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.

Tuesday

1/30: CONTINUING THE "LEGACY OF LIFE"

Haley demonstrates how to make a ribbon!
Alyssa and Sydney get right to work!
Last year's officers started a new project helping the "Legacy of Life" organization construct green ribbons for those who wish to show support for the program, and we decided to continue the effort this year.  The organization is involved in organ donorship at a critical time in Hawaii where, at the moment, there is no organ transplant facility available.  The project is simply constructing as many of the green ribbons/cards as possible.  Our goal is 1000.  Three more ribbon-making sessions are coming up:  February 2, 8, and 9, after school in the S.A. room so if you are reading this before any of these dates, stop by and help!
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Monday

1/21: HORSE RESCUE OFFERS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY!

Officers get a briefing from rescue owner Bettina Parker.
Getting ready to paint!
Erica does a balancing act while trying to paint a post!
Cleaning out the water containers is hard work!
Alyssa has an interested admirer!
To be honest, it was not as difficult at cleaning Pouhala Marsh and in fact, it ended up being a lot of fun.  Volunteering at the Equine 808 Horse Rescue (590-1210) involved painting stables and cleaning out the horses' water containers.  While that seems simple enough, the painting involved getting into the stables WITH the horses, and the large water containers were, well, large and bulky, and water was pumped by a generator which meant low pressure.  Still, we got to work alongside the horses and other animals and learned a lot about the history and mission of the horse rescue.  Volunteer there if you ever have a chance!
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Friday

1/13: WINTER RALLY HONORS ATHLETES, STUDENTS AND STAFF!

Girls' Basketball captains introduce the team!
Wrestlers promote their sport!
Sophomore President Jamie Hwang answers a trivia question!
Class Advisor Karl Achiu checks an answer from VP Kenesen Caba!

The Winter Pep Rally and Principal's Report honored all winter sports athletes as well as award winning students and staff members.  Congratulations to all teams; First Hawaiian Bank award winners Nicole Matsunami, Margaret Lee, Christopher Co, and Devin Soogrim; staff members Shelly Koyanagi and Dane Canida (recently National Board Certified); and Elden Seta, music director who won a prestigious national award given to only eight music directors in the nation!  The rally ended with a class sports trivia competition won by the SENIORS!  The juniors followed in second, and the sophomores and freshmen tied for third.
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Monday

1/8: HAPPY NEW YEAR OHANA STYLE!

Wong Sensei (right) gives game instructions/rules to volunteers!
Senator Glenn Wakai stops by to say, "Hello!"
Kelly and Sydney explain the rules to a parent!
The goldfish game was one of the most popular since you win real fish!
Happy New Year!  A week into the new year, officers spent a day at the Japanese Community Center of Hawaii's (JCCH) Ohana Day Festival!  The festival featured bouncy rides, games, food, music, and cultural demonstrations and displays.  The officers, along with the MoHS LEO Club manned the game booth for keiki.  Thank you to Sensei Cindy Wong for creating and setting up all the games.  We had as much fun supervising as the children did playing the games. 
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