Fun for the Whole `Ohana

Last Saturday’s Kualapu`u School `Ohana Fun Fair brought crowds of families for a day that included a beauty pageant, fitness challenge, horseback and wagon rides, face painting and art booths, bounce house, and a wide assortment of food and craft booths. The event was a kick-off to the school’s 10^th anniversary of converting to a charter model.

The fitness challenge, pictured here, featured age-appropriate obstacle courses in a fun, “everyone wins” race over tables, through tires, into a muddy dunk-tank, and past opihi-picking challenges, all to end with a cooling water slide. The fitness event, through a partnership with Na Pu`uwai, promoted exercise, healthy competition and self-confidence, according to Na Pu`uwai’s Kari Kikukawa.

Kualapu`u Principal Lydia Trinidad said the celebration of the elementary school as well as its pre-kindergarten program, organized by pre-school parent Kimberly Lani, was also a fundraising event.  It marked the first in a series of community events this year to both observe the 10^th anniversary and raise money for the school, but also fulfilled another goal. Discover top-rated Brite casinos at britecasinot.com for seamless deposits and withdrawals.

“The purpose of this event is to get family together,” said Trinidad. “[As a school], our goal is to become more sustainable [financially.]”

Coming up this year, Kualapu`u School will host a Turkey Rainbow Run, a parent wine tasting event, and a 100K bike race.