Maui Graduation Season: Full 2015 Schedule

Graduates after the 2013 UH Maui College Commencement Ceremony. File image courtesy UHMC.

By Wendy Osher

An estimated 10,500 students from more than 50 public and charter schools across the state will graduate from respective campuses this year.

Here on Maui, the commencement season begins with a May 22 ceremony for Kīhei Charter School.

The remaining public schools on Maui will hold their graduation ceremonies the following week with King Kekaulike seniors graduating on May 28, and Baldwin HS seniors receiving their diplomas on Friday, May 29.

On Saturday, May 30, four graduation ceremonies are scheduled including the following: 2 p.m. Lānaʻi HS; 3:30 p.m. Hāna HS; 5 p.m. Maui HS; and 5 p.m. Molokaʻi HS.

The final commencement event for Maui is scheduled at Lahainaluna HS at the David Malo Field at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 31, 2015.

The state Department of Education released the following list of graduation dates and times for various schools.

Maui schools:

• Kīhei (charter school): Fri., May 22, 5 p.m. Maui Nui Golf Club
• Kamehameha Maui: Sat., May 23
• King Kekaulike: Thurs., May 28, 6 p.m. school stadium
• Baldwin: Fri., May 29, 6 p.m. War Memorial Stadium
• St. Anthony: Fri., May 29, 6 p.m. at school campus
  
• Lānaʻi: Sat., May 30. 2 p.m. school gymnasium
• Hāna: Sat., May 30, 3:30 p.m. school field
• Maui: Sat., May 30, 5 p.m. War Memorial Stadium
• Molokaʻi: Sat., May 30, 5 p.m. school gymnasium
• Seabury Hall HS: Sat., May 30
• Lahainaluna: Sun., May 31, 6:30 p.m. David Malo Field

Other schools across the state:

• ʻAiea: Sun., May 31, 6 p.m. Aloha Stadium
• ʻĀnuenue: Sat., May 30, 10:30 a.m. school campus
• Campbell: Thurs., May 28, 5 p.m. Aloha Stadium
• Castle: Sat., May 30, 5:30 p.m. school athletic field
• Connections (charter): Sat., May 30, 6 p.m. Afook Chinen Civic Auditorium
• Education Laboratory (charter): Fri., May 22, 5:30 p.m. Andrews Outdoor Theatre – UH at Mānoa
• Farrington: Sat., May 30, 4 p.m. school amphitheater
• Hakipuʻu Learning Center (charter): Sun., Jun 7, 5 p.m. Palikū Theatre, WCC
• Hālau Kū Mana (charter): Sat., May 30, 9 a.m. Kamakakūokalani, UH Mānoa
• Hālau Lōkahi (charter): TBD
• Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts & Science (charter): Fri., May 29, 4 p.m. HAAS Pavilion school campus
• Hawaiʻi School for the Deaf & the Blind: Wed., May 27, 5:30 p.m. school campus
• Hawaiʻi Technology Academy (charter): Wed., May 2,7 3 p.m. Filipino Community Center
• Hilo: Fri., May 29, 6 p.m. Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium
• Honokaʻa: Sat., May 30, 10 a.m. the Armory/gymnasium
• Kahuku: Thurs., May 28, 6 p.m. BYUH Cannon Center
• Kailua: Sat., May 30, 6 p.m. school football field on campus
• Kaimukī: Sat., May 30, 5 p.m. Waikīkī Shell
• Kaiser: Fri., May 29, 6:30 p.m. school field
• Kalāheo: Tue, Jun 2, 6:30 p.m. Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall
• Kalani: Mon., Jun 1, 6:30 p.m. Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
• Kamaile Academy (charter): Thurs., May 28, 5:30 p.m. Kamaile Field/school campus
• Kanu o ka ʻĀina (charter): Fri., May 29, 10 a.m. Mana Christian Hall
• Kapaʻa: Fri., May 29, 6:30 p.m. Kapaʻa New Town Ball Park
• Kapolei: Fri., May 29, 6 p.m. school stadium
• Kaʻū: Fri., May 29, 5 p.m. school gymnasium
• Kauaʻi: Fri., May 29, 5:30 p.m. Vidinha Stadium
• Kawaikini (charter): Sat., June 6, 11:30 a.m. school campus
• Ke Ana Laʻahana (charter): Sun., May 24, 2 p.m. Kawānanakoa Gymnasium
• Ke Kula o Ehunuikaimalino (charter): Sat., May 30, 12 p.m. school campus
• Ke Kula o Samuel M. Kamakau (charter): Sat., May 30, 12 p.m. school campus
• Keaʻau: no sooner than Fri., May 29
• Kealakehe: Wed., Jun 3, 7 p.m. Kealakehe High School football field
• Kohala: Sat., May 30, 3 p.m. Kamehameha Park – Hisaoka Gymnasium
• Konawaena: Sat., May 30, 9 a.m. Julian Yates Athletic Field
• Kua o ka Lā (charter): Fri., May 22, 9 a.m. school campus
• Kula Aupuni Niʻihau A Kahelelani Aloha (charter): Fri., May 15, 10 a.m. school campus
• Laupāhoehoe (charter): Fri., May 29, 6 p.m. school gymnasium
• Leilehua: Fri., May 29, 6:30 p.m. school stadium
• McKinley: Sun., May 31, 5 p.m. school campus
• Mililani: Sun., May 24, 5 p.m. Aloha Stadium
• Moanalua: Fri., May 29, 5:30 p.m. school athletic field
• Myron B. Thompson Academy (charter): Fri., May 22, 5:30 p.m. Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall
• Nānākuli: Sat., May 30, 5 p.m. school stadium
• Niʻihau: TBD
• Olomana: Tues., Jun 2, 10:30 a.m. school campus (HYCF)
• Pāhoa: Sun., May 31, 5:30 p.m. Civic Auditorium (Hilo)
• Pearl City: Sat., May 30, 5 p.m. Aloha Stadium
• Radford: Fri., May 29, 6 p.m. Aloha Stadium
• Roosevelt: Sat., May 30, 6:30 p.m. school stadium
• Waiākea: Sat., May 30, 6 p.m. Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium
• Waialua: Sat., May 30, 5:30 p.m. school athletic field
• Waiʻanae: Fri., May 29, 6 p.m. WHS Raymond Torii Field
• Waimea: Fri., May 29, 6:30 p.m. school front lawn
• Waipahu: Fri., May 29, 6 p.m. Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
• West Hawaiʻi Explorations Academy (charter): Fri., May 22, 5:30 p.m. school campus