The CMS Courier - Punahou School

Volume 6
Issue 1
The Case Middle School
Courier
November
2009
Produced by the Students of Punahou School, 1601 Punahou Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Cafeteria Comes with
Changes this Year
The grinds lines.
Photos by B. Dodge.
LEED-ing the Way to
a Platinum Finish
Construction continues for K-1.
Photo by M.-B. Thomas
By Bridgette Dodge
T
he cafeteria has always been
a fun place to hang out with
friends and fill stomachs with delicious food.
But is the cafeteria too expensive? Will there ever be a shorter
line at the cafeteria? And what is
the story on the price
changes?
According to Mrs.
Marcia Wright, Director of Food Services,
to address these questions the school surveyed our students,
held a number of committee meetings, and
invited consultants to
review our services.
The first question: what made
the Cafeteria change to the $5.95
plate lunch and then back?
Mrs. Wright said that the flat rate
fee system was set up to hopefully
help line issues and the price was
based on the choices that were offered to 7th and 8th graders.
However, some students often
were taking just a baked potato
and Mrs. Wright felt this was “paying too much” for what they took.
Long lunch lines were another
student concern. The lines, according to one of the consultants, were
due to the “ala carte” pricing.
Although the change brought
some improvements—more choices, no food running out, and the
By Ellia Bower, Mary-Brister Thomas,
& Nicole Harrison
D
o you drive by Wilcox building on your way to school and
wonder what is going on in the
place that many Punahou students
spent their first year of school?
Have you wondered about that
enormous trench they are
digging?
Have you heard rumors
about amphitheatres,
playgrounds and sustainable classrooms?
The CMS Courier grew
curious also until we had
the privilege of interviewing Charlotte Kamikawa,
Assistant Director of the
Physical Plant.
“The K-1 project is
expected to finish on
May 15, 2010,” Mrs.
Kamikawa said. “Our main
goal is to attain LEED
(The Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design) ‘Platinum,’
which is the highest level of
sustainability possible.”
lines going out through the registers were significantly reduced—
there were still too many students
getting too little for the price they
were paying.
So the cafeteria returned to ala
carte for the 7th and 8th grades.
“Once we made the change, the
students, for the majority, seemed
to be happy,” Mrs.
Wright said.
Another question
was the snack bar:
some people wanted
the “hot food” special
of the day to be offered.
Mrs. Wright said it
was hard to have the
hot food already at
three places so it would
be even harder to have it at four.
“We are maxed out, every way
you look at us,” Mrs. Wright said.
Another question was, will there
be a change to have the lines not
be as long to wait in?
Mrs. Wright said, “Lines will not
go away as long as we have ala
carte and as long as we have only
one facility to feed everyone from—
unless the facility is a lot bigger.”
Another question was, if you
could change one thing what would
it be?
Mrs. Wright said, “If I had one
wish it would be to have Academy
students have a designated time
for lunch like all the other grades.
We could do a lot more.”
LEED buildings use resources
more efficiently, compared to
conventional buildings, which are
just built to code. The Case Middle
School is rated LEED “Gold.”
One way to attain that new goal
is to make “bioswales” which collect rainwater in drains and deposit
it into plants. This saves water
because instead of the rainwater
going into the storm drains that
go right to the ocean, it waters the
plants, saving us from using fresh,
clean, water unnecessarily.
There are more features, too.
“We are making an amphitheatre with concrete bleachers
like the ones on the track,” Mrs.
Kamikawa said, “and there will be
a dining hall, so that the students
won’t have to eat lunch outside
their classrooms.”
Like Case Middle School, there
will be an elevator provided for the
handicapped because it is required
for any building over two stories.
Mrs. Kamikawa added that the
lower playground will stay, although they will be redoing the
upper playground.
The CMS Courier
November 2009
Just in Case:
The Weirdest Food
You’ve Ever Eaten
ome people may think broccoli is a weird food. Some
people may think guinea pig is a
delicacy.
For instance, Andrew Zimmern
of the Travel Channel has made a
What’s the weirdest food you’ve
ever eaten?
Mr Agena, Summer School
Director:
“I ate a live goldfish whole in
my freshman year of college. It
was a test in order to be in the ‘in
crowd’”.
Richard China ‘15:
career out of eating whatever was
put in front of him including juicy
cheese worms, squirrel brains,
poisonous cane toads, raw meat of
various kinds, as well as roasted
wallaby tail.
Traveling chef Anthony Bourdain is not much better, having
munched on warthog and swallowed a live cobra’s heart—while it
was still beating.
For this edition of Just In Case,
we asked our crew:
What: Beef Tongue
Where: A restaurant in Honolulu
Ms. Vaughan, 7W Science
Teacher:
What: Jellyfish
Where: On a trip in China
Todd Gruebner ‘16:
“The weirdest food I ever ate
was pigs feet at my grandparents
house. It tasted all right and it was
also salty.”
Brian Piper ‘14:
What: Kangaroo
Where: Australia
Kristi Mikami ‘15:
What: Escargot
Where: Paris, France
Reyn Watanabe ‘15
“I ate pig intestines in Indonesia
just to try it.”
Trevor Carlyle ‘14
“I ate tofurkey, which is tofu
turkey. It is the worst stuff in the
world. Don’t try it.”
By Hunter Mee-Lee
& Melanie Lee
S
Clockwise, from top left: Mr. Agena, Richard, Ms. Vaughan, Todd,
Brian, Kristi, Reyn, & Trevor.
