President William McKinley High School

President William McKinley High School, more commonly referred to as McKinley High School, is a comprehensive public high school in the Honolulu District of the Hawaii State Department of Education. It serves grades nine through twelve. McKinley is one of three schools in the Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area which includes Kaimuki High School and Roosevelt High School. It was founded as Fort Street English Day School in 1865. Later known as Honolulu High School, it was renamed in memorial to William McKinley, the twenty-fifth President of the United States, in 1907. President William McKinley High School is one of the oldest secondary schools in the state and several of its buildings have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The campus displays sculptures by Satoru Abe (1926–) and Bumpei Akaji (1921–2002). McKinley High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

History

The high school was established in 1865 as the Fort Street English Day School. It was founded by Maurice B. Beckwith. In November 1869, it was moved to Princess Ruth's Palace. In 1895 it was renamed to Honolulu High School. In 1907, it was moved to the corner of Beretania and Victoria Streets and renamed President William McKinley High School, and finally moved to its present campus on King Street in 1923.

On June 5, 1938, the school gave diplomas to 1,288 students, the largest number of diplomas in the history of the school.

Student demographics

School Year 2010-2011

• Enrollment - 1782
• Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students - 1026 (57.5%)

Racial composition:

• Native American - 9 (0.5%)
• Black - 12 (0.7%)
• Chinese - 449 (25.6%)
• Filipino - 347 (19.8%)
• Native Hawaiian - 173 (9.9%)
• Japanese - 163 (9.3%)
• Korean - 110 (6.3%)
• Portuguese - 10 (0.6%)
• Samoan - 72 (4.1%)
• Indo-Chinese - 151 (8.6%)
• Micronesian - 98 (5.6%)
• Tongan - 13 (0.7%)
• Guamanian/Chamorro - 8 (0.5%)
• White - 78 (4.5%)
• Other Asian - 10 (0.6%)
• Other Pacific Islander - 8 (0.5%)
• Pacific Islander (2 or more) - 1 (0.1%)
• Multiple (2 or more) - 4 (0.2%)

Faculty

School Year 2001-2002

• Total number of teachers - 108
• Number of teachers with 5 or more years at this school - 85 (78.7%)
• Average years of experience - 18.1
• Number of teachers with advanced degrees - 32 (29.6%)

School Year 2010-2011

• Total number of teachers - 98
• Number of teachers with 5 or more years at this school - 69 (70%)
• Average years of experience - 17.2
• Number of teachers with advanced degrees - 42 (43%)

Complex area information

McKinley High School is part of the Hawaii Department of Education Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area along with Kaimuki High School and Roosevelt High School.

McKinley Complex

The McKinley Complex consists of 11 elementary, middle, and public charter schools including McKinley.

• Central Middle School
• Halau Lokahi Public Charter School
• Kaahumanu Elementary School
• Kaiulani Elementary School
• Kauluwela Elementary School
• Lanakila Elementary School
• Likelike Elementary School
• Lunalilo Elementary School
• Myron B. Thompson Academy (Public Charter School)
• Royal Elementary School
• Voyager Public Charter School

Feeder Middle Schools

McKinley High School feeds primarily from 4 middle schools in the Honolulu area.

• Central Middle School
• Prince David Kawananakoa Middle School
• Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School
• President George Washington Middle School

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

In 2011, McKinley fielded 56 teams competing in 19 sports. These sports including air riflery, baseball, basketball, bowling, canoe paddling, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, judo, soccer, softball, soft tennis, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. McKinley competes in the Oahu Interscholastic Association.

McKinley has fielded girls teams in basketball, volleyball, and swimming as early as in the 1910s. Some years even fielded girls baseball team before softball became recognized as its own sport. The yearbooks of those early years noted games often against St. Andrew's Priory, YWCA, Palama, Normal School (later merged with University of Hawaii's College of Education), and even College of Hawaii (now known as University of Hawaii). McKinley was a founding member of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu in 1909 alongside Punahou and Kamehameha. In 1970, McKinley left the ILH with 4 other Honolulu area public schools to join the OIA.

The 1933 football team traveled across the Pacific Ocean and went on to defeat Weber College (now known as Weber State University), BYU freshmen team, and Ricks College (now known as BYU-Idaho). Ricks College traveled to Honolulu the following year. McKinley won again by the score of 24-6 in a game attended by about 19,000 fans.

Football

The McKinley Tigers varsity football team competes in the Oahu Interscholastic Association Red-East division. Joseph Cho has served as the team's head coach since 2010.

