Northwest High School

Location: Onoun island
Enrollment: 248
Admin Staff: 2, 2 vacancies
Instructional Staff: 9, 7 vacancies
Certified Teachers: 8
Ancillary Staff: 5, 4 vacancies
Total Staff: 29
NMCT Results: (Grade, Subject Tested, Score – as available) – 10th, Reading – 10%
High School Entrance Test: (Passing %)
COMET Results: (For high schools)
Principal: Fr. Florentinus Akkin
Vice Principal: Mannix Episom

Northwest High School (formerly, Weipat Junior High School) is located on the island of Onoun (formerly, Ulul) in the Namonweito district in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia. As of 2004, the Northwest High School serves all three regions of Pattiw, Pafeng, and Weito islands.

Our Mission

As a culture-based school we are committed to cultural literacy and the perpetuation of our tradition, as we promote the ability of our students to think critically on all aspect of our curriculum. We seek to provide all students with significant life experiences and the tools to make informed decisions. We are committed to maintaining a strong relationship between the school program the island’s activities. We are also committed to promote a strong community and parental involvement in the education of our students.

We are committed to the academic enterprise within a wholistic educational and formative approach. We bring to this task the island tradition in education reaching back to our early years, and lived out here at Weipat High School over these last forty years and onward.

Our Vision

Northwest High School strives to be a School Community that promotes the development of our human resources (youths) in obtaining knowledge, skills, wisdom, and the proper attitudes and behaviors needed to succeed in college and the modern world life while perpetuating the traditional skills in our island cultures.

Goals & Objectives:

At Northwest High School, we aspire to educate our students with these goals in mind:

• To prepare each student academically to succeed in college and be equipped with the tools to be successful members of their communities in a modern world.
• To deepen each student culturally to strengthen their respect and deepen their understanding of the traditions of our islands.
• To form each student spiritually to heighten their sense of self-worth and to become men and women who strive to serve the needs of their island communities.
• To train each student physically to advance healthy attitudes, habits, and practices in life.