Kalani High School is a WASC

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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-accredited four-year public high school located in Honolulu

Honolulu, Hawaii

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, Hawaii

Hawaii

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, USA. Kalani is a part of the Hawaii Department of Education. Kalani is located on Kalanianaole Highway.

Opened in 1958, it serves the residential areas of Niu Valley, Āina Haina, Āina Koa, Maunalani Heights, Waialae-Kāhala, Kāhala

Kahala

Kāhala, Honolulu, Hawaii is a neighborhood located alongside Kaimuki and Waialae, featuring many beachfront properties. This small neighborhood has some of the most expensive real estate in the city of Honolulu and the state of Hawaii....

, and portions of the Kaimukī area. The current principal is Mitchell Otani.

Their facilities include: 9 main buildings, a PE 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 football field/soccer field/marching band practice surrounded by a dirt track.

Sports

Starting in the 1960s there was a decline in athletics which was exacerbated by the opening of the Kaiser High School district in 1971. Kalani currently holds the OIA

Oahu Interscholastic Association

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 Eastern division title in girls varsity soccer. In the school year 2005-2006, the girls varsity basketball team won the State Division II Championship. The girls volleyball team won the OIA Championship in the 2003 season. However, the school's most notable team is their men's soccer team, which placed second in the OIA and in the State in 2007.
The school's tennis team also took the 2010 season OIA Championship and was runner-up in the 2010 State championships. Kalani tennis also 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

• Kalani High is listed "in good standing, unconditional" according to the No Child Left Behind assessment tests.

• Kalani High School's curriculum is based on the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS III) to ensure a high quality education for all of its students.

• Kalani High School also uses Schoolwide General Learner Outcomes (GLOs) to gauge student learning and growth. The GLOs are:
• Self-Directed Learner
• Community Contributor
• Complex Thinker and Problem-Solver
• Quality Producer
• Effective Communicator
• Effective and Ethical Users of Technology

• Advance Placement courses are offered for Calculus, Junior and Senior level English, Chemistry, Physics, Chinese, and Economics

Awards and Honors

• 2010 - Regional Chairman's Award - FIRST Robotics
• 2010 - 3rd Place High School Division - Science Olympiad Statewide Tournament
• 2010 - 1st Place High School Division - Science Olympiad Windward Regional Tournament
• 2011 - 3rd Place High School Division - Science Olympiad Windward Regional Tournament

Small Learning Communities

• Freshmen and sophomore students are grouped into Small Learning Communities (SLCs) which consists of team teachers. Houses include teachers from Social studies, Science and English departments as well as counselors and Special Education teachers.

• At Kalani High School, SLCs take the form of houses in 9th and 10th grade and well as career-oriented academies/pathways during 11th and 12th grade. The primary purpose of houses is to help support students with the transition from middle to high school and to prepare them for entrance into the academies/pathways during their junior and senior years.

• Kalani High School SLCs have three main goals:

1) To create academic rigor and relevance

2) To create personalization

3) To create professional learning communities

• House/Grade Level/School Pride - An important feature of the 9th and 10th grade houses is supporting the development of school spirit. Students will be provided opportunities to build their identities as members of a house, grade level and members of the greater Kalani High School community.
• Kalani High School Houses:

Kaizen

Punawai‘ike

‘Imiloa

Pa‘ahana

Notable alumni

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• Lenn Sakata
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• Roy Gerela
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• Mika Todd, Singer
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• Tobias Stanton, Successful Businessman
• Christopher Songvilay Laos Prime Minister