Photos by H. Mee-Lee, M. Lee, and H. Matsunaga
Cans for Those
Who Can’t
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By Michael Tome
T
he students and faculty of
Punahou School are all teaming up to support our annual
Aloha United Way (AUW) food
drive, an effort to reach out and
raise awareness about our community.
This food drive
will be used to
support the hundreds of thousands of people
who are struggling to get by in
Hawaii’s economy.
The annual
canned food
drive is held by
Punahou School
to raise awareness about hunger
and poverty in our
community.
Currently, 33
percent of needy
people in Hawaii
have had to choose
between necessary resources like
food, water, and rent.
One of Aloha United Way’s sayings is “Live United”.
They say this because they
believe that everyone should
help everyone else, because they
might find themselves in the same
situation in the future.
AUW’s mission is to “improve
lives, motivate people to help others, increase resources to meet
needs and inspire collective solutions to community problems.”
All food donated between October 20th and November 20th will
go straight to Aloha United Way
to be donated to people who need
food.
AUW takes all kinds of canned
goods; everything from canned
meat to canned fruits, and 100%
of all food collected will be donated to approximately 250 member
agencies, plus agencies on the Big
Island, Maui, and Kauai.
The AUW campaign donates
to approximately 132,000 people
every year in their efforts to help
the hungry.
If you have cans you would
like to donate, donation bins can
be found at grade pickups three
through eight, along with Mamiya
Science Center and the PFA office.
Or, food can be brought directly to the Luke center for Public
service.
Everything donated will help
people in Hawaii, and it does
make a difference.
The CMS Courier
November 2009
Mr. Koshiba
Loves Kids
Triskaidekaphobia:
What Are You
Afraid of?
By Kristofer Kadzielawa
& Michael Kiang
H
ave you ever wondered what
it would be like
to be the middle
school supervisor?
The CMS Courier interviewed Mr.
Jonathan Koshiba,
the new 6th grade
supervisor, and
asked him questions
about his new job as
well as his old one.
What was your old
job?
He said that he
was the summer
school director for
the whole school.
To change something at Punahou
what would it be?
He said that he would change
green space, in other words, more
grassy fields.
What do you miss from your old
job?
He replied that the summer provides extra time, and fun flexibility
to do what you want to. Part of
the reason that he changed his job
was that he wanted more contact
with kids, as well as closer and
By Kelly Correa
N
ot many people have heard
of the word “triskaidekapho-
bia.”
In Greek, triskaideka means
13, and phobia means fear. So
this word means fear of the number 13.
Some people are very superstitious when it comes
to the number 13.
Some tall buildings
don’t have a 13th floor;
Microsoft Office will
not have a version
13; and at Universal
Studios in California, there’s no
sound stage 13.
Other stories
say that whenever you divide
thirteen by two,
three, four, or six,
you always get
one left over.
Arnold Schoenberg, a composer,
suffered of triskaidekaphobia. He was
born and died on the
13th of the month.
All of these stories mean
that people are afraid of the number thirteen.
Throughout history, people
thought 13 was unlucky because
there were 13 people at the table
of the Last Supper and Judas
betrayed Jesus after that. The
Crucifixion took place on a Friday,
linking the two and making Friday
the 13th unlucky. Some even
think Satan was the 13th angel.
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longer lasting relationships.
What is your most favorite part
about the change?
He repeated that he just wants
more interaction
with kids.
So, is your new
job a lot harder than
your old one?
He explained
that it is about the
same, but it is challenging in different
ways.
So, has your
schedule changed
dramatically?
Not really, as he
normally comes to
work super early,
but he does have
a little bit of increased work during the weekends.
Reporters’ observations:
when this interview was being
done, Mr. Koshiba showed that
he liked to joke around, so that
must mean he has an awesome
sense of humor.
Later in the day, when the
interview was over, he was seen
talking to a student but instead
of doing it in his office, he did it
over a few games of ping-pong.
Others think there were 12
gods at a dinner party and a 13th
showed up, or on some calendars
there’s 13 months instead of 12.
These stories explain why 13 is
considered unlucky.
A few people think the number
13 is lucky. Singer Taylor Swift is
one of them.
Swift paints the number 13 on
her hand because it’s her lucky
number.
Swift’s birthday is December
13th and she turned 13 on Friday
the 13th.
Her first #1 song had a 13-second intro and whenever she got
an award she was sitting in the
thirteenth seat or row.
In an interview, she said, “Basically whenever thirteen comes up
in my life, it’s a good thing.”
People like her have no fear of
the number 13 because, to them,
it’s lucky. However, more people
dislike the number 13 than think
it’s lucky.
The CMS Courier
November 2009
Flaming ‘P’ Burns
Bright this Year
Glowing bright within the night:
a sacred flame to win the game.
Photo courtesy of punahou.edu
Getting Dramatic
with the Speech Club
Ready to speak at a moment’s
notice: the 6th Grade Speech Club.
Photo by A. Miyake & T. Lovell
Analysis by Aaliah Condon
& Savannah Shumock
L
et’s go Punahou; the cheerleaders cheered on Oct. 9 as
Punahou got together to cheer on
the football team.
In a game against the Firebrands, Punahou won 44 to 14.
During half time
when the band
played, everyone was
in awe.
After the game
it was time to get
something to eat.
