General Learners Outcome (GLO)

Students of 'Aiea High School will meet or exceed the 'Aiea High School, state, and national standards in all disciplines. Students' achievement of the General Learner Outcomes will enable each student to contribute their time, energy, and talents to enhance the quality of life for themselves, their school, and their communities and to lead productive lives.

GLO 1
Self-Directed Learner: The ability to be responsible for one's own learning.

• Able to set priorities and establish achievable goals.
• Able to plan and manage time and resources toward goals.
• Able to monitor progress and evaluate learning experiences.
• Able to establish clear and challenging goals and personal plans for learning.

GLO 2
Community Contributor: The understanding that it is essential for human beings to work together.

• Able to respect people's feelings, ideas, abilities, cultural diversity and property.
• Able to be cooperative, helpful and encouraging to others in group situations.
• Able to recognize and follow rules of conduct (e.g. laws, schools rules such as dress code, ID requirements, sexual harassment, Chapter 19, classroom rules).
• Able to exhibit personal characteristics such as compassion, ethics, conviction, integrity, motivation and responsibility.
• Able to recognize that the above listed indicators are applicable
• Able to analyze conflict and discover methods of cooperative Resolution

GLO 3
Complex Thinker: The ability to perform complex thinking and problem solving.

• Able to analyze and apply learning acquired through school, work and other experiences.
• Able to consider multiple perspectives to analyze a problem.
• Able to evaluate the effectiveness and ethical considerations of a solution and make adjustments as needed.
• Able to generate new and creative ideas and approaches to developing solutions.
• Able to use multiple strategies to solve a variety of problems.
• Able to responsibly implement a solution.

GLO 4
Quality Producer: The ability to recognize and produce quality performance and quality products.

• Able to recognize and understand quality performances and products.
• Able to understand, set a criteria and produce evidence to meet or exceed Hawaii State Assessment.

GLO 5
Effective Communicator: The ability to communicate effectively.

• Able to listen to, interpret and use information effectively.
• Able to communicate effectively and clearly through speaking, using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to convey ideas and information for a variety of audiences and purposes.
• Able to read with understanding various types of written materials and literature and use information for a variety of purposes.
• Able to communicate effectively and clearly through writing using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to convey ideas and information for a variety of audience and purposes.
• Able to observe and make sense of visual information.

GLO 6
Effective and Ethical Users of Technology: The ability to use a variety of technologies effectively and ethically.

• Able to use a variety of technologies in producing an idea or a product.
• Able to use a variety of technologies to meet a variety of needs including accessing and managing information and generating new information.
• Able to understand the impact of technology on individuals, family, society and the environment
• Able to use the appropriate technology for communication, collaboration, research, creativity and problem solving.
• Able to understand and respect legal and ethical issues (i.e. intellectual property and copyright).

School Policies

Compulsory Attendance Law:

Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS 302A), Public schools require a child six years of age and not yet eighteen on or before December 31 of any school year to attend either a public or private school unless excused from school.

Excused Absences and Tardies: Due to the following reasons:

• Illness/Injury
• Medical/Dental appointment
• Court appearance/Citation
• Funeral
• Road Test/Driver's Permit
• Absence approved by Administration

After an absence, students have three (3) school days to turn in an attendance verification form.  If a student is absent for 3 or more consecutive days a doctor’s note is required.

Tardies: 

Students who arrive late to school must report to the office before reporting to class.  Student must obtain a tardy/readmit pass to be admitted into class.  Phone calls will be made to notify parent/guardian of these tardies.  Students with three (3) tardies will be assigned detention.


Lock-Out: 

'Aiea High School expects students to develop the habit of punctuality (GLO 1).  Therefore, a general campus lock-out is done every day, every period.  During lock-out, teachers will close their doors after the tardy bell rings.  All locked-out students will report to the office and may be assigned detention.


Hallway Pass in Student Planner: 

All students out of their classrooms are required to have written permission by a teacher or designated school authority.  Everyone must use his/her student planner Hallway Pass pages.

Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Preamble

The primary function of schools is to nurture the educative process of the students and to constructively meet the challenges of the future.

If we, the students of the State of Hawaii, are to become citizens trained in the democratic process, we should be provided full opportunity to inquire, to question, and to exchange ideas. Our rights and responsibilities, then, are analogous to those of an adult citizen.

I. Constitutional Rights

All students shall enjoy rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.

• Students shall be governed by all laws and ordinances of the State of Hawaii and the County of residence.
• Moreover, students shall respect all rules, policies, and regulations of the Department of Education and of Aiea High School.

II. Academic Responsibilities

• Students shall have the responsibility to learn and to respect the right of others to learn.
• Students shall also respect the rights of others to teach.

III. Freedom of Expression and Communication

• Students shall have the right to express publicly and to hear various points of views on subjects without fear or reprisal or penalty.
• However, students shall recognize the rights of others and the limitations imposed by the laws of libel, slander, obscenity and incitement to riot.

IV. Involvement of Students in the Decision-Making Process

• Students shall have the right to be involved in the decision-making process that affects the educational system.

V. Freedom of Assembly and Right to Petition

• Students shall have the right to assemble peaceably and to "petition the government for redress of grievances."

VI. Freedom of Association

• Students shall have the right to organize clubs or associations within the school as provided in the School Code.

VII. Student Discipline

• Students have the right to due process within the guidelines set in Chapter 19.

VIII. Right to Privacy

• Students have the right to privacy as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution, Article 1, and Section 5.

IX. Instruction and Administration

• Students have the right to be concerned about teachers selected to instruct them and administrators who supervise the school and educational system they attend.
• To this end, we should be given an opportunity to express our opinions concerning the instruction we receive from teachers and the administration of Hawaii's public schools recognizing that the evaluation of teachers and administrators rests with the appropriate supervisor established by collective bargaining contracts, the policies and regulation of the DOE, and the laws of the State of Hawaii.

X. Miscellaneous

• Students shall have access to all statutes, rules, policies and regulations to which they are subjected. Copies of these and the Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities shall be available for inspection either in the school office or in some designated location convenient to everyone.

Graduation Requirements

Graduation Requirements for the Classes of 2009. Students are required to earn 22 credits distributed as follows:

Graduation Requirements for the Class of 2010. The freshmens who enter in SY 2006-2007 are required to earn 24 credits:

Types of BOE Diplomas: