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	1753?-1898 The Kamehameha rulers and the Kingdom of Hawai‘i A Chart of the Kamehameha Dynasty
	1822 January 25 CHARLES REED BISHOP is born at Glens Falls, New York.
	1831 December 19 BERNICE PAUAHI is born to ABNER KA‘EHU PAKI (father) and HIGH CHIEFESS LAURA KANAHOLO KONIA (mother). Konia (pictured) is the grand-daughter of Kamehameha I. Bernice Pauahi is his great granddaughter.
	1848 October 12 CHARLES REED BISHOP decides to remain in Honolulu while en route to Oregon from New York. He becomes a naturalized citizen of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i in 1848. He is appointed Collector of Customs the same year.
	1850 June 4 CHARLES REED BISHOP and BERNICE PAUAHI PAKI are married. Photo credit: Bishop Museum
	1883 May 24 KE‘ELIKOLANI, Princess Ruth, dies. Bernice Pauahi Bishop, her cousin, is named the principal heir to 353,000 acres of land.
	1884 October 16 Ke Ali‘i Pauahi dies at age 53 after 34 years of a happy, but childless marriage. Article 13 of her will establishes the Kamehameha Schools. Her husband firmly guides the Schools as a Trustee until 1897. He is a major benefactor for the next 30 years until his death in 1915.
	1885 April 6 The first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Bishop Estate takes place in the drawing room of Keōua Hale. The Trustees are Charles Reed Bishop, Samuel M. Damon, Dr. C.M. Hyde, Charles M. Cooke and William O. Smith.
	1886 July 1 REVEREND WILLIAM BREWSTER OLESON, principal of Hilo Boarding School, is appointed principal of the Kamehameha School for Boys . The campus of the Kamehameha School for Boys was located in Kapā lama where the Bishop Museum stands.
	1887 November 4 Opening ceremonies for Kamehameha School for Boys are held at the new Pālama campus. King Kalākaua addresses the students. Queen Kapī‘olani and other prominent citizens attend. The school is a 3 year program for boys over age 12.
	1888 May 18 The Preparatory Department , an educational boarding program for boys under age 12, is opened. Mr. Bishop is the founder and benefactor. The building is his gift to the Schools.
	1888 June 27 MISS CARRIE A. REAMER is appointed principal of the new Preparatory Department (elementary school).
	1888 December 19 First Founder's Day. Mr. Bishop gives the principal address about the purpose of the Schools. It is published in Volume 1, Number 1 of the Schools first newspaper, Handicraft, in January 1889.
	1889 Mr. Bishop builds The Bernice P. Bishop Museum in memory of his wife.
	1890 December 15 Premier Glee Club concert is directed by THEODORE RICHARDS at the Opera House.
	1891 June 23 Fourteen students are in the first graduating class of Kamehameha School for Boys. Mr. Bishop sponsors Charles E. King and Samuel Keli‘ inoi's education at Oswego Normal School in New York.
	1891 December 19 Bishop Hall, the first Kamehameha School for Boys administrative and assembly building, is dedicated.
	1893 December 19 For the first time, Kamehameha students and staff decorate Mrs. Bishop's grave. Founder's Day ceremonies are both solemn and festive include formal oratories, and hymns as well as a greased pig contest and foot, stilt and sack races.
	1893 May 19 Kamehameha School for Boys adopt a four year course of studies.
	1893 July 1 THEODORE RICHARDS is appointed the second principal of the Kamehameha School for Boys.
	1894 March 2 Mr. Bishop moves to San Francisco. His involvement with the Schools continues.
	1894 April 27 MISS IDA MAY POPE is appointed the Kamehameha School for Girls principal.
	1894 December 19 Kamehameha School for Girls is formally dedicated. Location: ma kai-diamond head corner of King and Kalihi Streets.
	1894 HENRY BERGER organizes the Boys' first orchestra. He later becomes director of the Royal Hawaiian Band.
	1895 April The first officers of the newly formed Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association are elected.
	1897 October 13 Mr. Bishop resigns as Trustee and becomes a permanent San Francisco resident. He retains an active interest in the Schools.
	1897 December 19 The Bishop Memorial Chapel is a gift to the Kamehameha Schools from Mr. Bishop in memory of Bernice Pauahi Bishop. The dedication is held on her birthday.
