Groups can get funds for pono activities
Groups can get funds for pono activities
The E Ola Pono Campaign will award up to $1,000 to school groups responsible for successful projects or activities that addressed bullying and encouraged respect and peace.
Visit growingponoschools.com to learn how to participate. The deadline is Friday.
Call Sara Banks at 479-1431 or Randee Golden at 896-2045 with any questions about participation or for assistance with the application process.
Waimea Middle School celebrating May Day
Waimea Middle School invites the community to its May Day event beginning at 9 a.m. Friday in the Thelma Parker Gymnasium.
The formal program begins with the sounding of the pu, followed by presentation of a royal court made up of eighth-grade students who secured their places on the court through continuing academic progress, good behavior and a commitment to learn the required chants, dances and cultural protocols.
The event’s theme, “Pana Hawaii,” honors the storied, legendary and sacred places of Waimea. Students will share chants, dances and stories about their Waimea home.
Seating is limited for the free performance, though there is always standing room for late arrivals. Kupuna and guest cultural practitioners who have shared their stories, values and practices with students, as well as families of the May Day Court and parents with infants will be provided preferential seating beginning at 8:15 a.m. Doors open to the public at 8:30. Everyone is encouraged to wear a lei.
Donations of greenery are welcome to decorate the gym. Cut greenery, including tropical flowers, ti leaf stalks, monstera leaves, potted palms, palapalai and other ferns are needed. Donations may be brought to the gym from 3 to 6 p.m. today or at 9 a.m. Thursday. Kokua with decorating is welcome from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. For information or to arrange pickup or delivery of greenery, call Pua Case at 938-5550.
Takitani scholarship recipients announced
The Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation Inc. awarded a $10,000 scholarship to Makanaaloha Lariosa Agcaoili of Pahoa High and Intermediate School, winner of the Mamoru Takitani Distinguished Student Award. Ten seniors from other Big Island schools each received $1,000 scholarships.
The students were among 61 recipients statewide — one from each qualifying public and independent school — who received scholarships based on academic achievement, community service and financial need. In total, the foundation awarded $97,000 in scholarships this year.
Recipients of the foundation’s $1,000 scholarships from West Hawaii schools are Justin Arai-Kwee of Honokaa High and Intermediate School; Annie Mae Flores of Ka‘u High School; Caitlin Howard-Gomez of Kealakehe High School; Casey Utemei of Kohala High School; Kayla Uemura of Konawaena High School; and Tori Campbell of Hawaii Preparatory Academy.
Mamoru and Aiko Takitani founded Hawaiian Host Inc., and established the Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation Inc. to give back to the community by providing the gift of education to the young people of Hawaii. Since 1993, the foundation has awarded more than $1.7 million in scholarships.
Merriman’s awards culinary scholarships
Bryson Sakai-Soto, Krissel Lagua and Leizel Quiamas each received $1,050 culinary xcholarships from Merriman’s. They will attend the food service program at Hawaii Community College in Hilo.
The scholarships are awarded to students entering or continuing in the field of culinary arts at either Hawaii Community College or the University of Hawaii Center at West Hawaii.
Kealakehe sixth-graders tour Pearl Harbor
A group of sixth-grade students from William Harlan’s history class at Kealakehe Intermediate School recently went on a field trip to Pearl Harbor. The students and their teacher visited the Arizona Memorial, Bowfin Submarine and Museum, Pacific Aviation Museum and USS Missouri battleship.
A highlight of the trip was meeting and interviewing two survivors of the December 7, 1941, attack. Sterling Cale, then a 19-year-old sailor, provided the students with graphic accounts of that infamous day. Jimmy Lee, then an 11-year-old boy living next to Pearl Harbor, had a front row seat to that day’s events and told the students the planes flew so low he could actually see the pilots.
The students took extensive notes at all of the sites and compiled them into a final product they called “History Alive — A Field Trip to Pearl Harbor.”