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Established n 1971, Pearl City High School is a public, secondary, co-educational, college preparatoryhigh school that is part of the Hawai'i Department of Education, governed by the Board of Education. During the school's first year of operation, only buildings A and B existed.[2] 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.[3] The sculptures Moon Beyond the Fence by Satoru Abe and Kua Kua Lua by Donald M. Page are on the campus.[4]
As a school under the Hawaii Department of Education, Pearl City High School follows the Hawaii Common Core standards.[9] The school is ranked 7th in the state of Hawaii, and earned a bronze medal in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking.[10]
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.[11]
Charger Band
The school has a Music Performing Arts Learning Center specially created by the Hawaii Department of Education 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.[12]
