{{Short description|Public high school in Hawaii, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox school | motto = Imagine Greatness | image = Front of Waimea High School.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Waimea High School | established = 1881 | mascot = Menehune | colors = Blue and White | location = 9707 Tsuchiya Road | city = Waimea | state = Hawaii | zipcode = 96796 | country = USA | coordinates = {{coord|21|57|28|N| 159|40|7|W|type:landmark_region:US-HI|display=inline,title}} | type = Public | principal = Mahina Anguay | district = HIDOE Kapaa-Kauai-Waimea | rival = | teaching_staff = 49.00 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 15.65<ref name=NCES/> | enrollment = 767 (2022–2023)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Miles=10&Zip=96705&ID=150003000093|title=Waimea High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=September 28, 2024}}</ref> | athletic_conference = Kauai Interscholastic Federation | grades = 9-12 }} '''Waimea High School''' is a public high school in Waimea on the island of Kaua{{okina}}i in the state of Hawaii. It was established in 1881 and serves grades 9 through 12.<ref name="site">{{cite web |url= http://waimeahighschool.org/ |title= Waimea High School | work= official web site|accessdate= September 22, 2010 }}</ref> It is the westernmost high school in the United States of America.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2017-10-06 |title=NOH Place Like Home: Waimea High School |url=https://www.khon2.com/cover2/throwback-thursday/noh-place-like-home-waimea-high-school/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=KHON2 |language=en-US}}</ref> The school mascot is the Menehune,<ref>{{Hawaiian Dictionaries |Menehune |accessdate= September 22, 2010 }}</ref> and the school colors are blue and white.<ref name="site"/>
== Campus == The campus displays the mixed media sculpture ''Ho{{okina}}olilo'' by Ralph Kouchi and the stainless steel sculpture ''Waimea Ohana'' by Rowland Morita.<ref>{{cite web |title= Waimea High School, Waimea, Hawaii |work= Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum |url= http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1222S418Y78H3.41762&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100011~!270139~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!siartinventories&term=Waimea+High+School%2C+Waimea%2C+Hawaii&index=OWNER#focus |accessdate= September 22, 2010 }}</ref>
Waimea High School is the oldest high school on the island of Kauai.
== Notable alumni == Listed alphabetically by last name:
* Jordon Dizon, former NFL linebacker and scout for the Denver Broncos<ref name=":0" /> * Thomas Iannucci, Nā Hōkū Hanohano-winning rapper * Ron Kouchi, Hawaii state senator and senate president<ref name=":0" />
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