Browse past news stories for Pearl City High School in Pearl City, HI.

• Offices offer cash, sports gear for candy (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 12:01:13 pm
  Three health professional offices in Honolulu will trade Halloween candy for money or sports equipment. A Downtown Dental Group will pay $1 in cash for every pound of Halloween candy brought to their 1139 Bethel St. office between noon and 2 p.m. today.
• Big Islanders battle in NAGA event (Hawaii Tribune-Herald)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 06:03:18 pm
  About a dozen dedicated students from the Penn Training and Fitness Centers Children's Jiu Jitsu Academy made the journey to the state's most prestigious tournament of grappling on Oct. 18 at Pearl City High School.
• Public School Principals: "We are Prepared" (KHON 2 Honolulu)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 04:26:17 am
  Public school principals were also on edge waiting for the ruling from federal court. Principals informed faculty and staff members to be prepared to change plans if the TRO was granted.
• Valley Isle Sports in Brief (The Maui News)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 08:59:41 am
  ST. GEORGE, UTAH --- Five players from Maui helped Hanapa'a, a 60-and-over softball team, win the gold medal at the Huntsman World Senior Games held Oct. 5-9.
• Offering guidance (The Journal-Standard)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 06:30:58 pm
  Counselors from five area high schools received updated guidance material from CareerTEC pertaining to current job markets and educational options.
• Blood bank slates October drive (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  posted on September 26, 2009 at 11:33:16 am
  The Blood Bank of Hawaii has scheduled blood drives next month at Oahu high schools and colleges, saying it is looking to young donors to help maintain an adequate blood supply.
• Islam Day honors commonality (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 12:04:15 pm
  When the Hawai'i Legislature approved a resolution declaring Sept. 24 "Islam Day," the measure set of a firestorm of debate because the day fell so close to the date of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. But yesterday, politics was set aside as hundreds of people packed the McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Beach Park to celebrate Hawai'i's first Islam Day.
• HSTA Ratification Vote Locations Set (KITV Honolulu)
  posted on September 20, 2009 at 06:06:00 am
  Hawaii public school teachers will vote on whether to ratify a proposed contract that would cut pay 7.94 percent, but does not call for layoffs.
• 508 storm drains stenciled (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 12:03:00 pm
  Volunteers from 'Aiea, Halawa, Leeward O'ahu, and Pearl City Lions Clubs and student-athletes from Pearl City High School and Moanalua Middle School helped stencil 508 storm drains in their area a few weeks ago.
• Camaraderie at work (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 11:33:35 am
  Two Hawaii sailors have a front-row seat in one of the most intensive combat operations in history: the decks of a modern, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in wartime.
• Birding to success: Pearl City teen to receive Eagle Scout rank (The Journal-Standard)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 01:31:33 am
  Attaining the highest rank in Boy Scouts, the rank of Eagle Scout, is a reality for Pearl City resident Chris Aspinwall, 18, and this month he will receive his rank at a ceremony to be held in his honor to celebrate this milestone.
• Driven to distraction on purpose (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on September 13, 2009 at 12:03:29 pm
  HONOLULU — As a dozen Pearl City High School students learned yesterday, a busy texting thumb can lead to serious consequences on the road. The students spent the morning in the Aloha Stadium parking lot testing their driving skills amid rising distractions — loud music, eating, rowdy conversation and, yes, texting — meant to simulate the sort of potentially life-threatening but all-too-common ...
• State's math scores still lag (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on August 17, 2009 at 12:05:53 pm
  Mathematics test scores among Hawai'i's public school students have not improved as rapidly as literacy scores, prompting a renewed effort by state educators to deal with a long-standing problem. All grade levels — except seventh and eighth — showed little to no improvement in math scores in the Hawai'i State Assessment test this year.
• Crime-busters earn praise during police ceremony (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  posted on August 13, 2009 at 11:49:09 am
  When Wilma Pascua received a call from her 15-year-old daughter from the police station, she said, "What did you do?!"
