Tips for the freshmen for SSHS

I know that excitement of expectation for the high school.
And Saipan Southern High School is known for the best high school in Saipan.
But before you enjoy, you have to know about SSHS.

The mission statement of SSHS is "academically fit, ethically guided, culturally astute, socially responsible, individually articulate, and technologically skilled."

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When I first came to SSHS, I was mostly surprise at the class time.
A hour and twenty minutes of the classes are harder than I thought.
Some of the freshmen would be tired of class. But they will be use to it after a month.
The school's regular schedules are following:
first period-8:00~9:20, second period-9:30~10:50, break time-11:00~11:15, third period-11:20~12:40, lunch-12:40~1:30, fourth period-1:40~3:00.

To know what is going on in class, you must pay attention from the first day when teachers explain about their classes. If you are the student who doesn't care about school, you'll flunk.
But if you are the student that care and want to get good grades, you have to be close to teachers. Teachers are there for you. They want to educate you to certain level and prepare you for the real worlds.

Selecting of classes is very important. English and math are subjects that you don't have a choice. But others you can chose as following: Natural Science, Biology, P.E. , and NMI history.
For the elective: Arts, Computer, Ceramics, and the Band.
The Band is most encouraged elective. By the time you become a sophomore, you would go to Guam to compete against other schools and perform many shows in Saipan.

Other important thing is making new friends. There would be friends whom you knew middle school or elementary school. But there are many students you do not know. Most students are too shy to talk to people whom they don't know. That is the problem. You need to be bold and daring type. Make people have interest in you.

For the last, the school's rules are most important thing.
You have to be in the class before 8:00. If you have excuse sheet from your parent or guardian it's okay. But if you don't have excuse sheet, you are in trouble. First unexcused tardy would be punished 3 days of detention. Sencond or more unexcused tardy would be punished with minium of 2days. The rules in here are pretty strink. But that strick rules make our school the best high school in Saipan.