Pearl Harbor Elementary School
Address
1 Moanalua Ridge Honolulu, Hawaii, 96818 USA
Information
Type	Public elementary school
Established	1956
School district	Central Oahu
Principal	Ellamarie Savidge
Vice principal	John Erickson
Faculty	37
Grades	K-6
Enrollment	637
Color(s)	Royal Blue and White
Mascot	Shark
Newspaper	Sharks Newsletter
Website	School site

Pearl Harbor Elementary School is a public, coeducational grade school of the Hawai'i State Department of Education that serves around 637 students in grades K-6. The ethnicity is 56% Asian and 25% White.^[1] It is located on Moanalua Ridge, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Pearl Harbor is within the Radford Complex in the Central Oahu District of Hawaii State Department of Education.

Contents 1 History 2 Presidential visit 3 Funding 4 Fire prevention week 5 Notable faculty 6 Notable alumni 7 References 8 External links

[edit] History

Pearl Harbor was established in 1956. The school was surrounded by military housing in the late fifties. As time went on enrollments decreased due to the opening of other schools around the area.

[edit] Presidential visit

The school was visited by President George W Bush on 23 October 2003. During the visit Laura Bush read to a second-grade class to promote her reading initiative.^[2][3][4]

[edit] Funding

In 2003 the Hawaii Senate voted $2,500,000 to plan, design, and construct a library for the school.^[5]

[edit] Fire prevention week

The Hawaii Federal Fire Department chose this school to launch the 2004 Fire Prevention Week on October 5, 2004.^[6]

[edit] Notable faculty

Kindergarten teacher Ruth Komatsu was named in January 1997 as one of Hawaii’s Top Teachers.^[7]

[edit] Notable alumni

• Deborah Wiles, children's author.^[8]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site

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