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MHS teacher honored at SenateSocial Studies Teacher John Topolinski gets recognized at Hawaiian Caucus Day Chosen Trojans 8
Honolulu Festival raises cultural awareness
Trojan Life 6
17th annual festival promotes Pacific harmony
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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Features 11
MHS students hosts Okinawan exchange students
Trojan Life 5By helping others, you help yourself
Editorial 7Trojan of the Month:Golfer Jonah Fonacier
Sports 10
MHS undergoes Western Association for Schools and Colleges accreditationBy Shan [email protected]
For the past three years there has been an ongoing effort by teachers and adminis-
tration to prepare MHS for the Western Association for Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation. Inspectors came to MHS April 4-6 to check the sys-tems and how well the ad-
ministration is working to get students to be academi-cally proficient. “They won’t be look-ing specifically at a test to make sure we’re passing this benchmark, but that
we are checking that our students are you know, meeting proficiency or we’re doing the best we
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In order to test their knowledge in health related fields, members of the MHS Health Occupants Students of America (HOSA) club participated in the Hawaii HOSA State Leadership Conference from Feb. 22 to 23 at the Hawaii Convention Center.
By Bianca [email protected] After months of sharpening their skills, members of the Family Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) went to showcase their knowledge in the annual Hawaii State CTSO convention held at the Hawaii Convention Center from Feb. 23 to 24.
By Aven [email protected]
The Future Farmers of America (FFA) students of
MHS competed in the FFA State Conven-
tion on Feb. 23 at the Hawaii Convention Center and Uni-versity of Hawaii at Manoa, for stu-
dents who qualified from the previous dis-
trict competition.
By Jacquelyn [email protected] To prepare SkillsUSA members for real world work in their field, a competition is held yearly. This year, club mem-bers competed in this competi-tion from Feb. 23 to 24, which was held at the Hawaii Convention Center.
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SkillsUSA
This year’s theme, SkillsUSA 2011: Champions at Work, Respecting All Per-spectives aims to help mem-bers develop a wide range of skills, such as to “Respect and value cultural differ-ences to optimize personal and team success in the workplace,” which can be found on the in the theme section of the SkillsUSA website, http://www.skillsusa.org/about/theme.shtml. MHS members com-peted in eight different categories: Promotional Bul-letin Board, Job Interview, Advertising Design, Pre-pared Speech, Architectural Drafting, Internetworking, Statesmen Competition and Video Production. “They’ve been training or making their items or practicing or writing their speeches or whatever the case may be … since De-cember,” said SkillsUSA Adviser Tom Falenofoa.
The categories required members to perform in a variety of ways based on the category they were com-peting in. “For Prepared Speech they had to write a speech based on the theme … for Promotional Bulletin Board, they had to create a bulletin board based on the same theme ... and they
had to present the board in a five minute interview with the judges,” explained Falenofoa.
Each category required individual or groups of competitors. For Promo-tional Bulletin Board, four members from MHS com-peted. First place was won by Senior Kara Nyuha, second place was Senior Rylee Gaspar and third place was Junior Brittney Ann Corrales. “At first I didn’t believe it … (and) the judges said that it was a really close competition, so I thought I might not be able to win,” said Nyuha.
For the Internetwork-ing category, first place was won by Senior Mallory Hayase, second place was Junior James Lim and third place was Junior Anthony Kuloloia. “I have to keep on my toes because every year it gets harder, so it’s just a reminder ... it’s saying ‘yes, you got it this time but next time you may not get it’,” stated Hayase.
For the Advertisement Design category, Senior Kai Kawamoto won third place.
For the Prepared Speech category, one MHS member competed. For the Job Interview, Advertising Design and Architectural Drafting categories, two MHS members competed for each category.
The Statesme Award
was won by Junior Karla Cortez.
MHS members com-peted and for the Video Production category, and the team of Senior Brandon Tacadena and Junior Eliza-beth Gustafson won second place, with the team of Juniors Dawne Yamamoto and Erin Hisamoto won third place.
Since Nyuha and Hayase won first place in their category, they will be going on to the SkillsUSA National Conference, which will be held in Kansas City, Mo. From June 19 to 24. “Being able to compete against the best in the na-tion is more than I could ask for,” stated Nyuha.
If these members win at the national level, they will be awarded with a gold medal. “If you were to (win
first place) at SkillsUSA (National Conference), that kind of makes you the best in that category in the coun-try,” said Falenofoa.
Besides the pride, the medal can have other last-ing benefits for its owners. “SkillsUSA (has) kind of a ... strong reputation around the country, (so) a lot of employers can expect that they have a certain amount of knowledge and skills and work ethic that they can depend on,” he continued.
In addition to that, gold medalists will have the chance to be sponsored by a company who will supply them with the tools needed to improve their craft. However, the winners will not know if they will get a sponsor until the awards ceremony, which will be held on June 24, 2011.
Students of the MHS SkillsUSA club before heading inside the Hawaii Convention Center, where they competed in eight different categories. Two members will advance to the national competition.
FFA
Categories included public speaking, agriculture demonstrations, job inter-view, corsage making and plant identification. The competition in-cluded FFA students from other high schools such as Campbell, Castle, Hono-kaa, Waianae and Waipahu. “We made a lot of new friends with other clubs and schools had choke fun,” said Senior Chase Yamada. “They all enjoyed them-selves very much and had a great time.” Even with the other schools competing, the MHS students placed with-in the top three winners in every event they competed in. The winners included Senior Reid Watanabe and his partner, Senior Keola
Fukunaga, who took 2nd in the agriculture demon-stration event and Chase Yamada, who took first in the job interview category. “It was a lot of fun and very educational,” said Watanabe. “This was one of the best experiences I’ve had in my life.” Not only did the students learn about agri-culture, but also develop important life skills such as leadership. “Well, being that I’m a senior, my role in this club is to make sure that everyone is demonstrating leadership,” said Yamada. “Being a good citizen to so-ciety and to ensure that we have a good family based environment among the other members,” he said. The members of the FFA enjoyed the success of their competition and encour-age others to join. “Under-classmen who want to get
Front L-R: D. Solia (alumni), J. Yamaguchi (FFA Adviser), B. Calma (12), C. Yamada Jr. (12), S. Larita (10), C. Domingo (12), T. Roach (11), S. Dewald Jr. (10), M. Yamaguchi Back: C. Rob-ertson (12), L. Dias (11), K. Fukunaga (12), R. Watanabe (12), C. Wilson (10), N. Caballero (10), K. Hamamura (10), H. Ramos (10), G.Wailehua (12)
Photo courtesy of FFA Adviser Jeffrey Yamaguchi
more involved with your school (should) consider joining the Future Farmers
of America,” said Yamada. “It’s a once in a life time experience.”
