Administered by the Northern Marianas Humanities Council, in partnership with the CNMI Public School System and the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library
Volume 9 Issue 3 November 2015 Inside this issue: Completion Ceremonies
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Ongoing Sessions
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CNMI Partners
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JKPL Thanksgiving
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Taotao Tano-ta:
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Angelina Yobech
Schedules
On November 5, 2015, CNMI Motheread/Fatheread Family Literacy Program celebrated their long awaited adult course completion ceremony for the participants of the Garapan Community Development Center. Due to the damages sustained from Typhoon Soudelor, the GCDC was unable to hold the completion ceremony as scheduled. Participant Sister Stella Mangona volunteered her Dan Dan home to host the ceremony. The following 16 parents participated in the Motheread/Fatheread Adult Course: Rita M. Castro, Ma. Isabel T. Magpoc, Agnes E. Camacho, Ellen A. Vidanes, Candy Panaga, Meyther Cervantes, Arnold Puno, Noel G. Trinidad, Rosedelyn Tupas, Ma. Kristina Matsunaga, Maricel Aldan, Sister Stella Mangona, Candido S. Ada, Somjai S. Ada, Jeanette Awas, and Jerryson Mani. Parent Trainer Angelina Yobech facilitated this Adult Course and was on hand to congratulate the participants. Program Coordinator Viola Deleon Guerrero, Assistant Coordinator Beth Demapan, and DYS Program Manager Vivian Sablan were also present to celebrate and congratulate the participants. A great big thank you to our Division of Youth Services partners in making this event possible. (Continued Page 2)
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The Office of Congresswoman Felicidad Ogumoro for the usage of the Garapan Community Development Center, Sister Stella Mangona for offering her lovely home to host our ceremony, and the Northern Marianas Humanities Council for supporting this event. “I am a manamko already, but it [Motheread/Fatheread Program] fosters the desire for parents to extend literacy to their children through reading.” — Rita Demapan, Stanford 2015
CNMI Motheread/Fatheread proudly presents...
A very special family literacy course at your friendly Joeten-Kiyu Public Library this holiday season! You are invited to celebrate the season by signing up to a free Adult Course and Children’s Story Exploring Class. This is a FREE Family Literacy Course filled with helpful techniques, strategies, gifts, and all around fun aimed at providing literacy to our community. So let’s read and borrow books, gain knowledge, meet new friends, and share in the adventure of reading!!
Where? When??? Mondays 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Who Can Join?? Adults and Children 4+ Session Dates: November 30, 2015 December 7, 14, 28, 2015 January 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2016 Sign Me Up, NOW, Por favor! Call or text 989-8542/783-7678/235-7319 Email: cnmimotheread@gmail.com Page 2
CNMI Motheread/Fatheread celebrated their Adult Course completion ceremony on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 for the San Vicente village outreach at Stanford Apartments. The Adult Course is facilitated by Parent Trainer Beth Demapan. Classes began on October 6, 2015. Participants of the class are as follows: Rita Demapan, Gloria Hernandez, Nympha Sharts, Marilou Donarye, Mario Monte, Susan dela Cruz, Ma. Mylene Manglona. Motheread/Fatheread Program Coordinator Viola Deleon Guerrero was on hand to congratulate the participants.
On November 9, 2015, Motheread/ Fatheread Program Facilitator Bryan Manabat was invited to perform a Read Aloud at the Chalan Kanoa Head Start . He read to more than 50 children the book Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell from the Motheread collection. Program Facilitator Bryan Manabat is pictured exercising with the children of the Chalan Kanoa Head Start Center. Page 3
Fr. Francis X. Hezel On November 10, 2015, the Northern Marianas Humanities Council and Lay Ministry’s Program of the Diocese sponsored a presentation by Fr. Francis X. Hezel, SJ at the Pacific Islands Club. Titled: “The Founding of the Church in the Marianas: A Clash of Cultures.” Fr. Hezel’s presentation provided an overview of the establishment of a Catholic mission in the Marianas in 1668. Team CNMI Motheread/Fatheread attended this event which drew over a hundred participants from the community.
CNMI Motheread/Fatheread proudly presents...