	1898 July 12 Reverend SILAS PERRY is the first chaplain of Bishop Memorial Chapel.
	1898 September 1 The Kamehameha School for Girls curriculum is extended to 4 years.
	1901 CHARLES BARTLETT DYKE is the first to be named "Principal of Kamehameha Schools."
	1903 The first Kamehameha School for Boys football team wins the interscholastic championship. They are coached by the REV. DR. JOHN. L. HOPWOOD, athletic director and the Schools chaplain (1903-17).
	1904 October 19 The first to hold the title "President of the Kamehameha Schools" is PERLEY L. HORNE who is also Principal of Kamehameha School for Boys from 1904-14.
	1904 E. FAXON BISHOP, nephew of Charles Reed Bishop, is appointed Trustee.
	1906 Soccer is played as a competitve sport. 1913 is a championship season. L Hudson photo. Plate XXXIV
	1907 The 20th anniversary of the opening of the Kamehameha School for Boys is celebrated.
	1908 The first joint graduation ceremony of the Manual Department and the School for Girls is held.
	1912 December 19 The Kamehameha School for Girls Senior Cottage is dedicated.
	1915 June 7 CHARLES REED BISHOP dies at Berkeley, California. He is 93 years old. His ashes are interred at the Royal Mausoleum, Mauna‘ala, at Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
	1916 By an act of the U.S. Congress, the first Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) program in the nation is instituted at the Kamehameha School for Boys.
	1917 The first Girl Scout troop in Hawai‘i is sponsored by QUEEN LILI‘UOKALANI and organized by Kamehameha School for Girls teacher, MISS FLORENCE J. LOWE.
	1921 May 26 The first annual Song Contest is held in front of Bishop Hall at the Kamehameha School for Boys.
	1921 September 1 Tenth grade is added to the Kamehameha School for Boys and the Kamehameha School for Girls curriculum.
	1922 Eleventh grade is added to the Kamehameha School for Boys and the Kamehameha School for Girls curriculum.
	1923 July 1 FRANK E. MIDKIFF is appointed the third President (1923-34) of the Schools. To the curriculum, he added Hawaiian language instruction, the "Antioch" or "Cincinnati" part-time work/study plan and the live baby program for Senior Girls.
	1923 September 1 Twelfth grade is added to the Kamehameha School for Boys and the Kamehameha School for Girls curriculum.
	1923 September 1 The Cadet, successor to Blue and White, appears as a mimeographed weekly. Its name is later changed to Ka Mo‘i.
	1924 Ka Mo‘i, the name of the first school yearbook, changes to Na‘i Aupuni in 1945 and finally to Ka Na‘i Aupuni in 1953. The yearbook name changes most frequently throughout the 1940s. Ka Moi -- 1940, 1941, 1943 1943 — No annual —Due to War Effort, Annual Ka Moi Will Not Be Published — (school newspaper headline April 9, 1943) Ka Buke o Kamehameha, 1944 Na‘i Aupuni --1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952
	1924 June 5 The first high school class graduates with 10 boys and 3 girls. A joint graduation is held to include the small number of senior girls.
	1924 October Senior girls live in the first Practice Cottage, a model home where they learn the art of managing a household. Duties include being a "child director," that is being a temporary mother of a real baby "borrowed" for the school year. After graduation, most girls first choose professional training and a career. After they married, they were known as accomplished homemakers. G Kanahele manuscript 219
	1925 May Trustees approve plans for a new campus on the heights of Kapālama.
	1925 May 16 The first Ho‘olaulea is held. KS Annual Report 1965-66
	1925 Summer The Boys begin clearing land in Haha‘ione Valley for a model farm.
	1926 May 26 The first formal Hawaiian song contest at the Kamehameha School for Boys. The winning class receives the George Alanson Andrus Cup.
	1927 June 3 The first formal Hawaiian song contest at the Kamehameha School for Girls. The winning class receives the New England Mother's Cup.
	1928 Under coach WILLIAM WISE, the Warrior football team wins the interscholastic championship for the second time against Punahou School and becomes the first local high school team to play on the mainland winning against Pasadena Junior College at the Rose Bowl. G Kanahele manuscript 226
	1931 September 13 The new Kamehameha School for Girls campus on Kapālama Heights opens.
	1932 June 1 The Preparatory Department closes because of lack of funds during the Depression and because Trustees believe the public schools will adequately prepare boys for the entrance examination to the Boys' school. KS Annual Report 1965-1966
	1932 September KSB ROTC status changes to "Civilian School with ROTC."
	1934 September 1 DR. HOMER F. BARNES becomes Principal-in-Charge when Frank E. Midkiff leaves to pursue a PhD at Yale University. Barnes emphasizes an academic, college preparatory curriculum in addition to the manual, industrial training program. High standards of behavior and achievement mark Kamehameha students as outstanding members of the community.
