| Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School | |
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| Discipline - Respect - Responsibility | |
| Location | |
| 4361 Salt Lake Blvd Honolulu, Hawaii 96818 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 1957 |
| School district | Central Oahu |
| Principal | Elias Ali |
| Vice principal | Robert Frey |
| Vice principal | Dygre Enos |
| Faculty | 69 (2009-10) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1188 (2009-10) |
| Campus type | Open/Outdoor |
| Color(s) | Black and white with red trim |
| Athletics | OIA Division I Red West |
| Mascot | Ram (Pappy) |
| Information | (808) 421-4200 (808) 421-4210 fax |
| Athletic Director | Kelly Sur |
| Student/teacher ratio | 18.8 (2009-10) |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools (2005) |
| Newsletter Newspaper |
The Admiral The RamPage |
| Website | http://www.radfordrams.org/ |
Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School, known as Radford High School, is a public high school in the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, adjacent to the Halawa CDP.[1]
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Arthur William Radford was born in Chicago on February 26, 1896. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1916, his first duty tour was on board the battleship USS South Carolina during WWI. He went on to serve as Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Command and later as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Admiral Radford retired from Naval service August 1, 1957 and died on August 17, 1973 of cancer at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.
Radford High School, established in 1957 and graduating its first senior class in 1960, is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.[2] The school is located on 27 acres of land on Salt Lake Blvd., outside of the Aliamanu Military Reservation. The campus boasts the bronze sculpture Striving for Excellence by Jan Gordon Fisher. Radford serves a community of approximately 30,000 people; its students are ethnically diverse and about 62% military dependents, resulting in a yearly transiency rate of about one third.[3] The school community is located within a one-mile radius of Pearl Harbor, Hickam Air Force Base, Foster Village and Aliamanu.
The Military Youth Advisory Council (MYAC) is the school’s primary community group and is composed of school leaders, three military commands, Family Service Centers, business and civilian leaders, PTSO representatives, students, and the community college liaisons. Most of the issues of its transient population are addressed in this council which meets once a month on the Radford campus. It is a highly functional, comprehensive partnership which has resulted in many exemplary programs and improvements for Radford students and has solved many critical campus/community issues.[4]
Radford High School is part of the Hawaii Department of Education Aiea-Moanalua-Radford Complex Area along with Aiea High School and Moanalua High School.[5]
The Radford Complex consists of 7 elementary schools, 1 middle school and 1 high school.
The mission of Radford High School is to educate all students in an integrated setting to become responsible, literate, thinking and contributing members of a multi-cultural society through excellence in teaching and learning.[6]
Come ye all of Radford, rise strong and sing,
Let praises to our colors ring.
Through the years, may all honor be
To our school with pride and loyalty.
Radford High forever, sing Radmen sing,
Lift high all voices, let our hearts join in.
We shall guard her honor, faithful true we’ll be,
Lift our royal banners, in sky, on land, and sea.[7]
Radford offers a rigorous academic program, including language arts courses for the gifted and talented, two advanced placement courses in each core area, the Multimedia Program under the Arts and Communications Career Pathway, an NJROTC program, a Freshman Academy, the Culinary Arts Academy, a Building and Construction Academy, and many other electives. Radford also maintains several outstanding comprehensive student support programs. The Student Transition Center provides new student orientation, a "lunch buddy" program and a tutorial component for those students who need extra study assistance. The Discovery Center assists students with job preparation and placement. The College and Career Resource Center helps students with college searches and applications. The school also offers a music program which includes their marching band called the Radford "Red Brigade" Marching band as well as a concert band made up of less experienced players and a symphonic band for those with more training. The Radford "Rams" Marching Band began in the early '70s and continued through to 2008 when the name was changed and the program was brought to new heights.
In 2008, Radford students took the following AP Exams:
Chemistry*
Physics B*
Calculus AB*
Calculus BC
US History*
World History*
English Language*
English Literature*
Statistics*
Psychology
Comparative Government and Politics
Asterisk (*) denotes courses offered at the school.
| OIA TITLES | |
| Sport | Championship Years |
| Baseball | 1961, 1979 |
| Basketball (boys) | 1962, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1989 |
| Basketball (girls) | 2011 |
| Cheerleading | 2002-03, 2003-04, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12 |
| Cross Country (boys) | 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1998, 2002 |
| Cross Country (girls) | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 2005 |
| Football | 1961, 1962, 1969, 1976, 1981 |
| Golf (boys) | 1965, 1966, 1967, 1981 |
| Soccer (boys) | 1966 |
| Swimming & Diving (boys) | 1962, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983 |
| Swimming & Diving (girls) | 1967, 1968, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1992 |
| Tennis (girls) | 1972, 1975 |
| Track & Field (boys) | 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1998, |
| Track & Field (girls) | 1961, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2009, 2010 |
| Volleyball (girls) | 1971, 1980 |
| Wrestling (boys) | 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1989 |
| Wrestling (girls) | 1997 |
| STATE TITLES | |
| Sport | Championship Years |
| Baseball | 1979 |
| Basketball (boys) | 1969, 1971, 1977, 1989 |
| Basketball (girls) | 2011 |
| Cheerleading | 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12 |
| Cross Country (boys) | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 |
| Cross Country (girls) | 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980 |
| Football | 1981 |
| Golf (boys) | 1966, 1967 |
| Track & Field (boys) | 1982, 1985 |
| Track & Field (girls) | 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980 |
| Volleyball (girls) | 1971 |
| Wrestling (boys) | 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980 |
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