The cathedral silence that usually pervades the Joeten Kiyu Library was momentarily broken for a few hours late Friday afternoon when students, parents and teachers of Chalan Kanoa Head Start gathered for the school\u2019s graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n
As the 89 graduates marched inside the building, parents flocked to the front door, taking snapshots of their kids.<\/p>\n
Catalina Benedicto, Head Start Policy Council president, opened the floor by extending her appreciation to all the teachers\u2019 commitment in making the past year a success. <\/p>\n
Certificates were given to the pupils by class, with Shirley Castro and Veronica Magofna lining up by the podium with the other teachers to call on their students. The CK Head Start staff were joined by Garapan site coordinator Tony Taylor in issuing certificates to the pupils. <\/p>\n
Teacher Jerry Diaz stood behind the students to ensure that they are on their best behavior. \u201cThe kids have been practicing since 8:30-11:00 this morning,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
The pupils also performed for their parents, singing I\u2019ve Got The Head Start Feeling. Teacher Lilia stood in the center, leading the song and dance for the kids. <\/p>\n
When everything was over, the parents took the chance to take pictures of their kids.<\/p>\n
One of the graduates, Shania Del Rosario, said she is excited to be going to the \u201cbig people\u201d school. <\/p>\n
The ceremony was short, but that did not stop parents and the children from marking the occasion by going out for a celebratory dinner. \u201cI\u2019m going to the China Restaurant,\u201d said PJ White Cepeda. (Cassie Dlg. Fejeran)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The cathedral silence that usually pervades the Joeten Kiyu Library was momentarily broken for a few hours late Friday afternoon when students, parents and teachers of Chalan Kanoa Head Start gathered for the school\u2019s graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81283","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}