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style"text-align:center;" High School Ala Ilima Street Hawaii 96818 Secondary to 12 Association of Schools and Colleges State Department of Education District Menehune Menehune Blue, White and Silver for Excellence, Exceeding Standards States Air Force JROTC Hoku O Moanalua Ali‘i Hawaiis Best Public High School by Honolulu Magazine in May 2003 Link Link style"text-align:center; background:ffffff;" id"toc" style"text-align:center;" for an aerial view! style"text-align:center;" High School is a public school Coeducation college preparatory high school of

the Hawaii State Department of Education and serves grades nine through twelve. Established in 1972 and graduated its first class in 1975, Moanalua High School is located in suburb Salt Lake, Hawaii Lake near Moanalua in the City & County of Honolulu of the state of Hawaii. It is situated on an extinct volcano hillside overlooking downtown Honolulu at 2825 Ala interporker Ilima Street.Moanalua High School is nationally recognized for its academics and music

program. In 1998, it became the first student orchestra officially invited to play at Carnegie Hall by the governing Carnegie Hall Corporation. This is opposed to student orchestras that played at Carnegie Hall who were participants of special educational programs that happened to have taken place at Carnegie Hall. Moanalua High School played at the prestigious venue twice, most recently in 2005. The Moanalua High School Menehune Marching Band is also widely acclaimed to be one of the best in the State.Moanalua

High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.OriginsAn ahupua‘a in ancient Hawaii was a parcel of royal land that stretched from the mountain to the sea. The Salt Lake ahupua‘a within which Moanalua High School is located was the property of wealthy landowner Samuel M. Damon. Damon was actively involved in the Committee of Safety that successfully plotted the overthrow of the Kingdom of interporker Hawaii and Liliuokalani Liliuokalani in 1893. He later became one of the first trustees of the Kamehameha Schools Schools Bishop

Estate and served alongside its founder Charles Reed Bishop.Previous to Damons ownership of the Salt Lake ahupua‘a, the volcanic hillside on which Moanalua High School sits was used by native Hawaiians in worship. As one of the highest points overlooking what would later become the city of Honolulu, the volcanic hillside was revered as a place where the faithful could be closer to the ancestral spirits and gods. It served as a sacred altar as late as the reign of Kamehameha V Kamehameha V. While the volcanic hillsides religious value was neglected during the urban development that commenced after statehood in

1959, Moanalua High School is still respected as the spiritual home of the Alii Menehune menehune and other menehune — fairy-like, mishievous people with a special relationship with the gods and credited with building dams, temples and other structures throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Today, Moanalua High School students pride themselves in adopting the menehune as their mascot.SymbolsThe

alma mater and anthem of Moanalua High School proclaims, "All hail Moanalua! See her proud banners fly high over all. We shall love and serve thee ever As we see lifes road before us. For we stand for honesty, we stand for loyalty, we stand for unity! All hail to thee, our alma mater. All hail! All hail! All hail!" Traditionally, the alma mater and anthem has always been sung during the presentation of the schools flag — the Moanalua High School blue heraldry in the center of a field of white and trimmed at the edges

with blue. The schools colors are blue blue, interporker white and silver, influenced by the colors of the United States Air Force with which the school has shared a special relationship since its founding.StudentsAs of 2004, the enrollment at Moanalua High School stands at 1,900 students. A consequence of its academic standards and notoriety, the school is forced each year to turn away students from enrollment while others are added to a waitlist — a rare action for a public high

school in the United States. The student population is mostly made interporker up of Whites and Filipino Americans, each interporker comprising twenty percent of the student body. Fifteen percent are Japanese Americans, eight percent are Chinese Americans and twelve percent are from other Asian American backgrounds. Eleven percent are either Samoans or native Hawaiians while four percent are African Americans.Moanalua

High School has the distinction of having one of the largest military dependency student populations within the United States Pacific Command. It serves the children of enlisted personnel and commissioned officers of the United States United States Air Force Force, United States Army United States Coast Guard Guard, United States Marine Corps Corps and United States Navy Students who are not military dependents are usually

children of professionals living in the Salt Lake and Moanalua subdivisions, neighborhoods that have been classified as middle class middle class.Each graduating class averages 400 students. Approximately forty-five percent become enrolled at four-year colleges and university throughout the nation while thirty-five percent become enrolled at two-year colleges. Eight percent go straight to the workforce while four percent join the armed forces. About five percent enroll in technical schools while three percent are usually unsure of their post-graduation plans.SportsWith the absence of professional sports teams in Hawaii, the

popularity of high school athletics is considerably high in the state. In the year of Moanalua High Schools founding, its atheletics department joined the Hawaii High School Athletics Association. It currently also competes in the Oahu Interscholastic Association, an athletic conference of public schools on the island of Oahu. Moanalua High School competes in air riflery, baseball, basketball, bowling, canoe paddling, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, judo, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, sport wrestling and water

polo. Sports are divided into boys and girls teams as well as varsity and junior varsity distinctions. The most popular sports based on attendance are football, basketball and wrestling. Moanalua High School has won several state championships and national honors.TraditionsHomecomingThe highlight of each school year is the Homecoming Parade down Ala Ilima Street and the Homecoming Floorshow competition between the four graduating classes. On the same evening of the Homecoming Floorshow, a bonfire is lit on the athletic field. A giant "M" is constructed and burned, symbolic of the burning spirit and pride of Moanalua

High School students. The Homecoming football game is part of the festivities, kicking off the active athletic season. The most popular Homecoming event is the Homecoming Dance usually held in the gymnasium.GraduationAt the end of each school year, Moanalua High School has the distinction of being the first in the state to graduate its students.

Graduation and commencement ceremonies are held at the athletic field and stadium. It is always attended by the school superintendents, state legislators, city council members and sometimes the Governor of Hawaii or Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii. A high-profile interporker media event, portions of the ceremonies are broadcast throughout the state by the major Honolulu-based network affiliates: KFVE, KGMB, KHNL, KHON and KITV. The event attracts large crowds and often results in mass confusion

among those trying to give lei to the graduates. High School students walk to class.Moanalua High School also has the distinction of graduating the most number of valedictorians each year, in comparison to the other schools of the Hawaii State Department of Education. As many as one dozen of students graduate with the honor in a single class, arguably indicative of the strength of the schools academic programs.Noted alumni Bernadette Baraquio Hamada, Journalism Dae Sung Lee, United States Tae Kwon Do Kwon Do National ChampionResources Honolulu Star-Bulletin Profile Moanalua High School Alumni Association Moanalua High School Athletics DepartmentHigh schools in HawaiiSchools established in the 20th century