Yes, this is true; he graduated in 1979 and then went to Occidental College in Los Angeles.
Barak Obama graduated in 1979 from Punahou School, a college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. The name "Punahou Academy" refers to the part of Punahou School attended by students in grades 9-12.
President Barack Obama attended Punahou School in Hawaii from 1971 to 1979.
He graduated from the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1979.
He attended high school at the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii and graduated in 1979. He graduated college at Columbia (in New York) in 1983. And he got his law degree from Harvard (in Massachusetts) in 1991.
The future president attended and graduated from the Punahou School in Hawaii: The school has a long tradition, and features alumni like the actor Buster Crabbe, and Dallas Cowboys lineman Mark Tuinei.
Punahou is located in lower Manoa.
He graduated high school in Hawaii at a private academy called the Punahou School. He then went to college, first at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and then at Columbia University in New York City.
Barack Obama attended a private high school, the Punahou School in Honolulu, and he graduated from it in 1979.
He graduated from the Punahou School (high school) in Hawaii in 1979. He graduated from Columbia in 1983 with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. And he received a Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard Law School in 1991.
Barack Obama attended Punahou School, a private college-preparatory school, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He studied there from 1971 to 1979.
Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii
For high school, he went to Punahou in Hawaii.