Photo courtesy of Senior Kara Nyuha
Promotional Bulletin Board:1st Place: Kara Nyuha2nd Place: Rylee Gaspar3rd Place: Brittney Ann Corrales
Internetworking:1st Place: Mallory Hayase2nd Place: James Lim3rd Place: Anthony Kuloloia
Advertisment Design: 3rd Place: Kai Kawamoto
Video Production:2nd Place: Brandon Tacadena, Elizabeth Gustafson3rd Palce: DawneYamamoto, Erin Hisamoto
Statesmen Award:Karla Cortez
Agricultural Demo: 2nd Place: Keola Fuku-naga, Reid Watanabe
Creed:2nd Place: Lauren Dias
Corsage:3rd Place: Garee-Lynn Wailehua, Chad Domingo
Prepared Speech:2nd Place: Bryson Calma
Job Interview:1st Place: Chase Yamada
Plant Identification:1st Place: Kira Hama-mura, Harley Ramos2nd Place: Courtney Wilson, Nolan Caballero
Students in the top three
Students in the top three
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HOSA “The HOSA conference was a way for all HOSA chapters around the island and even outer island to come together and display our many talents. We all went in there ready to com-pete in one of the 30 events that were held there and also meet new people and bond as a chapter,” stated member Kayla Bermillo. MHS was up against around 600 competitors from 23 high schools and 6 colleges from around the state of Hawaii. The competition was broken up into individual and group events. “De-pending on which event you compete in, you either have to study terminol-ogy, formulas or some you prepare during the year before the competition, like making a PSA, presenting it, or teaching a class, other things like that,” stated Sophomore Kylee Ann Enoki. “A lot of them had to go through first round tests, some were just test only and that was it, we just tried to see how many we could get out of 100,” said HOSA Adviser Can-
dace Chun. All of the MHS HOSA members’ scores qualified them to move on to the second round of their events. The events included Clinical Specialty, Com-munity Awareness, Public Service Announcement, Career Health Display, Medical Photography, Health Education, Speak-ing, Biomedical Debate, Dental Spelling, Medical Spelling, Medical Reading, Sports Medicine, Veteri-nary Assisting, Biotechnol-ogy, and Extemporaneous Writing and Extemporane-ous Health Poster. “For the event medical reading, we took first, second and third place, and we placed in a lot of other events,” stated Bermillo. MHS took first and sec-ond place in many compe-tition categories and con-sistently placed in the top five in their events. Their scores qualified them to compete at the national level.They will compete in the National HOSA compe-tition in June in Anaheim, Calif.
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FCCLA
The categories the stu-dents competed in against 12 different high schools were Career Investigation, Culinary and ACF Knife Cutting. Competing in the cu-linary competition was a group of three students who practiced different skills and cooking since November of last year. “We were practic-ing basic techniques, use of proper equipment, safety and sanitation,” said Senior Erika Edwards. “What happens is the national FCCLA people send out three different menus to everybody,” said FCCLA Adviser Karla Deguchi. “When we have our state competition, the state person in charge picks one of those menus … and the state people randomly choose one. We don’t know which one until we get
there.” The students were also under the guidance of Community Mentor Bran-don Hanagami , who vol-unteered to help train and prepare the students for the competition. When competition came, the students were anxious. “I was nervous but also very excited to compete,” stated Sophomore Malina Reyes, a culinary competitor. “I was scared because I am a sophomore and the only underclassmen of my team. I also have not been to com-petition so I didn’t really know what it was like.” After competing, the students were satisfied with how they did. “I was so re-lieved because we got com-pliments from the judges,” said Edwards. In Career Investigation, Junior Rachael Ryan took top gold. In ACF Knife Cut-ting, Seniors Jenna Ozaki, Seth Kokualani and Shan-non Titcomb received blue
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(L-R): M. Joy Visperas (12), B. Acoba (12), J. Baxa (12) and S. Rivera (12).
Medical Spelling3rd Place: Brysen Pasion
Pathophysiology1st Place: John Sandvig
Concepts of Health Care1st Place: Amanda Lacaran
Prepared Speaking2nd Place: Nicole Kawahara
Career Health Display3rd Place: Emily Kelley, Kelsi-Ann Matsumoto
Medical Reading1st Place: Brianna Daran-ciang, Ashley Layco, Cari-anne Matsuo 2nd Place: Myla Pereira, Danica Quevedo, Tricie Steen3rd Place: Princess Lynne De Dios, Dane Kawamo-to, Rachel Sakuma
Students eligible for national competition
Health Education1st Place: Brittney Acoba, Joleen Baxa, Sharie Ri-vera, Myrna Joy Visperas3rd Place: Kimberly Hiyoto, Emi Takeuchi, Kimberly Tatsuyama
Elected State Officers: Brianna Daranciang (State President)
Jae Yun Lee (State Secretary)
National Recognition Program Portfolio: Brianna Daranciang
National Service Project Award: Mililani Chapter Amanda Lacaran
Barbara James Service Award: Dane Kawamoto, Sharie Rivera
(L-R) E. Edwards (12), M. Reyes (10), S. Kokualani (12) T. Shimizu(12) R. Ryan (11) and S. Titcomb (12).
Career InvestigationGold: Rachael Ryan ACF Knife CuttingBlue: Jenna Ozaki, Seth Kokualani, Shannon Titcomb Culinary ArtsGold: Travis Shimizu, Erika Edwards, Ma-lina Reyes
Photo courtesy of FCCLA Adviser Karla Deguchi
Students eligible for national competition
ribbons. In Culinary Arts Senior Travis Shimizu, Ed-wards and Reyes received a gold medal. “I’m very proud,” said Deguchi. “I believe this is the first year that our culinary team has all received gold because it’s graded individu-ally, even though it’s a team of three.” The culinary members and Ryan will go to Anaheim, Calif. for the national compe-tition from July 10 to 14.
