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Hawaii Preparatory announces dean’s list
The following students
at Hawaii Preparatory
Academy were named to
the dean’s list for the sec-
ond semester:
Grade 6: Benjamin
Apilado, Nicholas Barrick,
Morgan Davis, Camille
Helmuth,
Nathaniel
Heymann, Malia Honda,
Malia McKendry, Raquel
McMackin,
Isabella
Police, Jessi Sohriakoff,
Kayla Tadaki and Ethaniel
Wilson.
Grade 7: Charlotte
Head, Mia Patig, Jenna
Perry, Julia Ann Salvador,
Hikari Shaver and Anna
Sorensen.
Grade 8: Megan Abe,
Toby Balaam, Christopher
Chock,
Joey-Ann
Cootey, Eleanor Derry,
Hayley Emmons, Kealia
Haitsuka, Devyn Harmon,
Kyra Hartley, Riley Hiatt,
Emalia Higgins, Sihkea
Jim, Maiki Kawakami,
Ethan Kilkenny, Maile
Kuyper,
Jason
Lee,
Olivia Loney, Brendan
Moynahan,
Gemma
Palleschi,
Jacqueline
Payne, Tess Savage, Tyrie
Tanaka, Melia Van Kirk,
Zachary Vermeulen and
Hayden Virtue.
Grade
9:
Gladys
Asanza, Ada Benson,
Sienna Byrne, Mari
Camacho, Ryan Cohen,
Malcolm Davis, Emily
Fong, Sora Frysinger,
Kailer Garcia, Oliver
Grayson, Daniel Groves,
Ruby Johnson, Kento
Komatsu, Madison Lee,
Anna Morita, Sneha Nair,
Karly Noetzel, Matthew
Ostrem, Kira Parker,
Alexa Richardson, Emma
Saito, William Savage,
Coco Shafer, Bianca
Shropshire, Aliya Smigel,
Yerden Suraganov, Nahe
Texeira, Teah Van Bergen,
Gillian Winston, Zichun
Xia, Asset Yessenzhan,
Sanghyup Yoon, Keanu
Young and Jordan Zarate
Grade 10: Tyler Alt,
Anthony Beetem, David
Binkowska,
Alicia
Chow, Daniel Cohen,
Christopher De Salvo,
Taylor Doherty, George
Donev, Tania DuPont,
Sarah Emmons, Elyse
Fujioka, John Daniel
Gilhuly, Chyna Hanano,
Liam Kahoe-Morrison,
Seungyou Kim, Braden
Kojima, Rowan Kotner,
Kyung Mook Lee, Jordan
Locklin, Nicole Lorenzo,
Maria Madrid Aguera,
Tola Mahoney, Sabrina
Marvin, Riley McMackin,
Dyllan Millar, Kai Miller,
Gharin Pautz, Tanner
Riley, James Schneider,
Ethan
Stake,
Etera
Teururai, Asa Twigg-
Smith, Sidney Vermeulen,
Che Wang and Marin
Young
Grade 11: Hadley Beach,
Kathryn Byrnes, Dyllon
Ching, SavannahCochran,
Louisa Duggan, Erin
Evans, Jordan Grainger,
Hanako
Haitsuka,
Kako Ito, Elizabeth
Jim, Taimane Kamaka,
Adam Kennon, Tristan
Kilkenny, Keanna Lundy,
Daniel Matsumoto, Juan
Miche Rosales, Alexa
Montenegro, Kieu-Giang
Nguyen, Weixing Nie,
Kristen Nielsen, Emma
Ostrem, Alice Patig, Justin
Perry, Amber Rogers,
Sarah Rouse, Christopher
Rowe, Zen Simone, Maya
Smigel, McKenzie Stake,
Jackson Streiter, Leslie
Sung, Wei Tan, Emma
Taylor, NanaUeno, Jordan
Virtue, Jinzhi Wei, Will
White, Yue Wu, Wanting
Yang and Ethan Zilz
Grade
12:
Jessica
Ainslie, Hideyoshi Akai,
Michael Austin, Courtney
Barro-Kilmede, Abraham
Binder, Brittani Boora,
Oriana Brostek, Malia
Brown, Megan Canniff,
Sarah Chambless, Wen-
yu Chang, Ariana Datta,
Sabrina Disney, Mason
DuPont, Gabrielle Ewing,
Rei Fujita, Anola Grasso,
Harmony
Graziano,
Makena Hardwick, Tait
Heitz, Michael Ho, Tina
Hwang, Cyrus Inglis,
Brianna Jackson Vallente,
Alexander Jones, Caleb
Kagawa, Eliana Kaplan,
Ka Hyun Kim, Olivia
Kirkpatrick, Teia Knoll,
Caylin Kojima, Ella
Kotner, Kirara Kozuma,
Cody
Lambrecht,
Mackenzie Langmade,
Vera Mahoney, Daniel
Matsuda,
Jacob
McCafferty,
Leila
Morrison, John-Thomas
Murray, Dana Neal,
Nicolas Palleschi, Emily
Patig, Joshua Patterson,
Kauanoe Petrill-Abrojina,
Giulia Picardo, Lana
Poljak, Davy Ragland,
Mai Reinvald, Alina
Sabyr, Tanner Sakurai,
Noor Sarwar, Dale James
Sekiya, Jackson Solomon,
LawrenTaylor Stevens,
Lauren Sullivan, Connor
Varney, Joli Ana Welch,
Madeleine Wolfenberger,
Jingyi Xiang and Bryce
Zeffert.
