Moanalua High School (also known as MoHS[2]) is a public, co-educational college preparatory high school of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, located in Honolulu CDP,[3][4] City & County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

The school is situated on an extinct volcano hillside overlooking downtown Honolulu at 2825 Ala ʻIlima Street.

As of 2016 its attendance boundary includes Fort Shafter, the housing at Tripler Army Medical Center, and portions of the Aliamanu Military Reservation.

[5] In May 2012 Tiffany Hill of Honolulu Magazine wrote that the school had "high-caliber programs" and a strong curriculum.

As one of the highest points overlooking what would later become the city of Honolulu, the volcanic hillside was revered as a place where the faithful could be closer to the ancestral spirits and gods.

It served as a sacred altar as late as the reign of King Kamehameha V.[citation needed] The volcanic hillside's religious value was neglected during the urban development after statehood in 1959.

The menehune are believed to have a special relationship with the gods and credited with building dams, temples and other structures throughout the Hawaiian Islands.

Students who are not military dependents are usually children of professionals living in the Salt Lake and Moanalua subdivisions, neighborhoods that have been classified as upper middle class.

That year Gonser wrote that the "many success stories" originate from the "personal attention" and "choices" provided by the school's employees to the students.

It currently also competes in the Oahu Interscholastic Association, an athletic conference of public schools on the island of Oʻahu.

Moanalua High School competes in air riflery, baseball, basketball, bowling, canoe paddling, volleyball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, judo, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, wrestling and water polo.

The band is led by directors Elden Seta, Rhona Barbosa, Cavin Takesue and Todd Oshima.

[18] The Symphony Orchestra were invited to perform again on March 20, 2005 at the Isaac Stern Auditorium, receiving a standing ovation in which audience members reportedly yelled, "Good job, Hawaiʻi!

"[19] Moanalua High School Symphony Orchestra performed at Carnegie Hall a 3rd time in 2013.

More recently, the wind ensemble represented Hawaii in the 2015 Music for All National Festival in Indiana.