Jaluit High School (JHS) is a secondary school in Jabor,

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. It is a part of the

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. The school serves the following atolls and islands in the south of the country: Jaluit, Ailinglaplap, Ebon, Jabat,

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. It has a boarding program for students from distant atolls and islands.

History

The first phase of the campus was built between the late 1960s to the middle of the 1970s, a period when several other public high schools were built in the

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. The school, the second public high school in the Marshall Islands, opened in 1975. The South Korean company Hanil built the campus. Initially it served grade 9 only and had 110 students. In 1999 the ''

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''. Retrieved on December 25, 2015. "P1 Dorms a hellhole Majuro’s block cell jail — which is not noted for its amenities — provides better accommodations than Jaluit High School’s student dormitory, according to a parent of a JHS student."

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* Boarding schools High schools in the Marshall Islands Educational institutions established in 1975 {{Marshalls-stub