Photo Courtesy of Candace Chun
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WASCcan to get them up to proficiency or above,” said Curriculum Coor-dinator Robin Miller. There are spe-cific things that the WASC accreditation team looks for such as academic and financial planning, student sup-port quality; includ-ing counselors, how well the systems in the school are functioning and that teachers are forming prosfessional learning communities. “Basically we’re looking to see if a school is using data to make judgments on how students learn and then mak-ing changes so the students learn better,” said WASC Chairper-son Robert Mahood. Preparing for the accreditation inspec-tion was something that was worked on constantly by teachers and administration. “When they come it’s really for us just to show what we’re doing so it’s not like we should do all these things because they’re coming,” said Miller, “We should already have these things in place so it keeps you, you know sort of on top of it,” she contin-ued. The WASC inspec-tors also looked at Ha-waii State Assessment (HSA) scores to make sure MHS meets the standards set by the No Child Left behind (NCLB) Act. “There are certain standards that we have to meet or pass every year with HSA scores,” said Miller. If MHS does not pass accredidation, all diplomas earned will be null and void and the school will have to go into restructuring. Depending on the re-sults of the inspection, the WASC board could return in 1, 3 or 6 years.
By Reid [email protected]
The start of fourth quarter calls for different standardized and nation-wide tests for students of all age groups at MHS. One of those tests is the Ameri-can Diploma Project (ADP) which has been around in school for a while, however it has had a few changes added to it. Starting from the Class of 2013 and classes after it, any applicant trying to be eligible for the Board of Education (BOE) Di-ploma must pass the ADP as opposed to past classes where passing or failing the ADP didn’t affect an indi-vidual. With the ADP becoming a prominent national test, colleges are now looking at an individual’s score as an acceptance factor. High schools are also seeing it necessary for their students to take the test. Hawaii, as well as 34 other states, is dedicated to taking the ADP each year. “The ADP is what we prepare for dur-ing the entire Algebra 2 course,” said Math Teacher
TrafficisheavyandtheconstructionofthecurrentH building parking lot was not made for it. Vice Prin-cipal Jim Petersen would like to see a larger parking structurethatcouldbenefittheschoolandthepeopleof the community. “Part of that vision is the prospect presentedtovisitorsandthecommunityastheyfirstseethecampus.Iwantthefirstviewofourcampustobe one that portrays a vital, attractive and organized appearance,”saidPetersen.Forthepastfiveyearsthe project continued to be put through the legislative systemandwasfinallyapproved.Thisschoolyear,the construction began during spring break and is expectedtobefinishedbyAugustofthisyear.
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By Ella [email protected]
For many years, stu-dents from MHS have advanced to the State Science Fair. This year, the event was held at the Hawaii Convention Center. High school students from around the state of Hawaii participated in the fair which was held from March 28 to 30. Students have exerted effort and ideas to form a good presentation, with the hopes of being chosen to go on to the next round. “(Participants) have to be nominated or their teachers have to recommend them to get into the competition. (Then) they have to be rec-ommended by the judges at the central district fair,” said Science Teacher Nel Venzon. After weeks of prepara-tion and a qualifying dis-trict level competition, stu-
dents from MHS advanced to the State Science Fair. “My overall reaction when I found out from my teacher that I was going to go the State Science Fair was that I was very surprised. I had gone to the District Science Fair and I didn’t place or receive any kind of awards for my project, so I thought I was done with Science Fair for this year,” said Sopho-more Joelle Takayama. Standards and rules were given to ensure a fair competition for all students. “We did a lot of prepara-tions and those prepara-tions are done by making their poster boards, con-tinuing their projects, and they conducted meetings for these, to talk about rules and other things that they had to do before attending,” explained Venzon. This way, students were motivated to learn through this event. “In terms of the
State Science Fair, what motivated me was I thought it would be a good experi-ence. After all, how often am I going to get a chance to go the State Science Fair? (You) might as well just enjoy it,” said Takayama.
Winners of the fair re-ceived various awards from this year’s competition. “There are different kinds of awards, there are monetary awards and there are trips to different places to the mainland,” said Venzon
The winners from the State Science Fair will pro-ceed on to the next round in the Intel Interational Science and Engineering Fair which will be from Sunday, May 8 to 13 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
ReVay Schlitt. The ADP is open to any high school age group so long as they’re enrolled in an Algebra 2 course. If a freshman does not pass the test however, their Algebra 2 credit will not be account-ed for and they will have to retake the class. Different from freshman standards, once a sophomore, junior or senior student fails the test they will still recieve the credit without having to retake the test, but will not be eligible to receive a BOE Diploma. “Even though I know I’m younger than most of the other people in Algebra 2, the things we are learning are still the same so it shouldn’t be a problem,” said Freshman Gilbert Cara-veo IV, a student who will be taking the test in May. Content-wise, the ADP benchmarksaresignifi-cantly more rigorous than other high school standards, butMHSisworkingonfill-ing the gap between pass-ing and failing on the test. ”I have the students take practice quizzes that have problems similar to those on the test,” said Schlitt.
The school’s dedication to improving the test results seem to be improving with younger test takers doing well on it. “When I came into the test, I thought it would be extremely hard. It wasn’t easy but we did go over (in class) a lot of the stuff that was on the test,” said Sophomore Kirk Guinto, a participant in the ADP last year. There are many mixed feelings for those who will be taking the test this year. “The ADP seems really intimidating from what people have said in the past,” Sophomore Karolyn Lam said, “But I think it’s one of those things that you have to experience for your-self,” she continued. Sophomore Brandon Quon agreed saying, “I don’t know what to expect, with national tests I don’t know if I learned enough.” With colleges raising their standards in the search for the best in candidates, test standards such as those in the ADP are constantly being raised and teachers and students must put in more work into succeeding.
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To the point
MHS students receive multiple awards in State Science Fair
American Diploma Project proves to be an up-and-coming national test
Freshman April McCann receives an award for her state-worthy project on the topic of common oils that may be possibly used as biodiesel fuel.