• Piper-Moore engagement (The Chetek Alert)
  posted on August 12, 2009 at 08:02:42 pm
  William and Leigh Anne Piper, of Lanark, Ill., announce the engagement of their daughter Ashley Victoria Piper to Justin Haden Moore, son of John Moore, of Sterling, Ill., and Barbara Koenig of Metamora, Ill., and Chetek.
• Shining Stars (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  posted on August 10, 2009 at 08:18:18 am
  The Safeway Foundation donated $10,000 to support the Girl Scouts of Hawaii 's leadership-development program to preserve the environment, titled, "It's Your Planet, Love It!"
• Foundation named in honor of late teacher awards first scholarship (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
  posted on August 8, 2009 at 03:47:59 am
  A foundation created in memory of a Pearl City High School teacher, who unexpectedly died earlier this year, handed out ...
• Keeping ahead of computers (The Journal-Standard)
  posted on August 2, 2009 at 01:43:09 am
  Even though he is the sole employee, Jesse Martin can’t help but refer to his two-year old computer repair business as if it were something much bigger.
• Groups Donate $400,000 To Hawaii Prep Sports (KITV Honolulu)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 12:09:48 am
  The Hawaii High School Athletic Association announces an effort to help high school athletics programs facing major budget cuts.
• Akaka Bill defines native Hawaiian broadly (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  posted on July 1, 2009 at 11:40:36 am
  Question : What is the legal definition of "native Hawaiian" as the term is used in the Akaka Bill and other legislation in effect or pending at this time?
• Pearl City's Tanigawa given Ito scholarship (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 12:34:53 pm
  Pearl City High School senior Daniel Tanigawa is the winner of the 2009 Monte Ito Memorial Scholarship. Tanigawa, planning to attend the University of Hawai'i, earns a $1,500 college scholarship.
• Mariners dip into college ranks (Seattle Mariners)
  posted on June 11, 2009 at 04:29:11 am
  Mariners dip into college ranks
• Services set for Schofield soldier (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on June 4, 2009 at 09:25:59 pm
  Services for Staff Sgt. Randy Suyat Agno have been set for June 12 on Oahu.
• Woman, dog were friends to the end (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on May 24, 2009 at 12:39:15 pm
  Gail Yoshida and Maile, her 2-year-old mixed dachshund-terrier, were inseparable. They would often walk together from their Pearl City home to Pearl City High School, Waiau Park and along the Pearl Harbor Bike Path, said Yoshida's sister, Sharon Tamaru.
• Woman's body identified as that of missing Gail Yoshida (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 12:39:15 pm
  The body of a woman found May 13 in a ravine off Waimano Trail has been identified as Gail Yoshida, who was the subject of a search after she went missing May 3.
• Body ID'd as missing woman Gail Yoshida (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 04:56:12 am
  The body of a woman found May 13 in a ravine off Waimano Trail has been positively identified as Gail Yoshida, who was the subject of a massive search after she went missing May 3. The city medical examiner's office released Yoshida's identity today, although the cause of death is pending further investigation.
• Recognizing the risk (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on May 21, 2009 at 12:43:12 pm
  In his 22 years of coaching soccer, Frank Baumholtz had never seen anything like what he saw last fall. One by one, players on his Pearl City High School girls team suffered the most devastating of athletic injuries: An ACL tear.
• Pearl City staff will work for free (Honolulu Advertiser)
  posted on May 21, 2009 at 12:38:09 pm
  Pearl City High School's new football coach, Kai Kamaka, and his 11 assistants have yet to win a single game, but they've already scored a big victory for the Chargers' program.
• Special Report: Graduation 2009 (Rockford Register Star)
  posted on May 18, 2009 at 04:35:40 pm
  Welcome to graduation season. This is where you can find information on your high school and college graduates and graduations as they happen. We'llcontinually update this special report, so make sure to come back.
• Pearl grad was 'amazing soldier' (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  posted on May 16, 2009 at 11:48:06 am
  Fellow soldiers say they have a hard time comprehending the death of Staff Sgt. Randy Agno, a 1997 Pearl City High School graduate, who died a week ago at a Washington, D.C., Army hospital where he was taken after being injured in Iraq.