(Hawaii News Now, 5 Dec. 2021), John Leong 96: Kupu CEO helps the unemployed find good jobs and helps sustain our communities at the same time. He wasnt a big standout, Kusunoki said of the student they called Barry. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). It wasnt really ever a big thing for me, but yes, I would bring potential prospects that would come to the school and stuff and give them tours. Pong is a Guidance and Control Engineer at NASA and was in mission control for the landing. Taylor and partnerJake Gibbhave been competing against Taylors older brother, Trevor, andTri Bourne for Olympic beach volleyball berths. She is one of 150 high school seniors nationwide who will each receive a $20,000 college scholarship in recognition for having a positive influence in the community. Wheelchair tennis standout Shelby Baron 12 will be competing in Tokyo in her second Paralympic Games. I went on daily pushes outside to keep my mind and body active.. His brother, Kawika, also plays indoor volleyball for Team USA. Via text message, Oltmanns said the families of both Smirnova and Siianytsia were safe. We were more mentally ready there, Smirnova said. Siianytsia saw his mother and sister, now 5 years old, at a refugee camp in Poland, where they spent three months immediately following the Russian invasion. 1 spot in FIBAs world rankings for the first time since 2010. Moore said she was classmates withTaylor Crabb, one half of the U.S. top-ranked mens beach volleyball team. In the weft of their tapestry, the azure blue and golden yellow threads of Ukraines flag combine with the coral red, bright white and navy blue threads of the United States. Wong, interviewed by Hawaii News Now on May 17, is the founder of One Shared Future (OSF), which imagines a positive future for Hawaii and brings people together to collectively create that future. Others followed Obama with athletic success. Discovery and Purpose: Punahou Inspires Real-World Change, One to Watch: John-Keawe Sagapolutele 23, On Your Mark Get Set GO! KHON2 News reported that Gov. Choose Playlist Team USA Interviews Surfing See More More From Team USA SCROLL UP NEXT 4m 3s Surfing Hawaii prep school breeds Olympians 3m 54s Speed Skating My teammates and coaches continued to support me and help me grow as a person and tennis player. Im not trying to show them (news) images and say, this is what youre trying to take away, but a framework of how we can talk about these things, Torres said. To cope, she turned to a sports psychologist who has helped her with the change of routine as well as helped her to become a better player on court. President and co-founder, the Environmental Working Group Dr. Linda Carlson Professor and Researcher, Psychosocial Oncology, U. of Calgary Michael Greger, MD Specialist in Clinical Nutrition Ted Schettler, MD, MPH Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network Dr. Barbara Andersen Professor, Ohio State University Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Community with its lush outdoor spaces filled with native plants, flowers and trees abounds with opportunities to teach children about Hawaiian culture. 1 min read. Its powerful, beautifully designed and comes with everything you need to engage your visitors and increase conversions. At 22 and fresh out of UCLA, he was the second-youngest U.S. player at the 2019 Volleyball Nations League. Moore still won a record 11 National Scholastic Surfing Association titles. Kahanamoku, the Olympic swimming champion and surfing pioneer, never attended Punahou. (HNN, 24 June 2022), Vonnie Brenno 68 Cameron created 15 oil paintings of hulu kupuna on Molokai, the islands most esteemed elders. Theres nothing up there yet, of the 44th U.S. President, Moore said, but its definitely something the school is very proud of., MORE: Hockey field to hospital ward: Olympians life amid coronavirus pandemic. That, the coach said, is the reverse of how they act in person. Mrs. 17-year-old Beri Maeda 22 was featured in early July on HNNs HINow for her gourmet cupcake business. Figure Skating signed off on the idea. Danger sirens have sounded in Dnipro more than 1,000 times in the past 11 months, but nearly all have fortunately not been followed by an attack. Third was I wanted to help the federation. Im so excited to go to the Olympics and share the spirit of aloha that Duke shared.. (HVCA, 9 Feb. 2022), Pandemic keeps public from Punahou Carnival for a second year. The two had skated on the same rink in Dnipro, but their four-year age difference meant they had little more than a passing