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15 unusual facts about Kamehameha Schools


2012 HHSAA State Football Championships

Starting every game except the regular season finale loss to Kamehameha, Tuileta completed 65% of his passes for 2,417 yards and 28 touchdown passes with only 1 interception and a rating of 140.9.

Akaka Bill

# Those who believe that a school voucher system would allow Kamehameha Schools to serve all interested Hawaiian students and also admit non-Hawaiians thus eliminating the race-discrimination basis of the lawsuits;

Supporters of the bill seek to protect the programs assisting Native Hawaiians, such as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Kamehameha Schools, as well as health-care and housing for the Hawaiian population.

Some opponents believe that programs maintained exclusively for Native Hawaiians, such as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Kamehameha Schools, are race-based and discriminatory and see the Akaka bill as an attempt to subvert the February 23, 2000 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Rice v. Cayetano, which ruled that limiting participation in OHA elections to Native Hawaiians was an unconstitutional restriction on the basis of race.

Bishop Museum

Charles Reed Bishop, a philanthropist and co-founder of Kamehameha Schools and First Hawaiian Bank, built the museum in memory of his late wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop.

Charles Kekumano

In 1997 he was co-author of the essay "Broken Trust" which criticized Kamehameha Schools, the largest private landowner in Hawaii, resulting in their reorganization.

Hānai

When Winona Beamer spoke about the issue of hānai and its relevance to admission at Kamehameha Schools, she had first-hand knowledge of the practice in her immediate family.

Hawaiian language

However, Hawaiian was not taught initially in any school, including the all-Hawaiian Kamehameha Schools, and many children who spoke Hawaiian at school, including on the playground, were disciplined.

Henri Berger

From 1893 to 1903, the bandmaster worked with the Kamehameha Schools to develop its music program.

Joseph Poindexter

In July 1943, the Hawaii Supreme Court appointed him a trustee of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate (now Kamehameha Schools), in which capacity he served until his death in Honolulu, Hawaii on December 3, 1951.

Kalihi

At the southern edge of the district lie the private Kamehameha Schools and the Bernice P. Bishop Museum.

Liz Damon's Orient Express

Meri McPherson married Native Hawaiian activist and Kamehameha Schools classmate Kela M. Whifa after leaving the group in 1984.

Margery Bronster

In 1997 she led an investigation into abuses by the Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate trustees.

Moanalua

Damon later became one of the first trustees of the Kamehameha Schools established by the Bishops.

Under a Jarvis Moon

The government recruited the initial colonists among young men at Kamehameha Schools in Hawaii, and also among furloughed Army personnel.


Alfred Wellington Carter

From 1900 to 1917 Carter was a trustee of Kamehameha Schools, the estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop set up by Charles Reed Bishop, which was an even larger landowner than the Parker Ranch.

James Apana

Born in Wailuku, he graduated from Kamehameha Schools and obtained a speech degree at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.

Jo Jordan

She has interviewed state representatives such as Sharon Har, Linda Ichiyama, and Marcus Oshiro; community members such as education reform activist Mark Dannog and harbormaster William Aila; and representatives from organizations such as Kamehameha Schools and Ordnance Reef.

Keola Beamer

His great grandmother was Helen Desha Beamer, an influential songwriter and hula dancer, and his mother, Winona Beamer ("Auntie Nona") has been one of the most important figures in the revival of Hawaiian culture since the 1940s: composer, dancer, educator, and coiner of the term "Hawaiiana," which describes the cultural-studies area she pioneered at the Kamehameha Schools.