Moanalua High School Student Association: 5/16: AWARDS ASSEMBLY COMBINES WITH STATE CHAMPION RECOGNITION!

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.

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5/16: AWARDS ASSEMBLY COMBINES WITH STATE CHAMPION RECOGNITION!

This year's Awards Assembly was almost "back to normal" but was instead split into two parts with departmental awards announced at a parent/teacher-only ceremony in the Performing Arts Center, and a schoolwide awards announcement later, combined with a State Champions recognition Assembly. The first part before school started at 7:30 a.m. featured departmental awards only including the Student Association induction ceremony for 2022-2023 officers.

Once school began, the entire student body moved to the athletic field to honor Moanalua's SIX state champions including: Girls Air Riflery, Cheerleading, Boys and Girls Wrestling, and Boys and Girls Judo. Special VIP guests included Senators Glenn Wakai and Donne Mercado Kim, and Representative Linda Ichiyama. Following the ceremony, the schoolwide winners were announced:

Freshman of the Year: Olivia Yoshida

Sophomore of the Year: Jorryn Orias

Junior of the Year, Danielle Henderson

Senior of the Year: Juliana-Symone Tabura

SA Officer of the Year: Isabelle Huynh

Menehune of the Year: Juliana-Symone Tabura

Organization of the Year: LEO Club (Advisor: Janice Deliz, President: Kalyn Tom)

Teacher of the Year: Neilson Ishida

Class of the Year: SENIORS, Class of 2022