Moanalua High School Student Association: 1/8: HAPPY NEW YEAR OHANA STYLE!

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.

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1/8: HAPPY NEW YEAR OHANA STYLE!

The annual Ohana Day Festival was celebrated at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii under beautiful clear skies and, unlike last year, no water sprinkler mishaps! The festival is held each year to celebrate the new year, Japanese style so of course, the highlights included mochi pounding, cultural displays, and the introduction of the Cherry Blossom court members. If you didn't get a chance to attend, you really missed out! Our officer group was given the task of managing the volunteer booth and later taking care of the rest of the workers throughout the festival. It was a lot of fun! We'll be back in 2018!