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What will the Kaimuki Christian High School (KCHS) look like?

• Small school of up to twenty students per grade (80 for the school)

• Focused on service to the community – local and global

• Individuals who want to be positive change agents in their community and workplace

• Ethical and moral modeling

• Applicants expected to receive no lower than a B in Behavior on their 7th grade final progress report and all quarters of the 8th grade progress report.

• Grounded in values

• Developing seekers of truth and meaning

• Encouraging students to understand what they believe and why they believe it. An apologetic for the Christian faith will be developed and examined.

• Equipping students to succeed in college and in life

• Critical thinkers and problem solvers

• Curious and imaginative learners

• Effective communicators

• Cross-cultural collaborators

• Able to meet the challenge of accelerating change and information overload

• Self-directed initiators/entrepreneurs

• Draw on the best of homeschooling

• Loving, caring, 'ohana

• Students proceeding at their own pace

• Role modeling

• Draw on the best of traditional schooling

• Sense of community

• Shared resources to draw on (e.g. facilities, enrichment programs)

• Cooperative learning

• Highly qualified teachers, prepared to engage students in a rigorous course of inquiry and exploration, designed to prepare them to think, to investigate, to communicate, to make a positive contribution to our world

Who belongs at KCHS?

• Families looking for the school described above.

• Students who demonstrate a desire to contribute to, and benefit from, the philosophy and goals of KCHS.

When will KCHS start?

• KCSH will launch in 2012-2013, starting with ninth grade. This class will become the first graduating class, in 2016.

What kind of curriculum will the high school have?

• It will be a challenging curriculum that will prepare students for college and beyond.

• The curriculum offerings will be a combination of core subjects, enrichment classes, some electives, and will include independent directed studies and online courses.

• The curriculum will focus on depth rather than breadth. For example, an emerging idea is that, while not neglecting the contribution of Western civilization/Christianity to our country, significant attention will be given to Asia, and especially to China. Courses would be designed to provide students a guided opportunity to develop an awareness, understanding, and appreciation of its history, cultures, religions, and current economic and political developments. Through offerings such as Mandarin, in-depth research projects, cross-cultural communications and journeys, both actual and virtual, students would be expected when they graduate to have successfully demonstrated our ESLRs (Expected School-wide Learning Results) in a cross-cultural context.

Will KCHS have extra-curricular activities?

• We will look into extra-curricular activities that would be appropriate for a small school.

• We will look into joining the ILH for sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis and cross country and will investigate PAC-5 for other sports.

• Two major student trips are envisioned: To Washington D.C. and to China.

Where will KCHS be located?

• The goal in the master plan is to provide classrooms on our block.

• The estimated completion date for that project is unknown at the present time. Most likely, classrooms in our current main building and/or nearby facilities in the community will be utilized until the high school classrooms are built.

How will the high school be funded?

• Tuition is estimated to be about $500 above the KCS Middle School tuition at the time.

• Funding for facilities will be part of the school's and its sponsoring church's Master Plan venture.