Pearl City High School is located in

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, in the

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in the state of

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, USA. Established in 1971, Pearl City High School is a

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, secondary,

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that is part of the

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, governed by the Board of Education. During the school's first year of operation, only buildings A and B existed. The school has since expanded, with the C to F, K, L and M buildings. Most buildings have three or four floors, making Building F the only single floor building, with two rooms for its natural resources class and weightlifting room. The sculptures ''Moon Beyond the Fence'' by

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and ''Kua Kua Lua'' by Donald M. Page are on the campus. Pearl City High School earned the maximum accreditation term of six years in 2006 by the

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Campus

In the

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the school was in the Waimalu

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, adjacent to the Pearl City CDP. However as of the 2010 U.S. Census it is now in the Pearl City CDP.

Curriculum

As a school under the Hawaii Department of Education, Pearl City High School follows the Hawaii

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standards. The school is ranked 7th in the state of Hawaii, and earned a bronze medal in '' U.S. News & World Report''s annual ranking. Pearl City High School has an AVID program which supports students who intend to go to college. Extra-curricular activities include DECA, Mock Trial, the Math Team, the Robotics team and the Science Olympiad.

Charger Band

Pearl City High School is most noted for its music program, earning its reputation under the direction of the band director Michael Nakasone. The "Charger" Band is currently under the direction of Chadwick Kamei, Christopher Otsuka and Christopher Lopez. During the freshmen band class, many directed studies students sharpen their skills by directing incoming freshmen while the director of bands supervises or finishes work. The choir, piano and Wind II class, or the intermediate class for students who do not make it or want to go into Wind I, is directed by Chris Otsuka, who was a band student in the early 2000s and later a band director at the

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. Chris Lopez directs guitar, musical studies and drum line. The school has a Music Performing Arts Learning Center specially created by the

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to increase and broaden the abilities of students who are interested in music and performing arts. Students are eligible to transfer from their school to Pearl City High School if they are active in one of the Learning Center programs. The Symphonic Winds (formerly known as the Wind Ensemble I) appeared in the prestigious Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic in

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, the ABA-JBA Convention, and the MENC (

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. The Symphonic Winds returned from a performance at the 2009 Hamamatsu Wind Band Conference. Under

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’s direction, the band has worked with guest conductors and musicians including

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, Thomas Leslie, Tad Suzuki,

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, Grant Okamura, Thomas Bingham, Todd Yukumoto and Michael Zonshine. The Charger Marching Band participated in the 2011 London New Year's Day Parade, spending ten days in Paris and London. In 2013, the Wind I Ensemble performed at

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Notable alumni

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* {{authority control Public high schools in Honolulu County, Hawaii Educational institutions established in 1971 1971 establishments in Hawaii Pearl City, Hawaii