Caitlin Kelly | Trojan Times
Shan Yonamine | Trojan Times
Grandinetti and Yoshikawa host Okinawan exchange studentsBy Shan [email protected]
Meeting new people can be a fun and unique experience, particularly when the new acquaintances are from a different country. MHS Sophomore Lisa Grandinetti and Senior Marissa Yoshikawa were able to experience this situation when they hosted exchange students from Okinawa in their homes for twelve days. Grandinetti always wanted to participate in a home stay program. “I was excited for this program in particular because I am half Okinawan, (and) my mom is from Okinawa,” she said. The students were in Hawaii from Feb. 26 through March 12. In order to be a host to the Okinawan students, students had to fill out an application form through the Hawaii United
Okinawan Organization and turn it in through email or mail before Jan. 14. “Our school made it pretty accessible by having the forms readily available at B-105 and announcements in the bulletin,” explained Grandinetti. The students came from various high schools around
new for Yoshikawa. “I hosted last year and I had a blast getting to learn about Okinawa. Then I went to Okinawa and I had even more fun. I wanted to show the culture of Hawaii and learn the culture of Okinawa,” she said. Hosts were responsible for the well-being and overall experience of their Okinawan guests. “What I enjoyed the most during their trip was surprisingly not the exploring and adventuring around the island with two complete strangers from Okinawa that moved into my house for two weeks, but the best part was connecting with people from a completely different place in the world,” stated Grandinetti. After a twelve day stay with their hosts the Okinawan students flew to the Big Island and back to Oahu before they returned home to Okinawa.
Although there were many obstacles along the way of organizing junior prom, this year’s prom committee, made up of 15 students, were well prepared to tackle any task. These committee members have been making preparations since last year, hoping to make it a night many will remember. Junior prom will take place on Saturday, April 23 at the Hawaii Convention Center.
“The committee all decided through voting and suggestions on the theme for this year to be Captured in a Dream,” said Committee Chairperson Junior Marci Nakamura. This theme is planned to incorporate the chemistry between the moons and the stars that are seen twinkling in the night sky.
Keeping the theme colors of royal purple and silver in mind, committee members planned for guests to see many decorations. “There will be a star arch at the entrance and twinkling
lights with illuminating floral centerpieces,” Nakamura said.
Preparations began months in advance so that the committee did not rush anything and to be sure that they would time to discuss everything. “We started before the year did, because it takes a really long time to plan it all out,” said Junior committee member Daniel Reis. “We waited too long to make decisions on things last year so we were hoping to not do it again for this event,” he continued.
There were many difficulties the committee came across that had brought stress and tension to the planning process. “There were many struggles from budget to lack of people, and indecisiveness with centerpieces and theme colors,” Nakamura said, “but eventually we all came together and worked everything out,” she continued.
Though there were many problems along the way, juniors are looking forward to the event. “I’m really excited to go already,”
said Junior Malia Kunioka, “I heard the decorations are going to be really nice, so I look forward to seeing that,” she said.
Another problem that they came across was the lack of people purchasing bid sales. With bid sales lasting for five days for guests to purchase tickets, they decided to extend the due date for an additional two days in hopes of getting more people to come. “Bid sales were extended an additional two days mainly to allow the track people to be able to come to prom,” said Nakamura.
Although staff members were helpful, the event couldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the committee itself. “This year’s committee was dedicated. Even though it was really small, the amount of effort that was put in by them was really appreciated,” said Nakamura.
Doors will be open between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. The event is scheduled to end at 10:30 p.m.
Okinawa and were selected based on their ability to speak English. “I had two students, both girls. Their names are Tomoko Shimoji and Saya Toguchi,” said Grandinetti. “Tomoko was from Kyuyo Senior High School in Ginoza. Saya is from Chubu Agricultural High School in Ishikawa,”
she continued. Yoshikawa also hosted two female students, “Wakana was from Tomishiro High School and lived in Naha City. Sae was from Chinen High School and lived in Nakagami-Gun.” Hosting Okinawan students isn’t something
Juniors to be “Captured in a Dream”By Zora [email protected]
2011- 2012
Sophomore C/O 2014
President: Joby Celoza Vice President: Rachel Yonamine Recording Secretary: Keely Sue Myers Corresponding Secretary: Kaycee Oyama Treasurer: Ka ena Maeda Sergeant at Arms: Stephanie Ann De Juan Fundraising Chairperson: Rachel Sakuma Communications Director: Alyssa Fukumae
Junior C/O 2013
President: Kelly KurodaVice President: Rachel BrewerRecording Secretary: Marisa TottoriCorresponding Secretary: Briena Wong-HayashiTreasurer: Evan WilsonSergeant at Arms: Victoria Roybal
Senior C/O 2012
President: Marci Nakamura Vice President: Shayna Hokama Recording Secretary: Dana Katsura Corresponding Secretary: Heather Higashi Treasurer: Amber Yonamine Historians: Jared Takiguchi, Melinda Sue Chinen
Class Election Results
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Okinawan exchange students visited Hawaii and were hosted by volunteer MHS students for twelve days. After their stay with the hosts, they flew to the Big Island to sight see and returned home.
Photo courtesy of Marissa Yoshikawa
ASMHS President
Sharmaine Lee
The last quarter of the school year is finally here! Congratu-lations to all the incom-ing student officers for ASMHS and class councils. We still need three student members for the School Com-munity Council (SCC). If you’re interested in joining please talk to Ms. Nishimura in B105 during non-instruc-tional time. ASMHS and the Early Childhood class will participate in the Central District’s Pre-school Play Day at the Mililani District Park on April 21st. The Class of 2012 will have their prom next week Saturday, on April 23rd, at the Hawaii Convention Center from 6-10 p.m. It is a nervous yet exciting time with everyone finishing up their preparations for the big night. Juniors, I’m sure this night will be amazing. Finally, we will have our End of the Year Assembly on April 28 at the Kaui-nana Stadium. I look forward to seeing the lipsync performances the classes have been working hard on. This year’s theme is Music Through the Decades. With graduation around the corner there are many who know where they will go next and are finish-ing their preparations for that. With the few weeks we have left, everyone, enjoy fourth quarter!
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17th annual Honolulu Festival: Promoting Pacific harmonyBy Caitlin [email protected]
MHS students enrolled in Japanese language classes were surrounded by a plethora of cultural performances at the 17th annual Honolulu Festival held from March 11-13. The students who volunteered were able to participate in the Grand Parade, held on March 13. The Honolulu Festival was a three-day-event dis-playing music, art and live performances from a variety of cultures, specifically ar-eas in the Pacific Rim such as Japan, the Philippines, Korea and Vietnam. These performances took place in five different locations in Waikiki. Attendees could take part in activities like gold-fish scooping, yukata dress-ing, origami making and anime corner at the Ennichi or festival fair at the Hawaii Convention Center. The Ho-nolulu Festival Foundation sponsored the entire event. “It’s a non-profit organi-zation that tries to perpetu-
ate the culture and promote friendship and understand-ing between Asia Pacific countries and Hawaii,” said Honolulu Festival Spokes-person Kanako Uchino. MHS students marched in the Grand Parade in three different groups. One group assisted with the transpor-tation of the nebuta, a large lantern float. Another group helped to carry the omuta daijya yama, a large snake float that emits colorful sparks. The final group antici-pated helping with the ryu-jin, a large dragon balloon; however, complications occurred. “Unfortunately, due to the earthquake and tsunami, many of the things including the dragon got stuck at Narita airport,” said World Languages Teacher Corey Zukeran. Instead, the students assigned to that group per-formed a dance along the entire parade route. “My favorite part would be how we got to dance because it was really fun to learn the dance and do it in the parade,” said Junior Kelsea
Uratsuka. Many of the attractions in the Honolulu Festival were affected by the March 11 disasters in Japan and the committee seriously considered cancelling the event. “Some performers from Japan couldn’t make it like high school groups. There’s 128 groups that have been prepared for this festival the whole year and they couldn’t make it,” said Uchino. However, the show con-tinued with modifications to the parade and partici-pants were able to absorb new knowledge about
world cultures. “I felt like I benefitted because it was to show Japanese culture, so I got to see the floats and dances,” said Uratsuka. Sophomore Tyler Atiburcio agreed, saying, “It was fun to participate and learn about Japanese culture.” The Japanese language department plans to par-ticipate in the festival again next year. Zukeran said, “I understand that the students in the Japanese language department have been participating in the festival for a number of years now and we do plan to participate next year as well.”
Alexis Racca | Na Mana o Poina ole
MHS students perform in the Grand Parade of the Honolulu Festival. They were split up into three groups, each with different responsibilities.
6 Thursday, April 14, 2011Trojan Life
Everyone wants to be the best. Whether it’s being at the top of the class, star athlete, working for a job promotion or excelling in an interest, it is natural to want to continuously improve. And while many believe that in order to achieve success, one must be con-cerned about themself, it is important to remember that helping each other out is the way to succeed. Not to say that we shouldn’t focus on taking care of our own self. Yes, we need to study hard to earn good grades. Yes, we need to practice constantly to gain better athletic skills. And yes, we need to do what it takes to ensure we do what we need to be the best we can. To an extent, it is impor-tant to care about our own self. But the focus shouldn’t be on our own self. We can’t stay ahead on our own. We need to work together.
Recall the disaster that struck several years ago. In August 2005, Hur-ricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Houses and busi-nesses were destroyed. Survivors were left to make use of what they had and could salvage. Although many were trying to recover from the hit, there were some self-ish individuals. Stores were looted and some grabbed trash cans and filled them with stolen food, clothing and other items in despera-tion for survival. Even though it was a struggle, by caring for themselves, it didn’t really help them as a whole to re-cover from the disaster. The people affected couldn’t really count on each other to survive. This incident cannot come as a total surprise. After all, living in America, we were taught survival of the fittest and the mentality to fend for ourselves. But is that the route we should always take?
Now take a look at the March 2011 Japan disas-ters. Not only were they hit with an earthquake, but a tsunami that destroyed the affected area, as well as nuclear power plant explo-sions. This would be the type of situation that one would expect chaos, even riots and possibly lootings that were seen following Hurricane Katrina. Surprisingly, the people of Japan have not been re-ported of having done any of these actions. Instead of worrying about their own selves, they are helping each other out. In fact, gen-erosity and concern for each other has increased. Store owners are even handing out free food to the victims. As astonishing as this may seem to most, this might be what is expected of the people there. Japan’s culture emphasizes the importance and bond of the family, which is different from American culture that focuses on raising a child to
become independent. Despite cultural dif-ferences, what we should reflect on is the reaction we should have when it comes to working to the top spot. In the case of Hurricane Katrina’s incident, the one man for himself actions that some displayed only held them back from recovering together. But as the vic-tims of Japan are working together, they are making progress on the road to recovery. We need to realize that it is our responsibility to not only make sure we can take care of ourselves, but to lend a helping hand to those around us in order for all of us as a whole to keep improving. It is not only when struck with tragedy that we should band to-gether; but when that hap-pens, our generosity should be given out more. But for now, we must remember to help those around us.
By Bianca [email protected]
Being the best cannot be achieved alone
7Thursday, April 14, 2011 Editorial
Trojan Times
The Trojan Times is a monthly production of the Newswriting staff of Mililani High School 95-1200 Meheula Pkwy.,
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Editor-in-ChiefBianca Sewake
Assistant EditorCaitlin Kelly
Design EditorMatthew Ambrosecchio
Business ManagerJessica Antonio
AdviserMr. Christopher Sato
PrincipalDr. John Brummel
Staff
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C&CCAttention Male Seniors: According to the Selective Service Sys-tem, almost all male U.S. citizens, and males living in the U.S. who are ages 18 to 25, are re-quired to register with Selective Service. Even though you are regis-tered, you will not au-tomatically be inducted into the military. In a crisis requiring a draft, men would be called in sequence determined by random lottery number and year of birth. Then, they would be examined for men-tal, physical and moral fitness by the military before being deferred or exempted from mili-tary service or inducted into the Armed Forces. If you meet the age requirement and you’re living in the U.S., then
you must register with Selective Service. Regis-ter at any U.S. Post Office or online at www.sss.gov.
College Fair The National College Fair will be held on Thursday, April 28 from 8:30 – 11:30 am and 5:00 – 8:00 pm at the Hawaii Convention Center. Free registration at www.gotomyncf.com
Fee Waivers AvailableStudents on free or re-duced lunch are available for SAT, ACT and NCAA Clearinghouse fee waiv-ers. See Mrs. Yamamoto to pick up your fee waiver today.
