Campus Bulletin

SPED ADVISORY PANEL MEETING

The CNMI Public School System Special Education Program will be conducting a Special Education State Advisory Panel meeting on Nov. 12, 8am to 2pm, at the Pacific Islands Club’s Napu Room.

The meeting is open to the public. The agenda for this meeting will be passed out at the meeting.

KAGMAN HIGH REPORT CARD DAY, PTSA MEETING TODAY

This is to inform all parent/legal guardians of Kagman High School students that Report Card distribution and PTSA meeting will be held today, Oct. 21, from 5pm to 7pm. We encourage all of you to come in and pick up your child/children’s report card and also, to attend the PTSA meeting.

CHACHA REPORT CARD DAY, OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW

This is to inform all parents, guardians, and the community that the Chacha Oceanview Jr. High School will be issuing first quarter report cards and having an open house on Friday, Oct. 22, between the hours of 3:30pm-5:30pm.

If you have any questions, call the school at 664-4100/4103/4105/4106 or 4112.

WSR events in October

* Oct. 18-22 WSR Photo/Class Picture Taking
* Oct. 22 1st Quarter Awards Ceremony in the cafeteria
* Oct. 25 United Nations Day/Peace Builders Day Cheer Competition Assembly.
* Oct. 29 Halloween attire

OLEAI ELEMENTARY’S OCTOBER SCHEDULE

Oct. 21—Half-day class session and 1st quarter report cards distribution. Students will be released at 12:30p.m. 1st Quarter Report Cards Distribution & Parents/Teachers Conference will take place at OES campus from 4:30pm to 6:30pm. The students 1st quarter academic projects and experiments and other class work will be exhibited in the school cafeteria.

Oct. 22, 2004: Halloween Dance at the OES campus from 6pm to 8pm. Entry fee is $0.75 cents with costume and $1 without costume.

Oct. 29: STUCO Club Halloween Candy Gram Sale and Annual Domestic Violence Candle Light Vigil. The prices for the Candy Gram Sale orders range from .50, $1 to $3. The Annual Domestic Violence Candle Light Vigil will be from 5pm to 8pm. It will start at Micro Beach Pavilion to Paseo De Marianas, Garapan Street Market area.

POSTER-MAKING AND ESSAY-WRITING CONTEST LAUNCHED

The Family Violence Task Force, along with the Domestic Violence Awareness Month Committee, is sponsoring a poster making and essay writing contest for 7th to 12th grade students of private schools.

Essay must be between 300 to 1,000 words. Posters must be on an 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. Entries must illustrate/depict the theme, “ENOUGH! Domestic Violence R.I.P.”

Entries must be submitted by Oct. 15 at 3pm to the school official designated at the student’s school or to the submission box at Karidat in Chalan Kanoa.

When submitting your essay paper, make sure your name, grade and school is placed on a cover page and attached to your paper. When submitting your poster, make sure your name, grade and school is placed on the back of the drawing or on a separate cover sheet stapled to your entry.

Prizes for the winning entries will be awarded on Friday, Oct. 29, during the Candlelight Vigil Ceremony at the Paseo de Marianas, in Garapan.

For more information, contact Sr. Carol McClenon at 234-5100 or 287-1040.

SCHEDULE FOR ARBOR MONTH ACTIVITIES

The October committee has come up with activities to complement the declaration of Arbor Month. The Northern Marianas College Cooperative Research Extension & Education Services has accepted the proposal for Arbor Day activities.

All of the activities will be held in the quad area of the Garapan Elementary School.

The schedule will be as follows:
Thursday, Oct. 21
9am Kindergarten and 1st grade
10am 2nd grade
1pm 3rd grade
Friday, Oct. 22
9am 4th grade
10am 5th grade
11am 6th grade

AWARDING OF SHEFA SCHOLARSHIP SET

Saipan Mayor Juan B. Tudela and the Saipan Higher Education Financial Assistance board will be awarding SHEFA’s first recipients of academic performance scholars this month. A student must garner a minimum grade point average of 3.5 out of 4.0 grade point average.

The academic performance scholarship comes following SHEFA’s grant-in-aid awards to qualified Saipan students last month. Approximately 200 students attending US accredited colleges and universities on Saipan and abroad have availed of the SHEFA financial assistance for Fall 2004.

The Spring 2005 application dateline looms ahead on Dec. 1, 2004.

To qualify for SHEFA’s academic performance scholarship a student must be a bona fide resident of Saipan, including the Northern Islands. One must be enrolled in a U.S. accredited college or university on full-time status and not taking any remedial classes. Like everyone else, a student must be a U.S. citizen or a U.S. permanent resident.

For more information about SHEFA and the assistance program log on to www.saipanshefa.com or call the SHEFA Office at 664-2585 and ask for Sue Dris or the Office of the Mayor of Saipan at 235-7444 and ask for Florence Camacho-Stephen. The e-mail address is contact@saipanshefa.com