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In its 29th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Kodi Medeiros of Waiakea High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade Hawaii Baseball Player of the Year. Medeiros is the second Gatorade Hawaii Baseball Player of the Year to be chosen […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Waiakea High School Robotics team from Hilo, Hawaii does well at the International Micro Robot Maze competition in Nagoya, Japan. This year commemorates the seventh year Waiakea High school from Hilo has entered the International Micro Robot Maze Competition held in November at Nagoya University, Japan. This year’s contest attracted 131 entries from […]

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MEDIA RELEASE After three intense days of competition, Hawaii’s 25 VEX Robotics teams put up fierce competition among the more than 700 teams in play. The student teams from Punahou and Waiakea (A) advanced the farthest, competing in the semi-finals of their respective divisions. Five Hawaii teams also competed in the division quarter-finals, including Highlands […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Led by five awards from Waianae High School, public schools captured 16 of 17 awards won by Hawaii schools this month at the 10th Annual Student Television Network (STN) Convention in Los Angeles, Calif. Nearly 2,500 students from 153 middle and high schools across the country attended this year’s convention, March 7-10. Hawaii […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Maui High School is once again No Ka Oi in the Hawaii Regional Science Bowl. In capturing their fifth state title since 2002, the Sabers also led an unprecedented effort by Hawaii’s public schools in the Jan. 26 competition. The Sabers returned to the champion’s circle going undefeated throughout the recent Science Bowl […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The “White Out Meth” rally last week at Waiakea High School, which was planned by 11th grader Kayla Yamada of the Hawaii Meth Project’s Teen Advisory Council, kicked off a series of Hawaii Meth Project activities across the state to honor National Meth Awareness Day on Nov. 30. The Warriors of Waiakea came […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Construction for a brand new track and field at Waiakea High School will soon be underway. Waiakea High School received funding from the Department of Education for the design and construction of an all-weather track and field facility. The new track and field will replace the current facility, where frequent rain has caused […]

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Another exciting weekend for Big Island high schools as they hold commencement exercises for seniors.

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Take advantage of this great opportunity to clean your home of unwanted clothing, toys, games, infant supplies, books, office supplies, CDs, DVDs, kitchen goods, appliances, furniture and other miscellaneous items! Spring clean your home and help the Waiakea High School Junior Class of 2013 Manta Rays! The class kindly asks the public to drop off […]

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After an intense day of qualifying rounds, the pits are closed and teams are preparing themselves for the final day of competition tomorrow. Over 1,000 high school students from Hawaii, Louisiana, and Taiwan gathered in the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Stan Sheriff Center for the 5th Annual FIRST in Hawaii Regional Robotics competition.

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MEDIA RELEASE Two Big Island high school students are among five winners of an essay contest sponsored by APEC. They will be attending a function with President Obama and other world leaders during APEC week. They also received an Apple iPad and will have their essays placed on the APEC Hawaii Host Committee website at […]

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Big Island police have initiated a felony theft case in connection with trees that were cut and removed from Waiākea High School in Hilo. The three kou trees, ranging from 20- to 30-feet high, were cut down sometime between 5 p.m. Monday (May 9) and 6 a.m. Tuesday (May 10). Their combined estimated value was […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Waialua High, McKinley High and Kealakehe High School robotics teams won this year’s FIRST in Hawaii Regional Robotics Competition, qualifying them to move on to the 2011 FIRST Robotics Championship at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, April 27-30. In all, six teams from Hawaii schools have secured spots in the […]

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The Bank for Education program by American Savings Bank awarded Waiakea High by being the school of choice by its customers.

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