What better dinner
then the chili and rice
served by our very
own parent volunteers and Punahou
alumni? The cafeteria
was full of people.
The chili and rice is
a tradition and has
been served almost
every year.
When the keiki got bored during
the game, wonderful Gail Grief was
there to help. She helped set up all
of the keiki games.
There was a place to decorate a
cookie, pin the tail on the donkey,
and guess how many candy corn
there were in a jar. They were all
so much fun!
Besides the games there was a
face painting station and a place to
paint your nails.
The spirits were high after
winning our homecoming game.
You could definitely tell when you
walked into the gym only to find
everyone cheering and dancing.
Our very own kindergartners
really showed off their spirit in
their first year at Punahou. Who
better to chant the cheer The Little
Rooster than our very own Case
Middle School?
By Tia Lovell & Ariana Miyake
W
hat is Speech Club? It’s one
of the sixth grade clubs that
Mrs. Lynn Kano guides.
“I enjoy teaching students how
to be more confident in their public
speaking skills, and it’s rewarding
to see them become more dramatic,” Mrs. Kano said.
You might wonder what
are the students learning.
Well, what are they
learning?
The 11 members of the
club are learning to develop their public speaking
skills.There are four different Speech Clubs ranging
from sixth grade to eighth
grade.
There is an upcoming
meet on Sat., Nov. 21.
It is called the Maryknoll Middle School Event.
It is a non-tabulated
event which means that
participants will be evaluated
on their performances, but their
scores will not be recorded.
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The cheerleaders and dance
squad must have worked really
hard to perform a routine that
well. When the song of Y.M.C.A
came on nobody hesitated to join
right in.
Wow, does our school have pep.
What a fantastic event! What
better way to end the whole thing
then the famous “Flaming P”?
You could tell that the tension
was rising as we were just moments away from lighting the
Flaming P. Then the lights went
out, and the moment we had been
waiting for was just seconds away.
Then with out hesitation the P
went up in flames, lighting up the
whole campus. When it was just
about to end everybody gathered
in to sing Strawberry Short Cake,
Huckleberry Pie.
In total there were about 45
parent volunteers, 30 alumni,
15-20 faculty, and lots of physical
plant workers.
There was also Marcia Wright in
charge of food, Gail Grief in charge
of keiki games, and Auntie Hattie
making sure everything was on
track as coordinator.
There is one special person who
we need to thank for starting there
whole Flaming P tradition, and that
is Marilyn Ane. Back in 1967 she
was the song and cheerleading advisor. Now we think of her as the
pioneer of the Flaming P event.
We cannot forget to thank everybody who made this a memorable event. We would like to thank
the football team and the coach,
Kale Ane.
We want to thank Mr. Sivil, the
band’s director, who worked and
put together the piece that they
played. We would also like to
thank the band for working and
playing the hardest during practices and half time.
The meet is supposed to be
major fun.
There are four different meets
throughout the year, including one
at Punahou School. That meet will
be on Sat., Apr. 10.
There are five different categories in the meet, but the 6th grade
is only doing the “Storytelling”
category.
The other four categories are
Duo/Group Interpretation, Impromptu Speaking, Program/Poetry Reading, and Original Oratory.
At this meet, 6th grade students
will present a 5- to 8-minute story
to the judges. The students should
enjoy their selected story and want
to share it with the judges.
Why do you think students prefer clubs rather than classes?
“I think it depends on the student,” Mr. Koshiba, supervisor for
the sixth grade, said.
What does Mr. Koshiba think of
the Speech Club?
Mr. Koshiba thinks the Speech
Club is great because the club
members are developing skills that
they can use later in life.
The CMS Courier
November 2009
Interview with
Punahou Alumna
Carrie Ann Inaba
My soul is
a dancer’s soul.
I was born to dance.
—Carrie Ann Inaba
At right, Carrie Ann Inaba.
Photo by Guiliano Bekor
By Victoria Mak & Sarini Saksena
Y
ou have probably heard of all
the famous Punahou alumni,
for example, President Barack
Obama and Mr. Steve Case.
You’ve probably heard of this
famous person, but didn’t know
that she went here. You have to
know Carrie Ann Inaba right? She
is one of the judges from Dancing
With The Stars, the popular dancing reality TV show.
Carrie Ann Inaba
was born and raised in
Honolulu. She attended Hanahaouli School
and then Punahou. She
grew up dancing the hula
and other dance forms.
She also played the
piano, violin and sang in
the choir.
After graduating in
1986, she was scouted to
Japan to be a teen idol. After
realizing that the Tokyo lifestyle
wasn’t for her at the time, Carrie
Ann returned to the United
States, relocating
to California. She
began to study
choreography at the
University of
California,
Irvine.
It wasn’t
long till she
got the bug
to dance in Los
Angeles and moved up to
study with Alexandre Magno
at the Debbie Reynolds Studios
in North Hollywood, California.
One day in dance class, a producer approached Carrie Ann. He
asked her to be in a music video
for an artist named Terry Lin.
That’s when her career took off.
She met the choreographer and
booked the job. She was ready to
start working.
One of her first jobs was as
a dancer for the Emmy Awardwinning television show, In Living
Color (1990). Her next big gig was
performing with Madonna.
She later went on to dance with
Ricky Martin, David Copperfield,
Chayanne, and did a lot of appearances on shows such as The
Creative Arts Emmys, The SAG
Awards, The NAACP Awards, The
MTV Awards, The Oprah Winfrey
Show, and so much more.
To this day, she still loves to
dance. In her heart of hearts, it
is the movement and the music
that will always inspire her as an
artist. Here is what she has to say
about her current lifestyle and her
Punahou memories.
Q: What inspired you to dance?
I was inspired to dance because
I loved to move. Movement makes
me feel alive and vibrant so dance
was a natural choice in my life. I
have also always loved music. I
played the piano at a very young
age — I think I was four years old
when I started playing piano. I
was three years old when I started
dancing. I have never stopped
dancing and I am now 41 years
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old. But dancing keeps me young
at heart.
Q: What’s your favorite part
about dancing with the stars?
I love watching people find the
joy that I have felt when I dance.
Dancing With The Stars is all about
people who don’t dance, learning
how to dance and I love seeing
them fall in love with dance the way
I did. You can see them get excited
as the audience cheers for them
and they really love it.
I also love working with Len
and Bruno. We are a family
and I respect them as they respect me even though we have
different opinions at times. I
love them very much and
am grateful to have a job
that involves something
I love so much and that
I get to do my job with
people I care about and
enjoy being with.
Q: When did you
start dancing?
I started dancing when I was
three years old at
Hanahaouli Elementary
School. It was called
creative movement then
but to me it was dance
and creative movement
will always be dance to
me. The essence of a
dance is the freedom of
expression.
Q: Did you dance at
Punahou School?
Yes, I danced at Punahou.
I danced jazz and a little
tap. I loved jazz but I
wasn’t very serious at it.
I had a teacher who called me
a “wet noodle” once and it really hurt my feelings. It made me
feel that I wasn’t very good. So, I
stopped dancing for a while.
But then I realized how much I
missed dancing and choreographing so I got back into it. I learned
an important lesson — not to let
someone else put you down to a
place where you stop doing what
you love.
If you love something, you must
find a way to do it. Being happy is
important in life and dancing has
always made me happy so I will
always dance.
Q: What are your favorite
memories about Punahou and
your dancing experience?
I used to love taking class with
the teachers’ assistants. There
were two of them and I loved the
way they danced. I remember
one of their names was Kiki. And
I loved the way she danced. We
used to go “across the floor” doing jazz walks and turns and little
combinations.
I loved that part because you
were pretty much doing a solo
across the floor. Sometimes, I
would get to go second in line right
after the assistants and I loved
that. When I got older, I became
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November 2009
4Carrie Ann Inaba
…continued from page 5
Photo by Felix Mack
Punahou taught
me early on that
my life was in my
own hands. I felt
empowered by the
way Punahou allowed
us a lot of choices and
treated us as young
adults, future adults
and that made me feel
good about myself.
—Carrie Ann Inaba
an assistant and I loved it and
always did my best because I remember how much the assistants
inspired me to be a better dancer
and I knew I had to be my best
so I could maybe inspire other
people.
Also, in high school, I was in
dance theater and I got to choreograph my own dance. I LOVED
THAT!!!! I spent so much time
choosing my music and making my
own edits in the music so it would
be just right for my performance.
I chose the costumes and it was
so exciting. I realized that I not
only liked dancing but I loved to
create it as well. I learned so much
from being a part of dance theater.
It really helped me in my career
later in my life because I knew
what went into creating a number
and a performance.
Q: What was your biggest motivation in your career?
My biggest motivation in my
career has been to be my own
personal best. I don’t like to disappoint myself. I know when I have
given something my best and I
can also admit to myself when I
haven’t. I learned early on that I
didn’t like the way it felt to know I
hadn’t done my best.
Certainly, in life, not everything
goes the way you want it to go
but if I gave it my own best, no
matter how something turned out
or whether people liked it or not, I
felt a self respect that could not be
shaken. I live by this motivation to
this day. I strive every day to be
my personal best.
When you choose a career like
dancing or choreography or any
sort of performing, you have to
work very hard. So, this motto
has helped me to motivate myself
when things got difficult. If I gave
my best, I knew I had given it my
all and some how that alway satisfied my spirit. It now motivates me
to volunteer and give back in various ways to my community.
Q: Has Punahou in any way
inspired you in your dance?
Punahou was a wonderful influence in my life. I loved going to
school.
Punahou taught me early on
that my life was in my own hands.
I felt empowered by the way
Punahou allowed us a lot of choices and treated us as young adults,
future adults and that made
me feel good about myself. The
education I received from going
to Punahou has been invaluable.
I learned a work ethic that has
stayed with me my whole career. I
also think Punahou makes learning
fun. They stress the importance of
education but they make it challenging while being fun.
I also learned that having a
well-balanced life is important.
Punahou doesn’t only stress academics. They taught me about
social interactions, and encouraged
extra-curricular activities which
helped me find a way to balance
those things which as you grow
older becomes a valuable tool.
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I am always juggling my career,
personal life and I think I have
found a good balance. Punahou
taught me how to do that. And
encouraged all our interests. I
am forever grateful to Punahou
School.
Q: Being a Punahou alumna,
how has that made you feel?
Punahou doesn’t really reach
out to me very often so I have felt
a bit alienated from Punahou after
I graduated. I thought they would
be proud of one of their alumni
doing the things I have done. I am
a bit hurt by this because I have
always felt that Punahou gave me
the skills and encouraged me to be
the person I am today—someone
who has big dreams and then goes
out and makes them happen—and
I thought for some reason, they
would at some point ask me to
come back and speak or something.
