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President William McKinley High School 
Motto Ike Makaukau Aloha Established 1865 Type Public High School Principal Ron Okamura Students 1,789 (2009) Grades 9-12 Location 1039 South King Street,
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USADistrict Honolulu District Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges Campus Urban Colors Black and Gold Mascot Tiger Yearbook Black and Gold Newspaper The Pinion Military United States Army JROTC Distinctions National Register of Historic Places Website www.mckinley.k12.hi.us President William McKinley High School, more commonly referred to as McKinley High School, is a public, co-educational college preparatory high school of the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve. Originally founded and named Fort Street English Day School in 1865, 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). Located in urban Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, McKinley High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
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History
Timeline of notable McKinley High School events
- 1865 - Fort Street English Day School founded by Maurice B. Beckwith in the basement of the old Fort Street Church.
- 1869 - English Day School moved to the corner of Fort Street and School Street.
- 1895 - English Day School moved to Princess Ruth's palace and renamed Honolulu High School.
- 1907 - Honolulu High School moved to the corner of Beretania Street and Victoria Street and renamed President William McKinley High School.
- 1923 - McKinley High School moved to its present location on South King Street.
- 1927 - Marion McCarrell Scott Auditorium dedicated.
- 1931 - McKinley pool completed and named in honor of the late Fred Wright, former mayor of Honolulu.
- 1959 - Social studies building completed and named after Hawaiʻi Chief Justice Wilfred Tsukiyama.
- 1961 - Miles E. Carey cafeteria completed.
- 1962 - Music building completed.
- 1964 - Gymnasium completed.
- 2011 - Ground for a new softball stadium is broken.
Faculty
School year 2001-2002
- Total number of teachers - 108
- Number of teachers with 5 or more years at this school - 85 (78.7%)
- Average years of experience - 18.1
- Number of teachers with advanced degrees - 32 (29.6%)
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 schools including McKinley.
- Central Middle School
- Halau Lokahi Public Charter School
- Kaahumanu Elementary School
- Kaiulani Elementary School
- Kauluwela Elementary School
- Lanakila Elementary School
- Likelike Elementary School
- Myron B. Thompson Academy (Public Charter School)
- Royal Elementary School
- Voyager Public Charter School
Feeder Middle Schools
McKinley High School feeds primarily from 4 middle schools in the Honolulu area.
- Central Middle School
- Prince David Kawananakoa Middle School
- Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School
- President George Washington Middle School
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
McKinley's athletic teams currently compete in the Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA).
The school fields teams in 20 sports: air riflery, baseball (boys), basketball, bowling, canoe paddling, cheerleading (coed), cross country, football (boys), golf, judo, pep squad (coed), soccer, softball (girls), soft tennis, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo (girls), and wrestling.
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).
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).[1] 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.[2]
Football (2010 - present)
As of the 2010 season, 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. The Tigers' homefield is currently the 3000 seat Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium.
Season Records
Season Head Coach Record Division Notes 2010 Joseph Cho 4-4-0 / 4-5-0 OIA-White 2011 Joseph Cho 5-3-0 / 6-4-0 OIA-White 2012 Noted alumni
Listed alphabetically by last name (year of graduation or years of birth and death)
- Satoru Abe (1926-) – sculptor
- Abraham Akaka Minister
- George R. Ariyoshi (1944) - Governor of Hawaiʻi (1974–1986); first American of Japanese descent elected governor in the United States
- Gladys Kamakakuokalani Brandt
- Serafin Colmenares (1995) - national research scientist at Berkeley Lab; Ph.D. from Harvard University
- Shawn Ching (1987) - famous TV newscaster and lawyer in Hawaii of Filipino and Portuguese descent but adopted by a Chinese father
- Tammy Duckworth (1985) - U.S. Army Major and Iraq War veteran from the U.S. state of Illinois. 2006 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives seat for the sixth district of Illinois
- Hiram L. Fong (1924) - U.S. senator (1959–1977)
- Abraham M. S. Goo (1943) - president, Boeing Military Airplane Co. and Boeing Advanced Systems[3]
- Yuna Ito (2001) - J-pop singer; In 2007 released debut album, HEART, which debuted at #1 on the Oricon charts in Japan
- Daniel Inouye (1942) - member of U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team (known as the "Go For Broke" regiment) which in World War II rescued a Texas Battalion surrounded by German forces in a battle known as the rescue of "The Lost Battalion"; Medal of Honor recipient; U.S. representative (1959–1962); U.S. senator (1962–present)
- Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (1986–1987, freshman year only) - Professional WWE Superstar wrestler, actor; 7-time WWF/WWE Champion, 2 time Intercontinental Champion, 5-time WWE World Tag Team Champion, 2-time WCW World Heavy Weight Champion, Royal Rumble (2000), Sixth Triple Crown Champion.
- Duke P. Kahanamoku - Olympic gold medalist in swimming (1912 and 1920)
- Benny Kalama - Musician, falsetto singer
- Wah Kau Kong (ca. 1937) - first Chinese-American fighter pilot in World War II
- Ford Konno (1952) - won four medals in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games, including 2 gold medals and 2 silver medals, and set an Olympic record in the 1500m free
- Arthur Lyman (1932–2002), jazz vibraphonist
- Leroy A. Mendonca (1950) U.S. Army sergeant killed in combat during Korean War, Medal of Honor
- Frederick Pang (1954), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), 1993–94
- Song, Alfred (1936), California State Assemblyman and State Senator
- John Chin Young (1909–1997), artist
Architecture gallery
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.[4]
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Statue and main administration building
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Commercial building (B), with NRHP and Hiram Fong plaques
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Art building (D), with owl columns
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Walkway to Beckwith Hall (E)
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Miles E. Cary Circle doorway to Beckwith Hall (E)
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Miles E. Cary Circle doorway to Commercial building (B)
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Doorway to Home Economics building (C)
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Main administration building end wing
References
- Hawaii State Department of Education (n.d.). School Status and Improvement Report (School Year 2001-2002): President William McKinley High School. Retrieved June 16, 2004, from State of Hawaii Department of Education, Accountability Resource Center Hawaii Web site: http://arch.k12.hi.us/school/ssir/2002/honolulu.html
- Sakamoto, Dean, Vladimir Ossipoff, Karla Britton, Kenneth Frampton, Diana Murphy (2008). Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300121466, ISBN 9780300121469
- U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (n.d.). Common Core of Data (CCD) 2001-2002 School Year: McKinley High School. Retrieved on June 16, 2004, from http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=150003000193&ID=150003000193
Notes
External links
- McKinley High School (school Web site)
- McKinley High School (Hawaii State Department of Education Web site)
- McKinley High School Robotics Team
- Hawaii State Department of Education
- Official Alumni Community Site
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