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Waianae High School

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Type
  
Public, Co-educational

Established
  
1957

Faculty
  
113 (approx.)

Phone
  
+1 808-697-9400

Principal
  
Ms. Disa Hauge

Motto
  
"Imua Makou O Waianae"

School district
  
Leeward District

Grades
  
9-12

Yearbook
  
Ke Ahe Kai

Mascot
  
Seariders

Address
  
85-251 Farrington Hwy, Waianae, HI 96792, USA

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Waiʻanae High School is a public, coeducational secondary school in the Waianae CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, on the leeward (western) coast of the island of Oʻahu. The school about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of central Honolulu CDP. An average of 2,000 students are enrolled annually in grades 9-12. Wai‘anae High School is part of the Leeward School District, under the Hawaii State Department of Education.

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Campus

The 40-acre (160,000 m2) campus is located at 85-251 Farrington Highway between the towns of Mākaha (to the north) and Waiʻanae (to the south). Wai‘anae High School is situated on the coastline; the Pacific Ocean is directly west of the campus and Farrington Highway bordering on the east. This location makes it the only high school in the U.S. built on the beach.

The school's football field, which borders the shoreline, is named after the school's first principal, Raymond Torii. The school's annual commencement ceremony is usually held there.

The campus boasts the sculptures Kuikahi by Eli Marozzi and Four Valleys by Ken Shutt.

Academics

Wai‘anae High initiated its self-contained career academy program in 2004. According to the school's website, the academies provide students work-based education in addition to a core college preparatory curriculum. Each of the four career academies has several hundred students enrolled. Groups of teachers serve in teams in each academy.

  • Business/Industrial Education and Technology
  • Health and Human Services
  • Natural Resources
  • Ninth Grade Success Academy
  • Searider Productions Academy (formerly Arts & Communications Academy)
  • Notable alumni

    Listed alphabetically by last name, with graduating class year in parentheses.

  • Kealii "Baba B" Blaisdell 1997-current - Professional songwriter, Musician that specialises in Hawaiian Reggae
  • Kurt Gouveia (1982) - professional football athlete
  • Max Holloway (2010) - professional MMA fighter, currently competing in the UFC's Featherweight Division
  • Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (1977) - recording artist
  • Yancy Medeiros - 3rd at Hawaii State Wrestling Championships; professional Mixed Martial Artist, current UFC Lightweight
  • Fiamalu Penitani aka Musashimaru (1989) - sumo wrestler
  • Blaise Soares (1993) Golden Gloves Boxer of Hawaiʻi and Nevada. Professional boxer 12-1-1 record and now currently Professional Boxing coach in Sin City Las Vegas, Nevada
  • John D. Kim (1972) - Prosecuting Attorney, County of Maui (2011- )
  • References

    Waianae High School Wikipedia