acquaintance. Ojerio 09 is the artist behind the brand Aloha de Mele and was featured on July 8 on Hawaii News Now. Hawaii surfer and Punahou alumna Carissa Moore 10, four-time world champ, won the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup at Australias Merewether Beach, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on April 9. Alex Buntin-Nakamuras 21 project on How Can Sustainable and Green Architecture Revitalize Hawaiis Chinatown? By 2018, bigger and stronger, he had mastered all the triple jumps while competing two seasons in intermediate and novice level singles. Some high schools have a swimming tradition. When he arrived in Aotearoa 10 years ago, he decided to become fluent in te reo, Mori language. Yajima earned many acclaims and recognitions for her lifes work and dedication to bettering the lives of children. Hanya Yanagihara 92 is the magazines editor in chief. Ojerio 09was interviewed on Dec. 1 byHawaii News Now. Public School. Speaking to the Bulletin last year, Moore says shes preparing for the Games as she would any other big competition. A two-sport athlete at Punahou high school, he went on to play volleyball at Long Beach State as a outside hitter. Longtime Punahou Athletic Trainer Beth Ann Youngwas profiled by the National Athletic Trainers Association on May 4. We worked really hard together to stay in shape and work on our individual games. (Today, 27 July 2022), The 26-year-old Punahou grad, Evan Nagao 14, has a yo-yo brand, championship wins and was featured on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (HNN, 4 July 2022), Punahou alum Julie Brooks 84 named new UH womens golf head coach. He earned the NYU Athletic Departments MLK Scholar Athlete Award. Apparently four this year and at least one every Olympics since 1972. The new Miss Hawaii is 2014 Punahou graduate Courtney Choy 14, reported the Honolulu-Star Advertiser on May 17. (Hawaii Prep World, 26 Nov. 2021), Duke Clemens 19 versatility made him a recruiting target for many schools on the West Coast. NBC Olympics More than 30 U.S. Olympians have been graduates of Hawaii's Punahou School. An asterisk (*) indicates a person who attended Punahou but did not graduate with senior class. In its 36th year of honoring the nations best high school athletes, Gatorade on July 8 announced Chris Paige 21 of Punahou School as its 2020 21 Gatorade Hawaii Boys Track & Field Player of the Year. He switched to online classes to accommodate all his traveling for competition. I was truly honored to compete for the U.S. on the biggest sporting stage of the world. The magazine deemed it a 76-acre citadel of academic and athletic excellence where Aristotle meets Duke Kahanamoku.. CNN . Multiple local media outlets reported on July 9 that the U.S. Olympic swim team has been practicing for two weeks at the Waterhouse Pool at Punahou before they leave for Japan on July 12 to compete at the Tokyo Olympics (Star-Advertiser, Star-Advertiser Gallery, KHON2, KITV and Hawaii News Now). Self-taught artistJ.T. Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close, Design Technology and Engineering in Grades 2 3, Design Technology and Engineering in Grades 4 5, Entrepreneurs Pave the Path Toward a Revolutionary Startup Ecosystem. Predominantly Caucasian, saidEric Kusunoki, who was Obamas homeroom teacher for four years as part of his four decades working at Punahou. Rhoades competed in the college-aged division after winning the high school division in the past. Ive faced adversity before, and I will face it again, but it doesnt take the sting out of the situation.. (MaxPreps, 19 July 2022), Punahou coach Tita Ahuna is the only Hawaii athlete to win state, national titles as both a volleyball player and coach. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, Case Accelerator for Student Entrepreneurship, Global Education at Wo International Center, Student Global Leadership Institute (SGLI), Dr. Carl R. Ackerman and Dr. Lyn K. Ackerman, Brian Suite 10 Student-Athlete Scholarship Fund, https://punahou-carnival-art-gallery.myshopify.com, Carnival Shift Sign Ups for Parents and Guardians, Twenty-one Seniors Named 2023 National Merit Semifinalists, Debbie Millikan Appointed Director of Sustainability, Punahou Welcomes New Dance School Director. Pakravan was recently recognized with a Prudential Spirit of Community Award as Hawaiis Top Youth Volunteer and was honored with the Presidents Volunteer Service Award. Smirnova also has finished Ukrainian high school online. The Honolulu Youth Commission provides those aged 14 24 with the opportunity to serve