Marianas High School

Marianas High School
Location
Beach Road, Susupe, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Coordinates	15°9′39″N 145°42′29″E
Information
Type	Public Secondary
Motto	Team Effort Towards Excellence
Established	1969 (1969)
Principal	Jonathan Aguon
Faculty	60
Grades	9 - 12
Number of students	1,500
Color(s)	Royal blue and gold
Mascot	Dolphin
Website	marianashighschool.com

Marianas High School (MHS) is a public high school located in Susupe on Saipan in the United States 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 three public high schools serving the island of Saipan.

History

Opened in the fall of 1969, the school is the oldest of the five high schools on Saipan. It replaced the high school program at Hopwood Junior High School, which closed in 1968 when Typhoon Jean occurred.

In June 2011, due to years of effort, Marianas High School proudly announced it achieved above-average scores on 5 of the 8 Stanford Achievement Test Series (SAT 10). The overall average score puts MHS in the 51st percentile. This was the first time a CNMI high school had outperformed the national average. [1] 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. Finally, in 2013, the MHS STEM team won a National Championship for its unmanned search and rescue plane, the first national championship ever won by a US territory. Then, 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. [2]

Notable alumni

• Miguel S. Demapan, former Chief Justice of the Northern Mariana Islands Supreme Court
• Gregorio Sablan, Delegate to the United States House of Representatives (2009–present)
• Luis John Castro, Member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives (2019–present)

External links

• Marianas High School Official Website
• Marianas High School profile at CNMI Public School System
• www.pss.cnmi.mp/MarianasHigh Marianas High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)