Four more Kahuku seniors achieve

By Caryn Kunz

Last week, I attended the Nu'u Ministries' annual Lumana'i Awards Banquet, a scholarship program for Hawaii high school students of Samoan ancestry.

Last year, we had 2 Kahuku students win the award. This year, there were 4 Kahuku students and one area resident among the awardees. Way to go Ko'olauloa!

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Kahuku High senior wins congressional district art contest

Ghialana Borges, a Kahuku High School senior, has won the grand prize at the 2009 Congressional Art Contest "Kaha Kii: An Artistic Discovery."

The announcement was made Monday by U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono.

Borges' winning work, a photograph titled "Reflections," will represent Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District on display in Washington, D.C.

A total of 148 students from Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Oahu and the Big Island entered the contest.

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Mililani, Kahuku to battle for OIA title

They finish goals, and each other's sentences too.

"We just want to succeed ... " started Mililani junior forward Mari Miyashiro.

"So we work off each other and help each other out," senior forward Chelsey Goo finished.

Goo scored in the first half and Miyashiro added one in the second half for the Trojans in their 2-0 win over Kapolei in the O'ahu Interscholastic Association semifinals last night at Roosevelt High School's Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium.

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Red Raiders hold off Chargers, 1-0, for first finals appearance

"Red Raider Nation" will enter unchartered territory tonight, as Kahuku makes what is believed to be its first appearance in an O'ahu Interscholastic Association girls soccer championship game.

The Red Raiders, who finished fifth in the OIA Red Conference Eastern Division, continued their improbable run through the postseason with a 1-0 victory over West runner-up Pearl City last night at Roosevelt's Ticky Vasconcellos Stadium.

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Kahuku is alive with the Sound of Music

By Caryn Kunz

The Kahuku High and Intermediate Drama crew will perform Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music this week on campus.

I was able to catch up with them during a busy dress rehearsal last week in the cafeteria, as students ironed out pre-performance kinks such as crackling portable mics, falling props, and a missing Captain von Trapp (backstage trying to change into his military suit for the ball).

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No. 3 Kahuku claims OIA East regular-season title

KAHUKU — The Kahuku girls volleyball team kept its perfect season alive, clinched the O'ahu Interscholastic Association's Red East regular-season title, and did it without one of its top players.

To top it off, Kahuku's victory over Moanalua last night was one to remember on the Red Raiders' Senior Night.

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Kahuku High heat abatement project warms up

By Alohi Bikle, Kahuku High correspondent

Kahuku High & Intermediate School was recently selected to pilot test a heat abatement project involving "energy saving" cooling designs on several different portable classrooms around campus; but the project, which will cost less than installing air conditioning, is already a bit behind schedule.

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Funaki named UH's starting QB

Head football coach Greg McMackin yesterday named Inoke Funaki the starting quarterback for Hawai'i's home opener against Weber State on Saturday at Aloha Stadium...

Funaki is a fourth-year junior. After leading Kahuku High to consecutive state championships, he committed to the Warriors. But the start of his UH career was delayed when he went on a two-year church mission. He redshirted in 2005, then served as the No. 3 quarterback the next two seasons.

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Kahuku Library to Host September Programs and a Book Sale

Kahuku Public & School Library is scheduled to host a book sale and four Tuesday evening programs in September. All programs will be held from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room; admission is free.

Gold not changing Kai

U.S. Women's soccer player Natasha Kai figures she's still the same person that she was just a few weeks ago.

Except with a gold medal.

"It hasn't sunk in yet, that I won a gold medal," the Kahuku native said. "When I look at it, I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, I won a gold medal.' Sometimes I'm sitting back, and I'm like, 'I did it.'

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School tests cooling designs

Kahuku students may escape 'purgatory' of portable classrooms

Kahuku High & Intermediate School will soon test four schemes to cool temperatures in portable classrooms, some so hot they're known on campus as "purgatory."

The most successful cooling option will be applied to buildings throughout the state's public school campuses.

The heat abatement pilot project will test passive cooling designs as opposed to installing air conditioning, a high energy user in a time of soaring electric bills.

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Kai is golden in soccer

UH alum enters late in game as U.S. women top Brazil, 1-0

BEIJING — They came to the Beijing Olympics as a team trying to find its way, still adjusting to a new coach and each other, still smarting from a loss that brought humiliation on and off the field.

They dropped their first game, hardly an auspicious start for a country that had lost only one other in three Olympics. But bit by bit, game by game, they came together, figuring out what it would take to win.

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Versatile Galeai making a name for himself at Kahuku

Kahuku football player Jray Galeai gets the most out of his unique first name.

