{"id":410578,"date":"2024-06-05T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=410578"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Sablan-Lin-are-top-SSHS-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Sablan-Lin-are-top-SSHS-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Sablan, Lin are top SSHS graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a sun-splashed graduation ceremony last Monday afternoon, the south side of Saipan celebrated its 142 graduates as they moved on to the next chapter of their lives.<\/p>\n

Ye Zhi Sablan and Jing Lin are Saipan Southern High School\u2019s Class of 2024 top graduates.<\/p>\n

Sablan was the school\u2019s valedictorian and recipient of the Board of Education Award, but was awarded in absentia. Lin was the salutatorian and received the Commissioner of Education Award.<\/p>\n

The Governor\u2019s Leadership Award was presented to Mechaella De Ramos, while the Lt. Governor\u2019s Leadership Award went to Casey Cruz, who was off-island for the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji.<\/p>\n

The Mayor\u2019s Service Award recipient was Shamira Sulyman, and the Principal\u2019s Award went to Yasmeen Younis.<\/p>\n

The Top 10 are Sablan, Lin, Sulyman, Gracie Mendiola, Jobelle Ann Sapo, Jasmine Kyle Saluta, Uirom Park, Aleeza Castro, Sky Gusteen Palacios, and Fatima Rose Ito.<\/p>\n

In Lin\u2019s salutatory speech, she started by thanking her teachers and her school\u2019s staff for their passion and dedication for teaching them and guiding them to where they are now.<\/p>\n

For her parents and family, she said, \u201cyour support and help are the reason I am able to stand here today.\u201d<\/p>\n

To her fellow graduates, she exclaimed, \u201cWe made it! I want you to be proud of yourselves\u2026 We have made it through all these challenges\u2014no matter if it was a typhoon, pandemic, or struggle to pass a class. We are entering the next chapter of our lives, so be proud of yourself. It\u2019s you who worked through all of it to make it here to get to the next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their keynote speaker was SSHS English teacher, Suaad Younis, who stepped off the stage to address the students at the same level who were seated below.<\/p>\n

During a part of her speech, she made the graduates close their eyes, take a deep breath, and repeat after her: \u201cI am amazing. I am a graduate of Saipan Southern High School. I am a wonderful human being. I am enough. I love who I am, and who I will become. Biba, Class of 2024!\u201d<\/p>\n

For her congratulatory remarks before the presentation of awards, Board of Education acting chair Maisie B. Tenorio said, \u201cIf you ever find yourself in the midst of change and it feels scary, remember what you did today. Use that Manta spirit to give you courage to embrace change. You got this! So again, on behalf of the CNMI State Board of Education, we salute you, we honor you, we celebrate you. Congratulations Saipan Southern High School class of 2024. Go Mantas!\u201d<\/p>\n

The welcoming remarks were made by SSHS principal Vince Dela Cruz, while Education Commissioner Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho also gave his congratulatory remarks after Tenorio.<\/p>\n

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The Top 9 of Saipan Southern High School\u2019s Class of 2024 poses for a group photo. The valedictorian was awarded in absentia during their graduation ceremony last Monday.<\/p>\n

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Salutatorian Jing Lin poses with her Commissioner of Education Award, along with Education Commissioner Dr. Lawrence F. Camacho, fourth from right, his key staff, and Saipan Southern High School principal Vince Dela Cruz, second right, during the SSHS Class of 2024 graduation ceremony last Monday.<\/p>\n

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Mechaella De Ramos poses with her Governor\u2019s Leadership Award and Lt. Gov. David M. Apatang, during the Saipan Southern High School\u2019s Class of 2024 graduation ceremony last Monday.<\/p>\n

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The Mayor\u2019s Service Award recipient was Shamira Sulyman. She poses with Saipan Mayor Ramon \u201cRB\u201d Camacho, and her parents during the Saipan Southern High School Class of 2024 graduation ceremony last Monday.<\/p>\n

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Saipan Southern High School Class of 2024 graduates are donned in their school colors and mwarmwars<\/em> and leis during their graduation ceremony on their campus last Monday.<\/p>\n

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Casey Cruz\u2019s mom, Reeka, poses with Lt. Gov. David M. Apatang, as Casey was awarded the Lt. Governor\u2019s Leadership Award during the Saipan Southern High School Class of 2024 graduation ceremony last Monday. Cruz is off-island competing in the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji.<\/p>\n

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The Principal\u2019s Award went to Yasmeen Younis. She poses with her family and Saipan Southern High School principal Vince Dela Cruz, second right, during the SSHS Class of 2024 graduation ceremony last Monday.<\/p>\n

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