THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 | WEST HAWAII TODAY
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Imiloa launches new mobile outreach
Imiloa
Astronomy
Center announces the
launch of its newest edu-
cational endeavor, MANU
Imiloa, a mobile out-
reach program aimed at
sharing Imiloa’s unique
brand of culture-based
science education across
the island. Beginning in
the fall, MANU Imiloa
(Modern and Ancient
ways of Navigating our
Universe) will take Imiloa
staff on the road with an
interactive curriculum
inspired by the Polynesian
Voyaging Society’s epic
Worldwide Voyage, and
designed to explore the
skills involved in non-in-
strument ocean naviga-
tion, or wayfinding.
Outreach
will
be
offered in two formats.
NOIO (Non-instrument
Orientation,
an
Introduction to Oceanic
Wayfinding) is a 30- to
60-minute package that
canbedeliveredonrequest
by K-12 schools and com-
munity centers, or offered
as part of local events.
Audiences of all ages gath-
er around a model of the
Hawaiian Star Compass
or sit inside Imiloa’s dig-
ital portable planetarium
to learn how wayfinders
rely upon the stars and
their relationship with the
environment to determine
course and direction.
The second offering,
KOLEA (Keeping Our
Legacy of Exploration
Alive), is an over two-
week curriculum package
designed specifically for
middle school teachers
to adopt for seventh and
eighth grade science or
math classes. Titled “The
Geometry of Wayfinding,”
it explores the geometry
and science that under-
gird traditional Polynesian
non-instrumental nav-
igation. Created using
Moenaha — a cul-
ture-based curriculum
design and instructional
model — and developed
with the guidance of a
teacher advisory com-
mittee, this experience
aligns with Common Core
State Math Standards, Na
Honua Mauli Ola Cultural
Guidelines for Learners,
and Next Generation
Science
Standards.
KOLEA comprises six
units designed to be
taught over two weeks,
with one unit delivered
in an outreach visit by
Imiloa staff, and the oth-
ers pre- and post-visit les-
sons to be taught by the
classroom teacher.
Along with curriculum,
KOLEA offers partici-
pating teachers special-
ized training, access to
customized educational
materials and travel-
ing toolkits, and oppor-
tunities to engage with
crewmembers from the
Worldwide Voyage. The
2015-16 KOLEA pro-
gram will be limited to
a first cohort of 10 mid-
dle school teachers across
Hawaii Island. Selected
teachers must complete
program requirements
and participate in an
inaugural teacher work-
shop slated for Oct. 5 to
7. Applications for the
10 places close Aug. 15;
selection committee deci-
sions will be announced
by Sept. 1.
The development of
curriculum and materi-
als and the pilot testing
of Imiloa’s new mobile
outreach programming
were made possible by a
generous grant from the
Gordon and Betty Moore
Foundation. The Moore
Foundation grant has also
funded Imiloa’s purchase
of a digital portable plan-
etarium, and during the
coming year, it will enable
Imiloa to acquire a cus-
tomized vehicle for use in
outreach.
For more information
on Imiloa outreach pro-
grams and costs, visit imi-
loahawaii.org, email out-
or call 969-9721.
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Parker School
third-grader
Kahea Gaglione
holds up her
second prize
award winning
artwork for
the Lion’s
Club “Sight
Is Beautiful”
contest. The
contest was open
to children from
K-6 and division
judges from
Lions of Hawaii
chose winners
based on artistic
work (nothing
computer
generated),
originality,
theme, color and
neatness with
the words “Sight
is Beautiful” on
the face of the
poster, signifying
what the child
places his/her
greatest value
on their ability
to see the world
around them.
Students were
only allowed
to use crayons,
pencils, paint or
markers.
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Parker student takes second place in contest
IN BRIEF |
SCHOOLS
Cowell, Okamoto
earn degrees
Kailua-Kona residents Garrett
Cowell
and
Ryan
Okamoto
graduated this month from Oregon
Institute of Technology with a
degree in the listed field of study:
Cowell earned a civil engineering
degree and Okamoto a degree
in manufacturing engineering
technology.
Nair earns spot on
Fort Lewis dean’s list
Cara Nair of Kailua-Kona was
among more than 400 students
named to the Fort Lewis College’s
dean’s list for the spring semester.
Nair’s major is elementary
education
and
economics-
economics at the school located in
Durango, Colo.
Sarwar awarded
bachelor’s degree
Eaman L. Sarwar of Waimea was
one of nearly 600 students who
received bachelor’s degrees from
St. Lawrence University during
commencement ceremonies held
May 17 in Canton, N.Y..
Sarwar received the degree of
bachelor of arts. Sarwar majored
in government and global studies.
Sarwar graduated from Hawaii
Preparatory Academy.
Gervais, Katayama
receive scholarships
The Richard and Eleanor Imai
Shin Buddhist scholarship annually
awards grants of at least $2,000.
The mission of this scholarship
award is to grant financial support
to deserving Shin Buddhist youths
in their pursuit of higher educa-
tion and concomitantly enhance
their practice of and commitment
to Shin Buddhist principles and
teachings throughout their lifetime.
