Pearl City High School is located in the Waimalu CDP in the City and County of Honolulu in the state of Hawaii, adjacent to the Pearl City CDP.
Established in 1971, Pearl City High School is a public, secondary, co-educational, college preparatory high school part of the Hawai'i Department of Education, governed by the Board of Education. When the school opened its doors in September 1971, the school only had a Freshman Class and a faculty with fewer than 30 members. Pearl City High School's first year operation only had buildings A and B being used at that time. Over the years of Pearl City High School, the school constructed the C, D, E, F, K, L, and M buildings. Buildings A, B, K, L, and M are all 4 floors. Buildings C, D, and E are all 3 floors. Building F is the only single floor building with 2 rooms for its Natural Resources class and weightlifting room. The sculptures Moon Beyond the Fence by Satoru Abe and Kua Kua Lua by Donald M. Page are on the campus.
The motto, "Excellence with Honor," was created by Richard Mahony.
Pearl City High School earned the maximum accreditation term of six years in 2006 by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
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Curriculum
According to its own website, "Pearl City High School's Curriculum is designed to meet the academic, vocational and interest needs of its students. The required and elective programs are broad enough to prepare all graduates for their future goals. It is designed to give students the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values they need to give responsible directions and to make decisions in their own lives. The experiences provided should help the student to function responsibly in a changing world. In addition, Pearl City High offers varied co-curricular activities which include student government activities, grade-level activities, honor society, service groups, special interest clubs and interscholastic athletics." [6][6][6]
Pearl City High School also features an advanced AVID program which extends the reach of students' vision of college and how to get there. As students go into the AVID program in their freshman year, if they progress, they will usually have the same AVID teacher throughout their high school career. The transition through high school will bring in more competition as more and more classes become scarce as new students enter as freshmen. A DECA program is also offered at the school which is totally self-sufficient in funding and sells snacks after school.
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Charger Band
Pearl City High School is most noted for its music program, earning its reputation under the direction of Pearl City High School band directors Michael Nakasone and Thomas Kamisato. The Pearl City High School "Charger" Band is currently under the direction of Chadwick Kamei, Christopher Otsuka, and Christopher Lopez. During the freshmen band class, many directed studies students sharpen their skills by directing incoming freshmen while the director of bands supervises or finishes work. The choir, piano, and Wind II class, or the intermediate class for students who do not make it or want to go into Wind I, is directed by director Chris Otsuka, who was a band student in the early 2000s and later a band director at the University of Hawai?i at M?noa. Chris Lopez directs guitar, musical studies, and drum line.
The school boasts a Music Performing Arts Learning Center specially created by the Hawaii Department of Education to increase and broaden the abilities of students who are interested in music and performing arts. Students are eligible to transfer from their school to Pearl City High School if they are active in one of the Learning Center programs.
Previously under Nakasone's direction, the Symphonic Winds (formerly known as the Wind Ensemble I) appeared in the prestigious Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, the ABA-JBA Convention, and the MENC (Music Educators National Convention) in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Symphonic Winds returned from a performance at the 2009 Hamamatsu Wind Band Conference. Under Chadwick Kamei's direction, the band has worked with guest conductors and musicians including Jerry Junkin, Barry Kopetz, Thomas Leslie, Tad Suzuki, Wataru Hokoyama, Grant Okamura, Thomas Bingham, Todd Yukumoto, and Michael Zonshine.
The Charger Marching Band participated in the 2011 London New Year's Day Parade, spending a total of ten days in Paris and London.
In 2013, the Pearl City Wind I Ensemble performed at Troy University in Troy, Alabama.
Notable alumni
- David Ige, 8th Governor of Hawaii (2014-)
- Jason Scott Lee, actor
- Mark Takai, former member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 1st district (2015-2016)
- Jordan Ta'amu, starting quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels.
References
External links
- Official website
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