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Tours

1. Grades 6 – 8 Tour

   Welcome to Punahou! We hope you enjoy this virtual tour of our campus.

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   1. Welcome!

      Case Middle School (CMS) is a caring environment for children where faculty and fellow students actively support their growth and accomplishments.

       

      CMS class activities aim to develop:  

      • participation and cooperation in group situations
      • a positive self-image for every child
      • acceptance of responsibility
      • an understanding of the need to respect and follow rules
      • problem-solving abilities
      • the ability to make wise choices and decisions
      • kindness and consideration for others
      • the attitude that mistakes are a way to learn
      • the ability to make and enjoy friendships
      • the skills to share classroom materials as well as
      • teachers’ and peers’ attention
      • special talents and qualities
      • creativity and innovative ideas

      
      To continue your tour, click the ”Next” button to move to the next stop. At each location, we hope you will take a moment to watch a short video from our students.

   2. Design Technology Labs

      The Design Technology and Engineering department is dedicated to empowering students to take purposeful action. They teach students to look for the educational opportunities in taking on the challenges that they encounter, discover and create. Students learn more deeply when they are engaged in solving problems and working on challenges that inspire them.
      
      Students have access to high-tech tools and equipment in each of our seven on-campus design labs.
      
      
      To continue your tour, click the ”Next” button to move to the next stop. At each location, we hope you will take a moment to watch a short video from our students.
      

   3. Junior School Learning Commons

      In the Junior School Learning Commons, students have access to innovative spaces and resources – technological, creative and human – to transform their questions into meaningful work that addresses authentic
      challenges and audiences. Students and teachers from different grades and disciplines have opportunities to gather and collaborate in purposeful learning.
      
      While this space is primarily used by students in kindergarten – grade 8, all Punahou students have access to the library’s 60,000 book catalog, giving them access to hardcopy books, e-books and online resources.
      
      To continue your tour, click the ”Next” button to move to the next stop. At each location, we hope you will take a moment to watch a short video from our students.

   4. Ka‘aumoana Halau

      Ka‘aumoana, standing beside Ka Punahou – the spiritual, geographic and historic heart of campus – is a magical place where children play, sing, enjoy the outdoors, discover Hawaiian culture and learn to love and care for their Island home. It’s where they hear Hawaiian stories and imagine our Islands’ voyagers navigating across vast oceans.
      
      To continue your tour, click the ”Next” button to move to the next stop. At each location, we hope you will take a moment to watch a short video from our students.

   5. Thurston Memorial Chapel

      Thurston Memorial Chapel serves as the spiritual heart of Punahou. The 500-seat chapel is used for Chapel Program services, school performances and faculty and staff meetings. The chapel area also includes a “roundhouse” classroom, an open courtyard and chaplains’ offices.
      
      To continue your tour, click the ”Next” button to move to the next stop. At each location, we hope you will take a moment to watch a short video from our students.

   6. Dole Hall and Athletics

      Standing at the upper corner of Rice Field, you can see the Pratt Aquatic Center and Waterhouse Pool. This Olympic-sized, 50 meter by 25 yard pool is the largest of any school in the state of Hawai‘i (including the University of Hawai‘i), at more than a million gallons.
      
      Dole Hall provides cafeteria, snack bar and dining facilities for all students, faculty and staff. It includes three cafeteria spaces, the intimate “Senior Dining Room” used by grades 1 – 3, the main cafeteria and the faculty dining room. The bookstore – called the Buff ’n Blue Store – is also located in the building.
      
      To continue your tour, click the ”Next” button to move to the next stop. At each location, we hope you will take a moment to watch a short video from our students.

   7. Dillingham Hall

      Dillingham Hall is the theater space for Punahou School, housing a 640-seat auditorium with a 32' proscenium orchestra pit, as well as an intimate drama workshop, a scene shop, a costume shop with over 10,000 costumes, and offices for the theater program.
      
      It is used by all grade levels for assemblies, as well as for dance and music programs. Co-curricular programs often use this performance venue for recitals.
      
      To continue your tour, click the ”Next” button to move to the next stop. At each location, we hope you will take a moment to watch a short video from our students.

   8. Wo International Center

      Wo International Center supports programs, curriculum and pedagogy to promote globally competent learners. Punahou students in grades 5 – 12 may apply to participate in a travel program run through Wo Center.
      
      To continue your tour, click the ”Next” button to move to the next stop. At each location, we hope you will take a moment to watch a short video from our students.

   9. Bishop Hall

      This building is home to many of our enrichment classes for middle-school students, such as band, orchestra, choir, photography, world languages, and more!
      
      
      Mahalo for taking our virtual tour! Click “back” or on any of the numbered stops on the map to revisit a specific location.