For the 2010 and 2011 seasons, McKinley's Tiger football team competed in the Oahu Interscholastic Association White Division (Division II) along with 7 other Oahu public schools including rival Kaimuki High School. In 2012, the football team was promoted to the OIA Red-East Division (Division I) where it currently competes with 6 other Oahu public schools. The Tigers' homefield is currently the 3000 seat Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium on the Roosevelt High School campus.

In September 2012, the McKinley football team traveled to Corvallis, Oregon to play the OSAA 4A champions La Salle High School Falcons on the campus of Crescent Valley High School. McKinley won 43-22.

Season records

McKinley Athletic Complex

In September 2008, it was announced that McKinley was planning to upgrade its aging athletic facilities. Expected to cost more than $121 million, the upgrade has 14 elements including a 1,200 stall parking lot, construction of a second gym, renovation of the current gym, construction of a girls softball stadium, construction of a baseball stadium, construction of a 50-meter swimming pool, and construction of a 10,000 seat football stadium.

In 2011, ground was broken on the softball stadium. When completed, the softball stadium will be designated as the OIA softball championship field.

Championships

Noted alumni

• Satoru Abe (1926-), sculptor
• Joseph Kaiponohea ʻAeʻa (1882-1914), former hānai son of Queen Liliʻuokalani
• Abraham Akaka, former minister and proponent of statehood for Hawaii
• George Ariyoshi (1944), former governor of Hawaiʻi (1974–1986) and first Japanese-American to serve as U.S. governor
• Gladys Kamakakuokalani Brandt, educator and civic leader
• William Y. Chang, founder of The Chinese-American Times newspaper
• Tammy Duckworth (1985), U.S. Army Major, Iraq War veteran, former U.S. Representative, and U.S. Senator from Illinois
• Hiram L. Fong (1924), former U.S. senator (1959–1977)
• Harry "Fuji" Fujiwara (1949), former pro wrestler known as Mr. Fuji
• Leina'ala Kalama Heine (1958), kumu hula
• Yuna Ito (2001), J-pop singer
• Daniel Inouye (1924-2012), former member of U.S. Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team in World War II who rescued a Texas battalion surrounded by German forces in a battle known as the rescue of "The Lost Battalion", Medal of Honor recipient; U.S. Representative (1959–1962); U.S. Senator (1962–2012). President pro tempore of the United States Senate, fourth-highest ranking member of the U.S. government
• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (1986–1987, freshman and sophomore year only), actor and former professional wrestler
• Duke P. Kahanamoku, former Olympic gold medalist in swimming in 1912 and 1920
• Benny Kalama, musician and falsetto singer
• Keichi Kimura, artist
• Wah Kau Kong (ca. 1937), first Chinese-American fighter pilot in World War II
• Ford Konno (1952), four-time medal winner in swimming at the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games, including two gold medals and two silver medals, set Olympic record in the 1500m free
• Arthur Lyman (1932–2002), former jazz vibraphonist
• Masaji Marumoto (1906-1995), former Hawaii Supreme Court judge
• Fujio Matsuda (1942), educator
• Edith Kawelohea McKinzie (1925–2014), author, genealogist, and traditional hula expert
• Leroy A. Mendonca (1932-1951), U.S. Army sergeant killed in combat in the Korean War, Medal of Honor recipient
• Johnny Naumu (1919–1982), American football player
• Alice Sae Teshima Noda (1894-1964), entrepreneur
• Frederick Pang (1954), former U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• Paul Schrier (1985), actor
• Alfred H. Song (1936-2004), former California State Assemblyman and State Senator
• John Chin Young (1909–1997), former artist

Architecture gallery

The architect most involved in the early layout of the King Street campus and design of its Spanish Colonial Revival buildings was Louis E. Davis. The original quadrangle was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

In Popular Culture

• Several members of the cast of the ninth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, The JoJoLands attend the school, including the main protagonist, Jodio Joestar.

References

• Hawaii State Department of Education (n.d.). School Status and Improvement Report (School Year 2001-2002): President William McKinley High School. Retrieved June 16, 2004, from State of Hawaii Department of Education, Accountability Resource Center Hawaii Web site: http://arch.k12.hi.us/school/ssir/2002/honolulu.html
• Sakamoto, Dean, Vladimir Ossipoff, Karla Britton, Kenneth Frampton, Diana Murphy (2008). Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-12146-6, ISBN 978-0-300-12146-9
• U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (n.d.). Common Core of Data (CCD) 2001-2002 School Year: McKinley High School. Retrieved on June 16, 2004, from http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=150003000193&ID=150003000193

Notes

External links

• McKinley High School (school Web site)
• McKinley High School (Hawaii State Department of Education Web site)
• McKinley High School Robotics Team
• Hawaii State Department of Education
• Official Alumni Community Site