Waipahu is a former sugarcane plantation town and now census-designated place (CDP) located in the ʻEwa District on the island of Oʻahu in the City &County of Honolulu,Hawaiʻi,United States. As of the 2020 census,the CDP population was 43,485. The U.S. postal code for Waipahu is 96797.
The University of Hawaiʻi System is a public college and university system. The system confers associate,bachelor's,master's,and doctoral degrees through three universities,seven community colleges,an employment training center,three university centers,four education centers and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the state of Hawaii in the United States. All schools of the University of Hawaiʻi system are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The UH system's main administrative offices are located on the property of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu CDP.
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa,a neighborhood of Honolulu,Hawaii. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offices of the system. Most of the campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of Mānoa Valley,with the John A. Burns School of Medicine located adjacent to the Kakaʻako Waterfront Park.
The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is a public university in Hilo,Hawaiʻi. It is one of ten campuses of the University of Hawaiʻi System. It was founded as Hilo Center at Lyman Hall of the Hilo Boys School in 1945 and was a branch campus of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. In 1970 it was reorganized by an act of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature and became a campus within the newly created University of Hawaiʻi System.
The Hawaii State Department of Education is a statewide public education system in the United States. The school district can be thought of as analogous to the school districts of other cities and communities in the United States,but in some manners can also be thought of as analogous to the state education agencies of other states. As the official state education agency,the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education oversees all 258 public schools and 37 charter schools and over 13,000 teachers in the State of Hawaiʻi,serving approximately 167,649 students statewide.
Waipahu High School is located at 94-1211 Farrington Highway in Waipahu on the island of Oʻahu in the state of Hawaiʻi. Waipahu High School was founded in 1938 under the Session Laws of 1937 and Act 191 of 1938. The first graduates of Waipahu High School were from the class of 1941. The last graduating class from the "termite palace" was the class of 1969. Clarence B. Dyson became principal in 1942. Zachary Sheets became the new principal of the school in August 2022,after former principal Keith Hayashi was appointed as Hawaii Department of Education Superintendent in July 2022. Preceding Hayashi was long-time principal Patricia Pedersen,who retired in July 2009 following the graduation of the Class of 2009 of Waipahu High.
Della Au Belatti is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives since November 2012 representing District 24. Belatti served consecutively from November 2006 until 2012 in the District 25 seat. The district includes Makiki and Tantalus,along with portions of McCully and Papakolea on the island of Oahu.
Honolulu County,officially known as the City and County of Honolulu,is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The city-county includes both Urban Honolulu and the rest of the neighborhoods on the island of Oʻahu,as well as several minor outlying islands,including all of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands except Midway Atoll.
Maile S.L. Shimabukuro is a former Democratic member of the Hawaii State Senate. She represented the state's 21st district from 2010 to 2022 and the 22nd district from 2022 to 2024 after redistricting. The district includes Kalaeloa,Honokai Hale,Ko ‘Olina,Nānākuli,Mā‘ili,Wai‘anae,Mākaha,and Mākua on the island of Oahu. She is a graduate of Iolani School,Colorado College and the William S. Richardson School of Law at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Jill Naomi Tokuda is an American small business owner and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2023.
The Associated Students of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (ASUH) is the undergraduate student government representing the 10,000+ full-time,classified,undergraduate students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. ASUH was chartered by the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents in 1912 and was originally named the Associated Students of the College of Hawai'i.
Lauren Kealohilani Cheape Matsumoto is an American politician and beauty pageant titleholder who currently serves as a member of the Hawaii State House from Hawaii's 38th District,previously the 45th District from 2012 to 2022. Matsumoto represents Schofield,Mokuleia,Waialua,Kunia,Waipio Acres,and her hometown of Mililani in the Hawaii State House of Representatives. She holds the title of Miss Hawaii 2011,and competed in the Miss America 2012 pageant in Las Vegas,Nevada. She was born and raised in Mililani,Hawaii.
Donna Mercado Kim is an American Democratic party politician from Hawaii. She is a state senator from Senate District 14 and was President of the Hawaiʻi Senate for almost three years.
Mark M. Nakashima was an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Hawaii House of Representatives. He was first elected in 2008,and represented the first district,including Hamakua,North Hilo,and South Hilo. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1988,he taught at Castle High School and Olomana School's Alder Street Detention Home before transferring back to his alma mater,Honokaa High &Intermediate School. From 1993 until his election to the state legislature,he worked for the Hawaii State Teachers Association,the state affiliate of the National Education Association.
Sylvia Jung Luke is an American attorney and politician who is serving as the 16th lieutenant governor of Hawaii. She served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for 24 years,from 1998 until her election as lieutenant governor in 2022. She is the first Korean American politician ever elected to a statewide office in the United States.
Amy A. Perruso is an American politician and educator serving as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for the 46th district. She represents the 46th House District as a member of the Democratic Party.
Lisa Kitagawa is an American politician and former academic administrator serving as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from the 48th district. She assumed office on November 6,2018.
Momi Cazimero is an American graphic designer and firm owner,who established the first woman-owned graphic design firm in Hawaii.
Luella Toledo Costales is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives. She was appointed to represent the 39th district after incumbent Representative Ty Cullen resigned in February 2022.
Jenna Takenouchi is an American politician serving in the Hawaii House of Representatives for the 27th district. She won the seat in the 2022 election against Republican opponent Margaret Lim.