Upcoming Speaker Sessions Sign up outside of C&CC
April 18Period 2 – Leeward Com-munity College
April 19Period 2 – Menlo CollegePeriod 6 – Hawaii Pacific
University – admitted se-niors only.
April 20 Period 1 – University of Hawaii @ Manoa – admit-ted seniors only
April 25Period 1 – St. Louis Uni-versityPeriod 6 – University of California – Berkeley
April 27Period 1 – Marymount CollegePeriod 2 – St. Martin’s University
April 29Period 2 – University of Northern ColoradoPeriod 3 – Washington State University
All Seniors, reminders:• Still undecided about what to do after gradua-tion? See Mrs. Yamamoto ASAP.• May 1st is the univer-sal deadline to let schools
know whether you are accepting their offer of admission or not. This is not a postmarked deadline.• Turn in your final transcript request if the college needs your fi-nal grades. If you are a scholarship athlete, you also need to send your final grades to the NCAA Clearinghouse. You can do this now and the registrar’s of-fice will hold your re-quest until your final grades are posted.• Be sure to turn in your health clearance information (TB test and MMR shot record) to the school you will be attending. You will not be able to register for your classes until this is complete.• Do NOT forget to thank the teachers & counselors who helped with college/scholar-ship recommendations & mid-year reports.
8 Thursday, April 14, 2011Chosen TrojansTopolinski honored at 5th annual Hawaiian Caucus Day
By Caitlin Kelly [email protected]
Social Studies Teacher John Kaha i Topolinski’s passion for teaching extends far beyond the curriculum taught here at MHS.
Topolinski has long been dedicated to passing down
his knowledge of Hawai-ian culture, and for that he was honored at the 5th annual Hawaiian Caucus Day on March 14, along with four other individuals. Topolinski was nominated for this recognition by Sena-tor Michelle Kidani. The two have known each other for years, and Topolinski even taught hula to Kidani’s two daugh-ters. “We wanted to
make sure sure that when we do Hawaiian Caucus that we honor those who
have worked very hard in our Native Hawaiian com-munities,” Kidani said.
Considering that only a
select few were nominated, Topolinski appreciated the recognition. “Very few people have been honored by the Senate, so I felt very special,” Topolinski said. Those who know Topo-linski felt he was deserv-ing of the honor. “Besides (Topolinski’s) teacher, there is no one in this state that knows more about anything about Hawaii than him,” said World Languages Teacher Kekoa Wong, a for-mer student in Topolinski’s halau. Throughout his life, Topolinski has made several contributions to the Hawai-ian community. In 1973, he founded Ka Pa Hula Ha-waii, a halau dedicated to preserving traditional hula. “What he does and what we do is not really com-mon among everybody in the hula world, we’re very traditional,” said Wong. He has also been asked to perform for several pub-lic figures. “In 1985 Prince Phillip, who’s the duke
of Edinburgh in England, asked him to do a chant. So he honored the prince with a chant. He was also asked by the British commission to memorialize Princess Diana upon her death and it was a special ceremony here at St. Andrew’s Cathedral,” said Kidani. However, through all of his achievements, Topolin-ski has remained humble. “This means that I have to live up more to my expecta-
Photo courtesy of Social Studies Teacher John Topolinski
By Matthew [email protected]
Graduating Senior Wil-lam Gaul is in a position to become honored with a unique and prestigious award available to Ameri-can students. Gaul has been invited to apply for and has applied for a Presidential Scholarship. The award, established in 1964, honors the top 141 students in the nation based on a number of criteria including GPA and community involvement. “First off there’s a com-mittee that selects around 3000 students based on SAT scores and GPA and stuff like that,” explained Gaul, “and they all get mailed a packet to fill out. From then on it’s based on the essay, and the info you return in the packet. A lot of it was community-based.” Gaul became aware of the scholarship through an invitation from the founda-tion. “No one can choose to be a Presidential Scholar, you have to be invited,” he stated.
The process began ear-lier this school year, and will be finished around April. The main benefit to the scholarship is not a finan-cial one, as Gaul explained, “The biggest thing it pro-vides is a free trip to Wash-ington, D.C. to meet the president and get a presi-dential medallion. It’s an entire weekend that’s filled with seminars and work-shops and lectures. Then of course there’s all the media coverage and such. There’s no actual award but it helps a lot later on when apply-ing for jobs and graduate colleges because having Presidential Scholar on your resume is a really good thing.”
(L-R): Senator Michelle Kidani, Anne Topolinski (J. Topolinski’s wife), John Topolinski and Legislative Aide Joan Manke
Carrillo places as finalist in Canon competitionBy Aven [email protected]
Cameras flashed as students and adults alike entered the 2011 Canon Amateur Photo Contest. The contest was open to all ages and the top 25 en-tries that best displayed visual impact and tech-nical photographic skill while representing the theme of this year, “Por-traits of Hawaii,” were recognized. MHS Senior Rina Carrillo entered the contest, placing within the top 25 from the state. “I was really happy,” said Carrillo. “I wasn’t re-ally expecting it so it felt really good.” Unlike most competi-tions involving students, the Canon contest is not a school competi-tion, but a statewide one. Being a statewide contest, there were no restrictions on who could enter. The only rule was participants had to be an amateur photographer,
tions and continue to strive to do better. And to just make the world a better place to live in,” he said. “I think that’s his gift, to teach and pass on, not just what he does as a teacher, but as a Native Hawaiian,” said Kidani. Topolinski continues to teach classes to his Ka Pa Hula Hawaii halau as a way to preserve the culture that he is so deeply rooted in.
Photo courtesy of Francine Sandell
Senior William Gaul
Carrillo’s winning photo was taken at Kaneohe Bay, where she sometimes goes diving with cross country friends.
meaning contestants were never paid to take photos. Carrillo is currently enrolled in a photography course at MHS and was encouraged to enter by Fine Arts Teacher Francine Sandell. “I thought it was a nice piece,” said Sandell, continuing, “She was up against adults so becoming a finalist is pretty good.” Carrillo’s photo was taken at Kaneohe Bay. “At first, I was surprised be-cause the photo was not even planned,” said Car-
rillo, adding, “I entered this photo as opposed to others because I loved the uniqueness of the photo. After all, an urchin is not your usual catch, let alone being something you would let crawl all over you so I knew it would catch attention.” Carrillo’s photo will be on display online at www.lava.net in April. It will also be framed at the Canon Photo Gallery of Honolulu during the month of April.
