Hopwood Junior High School

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The United States of America Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System Hopwood Junior High School Chalan Piao, Saipan, Mp 96950
Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Home of the Hilitai
Founded 1962
Principal: Christine Tudela Masga
Vice Principal (Curriculum): Nariatini Pedro
Vice Principal (Discipline): John Pialur
Guidance Counselor: Patty Mendoza
Guidance Counselor: Betty Blau
Enrollment: 1,235

Hopwood Junior High School is the largest and one of the only two institutions of junior high education on the island of Saipan. Hopwood Junior High School (HJHS) was founded in 1949 as the Saipan Intermediate Schhol and then renamed in 1962 after four-star Admiral Herbert Gladstone Hopwood of the United States Navy.^[1] Admiral Hopwood served as Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet from 1958 to 1960. He was also the Commanding Officer for the Northern Marianas in the 1950s.

During World War II, the location of the school was a cemetery for the Fourth Marine Division.^[2]

1 Mascot
2 CoHort Teams
3 Promotion Ceremony
4 References
5 External Links

[edit] Mascot

HJHS's school mascot is the Hilitai, and its school color are dark blue and gold.

[edit] CoHort Teams

Hopwood Junior High School is divided into six major and two minor CoHort Teams: Teams A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H. Each team of seventh and eighth graders has seven teachers assigned.

Teams A, B, and C are seventh-grade Teams; Teams D, E, and F are eighth-grade Teams; Team G is for Special Education students; and finally, Team H is for the students attending HJHS's Lina'la Malawasch Academy (LMA). LMA is an academy in the school for those students who worked hard to earn the privilege of going to the academy.

The Teachers in Teams A to F are as follows:

Team A	Team B	Team C	Team D	Team E	Team F
Lanelle Okawa	Katherine Barja	Wilma Hofschneider-David	Elizabeth Nepaial	Darlene Aldan	Connie Camacho
Anne Chase	Criselda Aldan	Emily Cabrera	Aaron Solloway	Linda Birmingham	Spencer Johnson
Aida Gagaring	Pastor Gagaring	Carmen Ada	Epi Cabrera	Marilyn Mendoza	Frank Tomokane
Timothy Williams	Caitlin Sandell	Sally Emery	Sharleen Crisostimo	Kimberly Vaillancourt	Victor Borja
Natalie Hill	Joseph Chatters	Cecile Manahane	Nick Benjamin	Carla Palczewski	Jacklyn Echon
Steven Harmsen	Mark Rozic	Frankie Angel	Señot Donald Mendiola	Angie Quinata	Luna Litulumar
Freddy Salavaria	Ronald Lamkin	Nahal Navidar	Taj van Buuren	Dhez Javier	Arlene Buniag

[edit] Promotion Ceremony

Every School Year, Hopwood Junior High School has a Promotion Ceremnoy for its eighth graders. On this day, they award the Top Ten, the Honorable Mentions, the Principal's Award (Leadership Award), the Commissioner's Award (Salutatorian), and the Board of Education Award (Valedictorian).

Last year's awards went out to:

Top Ten:

1. Holley Melchor

2. Ann Mariel Flores

3. Jan Kimberly Alcantara

4. Crystal Mae Garcia

5. Megan Ito

6. Alvijane Jay Manabat

7. Ira Marie Palero

8. Jaynine Parico

9. Mary Ruth Quiatchon

10. Joy Samonte

Principal's Award: Evangelina Manalili

Commissioner's Award (Salutatiorian): Ann Mariel Flores

Board of Education Award (Valedictorian): Holley Melchor

[edit] References

^ Koki (1995) p.1
^ Petty, Bruce M. (2001) p.39

Publicschoolsreport web site entry for the junior high school
Koki, Stan (1995) Hopwood: A Pearl of a Junior High School in the Pacific Educational Innovations in the Pacific, v2 n2 Oct 1995 web link
House Committee on Appropriations (1978) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1978 By U.S. Congress p.1335
Petty, Bruce M. (2001) Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War By Bruce M. Petty ISBN 0-78640-991-6