This year scholarships of $3,400
have been awarded to Cristina
Gervais and Kelsey Katayama. The
2015 applicants were judged in
part on essays submitted on the
topic “What should be the Shin
Buddhists view of terrorists?”
Gervais has been an active mem-
ber of the Honpa Hongwanji Hilo
Betsuin since she was 4 years old as
a member of Hilo Hongwanji’s 4-H
clubs, attending Dharma school for
seven years, Jr. YBA member and
officer, and student of the Gakuen
(Japanese school) and graduated
from that pro-
gram receiv-
ing the State
of
Hawaii
Japanese
Language
Association
award twice.
She has cho-
sen to attend
the University
of Hawaii at
Hilo majoring
in linguistics.
Katayama
has been an
active member
of the
Kona
Hongwanji
since he was 5 years old attending
Dharma School and participating in
the many Dharma School activities;
Taiko Club since he was 8 years old
and becoming a leader of the club
in his high school years; and Jr. YBA
member and officer.
Hewill beattending theUniversity
of Hawaii at Manoa majoring in
accounting.
HPA honors
upper school
students
Hawaii Preparatory
Academy honored the
following upper school
students on May 11 for
special achievement in
academic studies, the
arts, athletics, and com-
munity service:
Alumni Association
Award: Nathan Ladwig
and Kaili Yuen; John
L.
Pricher
Award:
Hanako Haitsuka and
Will White; Holi Bergin
Memorial Scholarship
Award: Zen Simone; Cy
Keala Spencer “Spirit of
Aloha” Award: Lokelani
Ching; Ulrike Katharina
“Bieni” Kohler-Johnson
Scholarship
Award:
Elizabeth
Jim
and
Jordan Zarate; U.S. Army
Reserve Scholar Athlete
Award:
Hideyoshi
Akai and Ella Kotner;
Athletic Booster Club
Career Athlete Awards:
Keisuke
Anzai
and
Gabrielle Ewing; Hawaii
High School Athletic
Association (HHSAA)
Champion Awards: Boys
Cross Country Team
(Division II) and Girls
Soccer Team (Division
II).
New
members
of
Cum Laude, the school’s
honor society: Erina
Baudat, Abraham Binder,
Brittani Boora, Kathryn
Byrnes, Megan Canniff,
Savannah
Cochran,
Harmony
Graziano,
Hanako Haitsuka, Nicole
Johnston,
Alexander
Jones, Adam Kennon,
Tristan Kilkenny, Kirara
Kiki Kozuma, Weixing
Nie, Justin Perry, Lana
Poljak, Zen Simone,
Lauren Sullivan, Jordan
Virtue, and Will White.
English
Mount Holyoke College
Award: Jordan Virtue;
Paul Knauff Creative
Writing Award: Ariana
Datta; Excellence in
English Award: Harmony
Graziano.
Fine arts
Ka Makani Theatre
Award: Colby Camero; Ka
Makani Musical Theatre
Award: Miller White;
Career
Performance
Award: Miina Shimizu;
Phyllis A. Richards
Theatre Arts Scholarship:
Jackson Streiter; Vocal
Music Award: Tanner
Riley;
Instrumental
Music Award: Caylin
Kojima; Andy Ackerman
Art Award: Michael Ho;
Academy Art Award:
Won Jeong Claire Chey;
Art History Award:
Will White; George
Watson
Audio-Visual
Award: Tanner Sakurai;
Photojournalism Award:
Jessica Ainslie.
Mathematics
Algebra I Award: Kento
Komatsu;
Geometry
Award:
Sanghyup
Johnny Yoon; Algebra
II/Trigonometry Award:
Sidney
Vermeulen;
Calculus Honors Award:
Seungyou Bruce Kim;
AP Calculus Award:
Kieu-Giang Nguyen; AP
Statistics Award: Will
White.
Modern language
Chinese
Language
Award: Alice Patig;
Japanese
Language
Award: Daniel Matsuda;
Hawaiian
Language
Award: Leilani Bostock;
Spanish
Language
Award: JacksonSolomon;
Institute of English
Studies
Outstanding
Progress Award: Yuxin
(Rain) Du; Institute
of
English
Studies
Achievement
Award:
Yerden Suraganov.
Science
Joseph Martire Biology
Award: Ella Kotner;
Thomas
Webb
Mar
Physics Award: Davy
Ragland; Alan Fujimoto
Chemistry
Award:
Seungyou Bruce Kim;
Environmental Science
Scholar Award: Jessica
Ainslie;
Engineering
Award: JacksonSolomon;
The Science Award: Davy
Ragland.
Social studies
Jay Wilder Award for
Excellence in History:
Sidney
Vermeulen;
Cathy Schmidel Award
for Excellence in Social
Science: Noor Sarwar;
Ben Dillingham U.S.
History Award: Kathryn
Byrnes.
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Katayama
Gervais
Katayama
Gervais
