4/30: SENATE AWARDS HONORS THE TRULY DEDICATED!

The final Senate Meeting was held to honor all senators, committee chairs and outgoing SA Officers.  Pictured below are not everyone involved but simply those who attended.  Thank you to all who came to receive their awards.  You are truly appreciated!

 

Committee Chairs

First Year Senators

Second Year Senators

Third Year Senators

Fourth Year Senators

Outgoing SA Officers (l-r):  Lily Tam (HSSC Representative), Jocelyn Yip (SCC Representative), Crystal Fujiwara (Clerk), Brooke Chinen (Treasurer), Jeongbin Won (Corresponding Secretary), Rachelle Yang (Recording Secretary), Eunica Escalante (Vice President), and Devin Soogrim (President)

 

4/28-5/1: ETHNIC WEEK FEATURES CULTURAL TALENT!

This year's Ethnic Week features talented students displaying arts and dances of various cultures including Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Polynesian.  Throughout the week, lunch hour activities included fan making, Filipino tinikling dancing (bamboo poles), Japanese sing-a-longs, Korean songs and videos, and topped of with a May Day Program to be featured in a separate entry.  This is a chance for various cultures to share their activities with the rest of the student body.  Next year, we hope to have even more variety!

 

Mr. Pasquil leads a Filipino game of "Hip, Hip, Hooray!"

Students from the ESLL program demonstrate Tinikling!

Then offer others a chance to try!



The operative word is....TRY! 

Sing along with us in Japanese!

And many more joined in!

But what they REALLY enjoyed was free mochi!

 

4/24: WELCOME NEW PARENTS!

Once again, it was time to meet the parents!  The annual SA Officer Parent Night offered parents of incoming SA officers an insight into what they should expect for their children in the coming year.  Besides an explanation of  the program, they also perused through past OSCAR scrapbooks, conversed with other parents, and took a short tour of the student council facilities.  Thank you to all parents who took time out of their Friday evening to attend.  Hopefully, they gained a clearer picture of the activities program and will readily support their children's activities this coming school year!
 

Everyone listens intently as.....

 

Vice President-elect Mark Meno introduces his parent!

 

 

4/19: FINAL PROJECT AT EQUINE 808!

As the end of the school year approaches, it also means that the team projects are coming to a close, and the final such project was working at the Equine 808 Horse Rescue Ranch.  Equine 808 takes in horses either too old for their intended duty or no longer wanted by its owner.  In addition to the horse, they also had on hand a couple of donkeys, goats, pigs, chickens, ducks and guinea pigs.  Our job this morning was to refurbish horse stalls full of ruts created by the horses themselves.  Uneven stall floors can cause injury to the horses.  This meant digging up loose dirt, filling wheelbarrows, and rolling them into the stalls.  After that, mulch was used to cover the fresh dirt to provide softer footing for the shoeless horses.  Dusty?  Yes.  Smelly?  Definitely!  Fun?  ABSOLUTELY!  It's the third time we have volunteered here in the last four years, so that says a lot.  We'll be back!

 

Let's get ready to work!

Taking the facility tour; getting to know all the animals!

Learning how the horses are kept!

Now comes the hard part....digging!  Push that wheelbarrow, Jenn!

And leveling the stalls!

Alyssa takes our new friend Clyde for a walk!

Followed by Crystal.....

Devin.....

Eunica.....

and finally Rachelle!

L-R:  Edra, Rachelle, Devin, Alyssa, Crystal, Clyde, and Eunica!  About time we have some boys in SA!  (missing:  Jennifer Mead)

 

 

 

4/2-3: RECORD RETREAT!

This year's annual S.A. Joint Executive Council Planning Retreat was completed in record time!  The retreat usually concludes at or near 4:00 p.m. on the second day, but this year, all work was done by 2:40 p.m.!  While the retreat ended over an hour earlier than usual, all major events were planned and discussions were as lively and productive as usual.  What made it quick and productive was the fact that there was an extra high level of understanding and compromise with 23 different minds all trying to reach a common goal.  In addition, there was the usual camaraderie, shopping and dining fun, scavenger hunt, and late evening chats.  Next school year is looking great!  Thank you to all present and incoming officers as well as the four class advisors who made it all possible!

Hitting the sidewalk for dinner in Waikiki!

Mark desperately wants to borrow Devin's blanket!

See?

Present Vice President Eunica and President Devin kick-off discussions!

Incoming President Jessica and Vice President Mark follow up!

EVERYONE participates!

Advisors head out for lunch!

Kylah and Lisa make sure this cupcake place is on the scavenger hunt list!

Erin, Shareen, Ashley and Lisa check off Haagen Dazs from the list!

Mark braves the Honolulu Cookie Company alone!

The Stupid Factory is on the list, too?

Mark and Kiara find yet another factory, The Cheesecake factory!

Victoria is not sure if THIS place is part of the scavenger hunt!

Kylah, Jessica and Edra compare notes!

TOP ROW (l-r):  Nathan, Erin, Jessica D., Ashley, Jessica L., Mark, Alyssa, and Kylah.  MIDDLE ROW (l-r):  Lisa, Victoria, Alisha, Kiara, Edra, Shareen, Lily, and Brooke.  BOTTOM ROW (l-r): Crystal, Jocelyn, Rachelle, K, Eunica, Jennifer, and Devin.