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.

Thursday

10/3: COMPLEX CONFERENCE A PREVIEW TO FUTURE LEADERS!

This is a "Repeat after me energizer!"

A-"wrist"-a-sha....

People Bingo mixes 'em up!

Learning a valuable Interactive Method (IM) lesson!

More IM.....

And even MORE!

Most important part of the conference...LUNCH!

Communication:  How to prepare a bagel snack!

Making a public speech is never easy!

Learn to take some risks!

Team building "music videos" are always popular!

Everyone gets involved....

.....and like OHANA, no one gets left behind!

Final Ohana Group Shot (click to enlarge)
 
MOHSSA Facilitators
(Top, l-r):  Carmen Rodriguez, Devin Soogrim, Eunica Escalante, Lei Lily Tam, Justin Honda, Jennifer Mead, Mark Meno, and Jocelyn Yip.  (Bottom, l-r):  Selena Fung, Jamie Hwang, Jessel Dela Cruz, Marlene Loui, and Jannah Dela Cruz.

"Ohana Means Family:  No One Gets Left Behind!"  The 2013 Moanalua Complex Conference again attracted almost 140 participants from grades 3-8 from all the schools that feed into the high school:  Moanalua Middle and Moanalua, Red Hill, Salt Lake and Shafter Elementary Schools.  The conference helps train student leaders from each school, and hopefully, they will continue in student government and eventually participate at the high school level.  Special thanks go out to the chaperones/advisors:  Ms. Renae Villa (MMS), Mr. Jeff Wong (MES), Mr. Richard Jimenez (RHES), Ms. Mae Masuda-Kop (SLES), and Ms. Adria Matsumura and Ms. Sheri Fujii (ShES).  And of course, thank you to the high school facilitators who smoothly ran all the workshops and other events.  Hope to see everyone back in 2014!
 
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