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.

Monday

3/18: LANTERN MAKING PROJECT TAKES AN INTERNATIONAL TWIST!

Putting together thank-you gifts for the volunteers!
And putting together the floating lanterns!
Making new Canadian friends (and teaching them to "shaka")!
The final officer project for the year (l-r):  Jannah Dela Cruz, Jamie Hwang,Kelly Zakimi, Erica Carlos, Dani Hipol, Wai Sam Lao, Sydney Miyashiro, and Alyssa Lagat-Ramos.  It was the FINAL FINAL one for seniors Kelly, Wai Sam, Sydney, and Alyssa!
The final OFFICER initiated project for the year took place at the Shinnyo-En where we helped construct lanterns for the annual Lantern Floating Festival on Memorial Day and also put together thank-you gifts for the volunteers.  While we have done this project in the past, this time there was a little extra twist.  Students from Canada were also there to help, and the project coordinators thought it would be a good idea to place us together with them and work as partners!  This was a great idea as not only did we get to help construct the lanterns, but we also got to make new Canadian friends and teach them a few Hawaiian "customs."
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