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Empowering Poetry

Monday, September 12th, 2011

Empowering Poetry

Jamaica Osorio is not your average college student. An Oahu native and senior at Stanford University, she has garnered the attention of the White House and gained recognition as an internationally acclaimed Hawaiian poet. 

Last week, Osorio brought her powerful words to Molokai during a night dedicated to Hawaiian culture and art.

Growing up, Osorio’s parents sent her to Hawaiian immersion school – a decision she said she struggled with. In one of her poems reflecting her childhood, she says “Parents are supposed to prepare their children for kindergarten but mine strapped landmines on my melanin and threw me into the deep end and told me to swim.”

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Tutu’s Corner

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

The Hawaiian value “malama” means to take care of, watch out for and attend to. One of our primary duties as adults is taking proper care of our children. It includes loving and providing the fundamental basics like food, clothing and shelter.  It includes creating and maintaining healthy and safe environments. And perhaps most importantly, it includes giving our children tools for taking care of themselves.  If children are secure in the knowledge that they are loved and well taken care of, they will in turn be inclined to love and take care of themselves and others around them. If children have been taught how to love and take care of themselves, they will be inclined to love and take care of the environment.

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Seal Talk

Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

Seal Talk

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has proposed actions to help preserve the endangered Hawaiian monk seals.  Below, students reflect on how they feel about the native species and human interactions with them.



We should all come together and protect the Hawaiian Monk seals. Without our help the next generations would be without Hawaiian Monk seals. They wouldn’t get to experience what we did with them. I hope that everyone can just forget what bad things they do and find a way to help them out.
Ky-lee Dudoit-English

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Science Education Grant Available

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

Applications are now being accepted for the Monsanto Hawaii Science Education Fund. This Monsanto Fund grant program is open to public schools serving students at the intermediate, high school and college levels on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Molokai.

Established in 2005, the fund helps provide Hawaii public schools with programs, tools, supplies and equipment to enhance science education, and encourage today’s students to consider a future career in the sciences. To date, the program has awarded more than $115,000 to public schools throughout the state.

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Helmet Drive

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Football’s future on Molokai is bright. It is the second year of a three-year plan to becoming an MIL sanctioned sport and to officially be a part of the Molokai High School (MHS) athletics. The current football team operates independently from the high school and all funds for equipment and travel are from generous donations, marketing and public relations and fundraising. It can be a huge endeavor, but things are looking up! This year the team will don new uniforms and helmets, dressed in proper Molokai Farmer green. 

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Birthday Babies

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Birthday Babies

Community Contributed

Submitted by Gladys Brown

It was a double duty party for twins Colton and Angeline Befitel, who celebrated their first birthdays on Friday, Aug. 19 at Home Pumehana. They are pictured above with parents Nelson and Aileen Befitel. Photo by Lisa Fernandez.

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Senior Project `Ohana Night

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Community Contributed

By Jocelyn Buchalter, Senior Project Committee

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Learning in the Dirt

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Learning in the Dirt

, and local biologists are protecting and bringing back endangered plants here on Molokai.”

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Testing Toward Success

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Taking tests does not have to be the bane of students’ lives – in fact, a new program on Molokai may show that regular assessment tests can help students learn more efficiently. Most Molokai public school students this year will take monthly benchmark tests in reading and math, as educators attempt to better track their progress and improve their Hawaii State Assessment (HSA) scores.

The benchmarks are the result of a new year-to-year contract with the Hawaii EDISON Alliance, a subgroup of the EdisonLearning company. The Alliance partners with Hawaiian schools struggling to meet national testing standards, and attempts to raise students’ scores through professional development, achievement systems and more, according to its website.

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Tutu Corner

Friday, August 26th, 2011

Community Contributed

Column by Tutu and Me Traveling Preschool

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