President William McKinley High School

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President William McKinley High School
Seal of McKinley High School
Name

President William McKinley High School
Address

1039 South King Street
Town

Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
Established

1865
Community

Urban
Type

Public Secondary
Religion

Secular
Students

Coeducational
Grades

9 to 12
Accreditation

Western Association of Schools and Colleges
District

Hawaii State Department of Education
Subdistrict

Honolulu District
Nickname

Tigers
Mascot

Tiger
Colors

Black and Gold
Motto

Ike Makaukau Aloha
Military

United States Army JROTC
Newspaper

Daily Pinion
Yearbook

Black and Gold
Distinctions

National Register of Historic Places
Website

Link
Email

Link

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. Founded in 1865 and renamed in memorial to William McKinley, the twenty-fifth President of the United States, it 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. Located in urban Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, McKinley High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Accreditation is due in year of 2007 to 2008.

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Students

School year 2001-2002

  • Total enrollment - 1,814 students
  • Enrollment by ethnicity (listed in decreasing order)
    • Chinese - 390 (22.1%)
    • Filipino - 284 (16.1%)
    • Other - 282 (16.0%)
    • Japanese - 204 (11.6%)
    • Part-Hawaiian - 186 (10.5%)
    • Korean - 103 (5.8%)
    • Samoan - 103 (5.8%)
    • White - 62 (3.5%)
    • Indo-Chinese - 55 (3.1%)
    • Hawaiian - 34 (1.9%)
    • Hispanic - 28 (1.6%)
    • Portuguese - 22 (1.2%)
    • Black - 11 (0.6%)
    • Native American - 1 (0.1%)
Note: Unknown - 49 students (not included in percentages)
  • Enrollment by gender
    • Male - 926 (51.0%)
    • Female - 888 (49.0%)
  • Enrollment by grade level
    • 9 - 481 (26.5%)
    • 10 - 522 (28.8%)
    • 11 - 405 (22.3%)
    • 12 - 406 (22.4%)

[edit] 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%)

[edit] Extracurricular activities

[edit] Athletics

McKinley's athletic teams 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.

[edit] Traditions

McKinley is a school rich in traditions. Among these are the annual Commencement Exercise which is held outdoors on the school grounds, the singing of Black and Gold and Alma Mater at school events, the Hall of Honor, the celebration of President McKinley's birthday and the school's heritage on Black & Gold Day. One tradition firmly upheld is not walking on the oval, the grassy area surrounding President William McKinley's statue. Only a graduating senior is allowed the privilege of walking on the oval on his or her Commencement Day.

[edit] Noted McKinley High School alumni

Listed alphabetically by last name (year of graduation)

  • George R. Ariyoshi (1944) - Governor of Hawaiʻi (1974-1986); first American of Japanese decent elected governor in the United States
  • Hiram L. Fong (1924) - U.S. senator (1959-1977)
  • Abraham M. S. Goo (1943) - president, Boeing Military Airplane Co. and Boeing Advanced Systems [1]
  • Chinn Ho (1924) - entrepreneur; self-made multimillionaire
  • Daniel K. 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)
  • Duke P. Kahanamoku - Olympic gold medalist in swimming (1912 and 1920)
  • Wah Kau Kong (ca. 1937) - first Chinese-American fighter pilot in World War II
  • Masaji Marumoto (1924) - associate justice, Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court
  • Leroy Mendonca (1950) - Medal of Honor recipient
  • Frederick F. Y. Pang (1954) - U.S. assistant secretary of defense for force management policy (1996-1998)
  • Wilfred C. Tsukiyama - chief justice, Hawaiʻi State Supreme Court; state of Hawaiʻi's first chief justice; first Japanese-American to head a U.S. state supreme court

[edit] External links

[edit] 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
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