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

10/18: WELCOME BAAAACK!

Cheerleaders open the formal program!

The VIP's were appreciative!

Exchanging of gifts is very traditional!

Hiroshima Kokutaiji sings its school song!

All Hail, Moanalua.....

Kokutaiji boys learn a hula!

More hula....

....and more!

While others learned a contemporary dance!

Ms. Ainsworth really gets into it!

Hiroshima Ondo....view from above!

....and below!

Moanalua students (now wearing the happy coats) also get to learn the dance!

Everyone gets to know each other better!
Once again this year, Moanalua's sister school from Japan, Hiroshima Kokutaiji, made its annual trek across the Pacific for a visit.  And, once again, thanks to the efforts of Wong Sensei and the World Language staff as well as a large group of student volunteers, the day was filled with activities for the Japanese students.  A formal program kicked off the visit and was soon followed with several activity groups including cheerleading, dancing, and games.  Each group made presentations for the rest of the participants.  After a short campus tour and lunch, everyone returned to the gym where the Kokutaiji students put on a mass group dance to Hiroshima Ondo.  Finally, and probably the best part of the visit, Moanalua and Kokutaiji students were given the opportunity to talk to one another in smaller groups where they got to learn about each other in greater detail.  It's not every school and student who gets a chance to get to know a peer from another country!  Let's meet again soon!
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