Innovative from the Start
History of Mid-Pacific
Vision and innovation have been woven into the fabric of Mid-Pacific from our very beginning in 1908.
We have led the way as innovator and been a place that seizes opportunity, finds strength in diversity, and cultivates intellectual exploration ever since.
Our founders, Francis Damon and Mary Happer Damon, sought to bring people of diverse backgrounds and cultures together to be a powerful voice of understanding, and to create a school that was a birthplace for inspiring ideas that impact local and international communities. They did this by joining four island schools that would become a united Mid-Pacific: Kawaiaha‘o Seminary for Hawaiian girls, Mills Institute for Chinese Boys, The Okumura Japanese Boarding School, and the Korean Methodist School for Boys and Girls. They saw community instead of division, and promise and courage in the hearts of the people of Hawai‘i.
These founding beliefs, grounded in a solid history of community, diversity and hope, inspire Mid-Pacific today to strive and aspire to this for generations to come.
Mid-Pacific Digital Archives
Discover Mid-Pacific’s unique history through our Digital Archives! Digitized archival items shared on this site provide community access to our rich stories and preserve our school’s vibrant history—and history-in-the-making—for future generations.
FRANCIS DAMON
Mid-Pacific Founder and President (1908-1916)