LEADERSHIP: IT'S NOT ABOUT REWARDS; IT'S DOING WHAT IS RIGHT EVEN IF NO ONE ELSE ACKNOWLEDGES YOU!

2022 MOANALUA HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (above) The Moanalua High School Executive Council is made up of fifteen volunteers. VOLUNTEERS! While officers are elected, they choose to run knowing that if they win, there is no physical reward, no letter grade, no incentive other than the pure satisfaction of doing a good job and representing the student body. At times, we achieve great success while at other times, we achieve somewhat less, but it is always a learning process. While we can take away much satisfaction from doing a good job, we can also learn from mistakes and try to better ourselves the next time. And so, at the end of our terms, while we do not earn a credit, a letter grade or even a certificate of achievement proving our accomplishments, we can take away the self-satisfaction in knowing that we did our best for the students, school and community, and that positive experience is something we can really use as contributing adult members of society.

Friday

9/29: GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!

What a complete rip-off of the Pokemon theme!  But with respect to the creators of this anime, "Gotta Catch 'Em All!" is exactly what the SA Executive Council felt we should be doing with the annual Complex Leadership Conference.  Gathering student leaders from the five Moanalua Complex Schools:  Moanalua Middle, and Moanalua, Red Hill, Salt Lake and Shafter Elementary Schools, the conference included workshops, energizers, games and team building activities.  Students ranged in age from 3rd to 7th grade, but once they were all together, age, school and any other individual qualities melted away as they became one huge leadership unit.  We thank the individual school advisors and administrators for allowing their students to attend, especially because there is a mutual reward.  While the participants learned to be better leaders, we are also preparing them eventually to become great leaders at the high school  level.  On this year's MoHS Executive Council, ten of the thirteen officers attended this complex conference, most more than once.  Pictured above:  The top eight pictures include opening ice breakers, people bingo, workshops, an interactive method session, team "video" presentations, and team games.  The final three pictures include a total group shot (121 participants!), a tired but happy officer group shot, and below, JUST THE SENIORS at their final complex conference (l-r:  Alyssa Lagat-Ramos, Kelly Zakimi, Sydney Miyashiro, Haley Pendergast, Wai Sam Lao, and Daphne-Jayne Corrales)!

Saturday

9/24: ALOHA WEEK PARADE SA OFFICERS REPRESENT!

Well, the Aloha Week Parade is not exactly a student council activity, however, more than half of the Executive Council are in marching band, so pictured above are few highlights from the parade, a day off from student council, but a day full of activities including the parade and a trip to the Wet 'N' Wild water park afterwards!

Friday

9/9: AND THE HOMECOMING RESULTS ARE...


































Instead of having to scroll through each entry from the last five days, here are the final Homecoming results in a nutshell, along with a few candids from the week!

CHEER COMPETITION
1st:  Freshmen
2nd:  Sophomores
3rd:  Seniors
4th:  Juniors
BANNER COMPETITION
1st:  Sophomores
2nd:  Seniors
3rd:  Juniors
4th:  Freshmen
FLOORSHOW COMPETITION
1st:  Seniors
2nd:  Juniors
3rd:  Sophomores
4th:  Freshmen
TRIVIA COMPETITION
1st:  Juniors
2nd:  Seniors and Freshmen (tie)
4th:  Sophomores
VOLLEYBALL COMPETITION
1st:  Seniors
2nd:  Sophomores
3rd:  Juniors
4th:  Freshmen
SONG COMPETITION
1st:  Seniors and Sophomores (tie)
3rd:  Juniors
4th:  Freshmen
PARADE COMPETITION
1st:  Seniors
2nd:  Freshmen
3rd:  Juniors
4th:  Sophomores
OVERALL
1st:  Seniors
2nd:  Sophomores
3rd:  Juniors
4th:  Freshmen

Tuesday

9/9: PARADE SIGNALS THE END OF HOMECOMING COMPETITIONS!

The final day of Homecoming came to a close, but not before a few more competitions.  In the :Moanalua" dress-up, Coach Kristie's Period 4 dressed out 100%!  At the noon hour Medusa Staring Contest, five finalists did not flinch so after a few minutes, it was considered a five-way draw.  The annual Homecoming Parade after school drew hundreds of marchers including over 120 from Moanalua Elementary School, 230 marching band members and dozens of marchers from each class.  Finally, the week was capped off on a good note as the football team defeated the Kaiser Cougars, 46-7.  Go Menes!

