Nanakuli High and Intermediate School

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Nānākuli High and Intermediate School
Location
Nanakuli High and Intermediate School
89-980 Nānākuli Avenue

Waiʻanae
,
Hawaii
96792

United States
Information
TypePublic, Co-educational
Motto"E Poʻokela, Striving together for Excellence"
Established1967
School districtLeeward District
PrincipalDr. Christine Udarbe-Valdez
Faculty119.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades7-12
Number of students1,933 (2022-2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.24 [1]
CampusRural
Color(s)Black and Gold   
AthleticsOahu Interscholastic Association
MascotGolden Hawk
MilitaryUnited States Army JROTC
Website nanakuligoldenhawks.org

Nānākuli High and Intermediate School (NHIS) is a public secondary school in the Nānākuli CDP, [2] City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It was established in 1967 and serves grades 7 through 12. It is operated by the Hawaii Department of Education.

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By 2012 the school began the New Tech Academy, a non-profit program dedicated to project based learning, with plans for all high school students to begin the program the following year. According to Hill, the school had a bad reputation with fight videos appearing on social media but that "the school is more than the on-campus fights, its students are more than they’ve been stereotyped to be and not all of its teachers give up and leave. Not that the school doesn’t face big challenges." [3]

As of 2012 it is the sole combined middle and high school of its school district. The campus exhibits the copper and bronze sculpture Tree of Knowledge by Satoru Abe. [4]

History

The school opened in 1967 in the eastern portion of the former facility of Nanaikapono Elementary & Intermediate School, hitherto a combined elementary and middle school. The other part of the former campus became a standalone elementary school. Its current campus opened in 1972. [4]

Operations

In 2012, Teach for America (TFA) supplied many of the teachers who were newly hired. [5]

Programs

Hill praised the school's programs in 2012. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nanakuli High & Intermediate School
  2. ↑ "Nanakuli CDP." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on October 7, 2020.
  3. ↑ Hill, Tiffany (May 2012). "A Tale of Two Schools in Hawaii". Honolulu Magazine . p.  1 . Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Hoover, Will (February 8, 2007). "In Nanakuli, scores are beginning to rival the view". The Honolulu Advertiser . Retrieved May 26, 2009.
  5. ↑ Hill, Tiffany (May 2012). "A Tale of Two Schools in Hawaii". Honolulu Magazine . p.  3 . Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ Hill, Tiffany (May 2012). "A Tale of Two Schools in Hawaii". Honolulu Magazine . p.  2 . Retrieved October 7, 2020.

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