PUNAHOU SCHOOL

'Punahou School', formerly known as 'Oahu College', is an exclusive^[1] private, co-educational, non-sectarian college preparatory school located in Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii. With about 3,700 students attending the school, in kindergarten through the twelfth grade, it is the largest independent school in the United States.^[2]
The student body is diverse, mixing the offspring of multimillionaires with children of middle-class parents, and scholarships are often awarded to financially-disadvantaged youth. In 2005, its sports program was ranked by Sports Illustrated as the fourth best in the country.^[3]
Along with academics and athletics, Punahou also offers visual and performing arts programs. Students have access to a jewelry studio, photography darkroom, and glass-blowing facilities. The Punahou marching band marches in the Rose Bowl Parade once every four years, and the student yearbook, ''The Oahuan'', has won national awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and the American Scholastic Press Association^[4], including the first Columbia Gold to be awarded in the State for the 2002 Oahuan.
However, with tuition set at about $15,725 a year per student for the 2007-2008 school year^[5][6]
(lunch and snacks not included), it is still not enough to cover the entire cost of the education of a student. This "deficit" is covered by the school's endowment.^[7]
The 115801 Punahou is an asteroid named in the school's honor.^[8]

Contents

History and tradition

Case Middle School

Athletics

Other notable alumni and students

Notable faculty and staff

Alma Mater

References

External links

History and tradition

Founded in 1841, Punahou School was originally a school for the children of Congregational missionaries serving throughout the Pacific region. It was known as ''Oahu College'' from 1859 to 1934.
The land on which Punahou School sits (colloquially known as Ka Punahou) was given as a gift from Oahu's Governor Boki and his wife, Liliha (as suggested by Queen Kaahumanu) to the Rev. Hiram Bingham, the first Christian missionary in Hawaii. The first class was held on July 11, 1842 and consisted of only fifteen students. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[9]
Many traditional events take place on the campus. On the first Friday and Saturday of each February, the campus hosts the annual Punahou Carnival, whose proceeds benefit the Financial Aid program.^[10] The campus also hosts the Alumni Luau Weekend, where alumni come together and meet. The new graduates are invited as well.

Case Middle School

Before plans were made for a new middle school complex, America Online founder and Punahou School graduate of 1976 Steve Case donated ten million dollars. ^[11]
This led to construction of a new middle school for grades six through eight.^[12] The Case Middle School was actually named in honor of Steve Case's parents.
The middle school was designed and built by John Hara Associates Inc. Some time into the project, the school learned about Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. The school then hired a design consultant, John Hara ('57)^[13] for sustainability^[14] and found out that they could earn the LEED Gold certification.^[15]
[16]
At the time, few projects anywhere had earned this rating.
The middle school also won the Energy Project of the Year award in the Seventh Energy Efficiency Awards, sponsored by Hawaiian Electric Company.^[17][18]
Different methods were used in addressing issues of sustainability within the building. Installed sensors shut off air conditioners if windows are opened to let in the breeze; the buildings are situated to take full use of the tradewinds, with the help of the Venturi effect. There are also sensors in place that turn the lights on or off depending on whether motion is detected, and dim the lights on sunny days or brighten them on overcast or cloudy ones. More efficient fluorescent lamps are used, saving 75% of the energy and lasting 13 times as long as incandescent ones.
Air conditioning for the buildings is provided by three ice-making plants, one for each grade level's section. The units freeze and accumulate ice at night when electricity is cheaper, and allow the ice to melt during the day to cool the air.
The whole school cost more than $50 million USD and was made possible solely through donations. The new middle school opened on January 4, 2005, although the sixth graders had been using their buildings since the beginning of the 2004–2005 school year.
Case Middle School consists of nine color-coded buildings—green for sixth grade, blue for seventh, and red for eighth—on the lower east side of Punahou campus.

One of the nine new Case Middle School buildings on the Punahou Campus.

Athletics

The Punahou athletics program is the most successful in the state and one of the most successful in the nation, having won more state championships (322) than any other high school in the nation.^[19]
In 2005, it was named the #4 U.S. high school athletics program by ''Sports Illustrated''. Athletic facilities include the heated Waterhouse Pool, holding an Olympic-sized swimming pool, and the Atherton Olympic size 8-lane Mondo track surface. The school also has a fieldhouse for competitive athletics, a gymnasium for physical education and intramural sports, and a tennis center with 9 hard surface courts.^[20]
Punahou students have the opportunity to compete in 22 sports, including air riflery, baseball, basketball. bowling, canoe paddling, cross country, cheerleading, football, golf, gymnastics, judo, kayaking, riflery, sailing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. Overall, Punahou has approximately 120 sports teams in all. The school is a member of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu.
Punahou also has a tradition of sending athletes to the Olympic Games. Punahou has had Olympians in the following sports:
;Athletics (Track and Field)

★ Duncan Macdonald (1976) — girls' track coach

★ Henry Marsh (1976, 1980 — U.S. boycott, 1984, 1988
;Beach Volleyball

★ Stein Metzger (2004)

★ Kevin Wong (2000)
;Diving

★ Keala (Rachel) O'Sullivan (1968)
;Equestrian

★ Sandy Pflueger-Clarks (Phillips) — United Kingdom
;Kayaking

★ Andrew Bussey (2004)

