Moanalua High School Student Association: 9/1: OKINAWAN FESTIVAL

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.

Sunday

9/1: OKINAWAN FESTIVAL - NEW SITE, SAME FUN EVENT!

This year marked a big change for the organizers of the annual Okinawan Festival. No longer at Kapiolani Park, the festival moved to a new indoor, and COOLER facility, the Hawaii Convention Center. No longer did you have to sweat it out in the hot sun, dodge for cover in a heavy rain, or worse, have the event cancelled because of an impending hurricane as was a the case two years ago. Our officer group took on our annual task, the manning of the inflatables and rides. The bonus for being indoors was no bug and lizards hiding out in the inflatables! Thank you to all officers who attended as well as ride coordinator Lynne Yamamoto!