But that is why your questions
mean so much to me. I like giving
back and I want to share some
of the things I have learned in
life. The biggest thing that I have
learned is that anything is possible. If you really want something,
you have to be willing to do the
work but it CAN HAPPEN.
I am proof of this.
Q: Who has or have been a big
part of your dancing career.
Madonna heavily influenced me.
She is someone I always looked
up to. She really made her own
career out there and I respected
that. She also gave a lot to dancers and I was able to tour with her
and was a featured dancer on The
Girlie Show. It was an incredible
experience for me. I am grateful to
her for giving me that opportunity.
I toured the world with Madonna
and she let me have her stage all
by myself for about two minutes
before she came out on stage. It
was an honor I hold close to my
heart.
Q: How does it feel to be a
judge on one of America’s most
watched shows?
I love being on Dancing With
The Stars. My life has changed a
lot in the last few years. The most
rewarding part of being on DWTS
is that I get letters like yours and I
have an opportunity to share some
of the things I have learned in my
life with people like you.
So, thank you for reaching out
to me this way. I appreciate you
and this opportunity.
Q: Do you still continue to
dance?
I will always dance. Dance is
a way for me express myself in
a way that no one has to understand. It’s like a private conversation I can have with the world. I
feel pure when I dance.
I dance three times a week
when I can. But I have arthritis in
my neck and some problems with
my lower back and hips but even
though it hurts, I still feel so good
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November 2009
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Hard Work and Foot-Work Led Inaba to Stardom
I
have
worked
very hard.
I do my
best in
everything
I can. I also
realize that
everything
comes and
goes. So I
don’t limit
myself ... I
try to create opportunities every
way I can.
This life is my own to create
— just as your life is your own to
create.
As a dancer, choreographer,
director, producer, actor, and now
a host of my own show, I realize
that things come and go and life
is full of great opportunities to do
fun and exciting things.
I try to have a great time and
enjoy the opportunities to grow
and learn new things. I love
school and I miss it so I continue
my education in everything I do.
You are never to old to learn
something new. It keeps life
exciting. I take journeys when I
can.
I was a dancer, danced on
TV shows like In Living Color
then toured with Madonna then
decided I wanted to go back to
school so I went to UCLA and
learned about videography and
cultures of the world and how
dance works within each culture
and then found myself in choreography.
Choreography led me to an
opportunity to act in the Austin
Powers film, Goldmember and a
few other roles.
This led me back to TV where I
choreographed Dance Fever and
did a little backstage hosting.
Then I found myself producing
some small dance shows in Los
Angeles.
Then I found myself sitting on
the panel of a small show called
Dancing With The Stars.
when I dance. My soul is a dancer’s soul. I was born to dance.
4Carrie Ann Inaba
…continued from page 6
Dancing With The
Stars is all about
people who don’t
normally dance and
this is their chance to
learn and compete, I
love to see people fall
in love with dancing
the way I did.
—Carrie Ann Inaba
Q: Where did you get trained
for dancing?
I’ve trained with a variety of
teachers. Everyone teaches a little
differently so I enjoy learning from
different people. It keeps it fresh
and new. But I do have a favorite
teacher, Alex Magno. He’s been my
creative partner for many years.
He’s from Brazil and came over to
America when he was 17-yearsold. He made his dreams come
true too. He’s like my artistic
brother. ; )
Q: Can you tell us a little about
your career, your previous life
and your plans for the future?
I have had a very diverse career. I have done a little of everything. And I am grateful for all the
opportunities I have had. Life is
very exciting to me and I like exploring and my career has allowed
for this.
I have a few more things I’d like
to do.
1. I’d like to open a shelter for
animals. (I’m working on it now.)
2. I’d like to host my own daytime talk show. That way I could
go on little adventures each week
with my guests. This would be a
lot of fun. I’d also like to be a producer on the show.
3. I’d like to have a family of
my own. I have never been married but I have a boyfriend who
has a daughter he has raised on
his own for most of her life. She
is 12-years-old and I love our new
life together as a family. We have
This has led me to hosting the
Asian Excellence Awards, and being a guest host of The View and
a guest on many shows such as
Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Bonnie
Hunt, and so many other shows.
I also had a show that I did with
Bruno called, Dance Wars: Bruno
vs. Carrie Ann.
I now am a host of my own
show called: Live on the Red Carpet with Carrie Ann and Chris for
the TV Guide Network.
I also have a show that I host
called Fashion Wrap with Carrie
Ann. Also, I co-founded a foundation called The Dizzy Feet
Foundation with Nigel Lithgoe
and Adam Shankman and Katie
Holmes that give back to the
dance community in numerous
ways. I have also created an
online dance community, thedanceinsider.com for dance lovers
everywhere so they could have
a “facebook” of their own to talk
about all things dance related.
It’s very exciting.
five cats between all of us. I had
three cats and they had two cats.
We have a lot of cats. Maybe our
family will grow. We’ll see how that
goes. Also, we’d like to have a dog
someday. Maybe a German Shepherd.
4. I’d like to travel to Egypt and
see the pyramids.
5. I’d like to have a home in
Hawaii so I could travel back home
when I wanted.
6. I’d like to go to the Greek
Isles, climb Machu Picchu in Peru.
7. I’d like to have a dance
studio that gives free classes to
people in need — who can’t afford
to pay for classes. (I am working
on this currently.)
