"[5] Encouraging partnerships among students, parents, faculty, staff and community by offering a curriculum which will address multi-intelligences and awareness; providing a safe environment which expects mutual respect; providing opportunities where all students can develop their gifts and talents to be productive members of the community.

[5] The school was built on 50 acres (200,000 m2) in the Kealakehe ahupuaa (traditional land division) at coordinates 19°40′13″N 155°59′53″W / 19.67028°N 155.99806°W / 19.67028; -155.99806, on the slope of Hualālai.

[19] Kealakehe High School received 8 awards at the recent 2008 HTEA Fair held in Honolulu's Blaisdell Center for their graphic arts and designs.

Matt Buongiorno explained AGC as following: "Advanced Global Citizenship offers things conventional curriculum cannot, such as an opportunity to work with pressing international issues outside the classroom and beyond the island," and Justin Brown added that it "broadens their awareness and understanding of international affairs in an exciting, competitive way.

"[21] - Model United Nations is an organization that works to promote international relations studies through debating and negotiating.

NHSMUN experience showed success in Model APEC held in West Hawaii Civic Center, November 28, 2011, when the Kealakehe team led students from other districts to learn what it is like to negotiate as a diplomat.

The success of Kealakehe High School's Model United Nations team jump-started other Advanced Global Citizenship programs, as well as an AP class, and has sparked interest in international relations, policy, and study.

The team participates annually in FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), Botball, VEX Robotics, and MATE ROV (Remotely operated underwater vehicle).

Team members participate in the Stanford University Design Thinking and Massachusetts Institute of Technology OCW satellite training.

Organized by the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics, Botball encourages participants to work constructively within their team building basic communication, problem-solving, design, and programming skills.

In their rookie FIRST season, Kealakehe partnered with Waialua and McKinney robotics to win 2011 FIRST Honolulu competition (Logo Motion held at the Stan Sheriff Center on the campus of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

With this victory, the team received a prestigious invitation to the FIRST Championship held at the Edward Jones Dome in St Louis, Missouri.

[26] Dean Kamen, Founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), created the world's leading high school robotics competition in 1992.

FIRST provides a varsity-like competitive forum that inspires in young people, their schools and communities in an appreciation of science and technology.

On August 14, 2011, ABC aired a special on FIRST called "i.am FIRST: Science is Rock and Roll"[28] that featured many famous musical artists such as The Black Eyed Peas and Willow Smith.

Two alliances – one "red" and one "blue" – composed of two teams each, compete in each match which consists of a twenty-second autonomous period followed by two minutes of driver-controlled play.

In Elevation, Clean Sweep, and Round-Up, a bonus was awarded to the alliance that has the most total points at the end of the Autonomous Period.

The winning alliance (and runners up at events with 51 or more teams) at each local competition qualify for the VEX World Championship.