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MEDIA RELEASE WHAT: Akamai Observatory Career Exploration Summer Session WHEN: June 10-21 WHERE: Kealakehe High School TMT, in partnership Akamai Workforce Initiative (AWI) and Hawaii Community College, encourages high school students to sign up for this summer’s Akamai Observatory Career Exploration session, offered June 10-21 at Kealakehe High School. Developed to inspire students to explore [...]

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Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 West Hawaii Explorations Academy graduated 18 students Friday evening at commencement ceremonies at NELHA. The guest speaker was Mayor Billy Kenoi. Students also were congratulated by Principal Curtis Muraoka, their teachers and dozens of family and friends. The Class of 2013 included: Cierra Abellera, Emma Ansel, Braxton Bailey, Gabrielle Desimone, [...]

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Hawaii 24/7 Staff Two Big Island high school seniors have been named 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars. Zoe Sims, 17, of Hawaii Preparatory Academy, and Paul Gregg, 17, of Parker School, were the only two students included in the list from Hawaii. They were among the 141 students recognized for their accomplishments in academics or the [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Summer Camp at Parker School is open to the entire community. It runs for six weeks every summer and provides families with a safe, fun and enriching option for children ages 5-14 during summer. Several regular Parker teachers run the camp and instruct various classes. The activities offered range from soccer to dance [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Lions Club of Kona is proud to announce the awarding of scholarships to deserving Konawaena High School seniors pursuing higher education degrees. Presentations were made May 8 at the Konawaena Senior Awards night. The 2013 scholarship recipients are: * Sarah Albrecht — Lions Club of Kona Jonney Pha Hodges Scholarship * Trevor [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The growing number of promotional brochures and flyers being issued and distributed on public school campuses has prompted a new set of guidelines by the state Department of Education. The guidelines restrict the dissemination of school-approved third-party marketing, advertising and/or promotional materials to the following distribution methods: * Posting on a school’s community [...]

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Get ready for commencement exercises coming up soon. A round-up of graduation dates for Big Island schools. Graduation season runs from May through June on the Big Island.

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MEDIA RELEASE Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard will address the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s spring commencement as keynote speaker beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 11 at Edith Kanakaole Stadium. Students have petitioned for a total of 765 degrees and/or certificates from the colleges of Arts and Sciences (460), Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resource Management [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE More Hawaii public school students from the Class of 2012 enrolled in college compared to the previous year’s graduates, and they were better prepared for mathematics and English courses, new figures show. The new College and Career Readiness Indicators reports, released by Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education and the state Department of Education [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Parker Lower School celebrated its 8th Annual May Day Hoike on Friday, May 3. Kindergarten through 5th grade students performed various chants, songs and hula reflecting this year’s theme, Aohe lokomaikai i nele i ka panai, which is interpreted as “No kind deed has ever lacked its reward. An opportunity to help another [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Upon the completion of the state’s first Transformation Internship Program (TIP) session, Gov. Neil Abercrombie recognized the spring 2013 participants in a special ceremony Monday in Executive Chambers. The innovative internship program provides Hawaii undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to work alongside innovators within state government and gain hands-on experience in a [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE May Day at Waimea Country School with a Lei Day Performance. The entire student body performed the school chant Waimea Kula Kuaaina to begin the celebration. The theme of this year’s show was “A Walk Through Ulu Laau” and honored the Waimea Nature Park and the native Hawaiian trees found there. Kindergarten students [...]

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