{"id":383467,"date":"2023-01-17T06:06:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T20:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=383467"},"modified":"2023-01-17T06:06:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T20:06:42","slug":"3-saipan-elementary-schools-beautify-their-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/3-saipan-elementary-schools-beautify-their-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Saipan elementary schools beautify their campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_383468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-383468\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/63c4f0d10ad0d.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-383468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/63c4f0d10ad0d.image_-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-383468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garapan Elementary School\u2019s MSP Ambassadors invested more than 130 hours to complete their first MSP Campus Beautification Project, a campus restroom beautification that aims to spread positivity. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last December, elementary school students and advisers invested 150 hours to improve the appearance of three campuses on Saipan, according to the Governor\u2019s Council of Economic Advisers.<\/p>\n<p>Among the activities supported by the GCEA\u2019s Marianas School Pride campaign were a campus restroom beautification, installation of a vegetable garden, and a tree-planting initiative.<\/p>\n<p>The following schools completed beautification activities in December 2022:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Garapan Elementary School: Campus Restroom Beautification<\/li>\n<li>Koblerville Elementary School: Campus Vegetable Garden Installation<\/li>\n<li>Oleai Elementary School: Campus Tree-planting Initiative<\/li>\n<li>Garapan Elementary School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Garapan Elementary School\u2019s MSP Ambassadors invested more than 130 hours to complete their first MSP Campus Beautification Project. According to MSP Adviser Regina De Vero, the motivation behind the restroom beautification was to spread more positivity around the campus to students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recently faced a few situations that started initially in the restroom, so we thought putting some motivational posters and reminders to students would make them want to be more responsible and caring toward their campus,\u201d said De Vero.<\/p>\n<p>According to De Vero, students will be able to change the posters to align with the schools\u2019 themes or Education Month logo.<\/p>\n<p>De Vero thanked the students for participating in these projects and \u201ccontinuing to encourage yourself, as well as each other, to help beautify our campus. We are proud to see the hard work you have put into this and the time you dedicate to joining us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Vero wants other students to be proud of their projects and present them to their families and friends to encourage them to be involved on campus as well. For the school\u2019s next project, GES hopes to work on repainting the school initials on the water tank and repairing the flower bed in front of the office.<\/p>\n<p>As for MSP Ambassadors Tomika Shaha and MD Rahad Hossain, both hope that other students will volunteer to make the campus more enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important so the future generation of students can have a better environment and also continue to want to beautify the school campus. Taking care of our environment can help prevent pollution and also prevent spreading sickness to humans and animals,\u201d said Shaha.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_383469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-383469\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/63c4f0d9228fc.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-383469\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/63c4f0d9228fc.image_-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-383469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eighteen Koblerville Elementary School students completed their first Marianas School Pride Campus Beautification Project on December 22, 2022. The project aims to encourage students to be self-sufficient and enjoy being out in nature doing hands-on activities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hossain added, \u201cIt\u2019s fun to do activities with other students and meet new friends. You can also be helping the school campus and the community. You can learn new things and find new hobbies that you like doing with all the activities we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Koblerville Elementary School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Koblerville Elementary School\u2019s MSP Ambassadors put in seven hours to complete their first MSP Campus Beautification Project. According to MSP Adviser Francis Mendiola, the motivation behind the installation of a vegetable garden was to teach the students ways to be self-sufficient and to enjoy being in nature doing hands-on activities.<\/p>\n<p>Students were able to plant four types of hot peppers\u2014pumpkin, salsa, tabasco, and cayenne\u2014followed by okra, cucumber, eggplant, string beans, calamansi, local lemon, and pomegranate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope this garden brings a sense of ownership and appreciation for what can come when hard work is put into action. We hope they appreciate the fruits of their labor,\u201d said Mendiola.<\/p>\n<p>Mendiola says the garden belongs to the school and with the labor of love put into it, the students will be rewarded back in the end through the knowledge gained from their experiences growing the garden. She added that the experience will teach the students lifelong lessons.<\/p>\n<p>According to KES STUCO president and MSP Ambassador Napu Pangelinan, the garden will help raise funds to purchase equipment for the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can grow things to eat healthier. We could also sell our produce to the staff of the school in order to raise funds to purchase needed equipment to promote healthier lifestyles and activities, such as PE or playground equipment,\u201d said Pangelinan.<\/p>\n<p>As for fifth grade Gardening Club member and MSP Ambassador Merleen Tamerang, the garden brings an aesthetic appeal to the school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt encourages other students to want to participate as they see the farm developing and action being taken place,\u201d Tamerang said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oleai Elementary School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oleai Elementary School\u2019s Marianas Youth Welcoming All Visitors Enthusiastically Club, in collaboration with the OES MSP members, planted trees along the OES southern field. According to OES MSP Adviser Orphea Singeo, both clubs wanted trees that flowered and were able to be kept at certain heights and shapes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_383470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-383470\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/63c4f10c6fce1.image_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-383470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/63c4f10c6fce1.image_-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-383470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oleai Elementary School\u2019s Marianas Youth Welcoming All Visitors Enthusiastically Club in collaboration with the OES MSP members planted trees along the OES southern field as part of the Marianas School Pride Campaign.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[Students wanted] trees that bloomed flowers [as a] way to provide real-life examples and connections to classes learning about plant life. Trees that were easily maintained were chosen based on safety factors,\u201d said Singeo.<\/p>\n<p>Of the trees that were planted, students were able to get their hands on plumeria trees from the Micronesia Islands Nature Alliance.<\/p>\n<p>According to Singeo, the students chose this project as a means to stress the importance of trees and plant life in the Marianas\u2019 environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted the students\u2019 biggest takeaways to be that plants and trees provide oxygen, limit carbons, reduce air pollution, minimize erosion, provide food and homes for animals, and add beauty to the landscape. In essence, trees play a vital role in our environments,\u201d said Singeo.<\/p>\n<p>MSP Adviser Isabel Maximina Carreon hopes that her peers will learn that trees play a big role in the Marianas\u2019 ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrees will benefit our schools by making our campus look beautiful and provide shade for students during recess and P.E. I hoped my peers learned that trees provide homes to a variety of animals and insects that are important to our environment,\u201d said Carreon.<\/p>\n<p>Carreon hopes other students will participate in future events to learn more about how to take care of their surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>Carreon noted, \u201cYears later, when you are older, you can come back and look at how much the trees have grown and appreciate your part in all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the MSP Campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through these beautification initiatives, students learn the value of taking pride in their campuses and making them better places to learn and thrive. The campaign\u2019s goal is to help students understand their essential role in making their schools better places to learn and make friends. Through their experiences, students can be instrumental in educating others in the community about the importance of a clean environment and hopefully mimic these activities in their homes and villages.<\/p>\n<p>The GCEA commends the students and advisers on their successful projects and encourages other schools to be creative in how their efforts can improve the quality of their campus experiences. Together, We Can!<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to participate in the Marianas School Pride, visit the GCEA website at cnmieconomy.com or contact the Council at <a href=\"mailto:gceacnmi@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gceacnmi@gmail.com<\/a>. <strong><em>(GCEA)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last December, elementary school students and advisers invested 150 hours to improve the appearance of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":383468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[420,3675],"class_list":["post-383467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-koblerville-elementary-school","tag-oleai-elementary-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383467","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=383467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}