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Saipan Saipan ( ch, Sa’ipan, cal, Seipél, formerly in es, Saipán, and in ja, 彩帆島, Saipan-tō) is the largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), commonwealth of the United States in the western Pa ...

Schools

7–12 schools

Rota * Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr./Sr. High School (

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) - Rota Jr./Sr. High School was formed in 2006 by the consolidation of Rota High School and Rota Junior High School

Tinian Tinian ( or ; old Japanese name: 天仁安島, ''Tenian-shima'') is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Together with uninhabited neighboring Aguiguan, it forms Tinian Municipality, one of th ...

* Tinian Jr./Sr. High School ( San Jose)

High schools

Kagman High School Kagman High School (KHS) is one of three public high schools on Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. It is located in Kagman, is part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System and opened in January 2002. KHS serves abou ...

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Marianas High School Marianas High School (MHS) is a public high school located in Susupe on Saipan in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). It is one of six high schools operated by the CNMI Public Sc ...

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) * Saipan Southern High School (

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) (Opened August 2002) * Da’ok Academy

Middle schools

Saipan * 7–8
Chacha Oceanview Middle School
(Kagman) (Opened August 2002) ** Dandan Middle School **

Hopwood Middle School Hopwood Middle School, formerly Hopwood Junior High School, is a secondary school in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, a part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System. Hopwood Junior High School (HJHS) was founded in ...

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Chalan Piao Chalan Piao is a village on the southwestern area of Saipan. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is bordered on the north by Chalan Kanoa, on the east by As Perdido village and on the south by San Antonio village. To the west is the ...

) ** Francisco M. Sablan Middle School ** Tanapag Middle School

Elementary schools

Saipan
Gregorio T. Camacho Elementary School
( San Roque) ** It opened as the San Roque Elementary School in 1951 and was renamed after the first commissioner of San Roque, Gregorio T. Camacho. Camacho served as the president of the school's parent-teacher association
Garapan Elementary School
(

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Kagman Elementary School
(Kagman) (Opened 2000) ** It opened on September 5, 2000 and is in Kagman III.
Koblerville Elementary School
(Koblerville)
Oleai Elementary School
( San Jose) ** Its student body as of 2007 was majority Carolinian. It was established in 1958.
William S. Reyes Elementary School
(

Chalan Kanoa Chalan Kanoa ( Old Japanese name: 茶覧, ''Charan'') is one of the settlements on Saipan, the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located in the southwest of the island. The village contains the island's central post office, as well as ...

) ** It is named after the CNMI's first superintendent of education, William Sablan Reyes. It was established as the Findley School for Native Children in 1946 and was later renamed to Chalan Kanoa Elementary School. It received its current name in 1984.
San Vicente Elementary School
( San Vicente) Rota
Sinapalo Elementary School
(

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) (Opened 2001) ** Previously Rota Elementary & Junior High School in Songsong had elementary classes. Sinapalo Elementary was built in two phases, with the Rota government and Rota Resort Hotel financing it. In 1995 phase I was built. There was a four-year hiatus in the construction that ended when the Rota government allowed it to continue. The school opened in February 2002 when phase II was built. Tinian
Tinian Elementary School
(San Jose) ** Additions were installed beginning Spring 1999, including new classrooms and air conditioning.

Former schools

Saipan:
Dandan Elementary School
(

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) (Opened August 1998) – Served Dandan and portions of San Vicente
San Antonio Elementary School
(

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)
Tanapag Elementary School
(

Tanapag Tanapag is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located close to Tanapag Beach on the northwest coast, just to the north of Capital Hill, the island group's center of government. It lies on the Marpi Road (H ...

) Previously the system operated an elementary school on

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Northern Islands Municipality Northern Islands Municipality is one of the four main political divisions of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It consists of a long string of the northernmost islands of the Northern Marianas, including (from north to south) Fara ...

, prior to the 1981 eruptions. In 1977 the school had 13 students. Students from Pagan attending secondary school did so on Saipan.''Northern Mariana Islands Coastal Resources Management: Environmental Impact Statement''.

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References

External links

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System
* {{United States school districts Education in the Northern Mariana Islands Schools in the Northern Mariana Islands

State departments of education of the United States

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