Instead of being named Ray Jr., after his father — one of the most superb athletes to come out of Kahuku — the "J" for junior was just tagged up front.

"He wanted to name me after him, but there's so many 'juniors' in the family, he didn't want to name me 'Junior,' " Galeai said of his father. "so he put 'J' initial and 'Ray' together to make Jray, so it's like Junior Ray."

But it's pronounced like Dr. Dre.

"That's one thing I get out of everybody out here is that it's unique," Galeai said.

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Kai on Olympic soccer team

The tattoo-covered, goal-scoring Natasha Kai is one of the leading scorers on U.S. Women's National Team. Yet all the confidence she displays on the field doesn't always translate off it.

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U.S. team picks Kai to play in Korea

Former Kahuku High and University of Hawai'i standout Natasha Kai has been named to the roster of the U.S. women's soccer team that will play at the 2008 Peace Queen Cup in South Korea this month.

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2008 Citizenship Awards

The 4th Annual Citizenship Awards is a collaborative effort between The Hawai'i Hotel & Lodging Association, The Honolulu Advertiser and the Hawai'i State Department of Education. This exciting event recognizes one graduating high school Senior from each public school Statewide. Students are recogized for their spirit of Citizenship, of giving back to their school or community at large.

Kahuku Honoree

Gina Marie Ahue

Parents: Terry & April Ahue
College: University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Major: Business

Achievements:
Kahuku Yearbook Editor-in-Chief, State Science Fair Honorable Mention. Helped gir's water polo team reach the state finals for the past three years. Will complete five out of Kahuku's six AP classes.

Community Service:
Numerous community service projects through the National Honor Society and the North Shore Christian Fellowship

Character:
Gina is a friendly, supportive, dependable and an active member of the senior class. She is the kind of student teachers love to have in their classes. Gina is most proud of her athletic accomplishments. She participated in soccer and water polo for four years. She was named OIA player of the year as a sophomore, and all state tournament first team as a freshman. Gina is a very competitive person and doesn't like to finish second best. She is determeined to make sure that, as a senior, she helps her water polo team win the state championship this year. (Matthew Mumma, Counselor)

Mentor:
Lori Nishimura is an English and Yearbook teacher. From all the years I've know her, she has helped me realize my dreams. Her kind and loving character is always respectful, and I can look to her whenever I need anything. She will be a teacher I will remember for the rest of my life.

Personal Statement:
I am a very hard working and driven student. I try to put a lot of effort into everthing that I do. I come into situations with a positive attitude hoping that I can expand my knowledge more every day.

Hawai'i Hotel & Lodging Association Sponsor Member:
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Star Poets pen from deep within

No one ever said growing up is easy, but if you're curious about its modern-day complexities, joys and surprises, read the poetry of youths.

In poems, children and teenagers find a voice for feelings they would otherwise struggle to express. In writing that comes from the heart, they share what the world means to them.

Anything can inspire the works, from a favorite family vehicle to the way generations fail to communicate.

Samantha Thee, an 18-year-old Kahuku High & Intermediate School senior, recently wrote about an eating disorder:

Her outer shell,

Top Model approved.

The light inside,

Extinguished.

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Kai's three goals lift U.S. to 6-0 win

Natasha Kai had already scored two goals, and when another ball went off her foot into the back of the net, the reality of her accomplishment hit home.

It was the first career hat trick for Kai, who led the U.S. women's soccer team to a 6-0 win against Canada in a friendly at RFK Stadium yesterday.

"My mind was just like, 'Oh. My. Goodness.' I'm still kind of shocked," Kai said.

Kai said it was her first hat trick since she played at the University of Hawai'i. All three goals came in a 19-minute span in the second half when the Americans' lead went from 1-0 to 5-0.

Kai, a Kahuku High alum, had the strongest performance, but she wasn't the only one.

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Kahuku debate team in final 4

The Kahuku High & Intermediate School debate team is one of four teams from across the nation competing in the New York University National Public Policy Forum National debate finals.
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By advancing to the finals, the Kahuku debaters are eligible for a $10,000 grand prize. The competition takes place April 26 on the New York University campus.

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Tiffany Polk new champ in recitation of poetry

Kahuku High & Intermediate School student Tiffany Polk is the state winner in the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest.

Polk, a senior, recited "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou and "Unknown Girl in a Maternity Ward" by Anne Sexton. She won an all-expenses-paid trip to the national finals in Washington, D.C., and a chance to win a $20,000 college scholarship. She also won $500 to purchase poetry books for her high school and $200 in cash.