	1935 The first six of over 50 participating KSB students and alumni colonize the Equatorial Line Islands (Howland, Baker and Jarvis) for the United States.
	1939 FRANK E. MIDKIFF is appointed Trustee of the Bishop Estate (1939-83).
	1940 September 2 Kamehameha School for Boys moves to a new campus on Kapālama heights.
	1941 December 11 The Army Provisional General Hospital #1 is established at the Boys School for women, children and soldiers with minor wounds. In September 1942, the entire Kamehameha School for Girls campus becomes a branch of Tripler Army Hospital. The Girls join the Boys on the Kamehameha School for Boys campus.
	1943 September 6 The Preparatory Department re-opens for 320 students as a co-educational day school at McNeill Street, Honolulu.
	1944 Curriculum for the Boys is reorganized into studies for the college bound, studies for commercial or business work and studies leading to employment in the trades.
	1945 October 22 JROTC is reactivated after a lapse during WWII.
	1946 August 1 COLONEL HAROLD W. KENT is appointed the fourth President of Kamehameha Schools. In October, REVEREND STEPHEN DESHA teaches Hawaiian language class at the Boys' School.
	1946 October 12 Centennial anniversary of the arrival of Charles Reed Bishop in Hawai'i. He is remembered as the founder of the Preparatory Department (currently Kamehameha Elementary School and Kamehameha Middle School).
	1947 January 24 The entire Kamehameha Schools student body takes the last train trip of the O ‘ahu Railway and Land Company before it closes.
	1947 March The Hawaiian Culture Committee is appointed.
	1947 September 1 JEAN KELLEY is the first student from Ni‘ihau.
	1947 November 4 The 60th anniversary of KSB is celebrated . A record album, Songs of Hawai‘i, by the Kamehameha School Boys' and Girls' Chorus is recorded for the occasion.
	1948 January 26 The Kamehameha School for Boys and the Kamehameha School for Girls are admitted to and accredited by Northwestern Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. KS Annual Report 1965-1966
	1948 October 31 The 60th Anniversary of the Opening of the Preparatory Department is celebrated.
	1949 February 11 Kamehameha Schools Press publishes the Caroline Curtis and Mary Puku‘i Legend Series. Student Richard Goings, KSB Class of 1950, is the illustrator of Pikoi. The three books in the series are Pikoi, The Water of Kane (1951) and Tales of the Menehune (1960). Photo credit: Luryier (Pop) Diamon Photographs, Kamehameha Schools Archives
	1949 November 10 The Konia classroom building is dedicated.
	1951 August 1 U. S. War Department confers Military Institute (MI) designation for KSB.
	1951 November 10 Kekuhaup‘o fieldhouse is dedicated. An airplane hanger, it was purchased from Hawaiian Air Transport Service and installed on Malalo Field.
	1952 March 24 Staff service awards are instituted. A certificate, pins, and awards dinner are given to honorees.
	1952 September 2 DR. DONALD KILOLANI MITCHELL heads the Bishop Museum Workshop for Kamehameha Schools students.
	1953 October 6 The first FM station in Hawai‘i is the Schools' radio station, KVOK. It is located in the Konia classroom building, Room 108 and 109. Governor Samuel Wilder King is the guest speaker for the dedication.
	1955 September 21 Princess Bernice Pauahi (administration) building is dedicated.
	1955 September 25 Charles Reed Bishop campus of the Preparatory Department is dedicated at Kapālama heights.
	1955 December 15 Ke Ali‘i Pauahi, a magazine for graduates and parents is first published. The last issue is dated October 1969.
	1956 The Ke Ali‘i Pauahi Award for distinguished service to the Bishop Estate and to the Kamehameha Schools is instituted at commencement exercises.
