Konawaena High School
[2] The school has a Kealakekua mailing address, and it, along with Konawaena Middle School,[3][4] is on a campus partially in the Kealakekua census-designated place (CDP) and partially in the Captain Cook CDP.Child labor laws contributed to the demise of the coffee schedule, which was ended in 1966.Listed alphabetically by last name: In 1990, the Konawaena solar car team was the first high school team to complete the World Solar Challenge, crossing the finish line just 15 minutes before the final gun.[12] The 1996 movie Race the Sun, starring Halle Berry, Casey Affleck, and James Belushi was loosely based on this story.[13] Bill Woerner, the real-life teacher who led the team, later founded the charter school West Hawaii Explorations Academy.