★ Kathy Colin (2000, 2004)
;Sailing

★ David Rockwell McFaull (1976)

★ Michael John Rothwell (1976)
;Swimming

★ Brent Thales Berk (1968)

★ Buster Crabbe (1928, 1932)

★ Mariechen Wehselau Jackson (1924)

★ Warren Paoa Kealoha (1920, 1924)

★ Pokey Watson Richardson (1964, 1968) — wife of Trustee Allen Richardson

★ Allen McIntyre Stack (1948)

★ Christopher W.T. Woo (1976)
;Volleyball

★ Lindsay Berg (2004)

★ Mike Lambert (1996, 2000)

★ Miki Briggs McFadden (1968)

★ Dodge Parker (1968)

★ Barbara Perry (1968) — physical education teacher

★ Sharon Peterson (1964, 1968) — girls' volleyball coach
;Water polo

★ Aaron Chaney (2004) — official

★ Brandon Brooks (2004)

★ Chris Duplanty (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 — women's assistant coach)

★ Sean Kern (2000)

Other notable alumni and students

★ Samuel C. Armstrong — American Civil War general and founder of Hampton University

★ Henry Alexander Baldwin — sugarcane plantation owner

★ Hiram Bingham — Governor of Conneticut, United States Senator, and Discoverer of Machu Picchu

★ Sarah Wayne Callies — TV and movie actress, star of Prison Break

★ Steve Case — founder of America Online. He is also a Trustee of Punahou School.

★ Norm Chow — former assistant football coach at BYU, North Carolina State University, and University of Southern California; currently with the Tennessee Titans

★ Conrad Herwig — Grammy nominated jazz trombonist

★ Carrie Ann Inaba — actress, choreographer

★ Leilani Jones (actress)— actress, choreographer, Broadway Star, Tony winner "Grind"

★ Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaole — prince in independent Hawaii's royal House of Kalākaua

★ melody. — J-pop artist

★ Kathleen Norris (poet) — poet and essayist

★ Barack Obama — U.S. senator from Illinois and 2008 Presidential candidate

★ Pierre Omidyar — founder and chairman of the board of eBay

★ Kelly Preston — actress; married to actor John Travolta

★ Sun Yat-Sen — Chinese revolutionary and political leader, Founder of the Kuomintang ^[21]

★ Jason Tam — actor on Broadway; played Paul in A Chorus Line revival

★ Mosi Tatupu — NFL running back

★ Nainoa Thompson — navigator of the ''Hōkūlea''; current chairman of board of trustees of Kamehameha Schools

★ Mark Tuinei — offensive linesman for the Dallas Cowboys

★ Thurston Twigg-Smith — newspaper publisher, philanthropist, author, and opponent of the Hawaiian sovereignty movement and other race-based programs in Hawaii

★ Bob Stump, Arizona House of Representatives

★ Charles L. Veach — astronaut

★ Justin Wayne — professional baseball player

★ Charlie Wedemeyer — motivational speaker

★ Michelle Wie — professional golfer

★ Kirby Wright — novelist

★ Mark Doo — Co-founder of Hurricane Popcorn

Notable faculty and staff

★ Nick Bozanic — former English teacher, published poet and winner of the 1989 Anhinga Prize for Poetry.

★ David McCullough, Jr. — former English teacher, son of noted historian David McCullough

★ Susan Tolman Mills — former principal, founder of Mills College

★ Siegfried Ramler — interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials

★ Joe Tsujimoto — English teacher, published poet and author of several English education guides

Alma Mater

'Oahu wa
★ '

Oahu wa, Oahu wa

Punahou, our Punahou;

Mau a Mau, oh! mau a mau,

Punahou, our Punahou.

Throughout the years we;ve shown our light,

We glory in Oahu's might;

The Buff and Blue's a glorious sight,

Punahou, our Punahou.

''
★ Sung to the tune of Maryland, My Maryland. The spelling is from the original words to "Oahu wa" written in 1902 by a student.''
'School Shout'

Strawberry Shortcake, Huckleberry Pie

V - I - C - T - O - R - Y

Are We In It? Well I Guess!

Punahou, Punahou, Yes, Yes, Yes!

References

1. From Obama's past: An Old Classmate, A Surprising Call Jackey Calmes
2. About Punahou
3. Best High School Athletic Programs
4. Annual Contest/Review for Scholastic Yearbooks, Magazines and Newspapers; Yearbooks 2006 - FIRST PLACE
5. Tuition going up, but so is demand, at private schools
6. Private schools to raise costs 6%
7. Punahou: Tuition and Payments
8. 115801 Punahou (2003 UW236)
9. HAWAII - Honolulu County - Historic Districts
10. A pirate’s life for all! Aarghh!
11. million grant from Steve Case energizes Punahou
12. Punahou Earns "Gold" LEED Certification
13. Punahou Case Middle School
14. Service program focuses on environment, Punahou urges students to help the community
15. The Top 10 Green Schools in the U.S.: 2006
16. A Green Star

17. Shining Stars- Punahou's Case Middle School wins award
18. 2006 Energy Efficiency Award Winners Fact Sheet
19. Punahou School
20. Punahou Athletics Facilities
21. Sun Yat-sen's Christian Schooling in Hawai`i Irma Tam Soong. The Hawaiian Journal of History 31 (1997): 151-178.

External links

★ Punahou School

★ Campus Map