A very special family literacy course at Rota’s Sinapalo Elementary School this holiday season! You are invited to celebrate the season by signing up to a free Adult Course and Children’s Story Exploring Class. This is a FREE Family Literacy Course filled with helpful techniques, strategies, gifts, and all around fun aimed at providing literacy to our community. So let’s read and borrow books, gain knowledge, meet new friends, and share in the adventure of reading!!
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Where?? Sinapalo Elementary School (Rota) When??? Saturdays Who Can Join?? Adults and Children 4+ Session Dates: December 5, 12, 19 &26, 2015 January 2, 9, 16 & 23, 2016
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(Left) Claire Park and her mother Jin Lee flank first lady Michelle Obama during a visit to the White House as part of her prize for winning in the 4th annual Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. (Center) Claire Park is assisted by Hyatt Regency Saipan’s executive chef Gabriele Colombo in preparing her winning recipe , Rota sweet potato salad with grilled chicken breast.
On November 19, 2015, CNMI Motheread/Fatheread’s Assistant Coordinator Beth Demapan attended the cooking demonstration for Saipan’s Healthy Lunchtime Challenge Champion Claire Park at the Hyatt. CNMI Motheread/Fatheread on behalf of Let’s Move Marianas Alliance congratulated Claire Park for her winning recipe and her promotional efforts of healthy cooking in the CNMI. Claire Park hails from Saipan International School. As the CNMI winner in the national competition, Park’s was this year’s state representative to the Kid’s “State Dinner, “ which was hosted by President Barack Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama.
Do you love... love….love….love your library or have a passion for reading? Then let’s take your relationship to the next level, and let’s become FRIENDS!
If you are interested in becoming a Friend/Supporter of the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, please stop by the CNMI Motheread/Fatheread office in the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library and fill out a registration form. There will be a $5.00 membership fee assessed. Cash Only. Call 235-7319 or text 783-7678 for more information. Thank you!!!!
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Friends of JKPL are library supporters whose objectives are to: ● promote and support the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library as a valuable asset for the CNMI ● enhance the facilities, services and resources of the Joeten-Kiyu Public Library service ● access non-government funding sources ● support the freedom to read and free access to information for all ● ● ● ● ●
Examples of Friends group activities: arrange cultural events including author visits, poetry nights and film screenings fundraising towards library stock enrich the cultural life of the community support funding initiatives hold book sales
November 25, 2015
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Taotao tano’-ta: People of the Island encompass a collection of local leaders, individuals, and groups from the CNMI whose vision, wisdom and skill have made an enormous impact in the lives of the people of the Commonwealth in many ways. These are progressive local leaders that showcased exemplary leadership roles in public service, community building, and undertakings that benefited the CNMI as a whole. Taotao tano’-ta are Individuals & Artisans that promoted and represented the CNMI local culture and traditions through the arts of healing, music, crafts, dances, culinary, and language enhancement in the Commonwealth and beyond the Pacific. These are also groups and innovative individuals that contributed generously in the development of agriculture, fishing, education, health, law, religion, public safety, and good governance in the Northern Marianas Island. Their untiring efforts to lift the Commonwealth to prosperity leaves no question of their true leanings; that is for the betterment of the CNMI.
Angelina N. Yobech was born and raised in the Golden State of California. She is married to Rengesuul Yobech, and they have 3 beautiful children— Jireh, Micah, and Jether. Mrs. Yobech first visited the CNMI in 1988 and again in 1989, and she has made Saipan her home for 20 years. Angelina holds an Associate’s degree in Liberal Arts and a Bachelor’s degree in Education from Northern Marianas College. Moreover, she is the recipient of the competitive PREL Library (LEAP) scholarship, wherein she has earned a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science. In 2011, while teaching at Hopwood Junior High School, she was chosen as the GoverMotheread/Fatheread nor’s Humanities Awardee for Outstanding Certified Parent Trainer & Humanities Teacher. She was honored for her Storysharing Instructor commitment for the Council’s signature Motheread program. She has spent over 232 weeks and more than 464 hours working with many parents to teach them “how to build dynamic learning environments in their own homes.” She has been an active Parent Trainer since being certified more than 17 years ago. “ I love volunteering with CNMI Motheread/Fatheread program because it connects people. It helps build relationships in the home and in the community.” For more than 17 years, she has actively volunteered her time to the Motheread/Fatheread Program as a certified Parent Trainer and a certified Children’s Storysharing Instructor. Since her certification in October 1998, Mrs. Yobech is the only active trainer from the first cadre of 18 volunteers. She has facilitated countless Motheread/Fatheread Adult Courses and Story Sharing classes in the CNMI — Department of Corrections, JoetenKiyu Public Library, Garapan Community Development Center, Northern Marianas College, Marianas High School Library, Tanapag Head Start, Oleai Head Start, Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School, San Antonio Head Start, Kagman Head Start, and Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-purpose Center, et.al.
