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SACRED HEARTS ACADEMY
November 2014 | Vol. XVVI, No. 13
Students spotlighted during Hiki No segment
The Academy’s video production students were in
the spotlight as the hosts for the production of “Hiki
No” which aired on October 30.
While introducing each segment of the 30-minute
news program, part of the nation’s first statewide student news network, the students shared tidbits about the
Academy.
During the month spent prepping for the segment,
the students wrote the script and filmed on-campus, with
assistance from IT Coordinator Randall Pong, mentor
Scott Amoana (right with Celina Ma, Danielle Garza,
Debi Sordillia, Tristin Martin and Maya Mathur) and
Ryan Kawamoto of Kinetic Productions.
The program hosted by the Academy can be viewed
at www.pbshawaii.org/hikino/.
Annual drive shows aloha of school community
“Aloha” and serving the community
were the themes for this year’s Academy
campaign benefiting Aloha United Way
(AUW).
The effort began on October 19 when
students donated $3 to “Dress Down”
for the day instead of donning their uniforms.
On October 23, students, parents and
faculty patronized the annual Snack and
Bake Sale, which was well stocked
because of the generous donations by parents and family members.
The AUW events culminated on October
31 when students donated $3 for the
“Costumes for a Cause” effort and dressed in Halloween attire for
the day.
Finally, $300 was added of “Teacher Go Fund Me” donations.
A total of $6,991.29 was raised from all the AUW projects, and
a check for the total will be presented to the organization in
December.
LEFT: Fifth graders
Sydney Shiroma, Cindy
Nguyen and Isabella Savea
during Costumes for a
Cause; BELOW: Parents
Lynn Kwock, Jane Kim,
Frank Bailey and
Rhonda Kostiha volunteer
at the Bake and Snack Sale
with Lower School
Vice Principal Remee Tam.
November 2014 | Vol. XVVI, No. 13
From the Head of School
MUSIC TAKES THE STAGE
Drama
is a passion
for
many of
our girls!
Seussical
Jr. opens
at Mamiya
Theatre
t h i s
evening.
Thirty-four Academy students are participating, with full houses expected for most
of the performances that run through the
weekend and next week.
The Academy is grateful for the outstanding tutelage of Drama Director Kyle
Kakuno. I take this opportunity to thank
Kyle and his wife, Cathy, for their years of
dedication to the Sacred Hearts drama program with such productions as Mulan,
Annie, Little Mermaid, Sound of Music,
Cinderella and Aida.
The Academy is fortunate to have Kyle
directing while he manages the Mamiya
Theatre on the campus of Saint Louis
School. Truly a theater person, Kyle, who is
dedicated to his craft, is an outstanding
example of goodness who consistently
models his spirituality to our students.
Enjoy the weekend, and join the school
on Tuesday in celebrating the lives of so
many veterans who have courageously
served our country in an honorable fashion. We also celebrate our family members
who are currently serving our country.
Let’s hear it for the girls...
KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE
The Academy was
well represented at
the annual Susan G.
Komen Race for the
Cure on November 2.
Twenty-one students from the freshman class, Club Med
and the Interact and
“S” Clubs joined
members of Zonta
International in providing water and support to participants of
the race.
Parents Leonora
Balagtas,
Robert
Dulay and Evangeline Lumapas and Director of
Student Activities Toni Normand also joined the effort
along the route.
Teacher Masa Yamaguchi performed with his bagpipe troupe, and sophomore Azure-Lynne Parker ran
the one-mile walk portion in honor of her grandmother
who is a breast cancer survivor.
LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL JR.
Senior
Lauren
Nagamine and junior
Rache Sapla will take
the stage in the
Performing
Arts
Center of Kapolei
production of Legally
Blonde the Musical
Jr.
Nagamine plays
the lead, Elle Woods,
in the show, and Sapla
is Paulette Bonafante.
The
production
runs on November 14,
21 and 22 at 7:30
p.m. and November
20 at 6:30 p.m. at Kapolei High School Forum.
For more information, call 808-305-8048 or go to
www.showtix4u.com.
November 2014 | Vol. XVVI, No. 13
Sixth graders walk like an Egyptian...
The sixth graders have been studying about Egypt in their curriculum and
hosted an “Ancient Egyptian Museum Walk” for students, parents and faculty on November 3.
For the walk, the students created their own, one-of-a-kind artifact reflecting Ancient Egyptian life and culture.
The over 60 artifacts on display included pyramids, sarcophaguses, jewelry
and, of course, mummies!
And, also print like one!
Shari Ho
To compliment their Social Studies unit, the
sixth graders, under the guidance of art
teacher Malia Urie, created drawings of
Ancient Egyptian royalty and gods, paying
careful attention to
sizes, shapes and details
in their art classes.
Then, they “pressed”
their drawings into styrofoam to make a printing plate, matched ink
and paper so the replicas depicted authentic
palettes used in Ancient
Egypt, rolled ink onto
the plate and created an
inverse image.
Christmas
Tree Sale
Wreaths and select
Noble Fir and Douglas Fir
trees still available to order
until November 30!
PICK-UP:
December 6 - 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
December 7 - 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Academy Parking Lot
INFORMATION:
http://shapg216.wix.com/shapg
2016
808-223-2843 or
808-306-4328
Kelee Aizawa-Smith
Jasmine Le
Brianna Keshavarzi
Project Graduation
2016
Kauionalani Emond
November 2014 | Vol. XVVI, No. 13
Living like the ancient Hawaiians
The Academy’s fourth graders spent the day on
October 28 living like those of old Hawai’i and participating
in traditional activities during a learning trip to the sacred
center of the Kualoa and Hakipu’u ahupua’a (land division).
After offering “ho’okupu” (gift), the students enjoyed
makahiki (season of harvest) games, na mo’olelo (stories)
and even a ride on the wa’a (double-hulled canoes)
towards Mokoli’i (Chinaman’s Hat).
Not only did the students, including (below left) Ki-ani
Hashiba and Maia Moya, connect to the ‘aina and its history, but they also bonded and created friendships with
those at Kualoa.
Crossing the season-ending
finish line
T h e
Academy’s
c r o s s
country
runners
had
an
eventful
season,
which culminated at
t
h
e
Hawai’i
H i g h
School
Athletic
Association State Championships at Central Oahu
Regional Park on November 1.
Participating in her second cross country championships, (above middle) junior Phoebe Kirk attacked the
three-mile course, finishing in 19:46.34 and placing 15th
out of 199 runners.
Joining Kirk in the race were sophomores (above left)
Monica Kirk and Michelle He, who both qualified for
their first championship experience after strong finishes
during the season.
Rocking along in Astronomy class
During a recent lab, the students in Joseph Lyon’s
Astronomy class applied what they learned about rocks floating
in space – specifically, meteors, small pieces, and asteroids, large
chunks.
When meteors and asteroids enter the Earth’s atmosphere,
they start to burn up and appear as shooting stars. Some of these
pieces hit the ground, and the released energy creates a crater.
To simulate this phenomenon, the students, including (right)
seniors Tyler Yoshida and Pamela Nishida, dropped balls of
different diameters, densities and masses to investigate how different objects can make varied-size craters upon impact.