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Kapalama High School Athletics Please join me in congratulating our student athletes
and the coaches who led them to victory this weekend. It was a banner weekend
for Kamehameha Kapalama athletics.
In cross country, our young men placed first in the state and our young women
placed third. Steve Jenness is the head coach for the men and David Friedeman
for the women.
In football, permanent sub and head coach David Stant's varsity team beat St.
Louis and is in contention for the ILH title. Come support them against Punahou
at the stadium this Thursday evening. Big game coming up! In girls volleyball,
science teacher and head coach Chris Blake ably guided our young ladies through
an amazing season from start to finish which culminated in a victory against
previously undeated Punahou for the Division I state title. Punahou had beaten
us twice in the regular season. This was our fifth state title in a row.
In bowling, Bradley Doi, coached by high school administrative assistant Mickie
Ceberano, is a two-time ILH Boys Bowling champion. In kayaking, our young women
won the ILH championship, led by head coach Dr. Blane Chong and Ka`ili
Chong. We celebrate the accomplishments of our students and staff both in and
out of the classroom. Kapalama High School Students National Merit Semifinalists KS Kapalama seniors Amelia Harvey daughter of Visual Arts Department head Don Harvey and Aaron Nagao are among 70 Hawaii high schoolers selected as semifinalists for the National Merit Schoalrship Program. They, along with 16,000 others from across the nation are now in the running for 8,200 National Merit Scholarships, worth over $36 million, that will be offered next spring. The seminalists scored in the top one percent of 1.5 million students nationwide who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test last year. For the past two summers Amelia has won a scholarship/internship at Johns Hopkins University to work in its genetics research labs. Aaron lead the high school math team to victory at the Mu Alpha Theta National Convention held in Knoxville, Tennessee and is among the state's top student mathletes. Both outstanding scholars are 13-year students of Kamehameha are living testaments to the quality of teachers and faculty at our schools. National Merit Commended Scholars Eight KS Kapalama seniors have been named National merit Commended Scholars. They are: Anela Akiona, Tyler Amina, Micah Contrades, Alyssa Fujimoto, Taylor Loui, Kamakani Mac-Donald-Chun, Leonard Paresa and Daylan Yogi.
Summary Daily Bulletin for Saturday, November 7, 2009
Thats right, on November 16th at 4 pm, we will be having a 2 hour workshop on how to extract the very valuable oil from a coconut. Also you will learn the many other uses for this very important plant. We have a limited amount of spaces available and it is first come first serve. So email Mr. Cup Choy at stchoy@ksbe.edu or drop by his office for a permission slip. There will be one required after school meeting before the workshop so we can prep.
Mokumanamana, also known as Necker Island, is located in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Dr. Randall Kosaki and Kekuewa Kikiloi will talk about the geology and marine biology of the National Monument and will share information about their recent 18-day expedition to this small, 46-acre island. Join us on Thursday, November 12, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm, at the Choral Room. The public is welcome and admission is free. For more details visit our web site at http://kaiwakiloumoku.ksbe.edu or contact Jamie Fong, coordinator, at 842-8655.
The Pacific School of Engineering and Computer Science invites you to attend a reception hosted by Assistant Dean Dr. Gary Martin on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at the Ala Moana Hotel Carnation Room, 410 Atkinson Drive. The program will include presentations by Dr. Gary Martin, the Assistant Dean, along with remarks by recent graduate and Hawaiian native, Kristel Ajifu, a video presentation, a parent's perspective and comments by Pacific alumnus, Jim Lyon. Please RSVP to pshubert@pacific.edu or call 209-946-3905.
Got ideas, concerns, suggestions, or feedback about our school? Put them in the convenient blue boxes in the unit offices. The boxes are labeled: School Improvement Ideas. These ideas, concerns, suggestions, and feedback will be viewed on a weekly basis and shared with administrators, class officers, and student body officers in an effort to address your thoughts. It is our goal as your student government to resolve these issues to make our school even better than it already is. You deserve to go to school in a place you can be proud of. We are here to help you with that. However, you need to help us, help you. So please drop a note in the boxes and help us make this school as awesome as we can for the betterment of everyone now, and in future.
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