Kealakehe High School
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Kealakehe High School is a public high school located in Kailua CDP, Hawaii County, Hawaii
, United States
. It has the largest geographic school attendance boundary in the state and covers a geographic district 40 miles (64.4 km) wide, encompassing the communities of Kailua-Kona, Holualoa, Waikoloa, and Puako. The school motto is "Harmony and unity through dynamic education and community for everyone, every time."
The school was built on 50 acres (202,343 m²) in the Kealakehe ahupuaa (traditional land division) at coordinates 19°40′13"N 155°59′53"W, on the slope of Hualālai
. Kealakehe Intermediate School and Kealakehe Elementary School are also located nearby. The Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
and Honokōhau Harbour are downhill from the schools.
The name means "the winding path" in the Hawaiian Language
.
Kealakehe High School has been led by Principal Wilfred Murakami throughout its history. Kealakehe High Schools rival is Konawaena High School
.
awarded mathematics teacher Yannabah Lewis with a $25,000 Milken Award.
, basketball
. bowling
, canoe paddling, cross country
, cheerleading
, football
, golf
, judo
, riflery, sailing
, soccer, softball
, swimming
tennis
, track and field
, volleyball
, water polo
, wrestling
, and many other various sports, all of which, compete under the Big Island Interscholastic Federation
(BIIF). In order to play sports, there is a requirement of a minimum 2.0 GPA, a passing grade in all core classes, and must be passing citizenship class.
In February 2009, Kealakehe High School raised $27,227.65.
For Hawaii Dept of Education Graduation Requirements See: http://doe.k12.hi.us/graduationreqts_2010.htm
The words to the school song:
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It has the largest geographic school attendance boundary in the state and covers a geographic district 40 miles (64.4 km) wide, encompassing the communities of Kailua-Kona, Holualoa, Waikoloa, and Puako. The school motto is "Harmony and unity through dynamic education and community for everyone, every time."
History
The high school established its 9th grade class first in 1997. Each year the subsequent grades were added, and the campus enlarged, to accommodate the first graduating class in 2001. A football stadium was added in 2003.The school was built on 50 acres (202,343 m²) in the Kealakehe ahupuaa (traditional land division) at coordinates 19°40′13"N 155°59′53"W, on the slope of Hualālai
Hualalai
Hualālai is a dormant shield volcano on the island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands. It is the third-youngest and the third most active of the five volcanoes that form the island of Hawaii, following Kīlauea and the much larger Mauna Loa, and also the westernmost. Its peak is above sea...
. Kealakehe Intermediate School and Kealakehe Elementary School are also located nearby. The Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in the Kona District on the Big island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It includes the National Historic Landmarked archaeological site known as the Honokōhau Settlement...
and Honokōhau Harbour are downhill from the schools.
The name means "the winding path" in the Hawaiian Language
Hawaiian language
The Hawaiian language is a Polynesian language that takes its name from Hawaii, the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. Hawaiian, along with English, is an official language of the state of Hawaii...
.
Kealakehe High School has been led by Principal Wilfred Murakami throughout its history. Kealakehe High Schools rival is Konawaena High School
Konawaena High School
Konawaena High School is a public school located in the community of Kealakekua, Kona District, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. Konawaena means "the center of the leeward side" in the Hawaiian Language.-History:...
.
Notable Achievements
In 2007, the Milken Family FoundationMilken Family Foundation
The Milken Family Foundation is a private foundation established by Lowell Milken and Michael Milken in 1982. Lowell Milken serves as chairman and co-founder of the foundation.-Goals:...
awarded mathematics teacher Yannabah Lewis with a $25,000 Milken Award.
Sports
A wide variety of sports is offered at Kealakehe, including baseballBaseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, canoe paddling, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
, riflery, sailing
Sailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...
, soccer, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
, and many other various sports, all of which, compete under the Big Island Interscholastic Federation
Big Island Interscholastic Federation
The Big Island Interscholastic Federation or BIIF Consists of 21 high schools that sponsor a number of athletic sports, including football, basketball, volleyball and soccer....
(BIIF). In order to play sports, there is a requirement of a minimum 2.0 GPA, a passing grade in all core classes, and must be passing citizenship class.
Academic programs
- Ocean BowlNational Ocean Sciences BowlThe National Ocean Sciences Bowl is a national, high-school science competition sponsored by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program and managed by the which started in the 1970s. It uses a quiz-bowl format, with lockout buzzers and extended team challenge questions to test students on...
