Principal's Message
Dear Friends and Mainland Family,
Welcome to the brand new school year. First, I want you to know that we offer more now to our students than we have ever offered in the past. We have five career academies that are thriving and that have propelled students to very fine post secondary institutions and extraordinary business opportunities across the country. We also offer opportunities for early college, dual enrollment, and even virtual school. We offer students apprenticeships, internships, and externships at various places throughout the community. On any given day, hundreds of student Buccaneers are coming and going from Mainland High School's campus. They are over at the college, at the university, at the hospital and various other locations - working and learning. We offer the best of any world ever offered to a high school student.
High school is that unique place and period of time where within four years students go from children running to be first in the lunch line to young adults lining up to reach for their diplomas - their tickets to the rest of their adult lives.
Parents, together we have such a short time to prepare them for what lies beyond - let's do it together because there is so much to be done. I appeal to you to help us, help them - learn.
- Tell your children - out loud that school is important and that it is necessary to attend classes every day.
- Encourage your children to read the chapters, do their homework, write their paper, finish the project - be wary of mumblings from teenagers that sound like, " I don't have any homework."
- Encourage your children to put forth their best effort at school every day.
- Insist that they respect themselves, respect you, respect their teachers, and respect the tradition and purpose of Mainland High.
And, in turn, we promise you that we will be relentless in insisting that they attend school, do their work, and put forth their best effort. We have a vision and a philosophy, a purpose and policies in place to make certain that learning is the focus on this campus - your child's continuous learning is the focus of everyone who works at Mainland High School.
Please feel free to call, email, or visit. We are here for your students and you.
Sincerely,
Dr. Cheryl Salerno, Principal
(386) 258-4665