their community. Despite his illness and their flagging motivation, they did not withdraw because there was no one qualified to take their place. As a male who could serve (in the military), I felt guilty I had left, Siianytsia said. Like Michelle Wie, Manti Teo and Obama, who played one season of varsity basketball on the Buff n Blues 1979 state title team. They were among 57 Hawaii high school seniors selected in honor of their academic ability and potential for collegiate success. Shop online at the Punahou Carnival Jewelry Store. (ASU News, 13 April 2022), Kawai Kelekolio 21 penned an article calling for Hawaii resources to return to native Hawaiian control. On April 2, Ashley Hong 25 qualified for the National MATHCOUNTS Competition. But several famous athletes are among the alumni. It feels great to be able to represent the USA and Hawaii. Debbie Millikan, Ph.D., has joined Punahou as its first ever Director of Sustainability. Theyll also serve as voluntary advisors to the mayor and the city council on issues important to youth and their communities, reported KHON2 on Aug. 31. During the 45-minute Zoom interview, he was voluble, she more withdrawn. (Molokai Dispatch, 19 May 2022), Native Hawaiian composer and violinist Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti 02, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music, is premiering a composition locally. In this inaugural role, she will lead the planning, development and implementation of the Schools overall sustainability strategy. (Yahoo News, 5 Dec. 2021), Homeward Bound 5K is an annual fun run with a mission to help end homelessness in Hawaii. On May 3, Torres talked to Hawaii Public Radio about teaching in these current times and what post-pandemic education might look like. Smirnovas mother was able to get from a refugee camp in Poland to Estonia. It was then that he and Oltmanns began looking for a pairs partner, and Siianytsia saw Smirnovas name on the partner search site. That team had just two reigning NBA All-Stars and one player with Olympic experience. Trevor Crabb is an American professional beach volleyball player. The entertainment world mourned the loss ofAllan Burns 53, creator of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Burns passed away on Jan. 30 at his home in Los Angeles. When she finally found the address, she was surprised by a 5-year-old boy who opened the door dressed as a lion. It was a very emotional moment, he said. All Rights Reserved. Also this: Dating to Obama's tenure in 1976, at least one Punahou student went on to make the last 11 U.S. Summer Olympic teams. BuzzFeeds Sept. 11 article about famous people who went to high school together includes Kelly Preston 80, who graduated from Honolulus Punahou School in 1980, a year after President Barack Obama 79. Now, it has more than 3,700. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 15 March 2022), Congratulations to Alana Clayson 24, Punahous 2022 Poetry Out Loud Champion! (Yahoo, 19 Sept. 2022), ESPN Honolulu profiled Punahou senior quarterback John Sagapolutele 23, who is headed to play for UH next year. (KHON2, 13 Jan. 2022), Carissa Moore 10 won the Sullivan Award, which goes to the most outstanding United States college or Olympic athlete. (Yahoo, 26 April 2022), Punahou claims another ILH girls water polo crown. Punahou runner Malia Dickhens 22 is on comeback trail from leg injury, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Sept. 7. After taking every precaution, getting vaccinated and following protocols, I have tested positive for COVID-19. This is heaven, Obama wrote. An honorablemention goes out to Ian Jun 27 who placed fifth in the State competition and just missed qualifying for Nationals. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 10 July 2022), Punahou places a strong emphasis on inquiry-led learning and the ability of students to learn, adapt, relearn and innovate, says Punahou President Mike Latham 86, in Honolulu Magazines They Felt a Calling to Return to Their Alma Maters This Time as Teachers. (Honolulu Magazine, 3 July 2022), Golfer and Punahou rising senior Raya Nakao 23 wins womens Manoa Cup (KHON, 24 June 2022), Kyra Lung 23 opened her own cookie shop Kyra The Baker at the International Market Place in Waikiki (KITV, 22 June 2022), Sascha Pakravan 22 earns spot on this years list of U.S. Presidential Scholars. The hotline offers support in multiple languages and was created for a class project. COVID has been hard on so many people, and Im thankful for the work and preparations Japan has done., After the postponement, Erik