Northwest Educators Set 10 Regional Priorities at NEST

Xavier High School in Chuuk, the premiere college preparatory in the North Pacific, became the site of the historic Northwest Educators Summer Training (NEST) for over 70 public school teachers and principals and leaders from Northwest Unified Schools. While the NEST was funded largely by the Chuuk State Department of Education (CDOE), this first-ever community […]

Northwest High School Graduations 2013

Today marked the first graduation for the newly renamed Northwest High School, formerly Weipat, located on Onoun Island in the Northwest region of Chuuk State, FSM.  To celebrate the event, a chartered flight arrived from Weno carrying a delegation from the State Government and the Department of Education. On board were the Governor of Chuuk […]

Weipat is now Northwest High School

On July 3, 2012, the participants in the Northwest Educational Leadership Summer Institute comprising of teachers, principals, mayors, municipal council presidents, church leaders, and traditional chiefs from throughout all three regions of Weito, Pattiw, and Pafeng agreed to accept the Chuuk State Department of Education’s plan to turn Weipat Junior High School into a 4-year […]

Students arrive at new school, new attitude

Students from throughout the Northwest regions of Pattiw and Namonweito have started to arrive at the Northwest High School to find a new name for their school and new attitudes. During the week the students have started a campus beautification campaign to transform the school into a truly community-led school. Led by their Principal Fr. […]

Dorms half done

The DOE Central Office provided some supplies for minor renovations to the boys dorms. The people of Onoun were able to complete the work in a week in time before the students arrive. Now the school needs more tin roofs to replace all the rusty roofs on the dorms.