Mid-Pacific Institute
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Mid-Pacific Institute emblem
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2445 Kaala Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 United States |
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| Coordinates | 21°18′12″N 157°49′01″W / 21.303269°N 157.816933°WCoordinates: 21°18′12″N 157°49′01″W / 21.303269°N 157.816933°W |
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| Type | Private, Day, College-prep |
| Motto | The Honor of My School is Mine |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
| Established | 1908 |
| Opened | 1908 (current school) |
| President | Paul Turnbull |
| Grades | Pre-K–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,550 |
| Campus size | 38 acres (0.15 km2) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Green and white |
| Athletics | MPI Owls and Pac-5 Wolfpack |
| Athletics conference | Interscholastic League of Honolulu |
| Mascot | Pueo (Hawaiian short-eared owl) |
| Newspaper | Na Pueo |
| Website | www |
Mid-Pacific Institute is a private, co-educational college preparatory school for grades preschool through twelve with an approximate enrollment of 1,550 students, the majority of whom are from Hawaii (although many also come from other states and other countries, such as Japan, Korea, China, Canada, Australia, Marshall Islands and countries in Europe and Africa). The school offers programs of study in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme and the Mid-Pacific School of the Arts (MPSA). Mid-Pacific Institute is located on 38 acres (150,000 m2) in Manoa, near the University of Hawaii, close to downtown Honolulu.
The high school was established through the 1908 merger of Kawaiahaʻo Seminary for Girls, founded in 1864, and Mills Institute for Boys, founded in 1892. Both schools were founded by missionaries, with the goal of teaching English to native Hawaiians, Japanese, Chinese and other nationalities. It was established that the school must remain Christian so long as the original land was in use. However, students are allowed to practice any religion of their choice. Even members of the Hawaiian royal family attended the schools. By opening its doors to students with no prejudice over race and class status, Mid-Pacific was a part of a growing movement toward greater social acceptance that was rarely seen in the repressive oligarchical control within the Territory of Hawaii.
"At Mid-Pacific, an attempt was made to bring students of all races together in a boarding school and to encourage democracy in education. Because it was subsidized by members of the Damon, Wilcox, and Atherton families- all missionary descendants-the fees were relatively low, and many ambitious Chinese and Japanese youngsters enrolled."
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