Period 4 "Moanalua Day" Dress Up Winner:
Coach Kristie's (Morikawa) Period 4

Noon Hour Medusa Staring Winner:
FIVE-WAY TIE:  Daniel Pavao (12), Kyle Cegler (11), Angel Ledesma (12), Katarie Kancel (11), Courtney Triplett (10)

Parade Competition:
Winner to be announced at the Homecoming Game!

9/8: FOOTBALL TEAM AND COURT PRESENTED ON HOMECOMING DAY 4!

It was an exciting homecoming day pep rally that featured the court introduction, football team message, song competition, and volleyball finals.  While the results of the song competition will not be announced until the homecoming game, the results of the volleyball finals were obvious.  Congratulations to the senior class!  Today's dress up also featured the first 100% participation of the week with Mr. Achiu's period 1, and the grape tossing game at lunch saw two talented seniors tossing 7-10 grapes successfully!

Volleyball Finals
Championship:  Seniors def. Sophomores, 21-10
Consolation:  Juniors def. Freshmen, 21-11

Period 1 Class T-Shirt Dress Up Winner:
Mr. Achiu's Period 1

Noon Hour Grape Tossing Team Winners:
Senior Team:  Khidiasian Starks and Angel Ledesma

Song Competition:
Winner to be announced at the Homecoming Game!

9/7: NIGHT PEP RALLY HIGHLIGHTS HOMECOMING DAY 3!



The final day of volleyball preliminaries came to an end with some confusion as to who would take on the undefeated seniors in the championship round on Thursday.  While the seniors went 3-0, everyone else went 1-2 and beat each other:  sophomores defeated the juniors in round 1, juniors defeated the freshmen in round 2, and freshmen defeated the sophomores today.  In the tiebreaking system when there is no common opponent defeat, it goes to total points scored, and that meant the sophomores will play the seniors for the championship.  At the night pep rally, all four classes were well represented and did great jobs in their shows, while in trivia, all four classes did surprisingly well with very few missed questions!  The evening came to an end with the football team lighting the "M" and singing the Alma Mater.

Noon Hour Spin the Globe Winner:
Shane Ratledge (12)



Volleyball Round 3:
Seniors def. Juniors, 30-23
Freshmen def. Sophomores, 30-26

Period 4 Headband Dress Up Winner:
Ms. Sueoka's Period 4

Floorshow Competition:

Winner to be announced at the Homecoming Game!

Trivia Competition:
Winner to be announced at the Homecoming Game!

9/6: HOMECOMING DAY 2; IT WAS A "CLOSE" DAY!

The second day of Homecoming celebrations saw another close match in volleyball, a very close competition in the noon hour game, and a close and surprising result in the banner competition!  The results for today are:

Volleyball Round 2:
Seniors def. Sophomores, 30-28
Juniors def. Freshmen, 30-20

Period 1 Sandals Day Dress Up Winner:
Ms. Brooks's Period 1

Noon Hour Pin the Tail on the Centaur Winner:
Kat Kuwanoe (Grade 9)

Banner Competition:
Winner to be announced at the Homecoming Game!

Sunday

9/4: TSUNAHIKI TEAM BATTLES THE ODDS!

Well, every other school had 14-16 team members, but Moanalua's fearless 8 battled the competition anyway at the first annual Tsunahiki (Tug-of-War) Competition at the Okinawan Festival.  Though shorthanded, we fought hard against Pearl City and then Leilehua and even though we lost, we had a lot of fun.  Pictured above are some candids.  Thank you to team members Selena Li Fung (captain), Nikki Dutro, Ashley Fukuchi, VictoriaLynn Kano, Chloe Kobayashi, Dominic DeBernardis, Najae Reed, and Kim Fujiwara.

9/3: HAI SAI! WORKING THE ANDAGI BOOTH AT THE OKINAWAN FESTIVAL!

Officers took time off their busy schedules to help at this year's Okinawan Festival.  We normally work the game booths but this year, help was needed more at the Andagi booth, so that's where we spent five hot hours, hotter because of the deep frying andagis!  But, it was fun to distribute the traditional Okinawan treat!

Friday

9/2: HOMECOMING 2011 KICKS OFF!

Homecoming 2011, "Greek Menethology," took off today with early morning Round 1 of the volleyball tournament, followed by the dress up competition and noon hour activity, the Class Cheer Competition!  Pictured above, top to bottom:  Freshman team may not have won but were definitely the best dressed; Ms. Soleymani's himation wearers; and the Sophomores give a cheer!  Here are some early results from the first day.

Volleyball Round 1:
Seniors def. Freshmen 30-27
Sophomores def. Juniors, 30-26

Period 4 Himation (Toga) Dress Up Winner:
Ms. Soleymani's Period 4

Class Cheer Competition:
Winner to be announced at the Homecoming Game!