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  • Our Story
  • Parents
  • Students
    • Attendance Notice
    • Student IC Login
    • Student Tech Request
    • Counselors
    • Registrar's Office
    • College & Career
    • Drivers Education
  • Faculty
    • WHS Faculty Handbook
    • Coaching Support
    • Announcements Request
    • Club Charter Request
    • ELL Program
    • Library Request
    • Marquee Request
    • PPE Request
    • Tech Request
    • Technology Loan Bank Request
  • Athletics
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  • Programs
    • JROTC
    • Searider Productions
    • Hospitality Club
    • Business Club
OUR MISSION
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​is to build a collaborative learning environment and culture that emphasizes -  Responsibility, Innovation, 
​Complex Thinking, Effective Communication and Excellence.
OUR VISION

We, as Seariders of  Wai’anae High School envision a 21st Century community of learners empowered to succeed in a global society.

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PRINCIPALS MESSAGE



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~ Ray Pikelny-Cook, Principal
SCHOOL DESCRIPTION
Waianae High School is located on the Leeward Coast of Oahu, 35 miles from Honolulu. Waianae High School students come from the rural communities of Maili, Waianae and Makaha. The Nanakuli and Waianae Complexes (which include Waianae High School and our feeder schools) are targeted to be part of the Zone of School Innovation (ZSI) under Hawaii's Race-To-The-Top (RTTT) educational reform model. Schools in the ZSI will be required to implement Hawaii's RTTT initiatives. Waianae High School is in the process of redesigning our academy structure to meet the 21st century needs of our students, and is working towards providing more personalized education, more rigor and relevance in our classrooms, increasing parent communication and involvement, and fostering and supporting a professional learning community for teachers and staff.

To support this vision, Waianae High School's academy structure promotes a smaller learning community (SLC) philosophy beginning with our Ninth Grade Success Academy (NGSA) for all incoming 9th grade students. The SLC support structure continues into 10th grade as students move into either our Sophomore Academy or into the Searider Productions Academy – a New Tech Network School. Two career academies service WHS's upper grade students. Upper grade career academies are organized into the following areas of student interest: Natural Resources/Arts & Communication (NR/AC), and the Business, Industrial, Engineering and Technology/Health and Human Services (BIET/HHS) academies.

Waianae High School uses a 4x4 block schedule to accommodate student needs and interests. The 4x4 block also provides students with opportunities to participate in Running Start and early admission courses as college credit options. Waianae High School was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges for a period of three years with a mid-term review. This school's accreditation term expires in 2014.
ADDRESS
85-251 Farrington Hwy.
Wai'anae Hi. 96792

Phone
808-697-9400

Fax.
808-697-7018
MASCOT & SEAL
The Searider is the official mascot of Wai`anae High School.  A warrior of the ahupua`a, he is tasked with protecting the coastline.  "I mua mākou `O Wai`anae" translates to we of Wai`anae move forward.
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GLO's
General Learner Outcomes (GLOs) are the over-arching goals of standards-based learning for all students in all grade levels. Observable behaviors, which are demonstrated in daily classroom activities, are evidence of GLOs. Student effort, work habits, and behavior are important and they must be evaluated separately from academic performance in the content areas (in accordance with Board of Education Policy 4501: Assessing/Grading Student Performance).

The GLOs should be an integral part of the school culture as the GLOs do not exist in isolation. The six GLOs are:
  • Self-directed Learner (The ability to be responsible for one's own learning)
  • Community Contributor (The understanding that it is essential for human beings to work together)
  • Complex Thinker (The ability to demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving)
  • Quality Producer (The ability to recognize and produce quality performance and quality products)
  • Effective Communicator (The ability to communicate effectively)
  • Effective and Ethical User of Technology (The ability to use a variety of technologies effectively and ethically)

The GLO rubric serves as a guideline for teachers and students. Elementary teachers use this rubric and classroom-based evidence to determine a student's rating for each GLO, which is then communicated to parents via the elementary standards-based report card. Secondary teachers incorporate the GLOs into their content instruction, however, as of July 2009 the secondary report card does not include a GLO assessment.
PH. (808) 697-9400
​FAX.
 (808) 697-7018
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Annual Notification of Privacy Rights
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Annual Notification of Privacy Rights Know your privacy rights as they apply to 
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For more information on your privacy rights, the laws that protect them, and how to exercise your rights, contact your school administrator or visit http://bit.ly/FERPAHI
Notice & Request for Accommodations
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Notice & Request for Accommodations:  If you are an individual with a disability, please contact us to make arrangements for accessibility to any school event at least 10 days prior to the event.  Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate your request.  Phone:  697-9400 or via relay between 7:00 am-4:00 pm, please ask for a vice principal because you need accommodations to an event.

Contact Equity Specialist
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Lance P. Larsen Jr. 
Equity Specialist*
(808) 600-9481
Lance_Larsen/CRC/HIDOE@notes.k12.hi.us
*The Complex Area Equity Specialist addresses complaints relating to conduct based on a student's race, color, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, gender identity and expression, socio-economic status, physical appearance and characteristic or sexual orientation.  The Complex Area Equity Specialist also acts as the coordinator for Title IX (gender equity), Language Access, Reasonable Accommodations and as the primary resource for issues relating to Title VII (employment discrimination).
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