Lanai High and Elementary School
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Lanai High and Elementary School (LHES) is located on the island of Lanai
in the U.S. state of Hawaii
. It is the largest of six K-12 public schools in the Hawaii State Department of Education system. Lanai High and Elementary School is the only school on the island located in the heart of Lanai City, which is also the only city on the island. As of 2007, there are 672 students with a ratio of 1 teacher per 15 students. The campus boasts the wood sculpture Lanai Ohana by Ken Shutt
, the ceramic sculpture The Pool Committee by Kay Mura-Davidson, and the mixed media sculpture Torch to Lana'i's Youth by Bruce Paul Fink.
[Only Sports offered for Elementary and Intermediate levels are Intramural County-funded Co-ed Basketball and Biddy Baseball and T-Ball; Teams are formed based on parent partnering for coaching availability.]
Lanai
Lānai or Lanai is the sixth-largest of the Hawaiian Islands. It is also known as the Pineapple Island because of its past as an island-wide pineapple plantation. The only town is Lānai City, a small settlement....
in the U.S. state of Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. It is the largest of six K-12 public schools in the Hawaii State Department of Education system. Lanai High and Elementary School is the only school on the island located in the heart of Lanai City, which is also the only city on the island. As of 2007, there are 672 students with a ratio of 1 teacher per 15 students. The campus boasts the wood sculpture Lanai Ohana by Ken Shutt
Ken Shutt
Ken Shutt is an American sculptor and watercolorist who was born in Long Beach, California. He moved to Hawaii in 1963 and lived there until 1995, when he returned to California in 1995....
, the ceramic sculpture The Pool Committee by Kay Mura-Davidson, and the mixed media sculpture Torch to Lana'i's Youth by Bruce Paul Fink.
Athletics
LHS offers a variety of sports for students to participate in. Some of the sports offered are Boy's Basketball Jr's and Sr teams, Girl's Basketball, Cheer-leading, Canoe Paddling, Co-ed Cross Country, Co-ed Tennis, Golf, Wrestling, Baseball, Girls' Volleyball, Boy's Volleyball, and Girls Softball, Jr and HS Teams.[Only Sports offered for Elementary and Intermediate levels are Intramural County-funded Co-ed Basketball and Biddy Baseball and T-Ball; Teams are formed based on parent partnering for coaching availability.]