Maui High School
| Maui High School | |
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| Address | |
| 660 South Lono Avenue Kahului, Hawaii 96732 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public, Co-educational |
| Established | 1913 |
| School district | Maui District |
| Principal | Mr. John Henry Lee |
| Faculty | 112 (approx.) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1,870 (approx.) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue and White |
| Athletics | Maui Interscholastic League |
| Mascot | Sabers |
| Rival | Baldwin High School |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Website | Maui High Official website |
Maui High School is a public high school founded in 1913 in Hamakuapoko, a sugar plantation town on the island of Maui in Hawaii.[1] In 1972, the school moved to its new location in Kahului, Hawaii.
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Old Maui High School
The original school was founded in 1913. Early students arrived to school via horse and buggy or the now defunct Kahului Railroad.[2] The old school site, at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., includes the campus's centerpiece administration building, built in 1921 and designed by architect Charles William Dickey, which fell into disrepair. The site was nominated to the State and National Register of Historic Places.[3] Work to restore the campus was started in 2004 by community organizations including the Friends of Old Maui High[4] and Community Work Day. The campus boasts the sculptures A Path Through the Trees by Satoru Abe, Growing by Toshiko Takaezu, and Carolina by Thomas Woodruff.
Today's Maui High
The new campus was built in 1972 at 660 South Lono Avenue in Kahului. In 2009, Maui High School had an approximate enrollment of 1816 students, and 123 faculty. The school mascot is the sabers and the school colors are royal blue and white.
With 120 members in the 2012–2013 school year, the marching band is Maui High School's largest student-body organization. The award-winning Sabers have performed at Disneyland, the Tournament of Roses Parade in January 2009 and 2015, and on the TV show High School Reunion.[5]
Notable alumni
- Patsy Mink, first Asian American woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee
- Beatrice Krauss, Class of 1921 ethnobotanist
- Alan Arakawa, Maui County Mayor
- Hannibal Tavares, Maui County Mayor
- Elmer Cravalho, Class of 1944 Maui County Mayor and Hawaii State Representative ( First Speaker of the House after Statehood)
- Mamoru Yamasaki, Class of 1935. Hawaii State Senator 1968-92
- Zach Scott, Soccer player
- Donald Takaki, Class of 1959 Owner, Island Movers.
- Inez Ashdown, Class of 1918 Writer, Journalist, Maui County Historian.
- Curtis Lee, Class of 1966 Winniest Head Football Coach in school history; led Sabers to Neighbor Island championships.
- Stanford Carr, Class of 1980 innovative Housing developer on Maui, Oahu and Big Island.
- Gladys Baisa, Class of 1958 Former Maui County Council Chairperson. Former Executive Director of Maui Economic Opportunity.
- Glen Sakagawa, Class of 1966 Youngest U.S. Postal Service executive, at age 34, for the Pacific Rim, overseeing 4000 employees. Served with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam and joined the Hawaii Army National Guard, rising to the rank of Brigadier General.
- Shan S. Tsutsui, Class of 1991 Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii. Former Senate President (Second State Senate President from a Neighbor Island district). Maui High tennis coach.
- Harrison Miyahira, Class of 1953 Established HM Electronics, Inc. (HME) and developed the professional wireless microphone used in the entertainment industry and also the first wireless full-duplex intercom system, for which he received an Emmy Award. In 1982, the company revolutionized the fast food industry by developing the first wireless drive-thru intercom system which is now the industry standard.
- Uluwehi Guerrero, Class of 1976 Multi-award winning Hawaiian music recording artist, performer, and kumu hula.
Athletics
Maui High School has a variety of athletic opportunities for its students, including basketball, cheerleading, judo, paddling, track and field, swimming and diving, tennis, golf, cross country, wrestling, riflery, football, baseball, soccer, women's water polo, and softball. In order to participate in athletic opportunities, a student must maintain a grade-point average of 2.0 throughout a sport's season.
HHSAA Championships
- 1995 Track & Field - Boys
- 1994 Boys Golf
- 1993 Boys Golf[6]
- 1988 Boys Golf
- 1987 Track & Field - Boys
- 1982 Baseball
- 1977 Boys Golf
- 2015 Baseball/tennis
In 2008 Maui High won the Maui Interscholastic League Championships in Cross-Country.[citation needed]
Academics
Since 1990, Maui High School has had a large boom in academic successes. The Sabers remain one of only two public high schools in Hawaii to win the regional competition of the National Science Bowl (a total of four[7] times) and one of only two public schools in Hawaii to win the regional National Ocean Sciences Bowl competitions (a total of four times).
In two years, Maui High ranked fifth then sixth at the national competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl - a feat unmatched by any Hawaii school until 2010 by the team from Punahou school (which finished fifth).
Maui High has also had great success in sending students to the national olympiads of various subjects. A number of three and four year qualifiers for the National Chemistry Olympiad and National Physics Olympiad have passed through the school.
The school has also produced a number of finalists in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. In recent years, 3rd and 4th place awards have been given to Maui High finalists in the physics category, in addition to one student receiving an all expense paid trip to the European Organization for Nuclear Research.
The school robotics team (2443, The Blue Thunder) is another point of pride for the school. Created in 2006, the team has currently participated in three seasons with the FIRST robotics competition, as well as with the VEX robotics competition. Two separate VEX teams flying the 2443 banner qualified for the 2010 Dallas World Championships, and the 2443 FIRST team competed in the Atlanta, Georgia World Championships in 2009.
Band
The Maui High School's Saber Marching Band & Color Guard will participate in the 2015 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.[8]
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