Life is so full of so many things
to do. These are just some of the
things I’d like to do.
I’ll see where life takes me.
Q: What’s your favorite dance
(ballet, jazz, hip hop, etc.)?
I love watching most of the
forms of dance. I enjoy the paso
doble and the Argentine tango,
I love the Charleston, and I will
always love jazz and ballet and
hip hop. Modern dance is also
something that moves me. Modern
dance is always breaking boundaries and forging new pathways in
dance. Hip hop also does this.
Q: What dance style do you
enjoy the most?
I like lyrical jazz the most. I
have always enjoyed dancing lyrical jazz. The music is usually quite
emotional and I enjoy the connection and the passion I feel when I
dance this style of dance.
The CMS Courier
November 2009
An Invisible Man
from China
Liu Bolin’s artwork includes powerful sculptures, as above, and also
the painting of people, at right.
Below, Bolin is hidden within the
picture. To find him, look at the
“50” on the bulldozer’s shovel arm.
The top of Bolin’s head is just visible as he becomes, himself, part of
the tire.
Photos courtesy of the internet
Review:
Cloudy with a Chance
of Meatballs
By Meghan Murakami, Aly Sumida
& Tiffany Agustin
C
hinese artist Liu Bolin, age
36, is sometimes called “The
Invisible Man.” He uses his body as
an art material and blends into city
scenery.
From graffiti painted
on walls, to
bulldozers, he
can blend into
everything.
He is like a
real life Where’s
Waldo, or the
owner of Harry
Potter’s Invis-
ibility Cloak.
Not only does he
paint himself, but
also he was an artist
of many creative and
artistic paintings and
sculptures.
Bolin was first inspired by an old
time movie, “The Son of the Invisible Man.”
“Some people
call me the invisible man, but
for me it’s what
is not seen in a
picture, which is
really what tells
a story…”
He uses his
unique talents
to entertain
people. Bolin is
barely visible
among his surroundings and
it’s pretty hard
to spot him in
his pictures.
Bolin and his
team take up
to 10 hours to
Review by ‘Akahi Troske
& Adam Lowell
T
his hilarious kid movie is one
that will open
your eyes to a
whole new world
where food drops
from the sky in all
kinds of flavors.
Flint Lockwood
(played by Bill
Hader) invented a
machine that converts water into
prepared food.
When he does
so, he unintentionally created a fantasy of falling
food, coming from the sky.
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paint his body, making sure every
detail is perfect. Many passer-bys
don’t notice Bolin until he makes
the slightest movement.
He was inspired to become
invisible by feeling like a social
outcast.
Bolin’s once-popular art soon
turned out badly as the art craze
started to die down.
“I experienced the dark side of
society, without social relations,
and had a feeling that no one
cared about me, I felt myself unnecessary in this world,” he said.
His art was once a protest to
the government, who shut him
down in 2005. He was homeless
on the streets for a period of time.
Even though he had struggles
with the government, everyone
appreciated his art.
We just can’t get over what it
must be like to have virtually any
food imaginable fall from the sky,
in monstrous proportions.
“You know what
you are Flint Lockwood, a Shinaniganizer! Why can’t
you be more like
my son Cal?” said
Earl Devereaux or
Mr. T, the cop.
To us this one of
the funniest parts
in the movie!
In conclusion,
this movie is fantastic!
It is an excellent movie to watch
with your family.
The CMS Courier
November 2009
Mrs. Yap, the
Traveling Gourmet
Mrs. Yap has traveled the world,
and when she does, she brings
back good things to eat.
Photo by L. Tsai & M. Takebayashi
You Can Never
Go Wrong
at Alan Wong’s
By Lauren Tsai & Marissa Takebayashi
P
unahou’s Home Economics
teacher Mrs. Jan Yap has traveled to many places throughout
her life, bringing new foods and
new skills to her classroom.
Her students have recently
cooked Turkish food including
wheat pilaf (Kurdish
cracked wheat, or
bulgar) and spiced
minced lamb with
eggs (turkey was
used instead).
Recently, Mrs. Yap
has traveled along
the Silk Road, bringing back her knowledge of the cultures
to her classroom.
Her students are
now cooking delicious foods from
places along the Silk
Road such as China,
India, Turkey, and
Uzbekistan.
Mrs. Yap started teaching at
Punahou School 24 years ago.
Review by Jared Kim
R
eporter Jared Kim took in the
food and ambience of one of
the top restaurants in town, Alan
Wong’s. Here is his report.
Atmosphere
When you walk into The Pineapple Room, you get a taste of every
aspect of the furniture, from the
bar to the artwork.
The restaurant’s surroundings
are very friendly to the
Hawaiian lifestyle. It
has a nice, tropical
sensation to it. It is a
romantic place full of
flavor and spice.
Photos courtesy of the Internet
Service
The waiters, chefs,
and the manager are
very friendly. They respond as soon as they
can. They serve the
food in a timely manner
and were faster than I had expected. They were smiley and gave me
suggestions for what to order.
They welcomed me to my seat
when I first arrived, and pushed
in my seat when I got up ready to
go.
Dining Experience & Presentation
World-renowned chef Alan
Wong’s signature dining got my
attention. On the dinner menu, the
foods sounded very appetizing.
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For one year, Mrs. Yap taught
art in grades 5 to 8. Now she is
the home economics teacher.
