Kahuku High & Intermediate School

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Kahuku High and Intermediate School
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Kahuku High & Intermediate School
56-490 Kamehameha Highway

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96731

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TypePublic, co-educational
Motto"Learning Today for Lifelong Success in College, Career, and Community!"
Established1897
School districtWindward District
PrincipalDonna Lindsey
Faculty94.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades7-12
Number of students1,319 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.03 [1]
CampusRural
Color(s)Red and white   
Athletics Oahu Interscholastic Association
MascotRed Raider
Rival Farrington High School
St. Louis School
Waianae High School
AccreditationWestern Association of Schools and Colleges
YearbookKe Ko'olau
AffiliationWASC
MilitaryUnited States Army JROTC
Website http://kahukuhigh.org

Kahuku High & Intermediate School, located in Kahuku CDP, [2] City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, on the island of Oahu, serves approximately 1,850 students in grades seven through twelve and is part of the Windward District on the island of Oahu. It is a part of the Hawaii Department of Education. The students of Kahuku are enrolled from the communities of Kaʻaʻawa, Hau'ula, La'ie, Kahuku, and Sunset Beach which span a twenty-six mile stretch along the North Shore.

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Known as the "Pride of the North Shore," [3] Kahuku High and Intermediate has academic and athletic programs and a Music Learning Center that features band and choral music [3] which have garnered state and national recognition. Their graduation ceremonies are known for their medley performances, even going viral in 2015. [4] The school's We the People team has advanced to the national competition several times. [5] [6]

The campus has a bronze sculpture, Spirit of Kahuku, by Jan Gordon Fisher and Bruce Brown.

Kahuku High School Red Raiders football program

The Red Raiders have won or shared the Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) public school football championship title 29 times since the inception of the OIA in 1940. [7] Kahuku High School's football team also has been nationally ranked multiple times in numerous high school football opinion polls and rankings even before winning their first Hawai`i High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) State Football Championship in 2000. Kahuku High School football program's highest ranking came at the end of the 2001 football season when they were ranked #8 in the Super 25 High School Football rankings and #13 in the StudentSports.com rankings. [8]

In the 21st century the Kahuku Red Raiders have won a Hawai`i record eleven (11) State Football Championships - most recently in November 2023, beating fellow public school Mililani 21–19. [9] In Kahuku High School football history, four (4) head football coaches have won state football championship titles: Siuaki Livai (2000, 2001, 2003, 2005), Reginald "Reggie" Torres (2006, 2011, 2012), [10] Vavae Tata (2015), and most recently Sterling Carvahlo (2021, 2022, 2023). [11] [7]

With the rare defensive shutout in the championship game, the 2022 Red Raiders earned back-to-back state football champions for the first time since 2011–2012. Sterling Carvalho joins former Red Raider alumni and previous Kahuku head football coaches Reggie Torres and Siuaki Livai as the only coaches to lead Kahuku to a state football championship in consecutive seasons. Additionally, the Kahuku Red Raiders have won all four state-final meetings against Punahou School and its 31 victories in the state HHSAA tournament are a record in the high school sport of American football in Hawai`i. [12]

Notable alumni

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Makua Rothman, world champion surfer
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Chris Kemoeatu

Listed alphabetically by last name (year of graduation):

Professional surfers

Professional football players

National Football League

National Football League invitees

Former Kahuku Football players who were invited to NFL training camps or on NFL practice squads.

Other football leagues

Former Kahuku HS football players who played in other professional North American football leagues.

Football head coaches

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