One of the largest independent schools in the United States
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Link (http://www.punahou.edu/)
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Link (mailto:hr@punahou.edu)
Punahou School, formerly Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, non-sectarian college preparatory school located in Honolulu in the state of Hawaii. With a student body that averages 3700 students annually in kindergarten through the twelfth grade, Punahou College is one of the largest independent schools in the United States. Founded in 1841 as Oahu College, Punahou School was originally a school for the children of Congregationalistmissionaries serving throughout the Pacific region. The land on which Punahou School sat was a gift of Queen Kaahumanu to the Rev. Hiram Bingham, the first Christian missionary in Hawaii. The first class was held on July 11, 1842 and consisted of only fifteen students.
Punahou School derives its current name from local folklore about the area's water source. According to the story, an aged Hawaiian couple lived on the land but had to travel quite a distance for water. As this was difficult for a couple of their age, they prayed for a spring. In a dream they were told to uproot the stump of an old pandanus tree. Upon doing so, they discovered a spring which they named Ka Punahou, which in Hawaiian language literally means the new spring. Located beside the school chapel, the spring is the centerpiece of the Punahou School campus.
Case Middle School
A gift by America Online founder Steve Case, a Punahou School graduate of 1976, led to construction of a new middle school for grades 6 through 8. The new middle school has opened on January 4, 2005.
Notable Students
Bingham, Hiram, III, U.S. Senator from Connecticut
Punahou School, formerly Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, non-sectarian college preparatory school located in Honolulu in the state of Hawaii.
Founded in 1841 as Oahu College, Punahou School was originally a school for the children of Congregationalist missionaries serving throughout the Pacific region.
Punahou is seen by its alumni as ranking among the most respected private educational academies in Hawaii, and, because of its graduates' recognized achievements in both academics and extra-curricular activities, can be considered one of the top schools, public or private, in the United States.
Our Punahou Class of 1959 memorial grove is located on the 3 mile nature trail through the 3,692 acre nature preserve where it can be appreciated by all who walk through the area.
Members of the Punahou Class of 1959 have also volunteered time and resources towards construction of four native plant nurseries in Kunia and Palehua where the native plants will be grown from seedlings and nurtured for the 2-3 years it takes to create plants of sufficient size for successful outplanting.
Punahou Class of 1959 Memorial Grove is being outplanted and attended alongside other groves being outplanted and tended in the forest areas nearby by high school groups on Oahu including:
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