Longs Drugs awards $40,000 in scholarships
Longs Drugs awards $40,000 in scholarships
CVS Health and Longs Drugs have awarded more than $40,000 in scholarships to recent high school graduates in Hawaii to help them start their college education. High school students from across Hawaii applied to receive a $1,000 grant through the Longs Drugs’ Senior Scholarship Program. The winners were selected based on their academic excellence, as well as their commitment to their community.
Hawaii Island winners were Melialani Agcaoili from Pahoa High School who will attend University of Hawaii at Hilo; Melanie Ebreo, Honokaa High School graduate who will attend University of Hawaii at Hilo; Rayne Izumi-Baltero from Konawaena High School who will attend University of Hawaii at Hilo; Kuuleinani Lee who graduated Hilo High School and will attend University of Hawaii at Manoa; Kelcie Miki who graduated Kealakehe High School and will attend University of Hawaii at Manoa; and Jennifer Taniguchi, Waiakea High School, who will attend Creighton University.
Parker receives Broadbent Family Foundation grant
Parker School recently received a grant of $32,350 from the Broadbent Family Foundation. The funds will purchase and implement a new schoolwide data management system called Rediker.
The Broadbent Family Foundation, formed in 1992, provides funding for scholarships to students in Pennsylvania and Hawaii communities as well as for educational initiatives.
Parker also received funds from the Broadbent Family Foundation in 2013 to support a significant renovation of its science lab and associated teaching space.
For more information, visit parkerschoolhawaii.org.
UH-Hilo educator to keynote national convention
Keiki Kawaiaea, director of Ka Haka Ula O Keelikolani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, will deliver the keynote address at the National Indian Education Association’s 45th annual convention and trade show. The event will be held Oct. 15 through 18 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Established in 1970, the National Indian Education Association is recognized as the premiere organization for advancing comprehensive educational opportunities for American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians throughout the United States.
Kawaiaea and two family members, daughter Kananinohea Makaimoku, and granddaughter, Hawe-oulakaumaka Makaimoku, will speak on the final day of the convention when organizers honor this year’s theme of building education through the generations by highlighting the work of Kawaiaea and her family. As one of the founding families of the Hawaiian language immersion movement, the Kawaiaeas have played a critical role in its development and implementation, and have been principal agents in the re-establishment of Hawaiian medium education.
Kananinohea is a graduate of Ka Haka Ula O Keelikolani College of Hawaiian Language and a teacher at Nawahio-kalaniopuu School.
Haweoulakaumaka, age 6, is a second-generation Hawaiian speaker and a graduate of the Punana Leo.