Kalani High School

Infobox_School2 | name = Kalani High School


established = 1958
type = Public
head_name = Principal
head = Gerald Teramae
faculty =
colors = Red and White
mascot = Falcons
city = Honolulu
state = Hawaiokinai
country = United States
website = http://kalanihs.k12.hi.us/

Kalani High School is a WASC-accredited four-year public high school located in Honolulu, Hawaiokinai, USA. Kalani is a part of the Hawaii Department of Education. Kalani is located on Kalanianaokinaole Highway.

Opened in 1958, it serves the residential areas of Niu Valley, okinaĀina Haina, okinaĀina Koa, Maunalani Heights, Waiokinaalae-Kāhala, Kāhala, and portions of the Kaimukī area. The current principal is Gerald Teramae. Prior to his arrival in October 2006, the principal was Randiann Porras-Tang.

Their facilities include: 9 main buildings, a PE locker/trainer facility, cafeteria, gymnasium, several portable buildings which serve as a temporary home for the Red Cross, a large building for their musical department, a swimming pool, tennis courts/basketball courts, and a football field/soccer field/marching band practice surrounded by a dirt track.

ports

Starting in the 1960s there was a decline in athletics due to the opening of the Kaiser High School district. Kalani currently holds the OIA Eastern division title in girls varsity soccer. In the school year 2005-2006, the girls varsity basketball team won the State Division II Championship. The girls volleyball team won the OIA Championship in the 2003 season.

Academics

* Kalani High is the only public high school in the state of Hawaii that is listed "in good standing, unconditional" according to the No Child Left Behind assessment tests.Fact|date=April 2007

* Kalani High School's curriculum is based on the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS III) to ensure a high quality education for all of its students.

* Kalani High School also uses Schoolwide General Learner Outcomes (GLOs) to gauge student learning and growth. The GLOs are::* Self-Directed Learner:* Community Contributor:* Complex Thinker and Problem-Solver:* Quality Producer:* Effective Communicator:* Effective and Ethical Users of Technology

* Advance Placement courses are offered for Calculus, U.S. History, Junior and Senior level English, Chemistry, Physics, Japanese, Chinese, Macroeconomics and Spanish.

mall Learning Communities

* Freshmen and sophomore students are grouped into Small Learning Communities (SLCs) which consists of team teachers. Houses include teachers from Math (9th grade houses only), Social studies, Science and English departments.

* At Kalani High School, SLCs take the form of houses in 9th and 10th grade and well as career-oriented academies/pathways during 11th and 12th grade. The primary purpose of houses is to help support students with the transition from middle to high school and to prepare them for entrance into the academies/pathways during their junior and senior years.

:* Kalani High School SLCs have three main goals [Kalani High School House Handbook: A Guideline for success in the 9th and 10th grades, 2008, p5.] : ::1) To create academic rigor and relevance ::2) To create personalization::3) To create professional learning communities

* House/Grade Level/School Pride - An important feature of the 9th and 10th grade houses is supporting the development of school spirit. Students will be provided opportunities to build their identities as members of a house, grade level and members of the greater Kalani High School community. [Kalani High School House Handbook: A Guideline for success in the 9th and 10th grades, 2008, p5.]

Notable alumni

* Shane Komine, Baseball Player
* Mika Todd, Singer
* Ehren Watada, First Lieutenant, United States Army
* Rex Jakobovits, Ph.D., Internet entrepreneur, president of Vivalog Technologies
* Eric Funasaki, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Montana Western

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