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

3/30: SPRING RALLY PROMOTES REMAINING SPORTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR!

Cheerleaders kick off the rally!
Baseball captains:  shy at the rally but thankfully not on the field!
Principal Galera recognizes the best of Moanalua!
Advisors Chad Yoshizawa and Karl Achiu judge "Gimme-Gimme!"
Baseball, Golf, Judo, Softball, Softball, Tennis, Track, and Water Polo....just eight more sports left in the year, and today was the day to recognize these teams and wish them luck for the rest of the season!  In most of these sports, Moanalua has an excellent chance to make it into the post-season as well, so come out to support the teams!  In addition to team recognition, Principal Galera gave a quarterly report including important messages regarding accreditation as well as recognition for organizations such as Robotics, Mene MAC, Mock Trial, and a special individual recognition for senior Wai Sam Lao who also serves as the Board of Education student member.  Finally, a spirited "Gimme-Gimme" class competition was ultimately won by the seniors.  Good luck to all sports teams and congratulations to all honorees!
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Thursday

3/22: SPRING FOOD DRIVE RESULTS - HR WINNER A FAMILIAR CLASS!

Seniors prepare to make a delivery!
The stack of food in the library grows larger!
HR Winners:  Ms. Sablan's Freshman HR!
That's right, once again, the top donating homeroom for the spring food drive is Ms. Lachelle Sablan's FRESHMAN homeroom!  This same homeroom also won the fall food drive!  This time together, they managed to gather 488 items; 28.7 items per student!  How do they do it?  The overall schoolwide results are as follows:

1st        SENIORS        1511 items        3.05/student
2nd       FRESHMEN       917 items       1.94/student
3rd     SOPHOMORES     818 items     1.61/student
 4th         JUNIORS         685 items         1.31/student 

OVERALL:  3955 items (+24 miscellaneous)

Congratulations to all classes and all winners but actually, the REAL winner is the Hawaii Foodbank!
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Monday

3/18: LANTERN MAKING PROJECT TAKES AN INTERNATIONAL TWIST!

Putting together thank-you gifts for the volunteers!
And putting together the floating lanterns!
Making new Canadian friends (and teaching them to "shaka")!
The final officer project for the year (l-r):  Jannah Dela Cruz, Jamie Hwang,Kelly Zakimi, Erica Carlos, Dani Hipol, Wai Sam Lao, Sydney Miyashiro, and Alyssa Lagat-Ramos.  It was the FINAL FINAL one for seniors Kelly, Wai Sam, Sydney, and Alyssa!
The final OFFICER initiated project for the year took place at the Shinnyo-En where we helped construct lanterns for the annual Lantern Floating Festival on Memorial Day and also put together thank-you gifts for the volunteers.  While we have done this project in the past, this time there was a little extra twist.  Students from Canada were also there to help, and the project coordinators thought it would be a good idea to place us together with them and work as partners!  This was a great idea as not only did we get to help construct the lanterns, but we also got to make new Canadian friends and teach them a few Hawaiian "customs."
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Wednesday

3/7: A NIGHT AT THE OSCARS...ALLLL NIGHT!

Haley and Alyssa search the internet for graphics, coincidentally under past OSCAR plaques.
Erica and Dani think hard about what they want their pages to look like!
Everyone gets together to brainstorm ideas!
Yes, it's time for the annual Outstanding Student Council Award Recognition (O.S.C.A.R.) sleepover night!  This is the night, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., where officers get together to create their O.S.C.A.R. scrapbook pages together.  About 80% of the book is completed on this night; the rest obviously not occurring yet.  But it's not all work as we watch DVDs or TV shows, eat (of course), and generally strengthen our bonds.  Eventually, a few end up actually sleeping, but always after the work is done.
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3/7: GREEN DAY COMES EARLY!

Ms. Migita's Period 5 wins with THREE participants, including herself!
Officers prepare to pass out treats at recess!
Rachel hands out a treat to a rare green wearer!
St. Patrick's Day happens to fall on a Saturday during Spring Break, so we celebrated Green Day on March 7, the last school exam day for the third quarter.  As always, a prize is awarded to the first class of the day, Period 5 in this case, which has the highest percentage of students wearing green.  In addition, officers go out at recess to hand out treats to anyone wearing green.  It was fun, but a little of the spirit was lost being so early.
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3/5: HAI SAI! OKINAWAN TEACHERS VISIT!

Okinawan teachers visit orchestra class.  (Standing, l-r):  Mr. Jun Shimada, Okinawa BOE English Teacher Consultant; Mr. Haruki Shimabukuro, Naha Kokusai Senior High School; and Ms. Hiromi Niizato, Urasoe Senior High School.  (Seated):  Ms. Jane Serikaku, Executive Director, Hawaii United Okinawa Association.
Men so re (Welcome)!  On March 5, teachers from Okinawa visited Moanalua High School just to see where their exchange students are going to school for a few days.  The Okinawan students had been here for about a week.  They will also be visiting the Big Island for a few days before returning to Honolulu, then eventually back home.  We hope you enjoyed your visit to Moanalua and have a safe return!
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Friday

2/27-3/2: NOON HOUR ACTIVITIES KEEP THE SPIRIT UP DURING SPIRIT WEEK!

2/27:  DJ Krystilez plays a full body Jan-Ken-Po game!
2/28:  JUNIORS win the Powder-puff Tournament Silver Ball!
2/29:  Senior Angel Ledesma is the Mushroom Bowling champion!
3/1:  Senior Gus Avellaneda (far left) sings the Alma Mater to complete Gummy Peach Eating!
3/2:  Angel Ledesma wins again, this time at Grab the Stars to complete a senior noon hour sweep!
Monday, February 27:
Ohana Broadcasting Day

Tuesday, February 28:
Powderpuff Football Tournament (Winners:  Junior Class)

Wednesday, February 29:
Mushroom Bowling  (Winner:  Angel Ledesma, 12)

Thursday, March 1:
Gummy Peach Eating  (Winner:  Gus Avellaneda, 12)

Friday, March 2:
Grab the Stars  (Winner:  Angel Ledesma, 12)
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2/27-3/2: SPIRIT WEEK DRESS-UP DAYS GET LUKEWARM PARTICIPATION!

February 27:  Hat Day (Wlodyka, Period 1)
February 29:  Polka Dot Day (Brooks, Period 3) - front three only
March 1:  Princess Peach Pink Day (Sze, Period 1)
March 2:  Mustache Day (Balsis, Period 4)
Try as we might, when the officers discuss what dress-up days to do during Spirit Week, we always try to think of options where it will not cost students anything, would be something they already have or can easily make.  It was a little surprising then, that one winner had only four participants, and one day had NO winner!  Still, it ended with a flourish as the last day, Mustache Day, was won with a 100% participation rate! 
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