Home Economics is not just
about making food. Mrs. Yap also
enjoys teaching her students how
to sew because they have a product to show and that they have the
satisfaction of making it.
In the world of food, though,
some people who inspired Mrs.
Yap are Julia Child, Chef Bobo, and
Ming Tsai.
She admires Julia Child because
Ms. Child donated money which
ended up paying for Mrs. Yap’s trip
to France to study the culture and,
of course, the food.
She admires Chef Bobo and
Anne Cooper because they
changed the way kids eat. They
both helped kids learn how to enjoy and love healthy foods.
Ming Tsai is another one of her
idols. She likes the way he brings
together Asia and the West and
puts it on a plate.
Mrs. Yap also likes the way he
gives concrete information and
because he is fast and efficient.
I ordered the “Mango Chutney
and Macadamia Nut Crusted Apple
Curry Glazed Kurobata “Berkshire”
Pork Chops with Kabocha Pumpkin
and Mascarpone Cheese Puree.”
When it was served, the mango
chutney reminded me a bit like
baby food. It was served with the
tender pork chops on top with the
glazed macadamia nut crusted
apple curry.
On the side was the kabocha
pumpkin and mascarpone cheese
puree.
Overall, the food’s appeal
was quite extravagant, except the mango chutney.
I enjoyed the flavors from
the sweetness of the mango
chutney, to the spiciness of
the apple curry.
About the Chef, Alan Wong
Owner of more than five
restaurants, appearing in
magazines and raved by food
critics, “critically-acclaimed”
Chef Alan Wong is well-known
for his unique and creative flair
for cooking. A renowned master
of Hawaii Regional Cuisine, Chef
Wong has made a very successful career out of mixing elements
of different ethnic cooking styles,
along with the finest Island-grown
ingredients. Fusing French techniques with local and Asian ideas
naturally makes for an East West
menu.
The CMS Courier
November 2009
Castle View
Begins Anew
By the Editor
L
ast year’s Castle Hall Cartooning Club now has a few graduates who have moved onward into
Case Middle School.
That, however, hasn’t stopped
them from meeting or from creating their own brand of kid humor
and contemporary cartoons.
The CMS Courier will be featur-
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ing some of these “Castle View”
cartoons as they come along over
the rest of this year.
The cartooning club has about
half a dozen members this year.
Current members include fifth
graders Jessica Wong, Amber
Chong, Robbie Bickerton, Shannon
Kerner, and Tiare Deir.
The sixth graders include Ellia
Bower and Anna Deryck.
The CMS Courier
November 2009
Behind the Scenes
at The Ice Wolf
From actor to character....
Top : Megan Dung
Bottom : Aiden Morita
Photos courtesy of Punahou.com and by L. Arakaki
By Leah Arakaki
A
girl, who is born “different”
from the rest of her
village, is teased when her
parents are lost in a storm. She
runs away to the forest, where
she asks the Wood God to turn
her into a wolf. What follows is a
lesson in how to treat people
who are perceived as different.
To get a better idea for
this Punahou Production play,
we interveiwed Ms. Heather
Taylor, the director of this
play.
CMS : How long did it take
to put this play together?
Heather Taylor (HT) :
We auditioned on the 3rd
and 4th days of school,
had callbacks on the 5th
day of school and started
rehearsals on the 6th day
of school.
Then we had a day less
than 4 weeks before the 1st
show.
CMS : How many people
did it take to put this play
together?
HT : There were 14 in the cast,
6 student crew members, 2 set
designers/builders, 3 costumers,
several parent helpers, and myself, along with a couple of other
people who helped along the way.
CMS : How many people auditioned in the first place?
HT : I believe 70 people auditioned.
CMS : Why did you choose this
particular play?
HT : I thought it had a good
message and was very different
from last year’s play. I think it’s
important for students to be exposed to a lot of different kinds of
plays.
CMS : How
did you find
out about the
Ice Wolf?
HT : Mr.
Palmore, Punahou’s Director of Theatre,
gave it to me
to read, along
with several
others.
CMS : Is
this play how
you wanted it
to turn out?
HT : It did
turn out how
I had hoped.
Everyone
worked so
hard to make
it turn out
well.
CMS : What
were some
problems you
ran into along
the way?
HT :
Megan, who
played Anatou, had to
change from
an Inuit into
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a wolf, and then back again (at
the end of the play), so that took
some practice and costume adjustments.
And, we had been pronouncing the word “aja” incorrectly,
until about 2 days before the first
show, so that took some quick
relearning.
CMS : Are there any other
Middle School plays this year?
HT : Not in Dillingham, but
there might be a “Night of Monologues” or something similar in
the Chapel in the Spring.
CMS also
interviewed
Megan
Dung,
who
played
Anatou,
and Aiden
Morita, who
played
the
Wood
God.
CMS : What is it to
be in The Ice Wolf?
Megan Dung (MD) : The Ice
Wolf was a blast to be in. The
cast and I had so much fun during
rehearsal’s and performances. It
is a really great experience to be
a part of the middle school play.
You learn a lot and have fun at the
same time!
Aiden Morita (AM) : Being in
the play was a bit of work. You
have to learn lines, and blocking
(where you stand on the stage
and where and when you move),
and of course auditions.
CMS : How many times a week
did you meet?
MD : We met every school day
for 2 hours afterschool. But about
one week into the play, we were
there about 3 hours.
