Nanakuli High and Intermediate School
Public, co-educational school in Waiʻanae, Hawaii, United States
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Nānākuli High and Intermediate School (NHIS) is a public secondary school in the Nānākuli CDP,[2] City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It was established in 1967 and serves grades 7 through 12. It is operated by the Hawaii Department of Education.
| Nānākuli High and Intermediate School | |
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| Location | |
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89-980 Nānākuli Avenue , 96792 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Co-educational |
| Motto | "E Poʻokela, Striving together for Excellence" |
| Established | 1967 |
School district | Leeward District |
Principal | Dr. Christine Udarbe-Valdez |
| Faculty | 119.00 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,933 (2022-2023)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.24[1] |
| Campus | Rural |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Athletics | Oahu Interscholastic Association |
| Mascot | Golden Hawk |
| Military | United States Army JROTC |
| Website | nanakuligoldenhawks.org |
By 2012 the school began the New Tech Academy, a non-profit program dedicated to project based learning, with plans for all high school students to begin the program the following year. According to Hill, the school had a bad reputation with fight videos appearing on social media but that "the school is more than the on-campus fights, its students are more than they’ve been stereotyped to be and not all of its teachers give up and leave. Not that the school doesn’t face big challenges."[3]
As of 2012[update] it is the sole combined middle and high school of its school district. The campus exhibits the copper and bronze sculpture Tree of Knowledge by Satoru Abe.[4]
History
The school opened in 1967 in the eastern portion of the former facility of Nanaikapono Elementary & Intermediate School, hitherto a combined elementary and middle school. The other part of the former campus became a standalone elementary school. Its current campus opened in 1972.[4]
Operations
In 2012, Teach for America (TFA) supplied many of the teachers who were newly hired.[5]
Programs
Hill praised the school's programs in 2012.[6]
