Shift+ Furniture designer David Stubbs and his team paid a recent visit to Punahou to take an inventory of furniture and storage needs in preparation for the opening of the second half of the Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Community for Grades 2 – 5 in fall 2019. Stubbs is a former school administrator turned architect turned furniture designer who brings a keen eye into classrooms to assess the needs of our little ones.

The JROTC program at Punahou School, the oldest in the State of Hawai‘i, celebrates its 100th year. There are over 110 cadets in the program including cadets representing up to 15 schools enrolled in a magnet program.

This year’s annual photography trip to the neighbor islands took advanced photography and Academy art students to Maui. The adventure took place April 27 – 29 this spring.

The Punahou Arts and College Counseling Departments recently presented “Visual Arts in College, A Forum on Opportunities in the Visual Arts” for students and their parents from Punahou and neighboring high schools.

Selected for the National Federation of High School State Association’s Hall of Fame earlier this year, Jeff Meister named the first coach from Hawai‘i to win the NHSCA National Boys’ Swimming Coach of the Year Award.

The Buffanblu finished at the top in both the final boys and girls team rankings to add to their state championship total Saturday night at the Island Movers Track and Field Championships at Kunuiakea Stadium on the campus of Kamehameha Schools Kapalama.

Punahou senior Isabelle Rhee has been named a 2018 Presidential Scholar from Hawai‘i. Rhee is among 161 high school seniors across the country chosen from a pool of over 5,200 invited qualifying graduating seniors.

Sixth-ranked Punahou pounded out 14 hits — highlighted by Bailey Akimseu's towering two-run sixth-inning home run — to back pitcher Kennedy Ishii's complete-game effort en route to a convincing 11-3 semifinal win over three-time defending champion Campbell at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium Thursday night.

Punahou charges forward to become a net zero energy campus. The School continues its commitment to sustainability following Case Middle School (LEED Gold) and Omidyar K – 1 Neighborhood (LEED Platinum) with the Sidney and MinniPunahou Communications Staff e Kosasa Community for Grades 2 – 5, Punahou's first net zero energy facility once completed.

The mood is festive as 400 PUEO family and friends are welcomed to Dole Cafeteria by the lilting melodies of Kaipo Kukahiko and Friends from the KEY Project in Kahalu‘u and the inimitable Dr. Carl Ackerman, Director of PUEO.