Saint Matthew's Episcopal Day School

The military school was prestigious, and graduation guaranteed acceptance to the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford.

[8] In the early 1890s, Reverend Brewer decided that the military school required more room and moved to Hillsborough,[11] where it remained until it closure in 1915.

[13][2] While studying there Kawānanakoa, and his younger brothers, Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui and Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole, are credited with introducing surfing to the United States.

[11] The current form of day school was founded in 1953 by the Sisters of the Community of the Transfiguration, an order of Episcopal nuns from Ohio under rector Lesley Wilder Jr.

[17] The day school completed a $21 million building project in 2015 that increased its building space by 27,000 square feet, adding classroom space and allowing it to double its classes from one class per grade level to two.

[17] Although the school exists within the Episcopal Church, students are not required to ascribe to any religion, and only about 15% are Episcopalian.

[3] Sexual abuse crisis In 2017, the day school experienced a child sexual abuse crisis when one of its pre-school teachers created hundreds of pornographic images and videos of day school students.

[23] The teacher pled guilty (no contest) to 5 felony charges and was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

[20] The California Department of Social Services also found that the day school committed licensing violations as a result of the incidents.

On April 24, 1864, Giles Alexander Easton established an Episcopal church named for Saint Matthew on the historic mission trail known as El Camino Real.

Three Princes of the Kingdom of Hawaii, brothers Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (1871–1922), David Kawānanakoa (1868–1908) and Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui (1869–1887) attended the school in the 1880s.

The old church was replaced by a new one designed by Willis Polk, with many furnishings salvaged from the original building.