<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Xu, WanZhen<\/p>\n<p>10TH GRADE<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Leong, Riselle Iris<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Xu, WanZhen<\/p>\n<p>11th Grade<br \/>\nPresident\u2019s Award: Shan, Yu<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Feng, LiMei<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Jiang, KunBo<\/p>\n<p>12TH GRADE<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Perez, Jericho Regis<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Liu, LingGe<\/p>\n<p>ESL<br \/>\nDean\u2019s Award: Jiang, ShengJie<br \/>\nPrincipal\u2019s Award: Guo, YuHao<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eucon International School held its 16th Commencement Exercises last Friday, May 30, 2014, at 6pm&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":37919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[37,44],"class_list":["post-37912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-education-2","tag-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37912","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}