Maui High School (Kahului, Hawaii)

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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 present location in Kahului, Hawaii.

Maui High School
Established	1913
Type	Public Secondary School
Principal	Randy Yamanuha
Students	1700
Grades	9 – 12
Location	Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, USA
District	Hawaii State Department of Education, Lahainaluna District
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Campus	Suburban Coed
Colors	Blue and White
Mascot	"Sabers"
Website	Maui High Official website

1 Old Maui High School
2 Today's Maui High
3 Notable Alumni
4 Athletics
- 4.1 HHSAA Championships
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Old Maui High School

Early students arrived to school via horse and buggy or the now defunct Kahului Railroad.^[2] The old school site, which included the campus' centerpiece administration building designed by master architect Charles W. Dickey, fell into disrepair. The site was nominated to the State and National Registers of Historic Places^[3] and has since been restored by community organizations including the Friends of Old Maui High^[4] and Community Work Day.

[edit] Today's Maui High

Today, Maui High School has an approximate enrollment of 1700 students.^[5] The MHS mascot is the saber, as in the sword. The school colors are blue and white.

The 170-member marching band is Maui High School's largest student body organization. The award-winning Sabers have performed at the Rose Bowl and Disneyland, and on the TV show "High School Reunion."^[6]

[edit] Notable Alumni

Patsy Mink, first woman of color elected to U.S Congress, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee

Beatrice Krauss, ethnobotanist

Alan Arakawa, Maui County Mayor

Hannibal Tavares, Maui County Mayor

Elmer Cravalho, Maui County Mayor

Mamoro Yamasaki, Hawaii State Senator

[edit] Athletics

Maui High School has a variety of athletic opportunities for its students to participate in. Many students have found the participation in such atheltics have increased their motivation to work hard, stay in shape, and become better students and citizens in their community. Such athletic opportunities include Basketball, Cheerleading, Judo, Paddeling, Track and field, Swimming and Diving, tennis, golf, cross country,wrestling, riflery, Football(which they always loose to Baldwin High School even though baldwin is a much shittier school than maui high), Baseball, and Softball. In order to participate in athletic opportunities, students must maintain a Grade point average of 2.0 throughout the sport season.