7th grade education
Prep school was a weird part of the whole Kamehameha campus. I never even thought of where the lower grades would be. Teachers were recruited from across the US. Some of them were housed on campus.
The day students arrived at the breezeway, near and under where the principal's offices were. As a boarders we just never made it "down there" unless we got into trouble during the school day. The music wing was closeby. There were 2 stories to one of the buildings. Oh, and each building is named for an ali'i. 7th grade was on the lower level, rooms and eighth grade was above. It seems they were able to keep things so separated. Boys from girls, seventh graders from eighth graders, boarders from day students. There was a long wide stairway to the library and the science wing was down to the right. To the left was home ec, art and woodshop. I didn't know those would be a favorite of mine! At one point of the year we were studying classification in biology phyllum, class, etc. and Mr. Science Smith was the teacher. I think there was a math Mr. Smith. Science Smith was a slim red-headed freckled man. I don't know how stuff gets around, but many in the student body identified him as "itchy balls" for one obvious reason.
I was in Miss Gill's room, 75. She was short and wide with massive but short arms and tiny hands with the fingernails chewed down. She wore a lot of khaki and olive colors, had a cute face and was the best and challenging teacher ever. Her hobby was horseback riding and we oftened wondered what size her horse would be.
When I left Wahiawa schools as a 6th grader, we were into adding and subtracting decimals. When we arrived at Kamehameha it was the time of the NEW math--I equate to algebra that you get in first year high school. I didn't know term papers from essays and we had all of that the first year. My grades were average and I was so mad at wasting my parents money! I stayed up late and studied by flashlight under my bed in the dorm to keep up. When the standardized tests came up I scored high, but my grades didn't reflect that.
Teachers of great influence were everywhere at Kamehameha. Our choir teacher was AWESOME and when we went into competitions with the high schools we scored as high as they did. He had us doing all kinds of voice exercises and was amazed at the blend and harmony of the young Hawaiian voices. He had very high expectations and we excelled because of this. When we were in 8th grade it was the same. He would zip into school just before class having come from the beach in his little sports car with the surfboard sticking out from the back seat. He put on his shirt and tie and was all business for the day! The following year Punahou offered him a position and he was gone from our campus--man, was he handsome! Mr. Peters.
The day students arrived at the breezeway, near and under where the principal's offices were. As a boarders we just never made it "down there" unless we got into trouble during the school day. The music wing was closeby. There were 2 stories to one of the buildings. Oh, and each building is named for an ali'i. 7th grade was on the lower level, rooms and eighth grade was above. It seems they were able to keep things so separated. Boys from girls, seventh graders from eighth graders, boarders from day students. There was a long wide stairway to the library and the science wing was down to the right. To the left was home ec, art and woodshop. I didn't know those would be a favorite of mine! At one point of the year we were studying classification in biology phyllum, class, etc. and Mr. Science Smith was the teacher. I think there was a math Mr. Smith. Science Smith was a slim red-headed freckled man. I don't know how stuff gets around, but many in the student body identified him as "itchy balls" for one obvious reason.
I was in Miss Gill's room, 75. She was short and wide with massive but short arms and tiny hands with the fingernails chewed down. She wore a lot of khaki and olive colors, had a cute face and was the best and challenging teacher ever. Her hobby was horseback riding and we oftened wondered what size her horse would be.
When I left Wahiawa schools as a 6th grader, we were into adding and subtracting decimals. When we arrived at Kamehameha it was the time of the NEW math--I equate to algebra that you get in first year high school. I didn't know term papers from essays and we had all of that the first year. My grades were average and I was so mad at wasting my parents money! I stayed up late and studied by flashlight under my bed in the dorm to keep up. When the standardized tests came up I scored high, but my grades didn't reflect that.
Teachers of great influence were everywhere at Kamehameha. Our choir teacher was AWESOME and when we went into competitions with the high schools we scored as high as they did. He had us doing all kinds of voice exercises and was amazed at the blend and harmony of the young Hawaiian voices. He had very high expectations and we excelled because of this. When we were in 8th grade it was the same. He would zip into school just before class having come from the beach in his little sports car with the surfboard sticking out from the back seat. He put on his shirt and tie and was all business for the day! The following year Punahou offered him a position and he was gone from our campus--man, was he handsome! Mr. Peters.
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