Pearl City High School - Pearl City, Hawaii/HI

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Pearl City High School

2100 Hookiekie Street, Pearl City, HI, 96782-1425 -

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Definition of Terms

Pearl City High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Honolulu County, HI

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1980 students

% Male / % Female

53% / 47%

Total Classroom Teachers

120 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 600 students

Grade 10 - 509 students

Grade 11 - 473 students

Grade 12 - 398 students

This School

(HI) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(HI) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	82%	76%
% Hispanic	4%	4%
% Black	2%	1%
% White	12%	20%

Additional Student Information

This School

(HI) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

13%

26%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(HI) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Hawaii Dept Of Education School District

This School's Agency

(HI) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	285	0
Number of Students Managed	183,079 students	n/a
District Total Revenue	$2,274,166,000	n/a
District Expenditure	$1,765,805,000	n/a
District Revenue / Student	$12,422	-
District Expenditure / Student	$9,645	-
District Graduation Rates	79%	n/a

West Carroll Spelling Bee Winners (The Prairie Advocate)
posted on February 3, 2010 at 05:24:08 pm
The annual Spelling Bee at West Carroll Intermediate School was held on Wednesday, January 27, in the Media Center. Sixteen students who had been previous winners in classroom spelling bees were competing that day. Fifth grade teacher Beth Diener acted as pronouncer.
Pearl City's Choi has been making waves (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on February 3, 2010 at 04:48:59 am
Two more weeks and two more years of records are within reach for Daren Choi. Ken Suenaga, his swimming coach at Pearl City High School, sees Choi eclipsing more records, having already done so in his young career.
International outreach: Servant-Leaders gather to pack food to give to hungry Haitian children (The Journal-Standard)
posted on January 24, 2010 at 02:42:13 am
Bethanie Litow, 18, a Pearl City High School senior, is active in Servant-Leadership at her school. One of her aspirations is to become an OB-GYN doctor, but another goal of hers is to travel to Haiti to help the people in need, and it was after the recent devastating earthquake that she sat back to reflect on what this country must be going through. She said she wanted to help, but didn’t know ...
Freeport adopts work standard (The Journal-Standard)
posted on January 22, 2010 at 03:12:14 am
The Freeport School District 145 Board approved a Certificate of Employability program Wednesday night, Jan. 20, by a 6-1 vote.
Reyno's hat trick propels Mililani (Honolulu Advertiser)
posted on January 20, 2010 at 12:03:29 pm
It was a dominating performance by a team that has dominated league play the past two seasons. Mililani defeated Pearl City, 5-1, in an O'ahu Interscholastic Association Red West Division girls soccer game last night at Pearl City High School.

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Pearl City High School is located in the Pearl City CDP in the City and County of Honolulu in the state of Hawai'i, adjacent to the Pearl City CDP.
Established in 1973, Pearl City High School is a public, secondary, co-educational, college preparatory high school governed by the Hawaii State Department of Education. The campus boasts the sculptures Moon Beyond the Fence by Satoru Abe and Kua Kua Lua by Donald M. Page.
The motto, "Excellence with Honor," was created by Richard Mahony.
Pearl City High School is most noted for its exceptional music program, and had earned their reputation under the direction of Pearl City High School band director Mr. Michael Nakasone. The Pearl City High School "Charger" Band is currently under the direction of Chadwick Kamei (currently on sabbatical), Cathy "MoMo" Momohara, Christopher Lopez, and Kendal Ledesma "Ms.Ledes".
Under Nakasone's direction the Wind Ensemble I has 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 (formerly known as with Wind Ensemble I) recently returned from a successful performance at the 2009 Hamamatsu Wind Band Conference. Under Kamei’s direction, the band has had many opportunities to work with noteable guest conductors and musicians such as Dr. Jerry Junkin, Dr. Barry Kopetz, Dr. Thomas Leslie, Prof. Tad Suzuki, Mr. Wataru Hokoyama, Mr. Grant Okamura, Mr. Thomas Bingham, Mr. Todd Yukumoto, Mr. Michael Zonshine, and many more.
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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Official Alumni Website

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