AM : We met pretty much every school day (and some weekends) for about a month.
CMS : How did you feel when
you performed for the first time?
MD : We were all very exited
and nervous. In the end, we
thought that we did a pretty good
job. But as we had more and more
performances, our performance
increased.
AM : Performing for the first
time, it wasn’t that bad. It was for
the sixth graders and we had done
a few run-throughs, but of course
something went wrong. Megan’s
costume got stuck so we stood
there saying “from man” for about
an additional minute.
But it was still really fun to be
backstage. The cast gets very
close and we are all friends.
The CMS Courier
November 2009
Vikings Dominate
the NFL
Omni Dazzle
Does Dazzle
By Parris Johansson & Adam Mercer
M
innesota is off to an incredible 7-1 start and much of
that has been the result of Brett
Favre’s late big game heroics.
While Green Bay fans may still
be angry with him, the 40-year-old
has given Vikings fans something
to cheer about. After being called
the “Super Losers” because of
their Superbowl losing streak, the
Vikings have made an astounding
comeback.
This raises the question among
fans: will they win the bowl for
the first time in the span of the
Vikings’ franchise?
Favre is now 6-1 for the
first time in his career,
1-0 as a 40-year-old.
Favre threw for
232 yards and a
touchdown a day
after a milestone
birthday, leading
the undefeated
Minnesota Vikings to a 3810 rout over
the hapless
and helpless
Rams.
With the
recent loss to the
Pittsburgh Steelers,
the Vikings legendary
season streak came to
an end.
Even with a Pittsburgh
loss, Favre and his team
have many victories to come.
It was clear that the Vikings
had lost when Favre’s pass
deflected off Chester Taylor’s
Review by Kylie Ishii
O
mni Dazzle is a fun application that you can install on
your laptop for free.
But, before you do that, you
need to consult and ask your supervisors first.
The supervisor for sixth grade is
Mr. Koshiba, seventh grade is Mrs.
Tyau, and for eighth grade is Mr.
Lucas.
You must do this for every application that is not already installed onto your computer.
Omni Dazzle
is meant to
help anyone
projecting from
their computer
to draw attention to certain
Some of the dazzling effects of Omni Dazzle.
things that
are important.
For example, Pixie
Dust (one
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hands directly to Steelers’ LB
Keyaron Fox, who picked it off and
returned it 82 yards for a touchdown with 1 minute to play.
Earlier Lamar Woodley returned
a fumble 77 yards for a touchdown
to help the Steelers win.
Minnesota, though, had a few
nice plays, too, with Percy Harvin’s
88-yard kickoff return for a touchdown late in the game. During that
playback judge Richard Reels was
injured, and knocked to the floor.
After recovering from the Pittsburgh loss, the Vikings came back
and brought a win to raise their
streak 7-1.
For the second time in less than
a month, Favre beat his former
team and stuck it to the franchise
that cast him aside as the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green
Bay Packers 38-26 at Lambeau on
Sunday.
Despite being jeered repeatedly
by Packers fans who once cheered
his every move, Favre completed 17
of 28 passes for 244 yards and four
touchdowns without an interception.
After this win, Favre said,
“Packer fans cheer for the Packers
first, I know that. But I hope that
everyone in the stadium watching tonight said, ‘I sure hate those
jokers on the other side, but he
does play the way he’s always
played.’”
Now with a shot at 8-1 Brett
Favre, Adrian Peterson, and the
rest of the Vikings will hope to get
a shot at The Super Bowl. Continuing their 7-1 season the super losers hope to comeback from their
41-year losing streak that has
haunted them since 1967.
of my favorites) gives a shower of
sparkles spouting from your cursor.
In Pixie Dust you can change
the amount of pixie dust, size of
the sparkle, the color range of
pixie dust, and the key configuration.
Footprints is one of my other
favorites.
You can leave a track of footprints. You can change which foot
is leaving a track.
Some other things that you can
change are the type of footprint,
the size of the footprint, the color
of the footprint, and the key configuration.
Each footprint comes with a
sound too.
The other features on Omni
Dazzle are Bullseye, Comic, Cutout, Flashlight, Focal Light,
Scribble, Sonar, Waves, and
Zoom. Some of the preferences that you can change are
the color, size, widths, lengths,
shades, borders, and key configurations.
The rest of my favorite
features are Scribble, Cutout,
and Waves.
So go and ask your supervisor to install this new and fun
application onto your laptop.
The CMS Courier
November 2009
Oh, Give Me a Home
... or Two or Three
Not just houses, but trees, towers,
and fanciful objects are all to be
seen at the Kirsch Gallery exhibit.
Photos by E. Bower
By Ellia Bower
T
his year, the 6th grade students will be learning about
architecture through perspective
drawings and clay models.
On this page are some pieces by
the 6th grade art students in Mrs.
Teske and Mrs. Umeda’s homeroom with the guidance of Mrs.
Green and Mr. Mosher.
In this project they learned
how to construct an architectural
model, first out of cardboard, then
out of slabs of clay. They then put
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it in the kiln, painted and glazed it.
This project took about three to
four weeks to achieve.
“It was a really new experience because you got to handle
different tools that make different
textures and patterns. Thinking
outside the box was the key to
success. There are all these regular tools although sometimes they
turn out well, and sometimes not—
so you have to experiment,” said
6th grade art student Nicole Jao.
The exhibit will be at Kirsch Gallery for about two weeks.