Laupahoehoe High and Elementary School
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| Name | Laupāhoehoe High & Intermediate School |
| Address | 45-527 Pakalana Street |
| Municipality | Hawaii County, Hawaii (mailing address: Laupāhoehoe, Hawaii) 96764 |
| Established | 1904 |
| Community | Rural |
| Type | Public |
| Principal | James Denight, Ph.D. |
| Grades | K to 12 |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Mascot | Seasiders |
| Colors | Blue Gold |
| Military | United States Army JROTC |
Laupāhoehoe High & Elementary School is a public, co-educational
Coeducation
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high school
High school
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, middle school
Middle school
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and elementary school
Elementary school
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of the Hawaii State Department of Education. It serves grades kindergarten through twelve and was established in 1904.
General information
Laupāhoehoe High & Elementary School is located in Laupāhoehoe, Hawaii in Hawaii County on the Island of HawaiiHawaii (island)
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. The campus is on Mamalahoa Highway and overlooks the ocean. Laupahoehoe has no feeder schools. The mascot
Mascot
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is the Seasider and its school colors
School colors
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are blue
Blue
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and gold
Gold
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.
History
Laupahoehoe School was started in 1904 for students from the Hamakua Coastal Sugar Cane Communities and fishing communities. The high school was established in the 1930s.The school, originally was located on Laupahoehoe peninsula, but was destroyed by the April Fools day tsunami on April 1, 1946. Due to the tsunami, the old school building at Laupāhoehoe was inundated, and twenty students and four teachers drowned. A monument to the dead now stands on Laupāhoehoe Point. In 1948, a new campus was built at its present location.