About the School
Kalākaua Middle School is located in Kalihi, an area of Honolulu known for various affordable housing units as well as industrial areas.
The school serves students grade 6 to 8. That would be the early teenage years.
The school has about a 1,000 students, and is the largest middle school in the Honolulu District!
About 70% of the students come from low-income families.
The majority of the students are of Filipin@ ancestry, though Polynesians and Micronesians are also considered major groups on campus.
There are a smaller population of non-Filipin@ Asians (ie Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, etc), as well as some Portuguese, African-Americans, Latin@s, and more.
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Vision Statement: Commit to Achieve
Mission Statement: Kalākaua Middle School empowers students to be college and career ready through rigorous instruction and positive relationships.
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Information about the school from the Department of Education website
(.http://www.hawaiipublicschools.org/ParentsAndStudents/EnrollingInSchool/SchoolFinder/Pages/Kalakaua-Middle.aspx)
At Kalākaua Middle, a Title 1 school, learning teams and continuous professional development assist teachers with improving instruction for student success.
The school includes double periods of language arts and mathematics for 6th-8th graders, safety net classes afterschool, on Saturdays, during the winter, spring intercessions and summer.
In addition to intramural and extramural programs, Kalākaua Middle has a chapter of the National Junior Honor Society, seventh- and eighth-grade classes targeting gifted and talented students in English and math and various afterschool clubs, including book club, science club, robotics & VexBots club, and a morning broadcast club.
The school is implementing Advancement Via Individual Determination strategies to promote college readiness, and is supported by UPLINK funds to provide afterschool programs on character education.
The school uses all of its state and federal funds and community donations to implement its academic and financial plan and to provide comprehensive student support service interventions.