President William McKinley High School

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President William McKinley High School
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President William McKinley High School
1039 South King Street

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Hawaiʻi, 96814

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Type Public high school
MottoIke Makaukau Aloha
Established1865
School districtHonolulu District
PrincipalRon Okamura
Faculty93.50 FTE [1]
Grades 9-12
Number of students1,663 (2019-20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.79 [1]
Campus type Urban
Color(s)Black and Gold   
Athletics Oahu Interscholastic Association
Team nameTigers
Rival Farrington High School
Kaimuki High School
Roosevelt High School
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges
NewspaperThe Pinion
YearbookBlack and Gold
Military United States Army JROTC
Distinctions National Register of Historic Places
Website www.mckinley.k12.hi.us
McKinley High School
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Location1039 S. King St., Honolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates 21°18′17″N157°51′1″W / 21.30472°N 157.85028°W / 21.30472; -157.85028
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1924
Architect Louis E. Davis
Vladimir Ossipoff
Architectural style Mission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No. 80001281 [2]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 1980

President William McKinley High School, more commonly referred to as McKinley High School, is a comprehensive public high school in the Honolulu District of the Hawaii State Department of Education. It serves grades nine through twelve. McKinley is one of three schools in the Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area which includes Kaimuki High School and Roosevelt High School. It was founded as Fort Street English Day School in 1865. Later known as Honolulu High School, it was renamed in memorial to William McKinley, the twenty-fifth President of the United States, in 1907. President William McKinley High School is one of the oldest secondary schools in the state and several of its buildings have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The campus displays sculptures by Satoru Abe (1926–) and Bumpei Akaji (1921–2002). McKinley High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

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History

The high school was established in 1865 as the Fort Street English Day School. It was founded by Maurice B. Beckwith. In November 1869, it was moved to Princess Ruth's Palace. In 1895 it was renamed to Honolulu High School. In 1907, it was moved to the corner of Beretania and Victoria Streets and renamed President William McKinley High School, and finally moved to its present campus on King Street in 1923. [3]

On June 5, 1938, the school gave diplomas to 1,288 students, the largest number of diplomas in the history of the school. [4]

Student demographics

School Year 2010-2011

Racial composition:

Faculty

School Year 2001-2002

School Year 2010-2011

Complex area information

McKinley High School is part of the Hawaii Department of Education Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area along with Kaimuki High School and Roosevelt High School.

McKinley Complex

The McKinley Complex consists of 11 elementary, middle, and public charter schools including McKinley.

Feeder Middle Schools

McKinley High School feeds primarily from 4 middle schools in the Honolulu area.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

In 2011, McKinley fielded 56 teams competing in 19 sports. These sports including air riflery, baseball, basketball, bowling, canoe paddling, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, judo, soccer, softball, soft tennis, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. McKinley competes in the Oahu Interscholastic Association.

McKinley has fielded girls teams in basketball, volleyball, and swimming as early as in the 1910s. Some years even fielded girls baseball team before softball became recognized as its own sport. The yearbooks of those early years noted games often against St. Andrew's Priory, YWCA, Palama, Normal School (later merged with University of Hawaii's College of Education), and even College of Hawaii (now known as University of Hawaii). McKinley was a founding member of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu in 1909 alongside Punahou and Kamehameha. In 1970, McKinley left the ILH with 4 other Honolulu area public schools to join the OIA.

The 1933 football team traveled across the Pacific Ocean and went on to defeat Weber College (now known as Weber State University), BYU freshmen team, and Ricks College (now known as BYU-Idaho). [5] Ricks College traveled to Honolulu the following year. McKinley won again by the score of 24-6 in a game attended by about 19,000 fans. [6]

Football

The McKinley Tigers varsity football team competes in the Oahu Interscholastic Association Red-East division. Joseph Cho has served as the team's head coach since 2010.

For the 2010 and 2011 seasons, McKinley's Tiger football team competed in the Oahu Interscholastic Association White Division (Division II) along with 7 other Oahu public schools including rival Kaimuki High School. In 2012, the football team was promoted to the OIA Red-East Division (Division I) where it currently competes with 6 other Oahu public schools. The Tigers' homefield is currently the 3000 seat Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium on the Roosevelt High School campus.

In September 2012, the McKinley football team traveled to Corvallis, Oregon to play the OSAA 4A champions La Salle High School Falcons on the campus of Crescent Valley High School. McKinley won 43-22.

Season records
SeasonHead CoachRecordDivisionNotes
2010Joseph Cho4-4-0 / 4-5-0OIA WhiteDid not qualify for OIA White play-offs.
2011Joseph Cho5-3-0 / 6-4-0OIA WhiteFinished ranked 4th in Division after losing in semi-final play-off versus Pearl City.
2012Joseph Cho3-3-0 / 4-5-0OIA Red-EastFinished ranked 4th in Division after losing in wild card play-off versus Campbell.
2013Joseph Cho3-3-0 / 5-5-0OIA Red-EastFinished ranked 3rd in Division after losing in quarter final play-off versus Campbell.

McKinley Athletic Complex

In September 2008, it was announced that McKinley was planning to upgrade its aging athletic facilities. Expected to cost more than $121 million, the upgrade has 14 elements including a 1,200 stall parking lot, construction of a second gym, renovation of the current gym, construction of a girls softball stadium, construction of a baseball stadium, construction of a 50-meter swimming pool, and construction of a 10,000 seat football stadium. [7] [8] [9]

In 2011, ground was broken on the softball stadium. When completed, the softball stadium will be designated as the OIA softball championship field.

Championships

OIA TITLES
SportChampionship Years
Baseball1976, 1978
Basketball (girls)1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007, 2008
Bowling (boys)1994
Bowling (girls)1976, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983
Cross Country (boys)1988, 1989, 2001
Cross Country (girls)1989
Judo (boys)1983, 1989, 1993,
Soft Tennis (boys)2012, 2013
Soft Tennis (girls)2013
Soccer (boys)1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
Track & Field (boys)1989
Volleyball (boys)1976, 2012
Volleyball (girls)1991, 1994, 1996
Wrestling (boys)1972, 1996, 1997, 1999
Wrestling (girls)1998, 1999
STATE TITLES
SportChampionship Years
Basketball (boys)2007
Basketball (girls)2011
Bowling (boys)1974, 1994
Bowling (girls)1982, 1983, 1984
Judo (girls)2007
Soccer (boys)1978
Wrestling (girls)1998

Noted alumni

The architect most involved in the early layout of the King Street campus and design of its Spanish Colonial Revival buildings was Louis E. Davis. The original quadrangle was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [13]

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