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Fun Facts to Maximize Your Academic Journey @ Kekaulike:
What are the three Honors Certificates that you could receive at graduation? What is the one common requirement amongst all of the certificates?
Academic Honors, CTE Honors, STEM Honors. All 3 require a minimum 3.0 GPA.
In order to graduate you must take a sequence of 2 classes in:
World Language OR Fine Arts OR Career and Technical Education
How many Advanced Placement (AP) courses are offered at Kekaulike?
15 (Biology, Calculus AB, Computer Science Principles, Computer Science A, English Literature and Composition, English Language & Composition, Environmental Science, Japanese Language and Culture, Physics, Psychology, Spanish Language and Composition, Spanish Literature and Composition, Statistics, US History, World History)
What is a new elective that is being offered for seniors in the Social Studies department?
College Preparatory Skills- Senior Project
What is one elective that the English department offers?
Creative Writing/World Literature
Oral Interpretation of Literature/Argumentation and Debate
Newswriting
Which Early College classes are offered for 11th-12th graders?
Eng 100 and Soc 100
What are the requirements to get into Introduction to College Mathematics?
Completion of Algebra 2 and a score of a 2 on the Smarter Balanced Assessment
What are four science classes you could take as a junior?
Marine Science, Chemistry, Human Physiology, Physics, AP Environmental, AP Biology or AP Physics
What are the requirements to get into Forensics your senior year?
A senior who has taken Chemistry and Human Physiology (Semester grade of “C” or better is required) and received Forensics Instructor approval.
What is one elective that the P.E. department offers?
Body Conditioning, Weight Training or Team Sports
How many languages are offered at Kekaulike and which ones offer an AP option?
4 languages (French, Spanish, Hawaiian and Japanese) AP Spanish and AP Japanese offered.
How many different types of music classes are there offered?
5 (Band, Jazz Band, Chorus, Guitar, Music Theory)
What does CTE stand for and what is a CTE Program of Study?
Career and Technical Education. A program of study is a sequence of CTE Courses and a related academic course.
What grade level is Yearbook open to?
10-12
Name one Program of Study in the Industrial Engineering Technology Pathway and which courses you must take in that program of study to be considered a “completer”.
See page 21 of the Course Catalog
Which students can take the Residential and Commercial Construction class?
Students in grades 10-12 who have taken and passed the Foundations of Construction class.
Public Human Services Core is a prerequisite for which course?
Culinary
What does a student taking Auto, Ag, Building Construction or Culinary need to wear?
Closed toe shoes!
What STEM and Computer Science courses are offered?
Intro to STEM Service Learning, STEM Capstone, AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A