- 1st place in 2007 and 2nd in 2008 (team members: Riley Saito, Emma Leonard, Todd Yamakawa, Sarah Crawford, Conrad Sanborn, Julius Guiterrez) -3rd place in 2010 - Science BowlScience BowlScience Bowl is a high school and middle school academic competition, similar to Quiz Bowl, held in the United States. Two teams of four students each compete to answer various science-related questions. In order to determine which student has the right to answer the question, a buzzer system is...
- 2nd place in 2008 (states) - Science FairScience fairA science fair is generally a competition where contestants present their science project results in the form of a report, display board, and models that they have created. Science fairs allow students in grade schools and high schools to compete in science and/or technology activities...
- Kealakehe took winning places 1-5 (2008 district); 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th (2007 district); and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th (2006 district). - Academic Decathlon - 3rd in the state two years in a row
- Math LeagueMath LeagueMath League is a mathematics competition for elementary, middle, and high school students in the United States. The Math League was founded in 1977 by two high school mathematics teachers, Steven R. Conrad and Daniel Flegler. Math Leagues, Inc...
- National Honor SocietyNational Honor SocietyThe National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
- Academic World Quest- 1st place in the 2010 Hawaii Island Competition and 2nd place in the 2011 Hawaii State Competition, the top scoring public school in the state.
- Model United NationsModel United NationsModel United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....
- Although they have received no awards as of November, 2011, the team participated in the 2011 National High School Model United Nations Conference in New York City in March of 2011. The team will be attending the Regional High School Model United Nations Conference in San Francisco December 1-3. Mentored by Justin Brown and Matthew Buongiorno, this group was founded in 2010. They hope to go to future conferences in the United States, and aspire to attend a conference in China in the following years.
AP Courses
In the 2011-2012 school year, the AP classes Kealakehe High School offered were AP Calculus AB, AP Physics B, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP U.S. History and AP Literature, AP Comparative Politics and Government, and AP Statistics.Interact Club
Working with close affiliations to the Rotary Club, the Kealakehe Interact Club has been the top Interact Club in the State of Hawaii for 8 years (2002–2009). Every year, at least 100 people from the school signs up, and the top 30 active members are rewarded with Interact Camp, where they go to Kolopa State Park.Relay For Life
In February 2008, Kealakehe High School raised over $15,000.In February 2009, Kealakehe High School raised $27,227.65.
Graphic Design
Kealakehe High School received 8 awards at the recent 2008 HTEA Fair held in Honolulu's Blaisdell Center for their graphic arts and designs.Citizenship Program
Kealakehe High School offers one of the highest level of citizenship programs in the nation. Every morning for 15 or 45 minutes (depending on the day), all students attend their mandatory Citizenship class, which is similar to a Homeroom class, where they watch their Morning Broadcast program. The Morning Broadcast program is a morning class where students relay news to everyone else in the school. After the broadcast, teachers may come on and give assignments for the entire school to do (regardless of grade level). The entire school is assigned work to do during citizenship. The grading system for this program is as follows: A=95%-100% B=90%-94% C=85%-89% I (incomplete) is given for 80%-84% and F=79% and below. Citizenship class is worth .50 credits every year. The 9th and 10th grade Citizenship counts as elective credit. The 11th and 12th grade Citizenship may count as elective credit OR the required 4th year of Social Studies credit.Graduation Requirements
The graduation requirements for the Class of 2010 is 24 credits: 4 Social Studies credits; including Civics, Modern Hawaiian History, World History, and United States History; 4 English credits; 3 Math credits, 3 Science credits,.5 Health credits; .5 Personal Transition Plan (PTP) credit; and 1 Physical Education credit 6 elective credits, 2 "consecutive electives"(2 credits in: World Language OR Career and Technical Education OR Fine Arts). In order to be a class valedictorian students must do a senior project which is worth 1 credit (earning a total of 25 credits for a BOE recognized diploma-students must have a minimum 3.0 gpa to earn this type of diploma). Passing all 4 years of citizenship (equivalent to 1 year of social studies and 1 year of elective credit) is required in order to walk the line at graduation. A passing grade in citizenship is currently 85%. A student not passing citizenship can make up their year grade if they are in the 80-84% range.For Hawaii Dept of Education Graduation Requirements See: http://doe.k12.hi.us/graduationreqts_2010.htm
Alma mater
written by Mr.Stanford Ha'oThe words to the school song:
In the shadow of the rising sun on Mount Hualālai,
Majestically she stands above Honokōhau our strength and might.
Our memories we'll cherish,
Our future we'll prepare,
Kealakehe, your name we proudly bear.
She is our beacon to light our winding path,
We ride the wave of the future as we look upon our past.
We are strong! Kealakehe!
We are proud! Kealakehe!
Let us raise our anthem loud,
Kealakehe Hail! All Hail!