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.

Saturday

8/28: CDISC GETS THE INSIDE SCOOP ON I.M.

Once again, the annual Central District Intermediate Student Council (CDISC) visited Moanalua for training in a meeting strategy known as the Interactive Method (IM).  Moanalua officers Jessica Luong, Mark Meno, Kiara Vicens and Lisa Nakamura spent a couple of hours going over details of IM but also running a couple of ice breakers as well.  We hope that the student leaders from the six schools in attendance (Aiea, Aliamanu, Mililani, Moanalua, Wahiawa, and Wheeler) will be able to use what they learned in their student council meetings.  But most of all, we hope that they had fun as well!  Thank you to all the advisors who took time out to bring their students for training!
 

We call this meeting to order!

What a physical ice breaker! 
 
Teaching the IM process with Mark...

Jessica...

Kiara...

and Lisa!

Students' turn!

Facilitating!

Recording!

Discussing!

Final Ice Breaker....
 
OVERPOPULATION!