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

10/20: A DAY AT PAPAHANA KUAOLA!

L-R:  Brooke Chinen, Rachel Tanoue, Erica Carlos, Maddie Nguyen,
Taylor May Lacar, Dani Hipol, and Ryan Matsumoto take a break!
At where?  Papahana Kuaola is a non-profit dedicated to restoring the native ecosystem and preserving Hawaii agricultural sites. This is a place to learn and to work.  Our project today was to help clear out invasive plants along He'eia Stream in Kaneohe.  While spending only a couple of hours, seven of us were able to clear out a substantial amount of plants crowding out native species.  Along with our officer group were a large number of other volunteer groups from younger children to adults.  It was a great learning experience!
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