	1957 April 22 Portraits of Bernice Pauahi and Charles Reed Bishop are presented to the Schools by the Class of 1956. The Schools' portraits are reproductions of those by Joseph Feher hanging at the Bishop Estate Office. Ka Mo‘i news article. Photo credit: Kamehameha Schools Art Collection (KSAC)
	1957 January 11 The Rifle Range is dedicated. The first invitational rifle meet is held. Photo credit: Luryier (Pop) Diamond Photographs, Kamehameha Schools Archives
	1957 November 12 The Kamehameha School for Boys property is transferred to the Bishop Museum.
	1959 February 13, 14 The first Science Fair is held at Kamehameha Schools.
	1959 March 1 Kamehameha Schools Directory of Graduates and Staff, 1887-1958 is published.
	1959 May Dr. Alonzo Moron, president of Hampton Institute in Virginia visits. Hampton Normal and Agricultural School was originally established to educate African-Americans and Native Americans by General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, a Maui born educator. Charles Reed Bishop was interested in the Hampton vocational program and corresponded with General Armstrong. General Armstrong recommended several of the first teachers including Uldrick Thompson who became the third principal of the KS School for Boys. Ka Mo'i news article. Photo credit: Digital Library of Hampton University
	1960 November 4 Paki Hall classrooms are dedicated. Photo credit: Luryier (Pop) Diamond Photographs, Kamehameha Schools Archives
	1960 November 19 Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii by Samuel Kamakau is published by Kamehameha Schools Press.
	1961 January 20 KSB band, color guard and marching unit in the Washington, D.C. inaugural parade for John F. Kennedy.
	1961 September 1 A three year, high school level Hawaiian language course for credit is organized with the cooperation of the University of Hawai'i.
	1961 September 1 The first coeducational classes are held. Photo credit: Luryier (Pop) Diamond Photographs, Kamehameha Schools Archives
	1962 February 18 Album of Likenesses (of Charles Reed and Bernice Pauahi Bishop) by Harold W. Kent is published by the Kamehameha Schools Press.
	1962 October 17 JAMES W. BUSHONG becomes the fifth President of Kamehameha Schools. Former President Harold W. Kent becomes a consultant to the Trustees. "We want Kamehameha to be the outstanding school, the best school and recognized as such--in the entire country."
	1963 The Personnel, Extension, Scholarship and Occupational Departments are established.
	1963 September 21 The Kamehameha Schools Advisory Council has its first meeting. Ke Ali‘i Pauahi v9n1 October 1963 p2-3
	1963 October 22 The Kamehameha Schools Preparatory Department dormitories on Kapālama Heights are dedicated. KS Annual Report 1965-1966
	1963 November 4 The 75th Anniversary of the founding of the Schools is a year-long celebration.
	1964 May 1 The Ruth Ke‘elikolani swimming pool is dedicated.
	1964 WINONA RUBIN is hired to head the Guidance Department. When she retires in 1971, she is principal of the high school.
	1964 August 19 Princess Bernice Pauahi Building (Administration) is dedicated at Kapālama.
	1965-1966 school year Curriculum unification, or coeducational instruction closes the Kamehameha School for Boys and the Kamehameha School for Girls. All academic departments are consolidated, reorganized and relocated under the Kamehameha Schools.
	1965-1966 school year The first department to promote the study of Hawaiian values, culture and history is established. Department head: DONALD KILOLANI MITCHELL. Faculty: WINONA BEAMER, WRIGHT E. BOWMAN, ESTHER MCCLELLAN, VIOLET-MARIE ROSEHILL and CARINTHIA HARBOTTLE. SARAH AH YAT QUICK KEAHI joins the faculty the next school year.
	1965 February 3 A memorandum signed on this date by DR. DONALD KILOLANI MITCHELL requests permission for students to do standing hula. Permission was granted by the Trustees.
	1966 The first ho‘ike (presentation) in mele and hula was added to the Song Contest by NONA BEAMER.
	1967 U.S. Internal Revenue Service allows the creation of subsidiaries by the Bishop Estate to develop its lands.
	1967-68 school year The first traveling Hawaiian culture resource team visits fourth graders on the major Hawaiian islands.
	1968 HUNG WO CHING, PhD, is the first Trustee appointed to a limited term with the mandatory retirement age of 70.
	1968 The first one week Explorations in Hawaiian culture program begins with post fifth graders.
	1968 The Christmas Concert moves to the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall and opens to the public free of charge.
	1969 April 16 U.S. Internal Revenue Service letter states that the Bishop Estate is a tax-exempt educational institution according to section 501 (c) (3) of the Tax Code.
	1969 The first Board of Governors meets to manage the business of the Schools. Their mission accomplished, they dissolve in 1974.