Gaul nominated for Presidential Scholarship
9Thursday, April 14, 2011 Chosen Trojans
After paticipating in only two previous pageants and taking first in the Miss Teen Oahu World competition, MHS Sophomore Gabrielle Reznik was crowned Miss Teen Hawaii-World 2011. The pageant was organized by Alicia Jones of New Media Productions.
The pageant consisted of three main events, which were Swimsuit, Evening Gown and Pre-Pageant interview. Contestants were scored by a panel of judges based on their performance.
Reznik, having participated in the preliminary pageant, knew what to expect in the Miss Teen Hawaii-World pageant. “This has been my third pageant. I ran for Miss Teen Hawaii Filipina 2009 and won 2nd runner up. This past November I ran for Miss Teen Oahu-World 2011 which is the preliminary for my most recent pageant and took home the crown for that pageant too,” stated Reznik.
Reznik prepared for the pageant many months ahead of time. “I did a lot in order to prepare for this pageant, from practicing possible pageant questions to
watching what I ate and running a lot in track,” said Reznik. “We had to attend rehearsals to learn the opening number and perfect walking in our heels,” she continued. All contestants participated in the opening performance.
“(Reznik) is humorous, loyal, compassionate, trustworthy ,friendly, kind, caring, well-organized and last but not least true beauty,” said Pageant friend and participant, Sophomore Taylor Albete. “Experience is what sets her apart in the competition. A few of the contestants were new to pageantry such as I, but it is okay because ... once you enter more and more you get more chances to improve and get better and hopefully be able to win,” she continued.
“(Reznik) has this presence about her; she’s very approachable and friendly, she speaks well and has an amazing personality,” added fellow contestant and friend Kellie Mallari.
Now that she has been crowned Miss Teen Hawaii-World 2011, Reznik will fly to Houston in November 2011 to represent the state of Hawaii in the Miss Teen United States-World 2011 title.
By Shan [email protected]
Reznik crowned Miss Teen Hawaii-World 2011
Sophomore Garbrielle Reznik was crowned Miss Teen Ha-waii-World 2011 after winning the February pageant
Students enrolled in graphics and media classes have put their talents towards a good cause by designing advertisements for the Kapiolani Children’s Miracle Network Miracle Balloon Fundraiser. Seniors Jesse Bayot, Casey Liu, Emily Makanani, Nicole Mcewen and Kara Nyuha created outstanding advertisements that were recognized at the campaign’s kickoff luncheon held at the Waikele Country Club on April 6.
“(The luncheon) was two things actually, it was their corporate strategy meeting and also kind
of their kicking off of the fundraiser season for the Kapiolani Women and Children’s Medical Center,” said Industrial Arts Teacher Tom Falenofoa.
Students in Falenofoa’s graphics classes as well as Industrial Arts Teacher Jason Tamura’s media classes were responsible for creating advertisements to promote the Children’s Miracle Network fundraiser. Liu and Makanani produced a video, while Bayot created advertisements geared towards children, Mcewen created corporate advertisements and Nyuha created designs geared towards high school students. “My advanced students kind of competed
and Children’s Miracle Network sort of chose three different designs,” said Falenofoa.
Those selected will continue to build upon their advertisements. “We’re just planning on making a couple more videos to air on the morning bulletin within the next couple of weeks … The next couple ones we’re probably going to be using a more creative style to relate to kids through media,” said Liu.
“It’s really a new experience because you get to work with a big company that works with so many different people,” said Nyuha.
The miracle balloon fundraiser is taking place at MHS the week of April 18.
Of the hundreds of teachers throughout MHS, English teacher Claire Gearen was elected for the annual MHS teacher recognition for the 2010-2011 school year.
“Every year the faculty nominates several teachers for teacher recognition and that’s really what this is,” said Gearen. “I was definitely happy, I was surprised. I thought that maybe … we’re really moving toward collaboration and teacher study groups here at Mililani, and
maybe it’s just a sign that my involvement in that is appreciated,” said Gearen.
After teaching for a year at Castle High School in Oahu, and seven more years in Seattle, Gearen moved back to Hawaii, her home state, and began her career as an MHS English teacher.
“This is my fourth year so I’m starting to really feel like I’m a part of the school,” said Gearen. “Four years seems to be like a big moment and I feel like I know more people and I’m collaborating with more people now.”
Junior Amber Sonognini, a student
in Gearen’s class, commented, “We always have class discussions and reading books you would never expect. Her class is something that is always different and everyday we learn something new.”
“She enforces on helping us become ready students for the college career we’ll be heading for in the near future,” said Sonognini.
The ceremonial banquet in which Gearen was recognized was held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki on April 9.
MHS redesigns Children’s Miracle Network ads
Gearen recognized as MHS Outstanding TeacherBy Chanel [email protected]
By Caitlin [email protected]
Photo Courtesy of Gabrielle Reznik
By Senior Nicole Mcewen By Senior Kara Nyuha
For athletes, especially in high school, it is some-times hard to accept coach-ing changes. For most se-niors, they might have had the same coach for three years, so the adjustment may be harder for them than others. But sometimes, it is even more difficult for the coaches to
take on a new team. This is what the new girls MHS Head Water Polo Coach, Greg Wong is feeling, arriv-ing this year. Wong came to coach at MHS after helping coach at Hawaii’s Olympic Devel-opment Program (ODP). After coming to Mililani, he coached the team to a 7-1 record as of April 5, 2011. The team is now in second place in the regular season
With direction from the new MHS Head Water Polo Coach Greg Wong, JV member Freshman Kylie Tom practices dribbling alongside her team at the Patsy T. Mink Central Oahu Regional Park.
Senior prom is often seen as the highlight of any high school student’s career. However, this year’s senior prom was held on the same day as the annual Yamamoto Invitational held at the MHS John Kauinana Stadium. With many Varsity runners missing, the remaining runners stepped up and placed in numerous events, ending the night with the female team winning the overall meet in first place despite their lack of size.
The participating teams of the Yamamoto Invitational were Mililani,
Leilehua, Pearl City and Campbell. The overall number of girl runners at the meet was 30. Overall, 10 MHS Varsity runners were missing, 6 of them being girls and 4 of them boys.
