All 13 GCA competitors qualify for PGCF regionals

Primary Grades Forensic Conference winners of Grace Christian Academy have their picture taken at their Navy Hill campus. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)

All 13 Grace Christian Academy competitors bagged one or both awards in their two events in last February’s virtual monthly qualifying competition of the Primary Grades Forensic Conference for kindergarten to 5th grade.

All four competitors in kindergarten to 2nd grade won eight awards in all their two events and the 3rd to 5th graders won 15 awards, for a total of 23 awards in different events for the two divisions.

Congratulations to all GCA competitors who joined in any of the four monthly qualifying the competitions since October 2020. All of them won at least one or more awards, making them eligible or qualified to join the regional completion in April. Those who will join the regional competition are now preparing for the final competition.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, almost all of the events are pre-recorded video entries. The only live event for PGFC is Impromptu Speaking via Google Meet, during which only the competitors and judges can enter the live meeting.

PGFC competition encourages public and private school students from kindergarten 5 to fifth grade to participate in and become proficient in performing arts: reading, public speaking, and interpretation.

The administration, faculty and staff, and parents of Grace Christian Academy would like to extend their congratulations to the following winners who participated in this competition:

K-2 DIVISION

Declamation
Jacqueline Iris Quitugua, 1st Place

Chamorro Event
Jacqueline Iris Quitugua, 1st Place

Dramatic Interpretation A
Fiona Yu, 1st Place

Reader’s Forum A
Allen Gil, 2nd Place

Reader’s Forum Masters A
Mirielle Isla Badal, 1st Place
Fiona Yu, 2nd Place

Impromptu Speaking A
Mirielle Isla Badal, 2nd Place
Allen Gil, 4th Place

3-5 DIVISION

Declamation
Hans Gabriel Ordas, 1st Place
Chloe Hayul Shin, 3rd Place
Catalina Marie Frink, 4th Place

Humorous Interpretation
Chloe Hayul Shin, 1st Place

Duo Interpretation A
Llyanna Jairah Libut, 1st Place
Eliane Nerisse Pagaduan, 1st Place

Duo Interpretation B
Catalina Marie Frink, 2nd Place
Baila Marie Loomis, 2nd Place

Impromptu Speaking A
Hans Gabriel Ordas, 1st Place
Chloe Hayul Shin, 3rd Place

Impromptu Speaking B
Anne Gabriel Emmalee Arriola, 2nd Place

Reader’s Forum Masters A
Eliane Nerisse Pagaduan, 2nd Place
Nerissa Corinne Xiao Liu, 3rd Place

Reader’s Forum C
Akira Ito, 4th Place
Llyanna Jairah Libut, 5th Place

PGFC coach/coordinator: Esther Manzano (PR)