Mililani Middle School

Students at Mililani Middle School

Mililani Middle School was the first multi-track school in Hawai'i. It is the only middle school in the Mililani area. Over 1800 students are presently enrolled. The school's mascot is the Blazer. The school colors are teal, silver, and black. The school is currently celebrating its tenth anniversary.

Faculty and Staff

Mililani Middle School's current principal is Elynne Chung, replacing Valerie Kardash who replaced Roger Kim in 2007. Current vice principals include Shannon Tamashiro, Greg Nakasone, and Errol Hahn.

Classes

All Mililani Middle School students take mandatory core classes. Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science are required classes for all 6th, 7th and 8th graders. 6th grade students also have one elective, and two "wheel" classes, similar to electives, but a student can't choose his or her wheel. The two wheels rotate every quarter. 7th, and 8th graders are given two electives and just one wheel. Wheels include physical education, art, health, etc. In all, a student has eight classes (4 cores, wheels, electives, and advisory). Advisory is character building class, and is held every Wednesday. Electives include New Media Design, Tech Ed, Japanese, Art, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Hawaiian dance,Home economics, yearbook design (in 8th grade) and more.

Accelerated Reader

Mililani Middle uses the Accelerated Reader program. AR determines about 10-20% of a student's Language Arts grade. If a student borrows an "AR Book" from the library, then reads it, he/she can take an "AR Test", which asks questions about events and characters in the book (Students may also read an AR book if they already own one). Depending on how well they score on a test, a student receives "AR Points", and students can receive prizes if he/she has a certain amount of AR points, such as a goodie bag or free ice cream.

External links

• http://www.milmdl.k12.hi.us/ - School website.
• http://www.k12.hi.us/~ktagawa/ - Library website