Class of 2026 high school graduation ceremonies scheduled
News Release from Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, Mar 31, 2026
The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education has announced graduation ceremony dates, times and locations for the Class of 2026. A list of statewide commencement celebrations is included below.
Schools will be providing families with specific event details. The list below reflects the most current information and will be updated as needed. Families are encouraged to contact their child’s school directly with any questions.
BY ISLAND (schools in alphabetical order)
Oʻahu
ʻAiea High
Sunday, May 17, 2026, 5 p.m.
Hawaiʻi Convention Center
Admiral Arthur W. Radford High
Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 4 p.m.
Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
Governor Wallace Rider Farrington High
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 4 p.m.
UH Mānoa Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
Hawaiʻi School for the Deaf & the Blind
Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 5 p.m.
HSDB Campus
Henry J. Kaiser High
Friday, May 22, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
KHS Cougar Stadium
James B. Castle High
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 5 p.m.
Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
James Campbell High
Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
UH Mānoa Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
Kahuku High & Intermediate
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 6 p.m.
Polynesian Cultural Center
Kailua High
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 4 p.m.
KHS Football Field
Kaimukī High
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 6 p.m.
Waikīkī Shell
Kalāheo High
Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
Blaisdell Concert Hall
Kalani High
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
UH Mānoa Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
Kapolei High
Friday, May 22, 2026, 6 p.m.
KHS Alvin Nagasako Sports Complex
Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo Ānuenue
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 10 a.m.
Ānuenue Campus
Leilehua High
Friday, May 22, 2026, 6 p.m.
LHS Hugh Yoshida Stadium
Mililani High
Sunday, May 24, 2026, 4 p.m.
UH Mānoa Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
Moanalua High
Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 6 p.m.
UH Mānoa Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
Nānākuli High & Intermediate
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 5 p.m.
NHIS Stadium
Olomana School
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
Windward Community College
Pearl City High
Sunday, May 17, 2026, 5 p.m.
Neal S. Blaisdell Arena
President Theodore Roosevelt High
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 6 p.m.
UH Mānoa Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
President William McKinley High
Sunday, May 24, 2026, 4 p.m.
MHS Oval & Front Lawn
Waialua High & Intermediate
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
WHIS Toshiyuki Nakasone Football Field
Waiʻanae High
Friday, May 22, 2026, 6 p.m.
WHS Raymond Torii Stadium
Waipahu High
Monday, May 18, 2026, 6 p.m.
UH Mānoa Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center
Kauaʻi
Kapaʻa High
Friday, May 22, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
Bryan J. Baptiste Sports Complex Field
Kauaʻi High
Friday, May 22, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
Vidinha Stadium Soccer Field
Niihau High & Elementary
Friday, May 22, 2026, private ceremony
Niihau High & Elementary
Waimea High
Friday, May 22, 2026, 6 p.m.
Hanapepe Stadium
Maui
Hāna High & Elementary
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
Hāna High & Elementary Campus
Henry Perrine Baldwin High
Monday, May 18, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
War Memorial Stadium
King Kekaulike High
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 6 p.m.
KKHS Na Aliʻi Stadium
Lahainaluna High
Sunday, May 24, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
LHS Sue D. Cooley Stadium
Maui High
Sunday, May 17, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
War Memorial Stadium
Lānaʻi
Lānaʻi High & Elementary
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 2 p.m.
Pedro Dela Cruz Gym
Molokai
Molokai High
Friday, May 22, 2026, 4 p.m.
MHS Football Field
Hawaiʻi
Hilo High
Friday, May 22, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium
Honokaʻa High
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 9 a.m.
HHIS Gym (The Armory)
Kaʻū High & Pāhala Elementary
Friday, May 22, 2026, 5 p.m.
Robert Herkes Kaʻu District Gymnasium
Ke Kula ʻo ʻEhunuikaimalino
Friday, May 22, 2026, 12 p.m.
Konawaena High Julian Yates Baseball Field
Keaʻau High
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 4 p.m.
KHS Cougar Stadium
Kealakehe High
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 6 p.m.
KHS Waveriders Stadium
Kohala High
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 2 p.m.
Isao Hisaoka Gym (Kamehameha Park)
Konawaena High
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 9 a.m.
KHS Julian Yates Football Field
Pāhoa High & Intermediate
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 6 p.m.
PHIS Helene H. Hale Gym
Waiākea High
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 6 p.m.
Edith Kanakaʻole Multi-Purpose Stadium