SPECIAL TOWEST HAWAII TODAY
IN BRIEF |
SCHOOLS
Grants available to
support project-
based STEM learning
The Hawaii Science
Teachers Association, in
partnership with Chevron,
has
announced
the
availability of applications
for the 2015 Chevron/
HaSTA Education Grant
program.
The
grants,
jointly
administered by Chevron
and
Hawaii
Science
Teachers
Association,
support
project-based
learning
opportunities
for k-12 schools in STEM,
or science, technology,
engineering and math.
Teachers from public
and private schools are
encouraged to apply.
The
application
deadline is Aug. 17. For
more information and to
download an application,
visit hasta.wildapricot.org.
Since 2004, Chevron
has
supported
more
than $90,000 in grants
to schools throughout
Hawaii. Last year, $24,000
in project funding was
made available to teachers
from 19 public and private
schools statewide.
For more information
about the Hawaii Science
Teachers Association visit
hasta.wildapricot.org.
Potter studying
Russian in Moldova
LukePotter, a high school
student in Waimea, has
been awarded a National
Security
Language
Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y)
scholarship for 2015-16.
Potter will study Russian
in Moldova for the summer.
Potter is one of only 620
competitively
selected
students from across
the United States who
will receive a scholarship
to study Arabic, Chinese,
Hindi, Korean, Persian,
Russian orTurkish overseas
this year. While in Moldova,
Potter will receive formal
instruction and informal
language practice in an
immersion environment.
The NSLI-Y program
seeks to increase the
number of Americans
who can engage with
native speakers of critical
languages. The
goals
of the program include
sparking a lifelong interest
in foreign languages and
cultures, and developing a
corps of young Americans
with the skills necessary
to advance international
dialogue and cross-cultural
opportunities in the private,
academic, and government
sectors.
Applications for 2016-
17 NSLI-Y programs are
expected to be available
at nsliforyouth.org in the
early fall. For information
about U.S. Department of
State-sponsored exchange
programs, visit exchanges.
state.gov.
Pautz on Gonzaga
president’s list
Whitney
Pautz
of
Kailua-Kona has earned
placement on the Gonzaga
University president’s list
for spring semester 2015.
Students must earn a 3.7
to 4.0 grade-point average
to be listed.
Parker takes first
in Kaimana Awards
Parker School recently
received first place hon-
ors from Hawaii Medical
Service
Association’s
annual Kaimana Awards
for its achievements in ath-
letics, academics, sports-
manship, healthy activities
and community service
over the 2014-15 school
year.
In a partnership with
the Hawaii High School
Athletic Association, the
HMSA Kaimana Awards
and Scholarship Program
recognizes Hawaii high
schools and their student
athletes who reflect their
school’s commitment to
creating role models on
and off the field. Kaimana,
the Hawaiian word for dia-
mond, adorns the crystal
trophy recipients received
in an honorary luncheon
which was held Saturday
on Oahu.
Schools
competed
within their division and
earned points throughout
the school year based on
student participation in the
following five categories:
athletics, academic per-
formance, sportsmanship,
healthy activities and com-
munity service. Parker’s
upper school, consisting of
ninth- through 12th-grad-
ers, won first place in the
Hawaii Island Division II
category, for the first time
since 2009 after finishing
third place for the past
several years. Parker’s first
place win was accompa-
nied with $1,500, which
will help acquire updated
sports equipment.
Parker earned a perfect
score in both the sports-
manship and community
service categories.