returned to Hawaii for the summer. (Hawaii News Now, 5 Jan. 2022), Punahou sweeps state cross country team titles on foggy, muddy course at Hawaii Preparatory Academy campus in Waimea. A post shared by Nastyia and Danil (@smirnovasiianytsia), We felt so proud, knowing athletes in Ukraine or in the USA are looking up to you, he said. (Yahoo, 23 April 2022), Punahou has three seniors Kaikea Harrison (Texas A&M), Cody Kashimoto (Saint Marys) and Justin Tsukada (Portland) headed off to Division I schools next season to play baseball. Now the Punahou alum is at the center of a revival in Westwood of the UCLA Bruins. (HawaiiBusiness Magazine, 1 Sept. 2022), Punahous night-blooming cereus flowers and grounds supervisor Michel Sebastian were featured in Fleeting beauty: Cereus blossoms reveal themselves once a year. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 28 Aug. 2022), Honolulu wins Little League World Series, beating Curacao 13-3. Since its founding in 1841, Punahou School has educated students to become the next generation of leaders and innovators. (Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu, 4 Aug. 2022), Punahou tops the list of the 20 greatest athletes, teams and stories of the past 20 years. David Ige appointed Dr. William Haning III 67, an emeritus professor at the UH medical school and Punahou alumnus, to the University of Hawaiis Board of Regents, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on March 30. Competing in Tokyo would mean that I was able to set my mind on a goal and achieve it. Hawaii News Nowaired a story on Dec. 1 aboutNick Kapule 17. He has lived in her house since arriving in the summer of 2016. We were told that playing tennis was potentially dangerous for our health so my coach and I didnt step onto a tennis court for almost two months, she said. The three nations make up a tournament in Mlaga from Aug. 11-13 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Spanish basketball federation. (Hawaii News Now, 18 Oct. 2021), A poetic and photographic celebration of Punahous beloved night-blooming cereus by writer Ligaya Mishan 88 and photographer Linny Morris 73 for T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Shelby Baron is a Rio Paralympic wheelchair tennis player who is now ranked third in the country. I was nine years old when I first started playing tennis, Baron said. It was longest period I had been home since high school, so it was nice to get some good quality family time. I feel really bad waking up and seeing the news like that, that the places where you were hanging out with your friends as a young kid are being destroyed and also I feel really sad for the people that were impacted by that explosion, Siianytsia said in a Sunday text message forwarded by the coach. I read pro-Ukrainian news only, to go with the positive instead of the negative, he said. (The Business Journals, 29 Oct. 2021), CJ Perez 21 is shattering glass ceilings in the sport of hydrofoil racing. Gramps grabbed me by the arm. Skateboarding and surfing are not sanctioned high school sports in Hawaii. (KHON2, 9 Dec. 2021), Comedian Tumua Tuinei 14 will be taking center stage at the Blaisdell on Dec. 10. One of my favorite things about going to Punahou was that I felt like I was surrounded by a lot of excellence, said Carissa Moore, the reigning world champion in surfing and a Punahou grad. (KHON2, 29 Nov. 2021), Known for her dedication to the well being of children, the founder of the Childrens Discovery Center in Kakaako, Loretta Yajima 64, has died. (Honolulu.gov, 30 Dec. 2021), Kimi Takazawa 88 and Ballet Hawaii celebrate Christmas with unique televised version of The Nutcracker. (Yahoo News, 12 Dec. 2021), Former Punahou football standout and current Pac-Five coach Kena Heffernan 92 is this weeks Throwback Thursday focus. Events can conspire to make the whole thing start to unravel, too, turning a settled and pleasant view into an unnervingly jarring one, and seemingly stable lives into ones full of uncertainty. Punahou School is an independent K-12 school in Honolulu, Hawai'i. And she was forever hooked. (Hawaii Business Magazine, 25 March 2022), Congratulations to Aulanis Head Pastry Chef Carrie Portuondo 97 for her outstanding performance on the Food Networks Spring Baking Championship. (Disney, 3 March 2022), David Sun-Miyashiro 04 started HawaiiKidsCAN in 2017 to advocate for equitable learning environments for all students. Theyre unable to learn, unable to access books, access the internet, access the sort of resources to support their education, and thats tough at a time like this where people need online resources, Kapule said. 808-944-5714. (Hawaii Business Magazine, 17 Feb. 2022), Hickam Federal Credit Union donated $5,000 to Artists Save Waves, a nonprofit founded in 2019 by then-Punahou School student Stephanie Hung 21. Ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team hosted a media day from its training camp at Punahou on . Three Punahou graduates Carissa Moore 10 (surfing), Erik Shoji 08 (volleyball) and Shelby Baron 12 (wheelchair tennis) are in Toyko ready to represent the United States and compete in their respective sports. U.S. mens basketball team to prep for FIBA World Cup with No. 1 Spain, 2023 U.S. The best part of this community is theyre going to support you in chasing your dreams.. Punahou welcomes Annri Opitz-Kostick an acclaimed dance instructor with over 30 years of teaching, performance and choreography experience as its new Dance School director. The colors illustrate the past, present and future of a team who left their native Dnipro, Ukraine two years apart to build sporting lives 5,200 miles away in suburban Minneapolis, where they train with coach Trudy Oltmanns. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 5 March 2022), Zoey Duan 22 and Sascha Pakravan 22 are two of the 251 regional finalists selected from applicants throughout the nation for the Coca-ColaScholars Program. Mostly rich. The Punahou School in Honolulu, private and K-12, is best known for a student who also played basketball its most famous graduate, Barack Obama. The Punahou graduate won the first surfing Olympic gold medal in the 2021 Tokyo Games. Yet they will come to the U.S. Championships next week in San Jose, Calif., as medal contenders. I just hoped he had a return ticket, Oltmanns said with a laugh. Im proud to represent the USA, but most of all Hawaii, she said. They followed that by winning the Golden Spin of Zagreb, another Challenger Series event, in early December, with personal-best scores for the free skate and total. Cosette Wu 21 was named a Coca-Cola Scholar. Punahou, whose name means "the New Spring," referencing renewal and a spring at the center of the campus, bills itself as the largest single-campus independent school in the U.S. and reportedly the oldest west of the Mississippi. But while in the third grade at Noelani Elementary School, an adaptive PE specialist encouraged her to participate via a wheelchair. A lot of my friends are some of the smartest girls, women. Punahous curriculum shapes students into educated, capable and caring adults with the knowledge and skills to succeed in an uncertain future. (Coca-Cola, 9 March 2022), After losing her father to a diving accident during the COVID-19 pandemic, Punahous Asia Lee 22 has stepped up in the most courageous way possible, as a daughter, a sister and a standout softball player. Dnipro, a city of nearly one million inhabitants in east-central Ukraine, had been largely spared the wars horror until Saturday, when a Russian missile devastated most of a civilian apartment block and killed more than 40 people. OlympicTalk is on Apple News. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 12 April 2022), FormerPunahou Schoolstandout Kaulana Makaula 19 leavesUSCto come home and play for University of Hawaii. Under the mentorship of UH astronomers, her research into sunspots was recently published. Both Trevor Crabb and Moore said you wouldnt know it by walking around campus that Obama once roamed the grounds. Please visit www.punahou.edu for more information or email us at bulletin@punahou.edu. We are currently in the Olympic village gearing up for the games to start, he said. (Hawaii News Now, 15 April 2022), The 2022 Distinction of Merit and Scholastic Occupation teacher award was presented toLauraAckerman-Biegasiewicz 05, who teaches in Arizona State Universitys School of Molecular Sciences. We got (more) spots for the next kids coming up.. They can be yellow and blue in the soul, red, white and blue on the ice, weaving the threads of their lives into a compelling narrative. Through her Moore Aloha nonprofit, Moore has held surfing camps for girls in Hawaii and in beach communities internationally. The missile destroyed some six dozen apartments and also blew out windows in nearby residential buildings, displacing many other people. Whenever someone says, oh, I went to Punahou, the first thing someone says is, oh, its where Barack Obama went, said Trevor, who won a state basketball title and goes back to campus about once a year to see the old gym. 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