Brief History of University High School
A Brief History of University High School - courtesy of Dr. Don Sanborn and Sean O’Harrow (Class of 1986).
Truth be known, UHS can trace its beginnings back to 1895 when a department to train teachers was formed at Honolulu High School, which later became McKinley High School. In 1896 the teacher training department moved to Victoria and Young Streets and took the name of Honolulu Normal and Training School. Teachers used the Fort Street School, an English day school, for a practice school. In 1905 the Honolulu Normal and Training School changed its name to become the Territorial Normal and Training School and moved to the slopes of Punchbowl at Lunalilo and Quarry Streets. In 1930 the school moved to a site adjoining the University of Hawaii in Manoa Valley and University’s Department of Education became the School of Education. In 1931 the Territorial Normal and Training School merged with the School of Education and is renamed Teachers College.
UHS as we know it came into existence during 1939-1941 when an elementary school was built on Metcalf Street as part of Teachers College as a training center for kindergarten and elementary school teachers. University High School buildings were completed in 1943 and by 1948 the University Laboratory Schools offered a complete K-12 Curriculum. Dr. Hubert Everly (later dean of the College of Education) became the principal of University High School in 1948.
Prior to 1948 when a complete K-12 curriculum was offered, students had to leave and attend other schools when they reached the last grade level available at the school. In 1957, the seventh grade expanded to three classes. The first graduating class was in 1952.
Truth be known, UHS can trace its beginnings back to 1895 when a department to train teachers was formed at Honolulu High School, which later became McKinley High School. In 1896 the teacher training department moved to Victoria and Young Streets and took the name of Honolulu Normal and Training School. Teachers used the Fort Street School, an English day school, for a practice school. In 1905 the Honolulu Normal and Training School changed its name to become the Territorial Normal and Training School and moved to the slopes of Punchbowl at Lunalilo and Quarry Streets. In 1930 the school moved to a site adjoining the University of Hawaii in Manoa Valley and University’s Department of Education became the School of Education. In 1931 the Territorial Normal and Training School merged with the School of Education and is renamed Teachers College.
UHS as we know it came into existence during 1939-1941 when an elementary school was built on Metcalf Street as part of Teachers College as a training center for kindergarten and elementary school teachers. University High School buildings were completed in 1943 and by 1948 the University Laboratory Schools offered a complete K-12 Curriculum. Dr. Hubert Everly (later dean of the College of Education) became the principal of University High School in 1948.
Prior to 1948 when a complete K-12 curriculum was offered, students had to leave and attend other schools when they reached the last grade level available at the school. In 1957, the seventh grade expanded to three classes. The first graduating class was in 1952.
