Kalani High School

Coordinates: 21°16′43″N 157°46′25″W / 21.2785°N 157.7735°W / 21.2785; -157.7735

Kalani High School
Address
4680 Kalaniana'ole Highway
Honolulu, Hawaii, 96821
United States
Information
Type Public, Co-educational
Established 1958
School district Honolulu District
Principal Mr. Mitchell Otani
Faculty 69 (approx.)
Grades 9-12
Number of students 1,257 (approx.)
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Red and White          
Athletics Oahu Interscholastic Association
Mascot Falcons
Rival Kaimuki High School
Kaiser High School
Newspaper Ka Leo o Kalani
Yearbook Ho'omanao O Kakou
Military United States Army JROTC
Website http://kalanihs.k12.hi.us/

Kalani High School is a four-year public high school located in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, USA. Kalani is a part of the Hawaii Department of Education. Kalani is located on Kalanianaʻole Highway. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

Opened in 1958, Kalani serves the residential areas of Niu Valley, ʻĀina Haina, ʻĀina Koa, Maunalani Heights, Waiʻalae-Kāhala, Kāhala, and portions of the Kaimukī area. The current principal is Mitchell Otani.

Kalani's facilities include: 9 main buildings, a physical education 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 marching band practice/soccer field/football field surrounded by a dirt track.

Athletics

Starting in the 1960s there was a decline in major athletics which was exacerbated by the opening of the Kaiser High School district in 1971. The lone exception was the 1970 baseball team as State Champion, which included Lenn Sakata, who went on to play for the Milwaukee Brewers and NY Yankees.

However, the school did excel and dominate in some of the smaller sports during this period. Including Boys Division 1 Cross Country with four consecutive OIA championships and three consecutive State championships in 1971 - 1973 under George Butterfield.[1] This is the schools longest run of State domination. Although in later years from 1973 to 1994 there were multiple State Championships for Tennis and Bowling for boys and girls.[2]

Kalani currently holds the Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) Eastern division title in girls varsity soccer, and boys varsity soccer. In the school year 2005-2006, the girls varsity basketball team won the State Division II Championship and in 2007-2008 won the OIA championship. The girls volleyball team won the OIA Championship in the 2003 season. However, the school's most notable team in recent years is their men's soccer team, which placed second in the OIA and in the State in 2007, and won in 2013. The men's soccer team is a regular contender for the state title, and remains one of the top programs in Hawaii.

The school's tennis team also took the 2010 season OIA Championship and was runner-up in the 2010 State championships. Kalani tennis boasted a back-to-back singles state champion from 2009–2010, Jared Spiker. In 2009, Spiker became the first O‘ahu Interscholastic Association player to win a state singles tennis title in 26 years.

Alma mater

Where the trade winds from the ocean
Whisper softly through the valley
Mighty pillars of Kalani
Will for ever stand.

Where the trade winds from the ocean
Whisper softly through the valley
Proudly wave Kalani's banner
Over all the land.

Rising for thy glory
Rising in thy honor
Our spirits pledged will e'er be true
For loyalty and love will leave us never.

Onward 'tis the faith that leads us
Towards the goals that stand before us,
Forward then, Kalani High
All praise to thee!

Academics

  • Self-Directed Learner
  • Community Contributor
  • Complex Thinker and Problem-Solver
  • Quality Producer
  • Effective Communicator
  • Effective and Ethical Users of Technology

Awards and Honors

Robotics

Kalani High School is the home of FIRST team 3008 Kalani Robotics. Started in 2009, the team has been very successful, qualifying for World level robotics championships six years in a row. The team participates in a variety of challenges: Vex Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, and FIRST Robotics Competition. The team participates in a variety of outreach events such as workshops, fairs, as well as demonstrations. The team has become widely known for their "Bristlebots" - a toothbrush head with a micro-motor mounted on it that causes it to scurry around.

Small Learning Communities

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sportshigh.com/sports/cross_country/tournament/record_book
  2. ↑ http://www.sportshigh.com/tournament_records/by_school/Kalani%20High%20School
  3. ↑ http://arch.k12.hi.us/PDFs/nclb/2007/Honolulu/NCLB119.pdf
  4. 1 2 Kalani High School House Handbook: A Guideline for success in the 9th and 10th grades, 2008, p5.
  5. ↑ "Dustin Kimura Kalani High Alum". Retrieved 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dustin Kimura UFC Profile". Retrieved 2014.
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