“The team did a good job despite many athletes not being there due to senior prom,” said Girls Track Coach Dane Matsunaga. “One of our athletes, Kimberly Pugliese, elected not to go, and participated in the meet and won the girls mile; and was on the winning 4x800 relay.”
Pugliese played a big part that night, running a 5:34 for her mile and contributing to a 10:57for
her 800m relay race. “ I was happy about winning the mile,” said Pugliese.
That night, the Mililani girl’s team also placed first in the 4x400m relay, 4x100m relay, 4x200m relay, long jump and pole vault. “I was so proud that even though there were lots of people missing, we still pulled through and did well that night,” said Sophomore Taylor Suwa, a member of the girls JV Track and Field Team.
At the Yamamoto Invitational, MHS was able to pull through with all the runners it had and secure spots on the podium, despite their missing runners.
By Reid [email protected]
Mof the MonthTrojan
Third place OIA Golf Player of the Year, Junior Jonah Fonacier has been involved in the sport golf for the past twelve years.
Fonacier has been playing golf since the age of five because of his father. “I watched what he did and tried to mimic his golf swing. From there I had basically developed my own swing,” stated Fonacier.
Fonacier has been recognized numerous times for his performance in golf. “Fonacier is certainly one of the best junior golfers in the state today,” stated Golf Coach Mark Decastro, Fonacier’s coach for two and a half years.
He is being recognized by organizations outside of MHS also. “I feel that all my accomplishments I have maintained on my own, but I still show thanks and gratitude to my coaches and family,” said Fonacier.
At practices, Fonacier makes sure he is a leader to his fellow
teammates. “He is an exceptional role model and inspirational team leader and has the respect of the coaches and his teammates. He represents himself, his team, school and community with the highest standards in sportsmanship, character and integrity,” said Decastro.
Fellow teammate Gavin Shigesato receives help from Fonacier whenever he needs it. “Jonah is a good player and gets the job done,” stated Shigesato.
Fonacier makes sure that he is dedicated to golf, but also balances his time with school work. “I put in a lot of time and hard work to be the best player out there and I play my hardest when I’m carrying that Mililani bag and representing the not only Mililani High School but the OIA when against the elite players of the Interscholastic League of Honolulu,” said Fonacier.
Due to his success in tournaments Fonacier will represent Hawaii in an international competition held in Japan later this year.
By Judy Mossman [email protected]
Track and Field MVP titleawarded to Freshman McClay
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Varsity MHS track team displays excellent performance at Yamamoto Invitational
By Aven [email protected]
In only her first year on the MHS Track and Field Team, Freshman Brittany McClay has reached a great feat; becoming the team’s Most Valuable Player (MVP).
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only to Leilehua, who the Trojans had lost by 10-7 during the third game of the season. Besides the one loss to the Mules, Wong has proven that his coach-ing has allowed the team to maintain its success from past years. Defeating teams such as Pearl City 11-5, Campbell 17-4, Castle 18-8 and McKinley 26-4, he has shown that Mililani is still a powerhouse in the OIA Red West. The players on the Water Polo Team have re-sponded well, despite some of the players having a new coach for the first time. The relationship within the team is critical to the suc-cess in any sport. “When I first found out that we had a new coach, I didn’t think much of it,” said Senior Erika Edwards, member of the water polo team. “But we’ve been doing pretty well with him so I think it’s good.” Coach Wong and the water polo team will be playing their next game against Kalaheo today, April 14, at 4:30 p.m. Game sto-ries, photos, highlights and scores can be found online at scoringlive.com.
Wong named new coach for Water Polo Team
By Jacquelyn [email protected]
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Thursday, April 14, 2011 Interactive12HOROSCOPES
AriesBrrrr! With this outburst of rainy weather we’ve been having lately, better bundle up and stock up on some cocoa. Or at least trade in shorts for some jeans.
(March 21 - April 19)
_Taurus (April 20 - May 20)
You’re feeling adventurous this month, so don’t hold out on it. When you come to a crossroad, take the path less travelled and explore it.
`Gemini (May 21 - June 21)
Your moment will come this month, and when the spotlight shines on you, be like a squirrel! Yes I meant a squirrel. Get out on that branch, shake your tail.
a Cancer(June 22 - July 22)
All is not as it seems on Tuesday when you may meet a man with six ham-sters and four ferrets in his shirt. You can either back away slowly, or throw a hamster wheel up his pant leg. Choose wisely.
bLeo (July 23 - August 22)
With Spring just around the corner, your inner Leo is determined to finish the school year off strong.
dLibra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22)
You might be getting a lot of attention this month so use it to meet new people. Take advantage of those compli-ments and start a conversa-tion with them.
eScorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)
Teach a Scorpio to fish; they’ll eat for a lifetime. Teach them to play Poke-mon, and they’re out of your hair for weeks.
fSagittarius(Nov. 22 - Dec. 21)
Go up to a stranger and try a really cheesy pick up line like “Did you just fart? Cause you blew me away!”
g Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19)
Feeling like a plastic bag lately? Then show every-one you’re not one! Take that plastic bag off your head before you suffocate.
cVirgo(Aug. 23 - Sept. 22)
Journey once said in a hit song to not fathom the pos-sibility of succeeding. Think about it.
h AquariusHahahaha! Oh, you might be curious why I may be laughing. Well, studies show that laughing low-ers the level of stress hor-mones. So laugh on.
(Jan. 20 - Feb. 18)
i Pisces(Feb. 19 – March 20)
Ever hear a car drive past you with the bass turned up and think, “Awwww yeeeah that’s my jam”? Show off your awesome taste in music and loudly sing or rap along to it.
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People and Places
3to5days By Jayna Kitazaki
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By the bell By Matthew Ambrosecchio
ACROSS1. How many FCCLA club members will be ad-vancing to nationals?4. What student was crowned Ms. Teen Ha-waii-World 2011?6. What country did a group of MHS students visit over spring break?7. What is the name of the track meet that was held on the same day as Senior Prom?9. What MHS student won the Presidential Scholarship?
DOWN2. MHS students hosted visitors from what country?3. This years Junior Prom theme is “Captured in a _____”.5. MHS Japanese students participated in what festival? 8. What test are Algebra 2 students required to take at the end of the year?9. Fonacier will be traveling to Japan to par-ticipate in what type of sport tournament?
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