Angelina N. Yobech
Besides the regular Motheread parent trainings that she has led, she is also a Teacheread trainer/presenter. The Teacheread Program is a locally developed Motheread program designed to provide aspiring teachers from the Northern Marianas College and center-based teachers and caregivers from the DCCA’s Child Care Program with the skills necessary to build children’s reading and critical thinking skills. Mrs. Angelina N. Yobech currently serves as the librarian for Marianas High School. In November, she successfully completed another Motheread/Fatheread Adult Course in partnership with the Division of Youth Services. Her students issued glowing remarks as they recounted their learning experiences with her at the helm. On behalf of the CNMI Motheread/Fatheread Program, we thank you and we appreciate all the hard work and commitment you do for the CNMI. We are truly blessed to have you be a part of our Motheread/Fatheread family.
“It’s not always the big things that make the biggest impact in people's lives. More often it’s the small things faithfully done in love that make the most meaningful.” — Angelina N. Yobech Page 7
THE CHILDREN OF OUR HOMELAND CULTURAL CENTER/LIBRARY
Motheread®, Inc. is a nationally acclaimed private, non-profit organization that combines the teaching of literacy skills with child development and family empowerment issues. Parents and children learn to use the power of language to discover more about themselves their families, and their communities.
Library Hours Tuesdays-Fridays (10:00 am-6:00 pm) Saturday (9:00 am-4:00 pm) Closed on Mondays, Sundays, and Holidays
Motheread® offers classes for both the adults and children. In adult classes, participants learn to be story readers, writers, and tellers in a group structure that supports their own sense of worth and ability. These classes are appropriate for all adults, regardless of reading ability or prior educational experience. By teaching the “why” of reading rather than just emphasizing the “how”, classes encourage parents to be reading role models for their children. For children, Story Exploring provides a structured environment for learning reading, critical-thinking, and problem solving skills.
****Attention **** Parent Trainers and Story Exploring Instructors. Do you have a special birthday shout-out or success story for the upcoming month of December please email cnmimotheread@gmail.com or facebook us @ cnmi motheread/fatheread with the exciting news to publish in our next newsletter!
Reo Arriola & Eulalia Villagomez on your wedding November 21, 2015!
November Happy Birthday shout outs to
Honora Tenorio, Northern Marianas Humanities Council Fiscal Officer Eulalia V. Arriola, Northern Marianas Humanities Council Program Manager Sophie Fejeran, Joeten-Kiyu Public Library Title 1 Staff Carrie Camacho, Joeten-Kiyu Public Library Front Desk Associate
CNMI Motheread/Fatheread® Current & Upcoming Session CYCLE
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TIME
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PARENT TRAINER/SEI
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TBA
TBA
January
CNMI Public Schools
TBA
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TBA
3 pm
January
CNMI Private Schools
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Tuesdays
5 pm
October 6, 2015
San Vicente Stanford Apartments
Beth Demapan
ADULT COURSE ONLY 4
Mondays
5 pm
November 30, 2015
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Saturdays
10 am
December 5, 2015
Joeten-Kiyu Public Library
Bryan Manabat/Margie Sugaste
Sinapalo Elementary School (Rota) Geraldine Delacruz/Charlene Cruz
Schedules for interested Private Schools and Organizations/Agencies could be arranged by contacting Viola Deleon Guerrero, Beth Demapan, or Bryan Manabat at Tel:235-7319/989-8542/783-7678 or E-mail: cnmimotheread@gmail.com or visit our website at https://sites.google.com/site/cnmimothereadfatheread/