Students, parents, and friends posed with Most. Rev. Ryan Jimenez after celebrating the Mass of the Holy Spirit.

ESFDB opens school year with Mass of the Holy Spirit and high expectations

Posted by - August 18, 2017

By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Eskuelan San Francisco de Borja began the journey of a new academic year 2017-2018 by welcoming returning and new students, and the grace of a greater being into our hearts and community with Mass of the Holy Spirit. A joyful tone filled the air at San Francisco de Borja Church

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Administration, faculty, staff, students, parents, and the Luta community faithful’s gather at the San Francisco de Borja for Prayer of Peace.

ESFDB Sponsored Prayer of Peace

Posted by - August 18, 2017

By Edward C. Maratita, Jr. Eskuelan San Fracisco de Borja embarked on a one day sponsored prayer campaign for peace on Monday, August 14, 2017. The Luta community faithful’s joined the students at the San Francisco de Borja Church for rosary prayer and song to draw attention to more than a hundred thousand lives in

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Mount Carmel School Reboots SAT Boot Camp

Posted by - August 18, 2017

AFTER a brief hiatus, Mount Carmel School will once again offer its SAT Boot Camp. First offered in the fall of 2009, the six-week boot camp is designed to help students improve their performance on the College Board’s SAT, a standardized test used for most college admissions in the united States. The school announced that

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Bishop Ryan personally greeted some young parishioners of St. Jude during the pastoral parish visitation early this year. One of his accomplishments in his first year as bishop is the completion of listening sessions and pastoral visitation to all parishes in Saipan, Tinian and Rota.

Diocese Celebrates Bishop Ryan’s First Episcopal Ordination Anniversary
Parishioners share their thoughts on Bishop Ryan’s first year

Posted by - August 13, 2017

By Rose Gamier It took six years of waiting for the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa to finally be blessed with a new Bishop, on August 14, 2016 and a year after that historic moment, the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa and the Most Reverend Ryan P. Jimenez, DD, will celebrate the First Anniversary of his Episcopal

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Mount Carmel School’s 2017 Teacher of the Year and AP Computer Science Principles (CSP) teacher, Filmah Buenaflor (left), collaborates with another CSP teacher, Karen Envoy, in developing an Android app at the Mobile CSP Immersion Week held this past summer in Duluth, Minnesota.

LAUNCHING THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR: COLLEGE BOARD APPROVES NEW AP COMPUTER COURSE AT MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL

Posted by - August 13, 2017

This past summer, the College Board approved a new AP course at Mount Carmel School in Computer Science Principles (CSP). The course is not only one of the newest courses overseen by the College Board, but is also the first of its kind in the region, with Mount Carmel School being the only school in

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Third grade student, Kesil Camacho, enjoys her first day of the 2017-2018 school year at Mount Carmel School.

LAUNCHING THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR: MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL OPENS NEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH ANOTHER ENROLLMENT BOOST

Posted by - August 13, 2017

Marking a sixth year in a row of enrollment increases, Mount Carmel School opened doors for the new 2017-2018 school year with an enrollment of close to 600 students, up from a historic low of 260 six years ago. In addition to the enrollment increase, the school launched the new year with many enhancements, including

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LAUNCHING THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR: MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL REVIVES BAND PROGRAM

Posted by - August 13, 2017

Mount Carmel School announced that it will be reviving its band program this coming school year with the hiring of a new music teacher, Julian Greening. Greening comes to the school with an extensive background in music. Greening earned his Bachelor’s of Music in Music Education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and was

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LAUNCHING THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR: MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL UPGRADES IT SYSTEM

Posted by - August 13, 2017

Mount Carmel School is preparing for the new school year by rolling out new upgrades to its Information Technology (IT) system, all as part of a 21st Century Education initiative. The most important upgrade is an increase in the bandwidth of the campus WiFi and local area network. Working with both IT&E and Docomo Pacific,

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MCS students show gains in national standardized tests

Posted by - August 4, 2017

MOUNT CARMEL School announced that its students fared very well in recently administered SAT-10 and College Board AP national standardized tests. The results show significant improvement in all subjects across all grade levels. On average, students performed at or above the 50th percentile on the SAT-10 and improved from the previous year. For the complete

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Office of Religious Education Conducts Workshop for New CCD Catechists

Posted by - August 4, 2017

By: Rose R. Gamier Catechists are called to a ministry…a vocation…a call Who is a catechist? This was beautifully explained last Sunday, July 30, 2017, at a workshop held at the Mount Carmel Cathedral CCD office. A total of 29 participants – some CCD coordinators and new volunteer catechists came to the said gathering. It

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