The Mallard Pond

School Year 2010-2011

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GES is looking for classroom teachers, teachers aides, reading resource teachers and counselors for School Year 2010-2011. If you are interested, please email Mrs. Pangelinan at bherealways@gmail.com.

Openings still available this school year:
Classroom teachers (2)
Counselor (1)
Reading Resource (2)
Special Education Contact Teacher (1)

Happy Education Day!

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Teacher of the Year: Lawrence Buniag
Teacher Aid of the Year: Franz Decena
Counselor of the Year: Paulette Sablan
Support Staff of the Year: Benny Guiao

Bulletin #12 November 23 - 27, 2009

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Veteran's and Citizen's Day March

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GES Cultural Day!

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GES Bulletins

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Parents, guardians and visitors: The GES Bulletins are weekly notifications that include meeting schedules, reminders, important information and celebrations. Student of the week information is always featured,
as well as the lunch menu.

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Health & Wellness

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Teachers took part in several meetings to introduce PSS regulations, learning community goals and to prepare for the opening of the new school year. On Friday, September4, 2009, the staff and teachers convened to work on Health & Wellness policies for students, parents and staff. In the near future, parents will be invited to review the staff suggestions and provide feedback to the programs set for the year. Here are a few highlights of the working session.

Thank You!

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On behalf of the teachers and staff of GES, we would like to thank the following individuals and companies for their generous donations of gift certificates to the staff raffle. Teachers and staff were treated to daily prizes during the Professional Development Week, before the opening of School Year 2009-2010.

Larissa Larson: Bestseller

PIC (Angela Y. Santos): Waterpark passes for two

Marie Sablan Castro:Bath & Body Works, Candles and Frames

Rose Cuison Villazor: Amazon gift certificate

Damon (Cliff & Jasmin) Jones: Walmart gift certificate

Laurie Peterka: Tropical Blenda Spa gift certificate

Summer Note

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The teachers are on vacation, the classrooms are empty, but our office is still open Monday to Friday, from 7:30 am - 4:30 pm. Mrs. Pangelinan and Mr. Roberts will be off-island from July 9 - 18, 2009. For any inquiries, please stop by and see Ms. Laura Matsunaga in the front office or email us at garapan.school@gmail.com.

The library is open every Saturday from 8:00am - 12:00 pm for students!

Mallards Continue to Soar!

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Arlrose Atienza and Marjorie Cuerdo bagged the Hopwood Jr. High School awards!

That's Zalika Joyner and Querico Borja (not shown) at Cha Cha Oceanview Jr. High!

That's Naomi Benjamin at Kagman High School!

Way to go Mallards! You make us proud!!

Go Nicole and Jan Michael!

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Yay Mallards! Read all about Nicole and Jan Michael here. We're proud of you guys, keep flying high with that Mallard Spirit.

Parent Letter : Assessment Season

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Mallard Bulletin January 19 - 24, 2009

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Mallard Bulletin #16 January 5 - 10, 2009

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Mallard Bulletin December 22 - 26, 2008

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The GES Christmas Tree at the Paseo de Marianas

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Thank you to all the teachers, staff and students who helped create a beautiful tree out of recycled materials.

Thanksgiving Activities

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GES Table at the banquet for our "of the year" staff

Mr. and Mrs. Hosono

Mr. and Mrs. Diaz

Mr. and Mrs. Arriola

November PTA

Mrs. Cepeda's class skit

Turkey Hats!

Canned Food Drive for Karidat

Mallard Bulletin November 24-28, 2008

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GES in the news

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GES celebrates the contributions of all teachers, aides and support staff. You can read more about our staff of the year in the daily newspapers, the Saipan Tribune and Marianas Variety.

GES Honors Veterans

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Mr. Tomas Pinkerton's 5th grade class leads the school in the National Anthems and pledges.
Mr. Pinkerton is a former Marine Corps veteran.

Dr. Rita Sablan, Commissioner of Education addresses the student assembly.

Special guests Ruth Coleman from the Military Affairs Office, Mariano Fajardo and fellow veteran from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post on Saipan join the school in honoring the veterans at home and abroad.

Students arrived to school in red, white and blue to show their patriotism.

Troops to Teachers aides Jordan Jucutan and Rosa Camacho, also U.S. Army Reservists, raise the school flags. We salute our military men and women who served, are serving and who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. GES currently has three teacher aides deployed to the war zone. CCHLS teacher Isaac Aguon and Special Education aides Mark Yebra and Norman Deleon Guerrero. Norman and Isaac are serving their second tour in Iraq.

Youth Advisory Panel at World Resort

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Jamal Cabrera, Zackery Yamagishi, Mailaina Kileleman, Jessie Mae Seman and Don Taisacan represented Garapan School during the first Youth Advisory Panel hosted by Kagman High School. There were over 100 participants from each of the public schools on Saipan, Tinian and Rota. The team of five honor society members got to discuss how they feel they can contribute to youth matters and what they think needs to improve in their school. Hopefully, there will be more opportunities for our youth to collaborate in smaller, more intimate groups. We also hope that our new student representative to the Board of Education gets a chance to visit peers and team up for real change, and to find some student centered solutions to issues which affect us!

Mallard Bulletin November 10 - 15, 2008

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Halloween Parade

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October PTA Mtg.

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Our newly elected treasurer is hard at work collecting PTA fees from parents. Have you given your $5 yet? Don't forget, next meeting is on November 20.

The PTA awarded our hard working Teachers of the Year, Teacher Aide of theYear and Support Staff of the Year with a donation. Thank you for recognizing the sacrifice teachers and staff make and for giving back to them.

Ms. Nikki and Ms. Brianna's classes share the MegaSkill of Caring with examples of how their students show they care. Great job kids!

They also sang a beautiful song "I can be your friend"

President Macaranas held a meeting in just one hour! That meant more time to share at home with our families, yay!

Celebrating what makes us unique and what brings us together!

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We celebrated Cultural Day today by showcasing the many cultures that make up our school community. You can read the article in the Marianas Variety! Thank you to the committee, especially the Chamorro Carolinian Heritage Language Program and the teachers who spent many hours getting their kids ready. Thank you to the Philippine Consulate and Historic Preservation Office, Mrs. Diaz who helped decorate and laminate, Mr. Loken's class who picked up trash, the CPI II Dance Group for their beautiful performance, Mr. Walter Mendez and Maverik Itibus for emceeing, Mr. Johnson for coordinating the program, Senators Reyes and Crisostimo, Congressmen Yumul, Palacios, and Tebuteb for the tables and tents and our parents for sharing the day with us!