Community Briefs

MHS Class of ’87 reunion meeting

Attention to all members of the Marianas High School Class of 87:

There will be a meeting on April 19, 2006, 7pm at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert/Linda Concepcion Torres in Lower Dandan. To get there: Take Airport Road and make a left turn on Flametree Road (intersection to lower Dandan). It is the fifth house to your left. A banner will be posted. The meeting will be focused on the upcoming 20th year class reunion activities. For more information, you may contact Cathy Salas at 237-3056. (PR)

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GTC PTA meeting

The Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School would like to inform all parents/guardians that there will be a PTA meeting on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at 6:30pm, in the school cafeteria. Everyone is encouraged to attend this meeting.

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English Placement Test set

The Northern Marianas College will once again administer an English Placement Test for the Summer Semester 2006 on May 15, 2006, at Room D-1, from 9am to noon.

Test-takers must bring a valid photo ID and pencils.

There is a $25 fee for the English Placement Test that must be paid in advance at NMC’s Finance Office (Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm).

Students will not be admitted to the testing room without proof of payment—a receipt for either the placement test fee or the NMC application fee. This $25 fee is applicable to the NMC application for all students.

If you have any questions call the Languages & Humanities Department at Ext. 2000/2603. (PR)

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Flame Tree Arts Festival on April 27-30

The 25th Annual Flame Tree Arts Festival will be held at American Memorial Park from April 27 to 30

The deadline for high school students to submit entries for “Ebb and Flow: Tides of Culture” Pacific youth poetry and illustration project is April 2 at 4:30pm.

Contact Catherine Perry Anderson, Department of Community and Cultural Affairs, at 670-664-2571 or dccaadm@pticom.com.

The deadline to submit entries for the Flame Tree Film Festival is April 24 at 4:30pm. Contact Felix Fitial, Chamorro Carolinian Language Policy Commission, at 670-664-2571 or felixfitial@yahoo.com.

In related news, Beach Road will be close on Saturday, April 28, from 8:30am to 11am from the Carolinian Utt to Micro Beach for the Parade of Cultures. (PR)

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Any complaint about Community Reading Club?

The Attorney General’s Office wants to hear from all CNMI consumers who have been solicited by a company calling themselves Community Reading Club of Southern California. This company contacts consumers over the phone and tries to sell them magazine subscriptions. Often, the sales pitch involves an offer of a “free” gold watch with the placement of an order with this company, please call the Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Counsel at 664-2333. You may be entitled to a refund.

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Hopwood happenings

April 24 SAT10 Testing all week. Bring two number 2 pencils and an eraser.
May 5 Progress Reports go home

*Effective immediately, any 8th graders suspended for any reason will not walk at promotion on May 24.

*Effective immediately, all fighters will be automatically suspended.
The following have been chosen as the official vendors for the Hopwood Junior High School Promotion Ceremony. These vendors have exclusive rights to advertise on and off campus for promotion on behalf of the school.

Flowers, leis, mwaars, etc.: Leis on Arrival & First Floral Shop
Photography: Saipan Photo Lab
After Ceremony Buffet: Lucky R

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Memorial Day preparations

On May 29, 2006, Memorial Day, the CNMI will be paying tribute to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who have passed on.

This is to let all Memorial Day Committee members and all interested in being a part of the committee know that we will begin to meet every Tuesday at 9am at the Office of Military/Veterans Affairs on Capitol Hill building 1365. Everyone is encouraged and invited to attend.