	1971 The first Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) is conceived. Education, research and evaluation become a regular part of the Schools operations.
	1972 JACK DARVILL becomes President of the Kamehameha Schools, controversial lMATSUO TAKABUKI becomes a Trustee, THOMAS HAMILTON becomes special advisor to the Trustees, JOHN D. BELLINGER and HERBERT CORNEUELLE become members of the powerful Board of Governors, and FRED CACHOLA becomes director of Extension Education, a large, influential division with a mandate to do more for more Hawaiians.
	1973 July 1 Kamehameha Schools is no longer a Military Institute, but a high school unit. For the first time since 1908, J.R.O.T.C. is voluntary for juniors and seniors, but mandatory for freshmen and sophomores. Girls may select J.R.O.T.C. as an elective course.
	1974 September 26, 27 The Kuilima Hotel meeting of the Trustees and top 7 administrators establishes a mission statement and goals that would guide the Schools for the next 10 years.
	1974 The U.S. Congress recognizes Hawaiians as Native Americans for the purpose of funding programs.
	1975 ROBERT SPRINGER becomes head of Campus Programs that includes the day and boarding programs, all educational divisions and departments and Student Personnel Services.
	1975 February 19 The Bishop Museum incorporates as an autonomous entity, no longer a part of the Kamehameha Schools.
	1976 Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) becomes an educational division program rather than an extension education division program. In 1978, the Elementary School becomes a KEEP demonstration school. A lottery admissions system is first used.
	1977 January 25 Midkiff Learning Center opens for the high school on the Kapālama campus.
	1977 March ANTHONY RAMOS, a native of Honoka‘a, Hawai'i and a 1958 graduate of the Kamehameha School for Boys, is named principal of the High School, Kapālalama campus. His retirement in July 2005 brings an end to 43 years of service to Kamehameha Schools including 28 years as high school principal.
	1978 Kamehameha Schools/ Bishop Estate begins to sell its entire residential lease portfolio of 13, 000 house lots to comply with a judge's interpretation of Act 185 (leasehold reform passed by the 1975 State legislature).
	1980 Jack Darvill, administrators and Trustees prepare an educational plan for a school with high performance standards, excellent student conduct and an enlarged mission to provide some of the education of all Hawaiian students.
	1980 The new Kekuhaupi‘o Gymnasium opens with seats for 2,800 people.
	1980 The acclaimed KEEP program is renamed the Kamehameha Educational Research Institute (KERI). KERI includes preschool programs.
	1981 The Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center in Waikīkī is built on Bishop Estate land.
	1983 The Final Report of the Native Hawaiian Educational Assessment Project was written.
	1984 Ulupono opens as a small KERI laboratory school for three to four years old under KERI.
	1984 CHARLES T. AND BEATRICE PARRENT give $1 million to the Schools. Charles T. Parrent was a former teacher and principal of the Boys' School. The Parrent gift is the largest by any donor other than Charles Reed Bishop.
	1984 May 30 The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the Hawaii Land Reform Act and the ability of the State to condemn land for public use. A land based trust, the Bishop Estate is forced to sell its residential leasehold properties.
	1985 June Trustee MATSUO TAKABUKI leads Bishop Estate to invest in limited partnerships outside Hawai'i that will significantly increase the endowment of the Kamehameha Schools.
	1985 October The Bishop Estate's first legal department is headed by NATHAN AIPA.
	1887, the Centennial Year Commemorations begin the year before. They include: • Pauahi, the Kamehameha Legacy by George S. Kanahele, KSB 1948 • Enduring Pride, the TV film • Joint fundraiser with Bishop Museum • Bishop Memorial Church convocation Daniel Inoye as guest speaker/ • Three coins with the likeness of Kamehameha Nui • Song Contest honoring Ke Ali‘i Pauahi • The Red Cross honoring Ke Ali‘i Pauahi as Humanitarian of the Year • A coin with the likeness of Ke Ali‘i Pauahi The final event on November 4 commorates the the opening of the School for Boys. A birthday party is held with community representatives and representatives of other 100 year old schools, and KS students and staff at Kekūhaupi‘o
	1988 MICHAEL J. CHUN, PhD, Kamehameha School for Boys Class of 1961, is the last President of Kamehameha Schools. When the CEO form of corporate governance is adopted in 2000 and Dr. Chun becomes headmaster of the Kapālama campus, he is given the title, President and Headmaster of Kamehameha Schools.
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