Wil Murakami, Principal at Kealakehe High School

At Kealakehe High School we pride ourselves in building Relationships to foster Respect where all are Responsible to each other as we persist towards "Unity and Harmony Through Dynamic Education and Community for Everyone Every Time."  Although we are the youngest high school in the district the WaveRider legacy is exemplary citizens who are high performing in all venues of life.  In academics, athletics, the arts and as people the country is sprinkled with WaveRiders doing good things.

   Our logo, the WR wave breaking towards a starburst, was the design of one of our Physics teachers and serves as the inspiration to our students that they are riding the Wave towards a future yet to be discovered in the 21st. century.  Like the ancestors of the host culture who navigated their path to Hawaii, we expect our students to use their knowledge and skills to navigate Hawaii to a better place in the future.

   Kealakehe High serves about 1600 students living in diverse communities spanning 50 miles in West Hawaii.  We work to make education dynamic, relevant, rigorous and fun.  As the largest public high school on the Big Island, we work hard to model how communities should be as we live, learn and play together.

   I invite and encourage you to take a virtual tour through the website to get a feel of who we are.  I extend an open invitation to you to visit our campus and meet us.  E Komo Mai, come and join us; let's do education together.  http://www.khswaveriders.org

   Me Ke Aloha Pumehana,

  Wilfred F. Murakami