For our October project, we spent a Sunday morning cleaning Makapu'u beach. It was actually not too bad, but we did manage a large kitchen trash bag full. We did notice people also randomly picking up litter as they were leaving, so it's really a nice community effort to keep the beach free of litter. Thank you to all the volunteer officers as well as parents who dropped them off and picked them up later. It was a far, but scenic drive, and while there was a brief sprinkle, it turned out to be a great sunny day!
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.