ABOUT

Profile

Established: 1955

Accreditation: Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

Authorization: International Baccalaureate MYP World School

Principal/Head of School: Laura Ahn

Vice Principals: Marlyn Hutton, M.Ed, Shannon Oide, and Lisa Mendonca

Enrollment: Approximately 800

Grades: 6-8

Mascot: Lancers

Colors: Red and Yellow

Located in a quiet residential area in Honolulu, Hawaii, Niu Valley Middle School serves the East Honolulu communities of Kalama Valley, Hawaii Kai, Kuliouou, Niu Valley, Aina Haina, Wailupe Valley, and Waialae Iki. Students on geographic exceptions are welcomed from other school districts on Oahu.

Niu Valley Middle School is in the Kaiser-Kalani-Farrington Complex of the Hawaii State Department of Education – the only statewide public education system in the United States.

Niu Valley Middle School was proudly the first middle school in Hawaii to be authorized as an International Baccalaureate World School, and is currently the only public middle school in the state to offer the Middle Years Programme. The school also embraces and is guided by the philosophy set forth by the Association for Middle Level Education, an international education organization dedicated to the middle school years.

Curricula are aligned with the Hawaii Department of Education Subject Standards, which include Hawaii Content and Performance Standards, Hawaii Common Core Standards, Hawaii Core Standards for Social Studies, the Next Generation Science Standards, National Core Art Standards, Hawaiʻi World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages, and National Health Education Standards: Achieving Excellence.