With more than 80% of its student population already vaccinated against COVID-19, Marianas High School will return to full in-person classes starting next week. This means MHS will merge its cohorts and open all classes for full hours five days a week, said MHS principal Jonathan Aguon Thursday. Of course, all COVID-19 safety guidelines are still in place and will be followed, he added.<\/p>\n
Aguon said that he and the rest of MHS are excited to be the first public high school on Saipan to open for full in-person classes. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur school has been busy getting the campus set up [for next week], and, of course, all COVID [safety] guidelines still are in place. Mask wearing is important [and] we have sanitation protocols to make sure that our students\u2019 safety is our priority,\u201d said Aguon.<\/p>\n
Aguon acknowledged how important in-person classes are to ensuring effective learning and lauding MHS\u2019 students for their collective effort in making full in-person classes possible. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand that having face-to-face instruction is important for our students, and I\u2019m very proud of my Dolphins because they\u2019re the ones who took initiative. We needed to [have] at least 80% of our students be vaccinated and we [reached] that rate quite quickly,\u201d said Aguon. MHS students are often referred to as Dolphins because their mascot is a dolphin. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re the largest school in the CNMI Public School System, and to think that over 80% of [our students] are vaccinated really means a lot because it shows their commitment to our community\u2019s safety and [their commitment] to have the full school experience that comes with a more open school,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
In a separate interview Thursday, acting Education commissioner Eric M. Magofna said that MHS is currently one of just three CNMI public schools with student populations aged 12 and older to reach 80% vaccinated and open back up for full in-person classes this school year, the other two schools being Tinian Jr.\/ Sr. High School on Tinian and Dr. Rita H. Inos Jr.\/Sr. High School on Rota. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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