| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Honolulu County, HI |
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| Total Students |
1161 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
55% /
45% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
64 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 330 students | | Grade 10 - 292 students | | Grade 11 - 288 students | | Grade 12 - 240 students | | Grade Not Listed - 11 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:18 |
1:16 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
82% |
76% |
| % Hispanic |
2% |
4% |
| % Black |
n/a |
1% |
| % White |
17% |
20% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
7% |
26% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
3% |
9% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Hawaii Dept Of Education School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
285 |
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| Number of Students Managed |
183,079 students |
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| District Total Revenue |
$2,274,166,000 |
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| District Expenditure |
$1,765,805,000 |
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| District Revenue / Student |
$12,422 |
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| District Expenditure / Student |
$9,645 |
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| District Graduation Rates |
79% |
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- Kalani High School is a WASC-accredited four-year public high school located in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Kalani is a part of the Hawaii Department of Education. Kalani is located on Kalanianaole Highway.
- Opened in 1958, it serves the residential areas of Niu Valley, Āina Haina, Āina Koa, Maunalani Heights, Waialae-Kāhala, Kāhala, and portions of the Kaimukī area. The current principal is Gerald Teramae. Prior to his arrival in October 2006, the principal was Randiann Porras-Tang.
- Their facilities include: 9 main buildings, a PE locker/trainer facility, cafeteria, gymnasium, several portable buildings which serve as a temporary home for the Red Cross, a large building for their musical department, a swimming pool, tennis courts/basketball courts, and a football field/soccer field/marching band practice surrounded by a dirt track.
- Sports
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Starting in the 1960s there was a decline in athletics due to the opening of the Kaiser High School district. Kalani currently holds the OIA Eastern division title in girls varsity soccer. In the school year 2005-2006, the girls varsity basketball team won the State Division II Championship. The girls volleyball team won the OIA Championship in the 2003 season. However, the schools most notable team is their mens soccer team, who placed second in the OIA and in the State in 2007.
- Alma Mater
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Where the trade winds from the ocean
Whisper softly through the valley
Mighty pillars of Kalani
Will for ever stand.
Where the trade winds from the ocean
Whisper softly through the valley
Proudly wave Kalani's banner
Over all the land.
Rising for thy glory
Rising in thy honor
Our spirits pledged will e'er be true
For loyalty and love will leave us never.
Onward 'tis the faith that leads us
Towards the goals that stand before us,
Forward then, Kalani High
All praise to thee! - Academics
- Kalani High is listed "in good standing, unconditional" according to the No Child Left Behind assessment tests.
- Kalani High School's curriculum is based on the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS III) to ensure a high quality education for all of its students.
- Kalani High School also uses Schoolwide General Learner Outcomes (GLOs) to gauge student learning and growth. The GLOs are:
- Self-Directed Learner
- Community Contributor
- Complex Thinker and Problem-Solver
- Quality Producer
- Effective Communicator
- Effective and Ethical Users of Technology
- Advance Placement courses are offered for Calculus, U.S. History, Junior and Senior level English, Chemistry, Physics, Chinese, Macroeconomics and Spanish.
- Small Learning Communities
- Freshmen and sophomore students are grouped into Small Learning Communities (SLCs) which consists of team teachers. Houses include teachers from Social studies, Science and English departments as well as counselors and Special Education teachers.
- At Kalani High School, SLCs take the form of houses in 9th and 10th grade and well as career-oriented academies/pathways during 11th and 12th grade. The primary purpose of houses is to help support students with the transition from middle to high school and to prepare them for entrance into the academies/pathways during their junior and senior years.
- Kalani High School SLCs have three main goals:
:1) To create academic rigor and relevance
:2) To create personalization
:3) To create professional learning communities
- House/Grade Level/School Pride - An important feature of the 9th and 10th grade houses is supporting the development of school spirit. Students will be provided opportunities to build their identities as members of a house, grade level and members of the greater Kalani High School community.
- Kalani High School Houses:
:Kaizen
:Punawai‘ike
:‘Imiloa
:Pa‘ahana
- Notable alumni
- Lenn Sakata, Baseball Player
- Shane Komine, Baseball Player
- Mika Todd, Singer
- Ehren Watada, First Lieutenant, United States Army
- Rex Jakobovits, Ph.D., Internet entrepreneur, president of Vivalog Technologies
- Eric Funasaki, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Montana Western
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (96821) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
18,655 people |
1,193,096 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
54% |
30% |
| Population Average Age |
45 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.9 persons
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2.8 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$86,381
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$52,016 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.3 rooms |
4.5 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
43 years old |
36 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
84% / 16% |
56% / 44% |
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