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Lahainaluna High School | |
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Address | |
980 Lahainaluna Road , 96761 United States | |
Information | |
Type | Public, Co-educational |
Motto | "O Ke'ia Ka Kukui Pio Ole I Ka Makani O Kauaula" |
Established | 1831 |
School district | Hawaii Department of Education |
Principal | Richard Carosso |
Faculty | 68.00 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Number of students | 1,037 (2022–23)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 15.24[1] |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Red and White |
Athletics | Maui Interscholastic League |
Mascot | Lunas |
Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
Yearbook | Ka Lama |
Military | United States Army JROTC |
Website | lahainalunahs |
Lahainaluna High School is a public high school with the grades 9-12 located in Lahaina (on the island of Maui). Operated by the Hawaii Department of Education, Lahainaluna High School is also a public boarding school. It was founded in 1831 as a Protestant missionary school, originally named Lahainaluna Seminary. The early missionaries who arrived in Lahaina in 1823 explained to the Hawaiian Royalty the importance of an educational institution in the American style.
A number of the pioneers, students and teachers are buried in a small graveyard behind several buildings on the campus. It was the first formal European-American style school founded in Hawaii and has continued to operate to this day.