Marianas High School

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Marianas High School
Location
Marianas High School
Beach Road, Susupe, Saipan,
Northern Mariana Islands
Coordinates 15°9′39″N145°42′29″E / 15.16083°N 145.70806°E / 15.16083; 145.70806
Information
TypePublic Secondary
Motto Team Effort Towards Excellence
Established1969;56 years ago (1969)
PrincipalMelanie Sablan Rdiall
Faculty60
Grades9 - 12
Number of students1,500
Color(s)Royal blue and gold
  
MascotDolphin
Website marianashighschool.com

Marianas High School (MHS) is a public four-year high school located in Susupe, Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It is one of six high schools operated by the CNMI Public School System and the largest of the three public high schools serving the island of Saipan.

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History

Marianas High School opened in the fall of 1969, making it the second oldest of the five high schools on Saipan, behind Mount Caramel School. MHS replaced the high school program at Hopwood Junior High School, which closed in 1968 when Typhoon Jean occurred. [1]

In June 2011, Marianas High School announced it achieved above-average scores on 5 of the 8 Stanford Achievement Test Series (SAT 10). The overall average score placed MHS in the 51st percentile, the first time a high school in the CNMI outperformed the national average.

In 2013, five MHS students were named AP Scholars, and two were named Scholars with Honors by the CollegeBoard. In addition, three MHS students were named Gates Scholars for their outstanding academic performance. In the same year, the MHS STEM team won a National Championship for its unmanned search and rescue plane, the first national championship ever won by a U.S. territory.

In late 2015, the MHS STEM team won another National Championship led by their instructor, John D. Raulerson.

Controversies

In 2008, a security guard was murdered on campus by teens stealing laptops.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "History." Marianas High School. July 4, 2007. Retrieved on January 14, 2018.
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