Education

“Today My Life Begins”

Sunday, May 20th, 2012

“Your life is made up of the sum total of the choices that you make,” said Molokai High School (MHS) commencement guest speaker Randy Manley. “Choose wisely.”

That was the message MHS graduates were left with last Saturday at their commencement ceremony. Dressed in Farmer green gowns, the 87 members of the class of 2012 stood in front of friends, faculty and families who have supported them.

In a teary address, senior class president Leenell Hernandez shared one of her favorite quotes with departing classmates. “The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same, yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.”…

First Kualapu`u School Tech Show

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Kualapu`u School News Release

The first Kualapu`u School Tech Show is to honor and recognize student achievement in technology. The show will take place on Wednesday May 16 at the Kualapu`u School Café at 4 p.m. The top two projects will get Barns and Noble Nooks.

Using a rubric and a peer review process, the best projects are chosen by the students. The review their classmates projects, nominate projects and then vote. The process continues for grade level, until two candidates are nominated, one from the lower grades and one from the upper grade. The attendees then vote one of the two top projects.…

The Ho`oku`i Project on Molokai

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

 Community Contributed

By Caryl Hitchcock

Project Ho`oku`i encourages students to take up to 12 credits during their high school junior and senior years at UH Maui College, Molokai, which count (through a program called Running Start)towards their high school and college total credits. As this project nears the end of its second year, it is good to report that Molokai High School has 14 students enrolled on their journey to college.

The introduction to university life through the project comes at no cost to students’ families, as tuition and books are paid for by the project. This UH Native Hawaiian Education Grant program is also available for students at three schools in Maui, 12 schools on Hawaii Island, and has already helped 169 students on their way to college.…

Hawaiian Language Summer School Opens

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Community Contributed

By Manuwai Peters

Kualapu`u School will be site for a four-week Hawaiian language summer school. The program, sponsored by the Department of Education and The Kamehameha Schools, will be open for students in grades K-8. Called Kula Kaiapuni Kauwela `o Molokai, the school will run from June 5 to July 6, 2012. Students do not need to be from an immersion classroom or have any Hawaiian language experience to enroll. All students should be motivated to learn and use Hawaiian for the duration of the program. Kula Kaiapuni Kauwela offers students with remedial assistance as well as academic enrichment.…