Hakalau School
Hakalau School in 1940. Photo courtesy of Emi Uemura
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About 1864, the first school in Hakalau was started in a house that was located not on its present site, but down on an island in the Hakalau Gulch. It would have been above the abandoned Hakalau Sugar Mill site. According to some reports, the teacher was Mr. Kalawaia who taught nineteen students. The last teacher there was Mrs. Benjamin B. Macy.
The school was moved across the gulch on the Kamae side, probably because the teacher of the boys and girls got tired of having to swim across to school often, for there were many rainy days and the gulches were often flooded.
So on September 30, 1882, King Kalakaua of the Hawaiian Kingdom signed a document authorizing the issuance of patent for school lands and school sites to the Board of Education. Hakalau School was included in this royal document, with the land in the present school site. |
Mrs. Benjamin B. Macy (Rebecca), the last teacher at Hakalau School when it was located in Hakalau Gulch. Photo courtesy of Susan Fuller, her great-granddaughter.
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Key Events:
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Yearbooks:
None...yet! |
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Yearbooks:
1938 |
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Key Events:
1961 - Dedication of Hakalau Veteran's Memorial 1965 - |
Yearbooks:
None produced |
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Key Events:
1972 - Hakalau School closed |
Yearbooks:
Not produced |
Class Photos:
1971 1972 (Grades 1 and 2) 1972 (Grades 3 and 4) MISSING 1972 (Grades 5 and 6) 1972 Staff |
