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. An honorablemention goes out to Ian Jun 27 who placed fifth in the State competition and just missed qualifying for Nationals. teacher since Obama was there. Now in his senior year at Pitzer College, Kapule is working to help Native Hawaiian students with distance learning by donating laptops to kids who need them. NBC Olympics More than 30 U.S. Olympians have been graduates of Hawaii's Punahou School. (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. Hawaii News Now highlighted the efforts of Sascha Pakravan 22 on March 16. How Can Sustainable and Green Architecture Revitalize Hawaiis Chinatown? (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 15 March 2022), Congratulations to Alana Clayson 24, Punahous 2022 Poetry Out Loud Champion! Legendary swimmer Warren Kealoha '25 represented the United States while still a student at Punahou taking home his first gold medal in 1920 - at just 16 Former President Barack Obama and golfer. Annual tuition is $26,000, though there are financial aid options. 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. Athletes competed in bocce ball, cycling, roller skating, softball, soccer and tennis. Punahou alumna Chlo Selarques 11 intricate embroidery pieces that capture Hawaiis natural beauty were featured in the May issue of Honolulu Magazine. Hanya Yanagihara 92 is the magazines editor in chief. Competing in Tokyo would mean that I was able to set my mind on a goal and achieve it. All Rights Reserved. (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. The former Punahou all-state guard is playing professional basketball in Armenia. 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. Ojerio 09was interviewed on Dec. 1 byHawaii News Now. ", 2022 Punahou School. (HiLuxury, December 2021), The roundup of Week 12 of the NFL season features players with Hawaii ties, including DeForest Buckner 12, Kaimi Fairbairn 12and Manti Teo 09. Tennis has given me countless opportunities in my life and I am so excited to be able to compete at the highest level of competition for my sport on behalf of Team USA, she said. Environmental ARTivist Stephanie Hung 21, a recent graduate of Punahou School and founder of Artists Save Waves, unveiled her latest mural in Pearl City on June 7 in recognition of World Oceans Month, announced KHON2 on June 10. Twenty-one Seniors Named 2023 National Merit Semifinalists New Academy Principal Gustavo Carrera 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. 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. 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. 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. He was well-liked, well-known, but he did it real subtly.. Purchase tickets beginning Jan. 16 at 6 a.m. The back-to-back achievements were celebrated a short time later in a special gathering for Moore under the Duke Kahanamoku statue in Waikiki, the same shoreline where Moores father took her out for her very first surfing lesson. (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. And her advice for young girls hoping to pursue a future in pro surfing? This years list included three Punahou alumni: On Feb. 19, local news outlets celebrated the roleChristopher Pong 04played in NASAs successful landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars. Before jumping in pool, Ryan Murphy talks to Punahou School students. His father, Dave, coached the womens volleyball team at the University of Hawaii from 1975 to 2017, leading them to four national titles. John De Fries 69 is thriving as president and CEO of Hawaii Tourism Authority, reported MidWeek on April 14. At the last mens World Cup in 2019, the U.S. lost twice and finished seventh overall, its worst major tournament result ever. Born and raised in Honolulu First game is on Saturday, July 24, against France at 2:30 a.m. HST (9:45 p.m. in Japan). He contributed to just one of a reported 505 state championships in the schools history, a record for any state. On May 3, Torres talked to Hawaii Public Radio about teaching in these current times and what post-pandemic education might look like. Tokyo will be Erik Shojis 08 second Olympic Games. Punahou runner Malia Dickhens 22 is on comeback trail from leg injury, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Sept. 7. (Yahoo, 19 Sept. 2022), ESPN Honolulu profiled Punahou senior quarterback John Sagapolutele 23, who is headed to play for UH next year. Punahou School is an independent K12 school in Honolulu, Hawaii. 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. [2] Protestant missionaries established Punahou in 1841. One was I could do it even with very little training. Debbie Millikan, Ph.D., has joined Punahou as its first ever Director of Sustainability. Via text message, Oltmanns said the families of both Smirnova and Siianytsia were safe. She hosted a menstrual product drive with Punahou School, collecting over 8,000 individual products 1,700 went to Kalakaua Middle School. The former wrestler with a masters degree in exercise physiology discovered the therapeutic healing powers of art as she recovered from a surgery. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft, and played in the NFL until 2021. (The Garden Island, 23 Jan. 2022), Punahou Graduate Parker McLachlin 97 is playing in the 2022 Sony Open the Waialae country club. It was then that he and Oltmanns began looking for a pairs partner, and Siianytsia saw Smirnovas name on the partner search site. 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. Taylors mom,Paula, a champion canoe racer, has been a Punahou P.E. 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. CNN . Figure Skating Championships. Shelby Baron is a Rio Paralympic wheelchair tennis player who is now ranked third in the country. ( Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 18 April 2022) We got (more) spots for the next kids coming up.. KHON2 reported on April 25 that pro golfer Alex Ching 08, with caddie Robby Toma 09, won the 63rd Mid-Pacific Open, his first professional win. That helps a little.. Their mothers eventually returned to Ukraine to be with their husbands, who under the countrys wartime martial law cant leave in case they are called to fight. But while in the third grade at Noelani Elementary School, an adaptive PE specialist encouraged her to participate via a wheelchair. That team had just two reigning NBA All-Stars and one player with Olympic experience. Skateboarding and surfing are not sanctioned high school sports in Hawaii. Obama, needing a financial aid scholarship to attend, toured the campus with his grandfather before the fifth grade. Ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team hosted a media day from its training camp at Punahou on . 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 wasnt a big standout, Kusunoki said of the student they called Barry. Ikaika Jobe 01 director of Punahou School tennis and former nationally top ranked doubles player was part of the Hawaii doubles team that beat top players from Northern California in the 2021 Invitational Tennis Tournament, KHON2 reported on May 31. Smirnova also has finished Ukrainian high school online. Students can pursue their favorite hobby or discover a new activity through the breadth of opportunities offered. Local media outlets reported on Jan. 16 thatNancy Weiner 91Cordes was named as the new CBS Chief White House Correspondent. Punahou School is an independent K-12 school in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Carissa Moore 10 has been surfing professionally for more a decade, racking up a long list of accomplishments. To help the pair master English they both grew up with Russian-speaking parents the coach insisted they speak nothing but English from wakeup until 6 p.m. each day. It is also the oldest in the country west of the Mississippi, and seemingly the most. It was founded in 1841 with a first class of 15 students who were children of congregational missionaries. When he arrived in Aotearoa 10 years ago, he decided to become fluent in te reo, Mori language. Ojerio 09 is the artist behind the brand Aloha de Mele and was featured on July 8 on Hawaii News Now. Predominantly Caucasian, saidEric Kusunoki, who was Obamas homeroom teacher for four years as part of his four decades working at Punahou. We had no problem adapting, Siianytsia said in a recent Zoom interview, his English now fluent. But they did better, taking fourth place. 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. BrothersTaylorandTrevor Crabb are on different beach volleyball teams ranked among the top three in the country. Smirnovas mother was able to get from a refugee camp in Poland to Estonia. Pakravan created a nonprofit called Words4 to provide free reading resources for families, including dozens of read aloud videos of childrens books. Hawaii volleyball icon and Punahou alumnus Kevin Wong 90 will be a part of NBCs Summer Olympics coverage for the third straight games, KHON2 announced on July 18. Doncic led Slovenia to its first Olympic basketball berth in 2021. An expression that captures the feeling of welcome that permeated our buff n blue community as we came together this spring. I was able to train in a safe environment with my brother, Micah Christenson (also an Olympic vollyeball player) and a couple other guys. The Auction site will open at 12 noon on Wednesday, February 1, and will close at 4 p.m on Saturday, February 4. Punahou alumnus Erik Shoji 08, son of retired Hawaii womens volleyball coach Dave Shoji, made the United States mens Olympic volleyball team. On Feb. 23,Hawaii Business Magazineannounced its annual 20 for the Next 20, which profile 20 people that will have a major positive impact on Hawaii over the next two decades. In 2014, she was inducted into the prestigious Surfers Hall of Fame. Ashley had the second highest score in the State round of the competition and advances to compete in the National round against the top four scorers from each state. Kaelah Kimura 23, a rising junior at Punahou School, was one of nine Oahu high school students to take part in the Blue Planet Foundations Climate Crew, an educational program for high school students rooted in climate science and data-driven advocacy, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on June 7. (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. earned the Global Online Academys (GOA) Catalyst for Change Prize for presenting a compelling and inspiring case for change, GOA announced on May 6. We both talked to therapists.. More than 3,700 students attend the school from kindergarten through 12th grade. (JABSOM, 17 Oct. 2022), Hawaii Land Trust promotes Denby Freeland 89 to director of ina-Based Education. (Civil Beat, 10 Jan. 2023), Oakwood of California had strong showing at the Punahou Basketball Invitational. In such a tough time I hope that our team shows whats great about our country and we work as hard as possible to win. Baron said she was devastated when she first received word that the Paralympics would be delayed a year. Find out why this Honolulu prep school has such a strong place in Olympic history. It was amazing, she said. The U.S. mens basketball team will play in a tournament with top-ranked Spain and Slovenia, possibly with Luka Doncic, in mid-August, two weeks before this summers FIBA World Cup. (Hawaii Business Magazine, 8 Nov. 2021), Anna Lauren Lerner 22 penned an editorial column, citing Arbor Day as a chance to act on the benefits of trees. Trevor Crabb is an American professional beach volleyball player. (NZ Herald, 15 Sept. 2021), Carissa Moore 10 becomes first surfer to win Olympic and world titles in same year. I told him, `Im not sure what Im looking for, but youre there, so do the tryout, Oltmanns said. (Pacific Business News, 1 April 2022), Hawaii Business Magazine checks in with Emily Reber 92 Porter, Nathan Fong 94, Doug Shimokawa 00 and Ann Teranishi 92. Find out why this Honolulu prep school has such a strong place in Olympic history. (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. KHON2 also reported about Maeda opening her own pop-up bakery spot in Ala Moana Center. (She was 5, shed later recall. Moore, 27, qualified for the U.S. Olympic team with her fourth world title last year. Throughout all this, when healthy they have kept training and competing in figure skatings most fraught discipline, one in which a small lapse in concentration or misstep can lead to an alarming fall, especially when the man is lifting the woman well above his head. Wheelchair tennis standout Shelby Baron 12 will be competing in Tokyo in her second Paralympic Games. He follows former Academy Principal Emily McCarren as she departs to become the head of Keystone Academy in Beijing. During the 45-minute Zoom interview, he was voluble, she more withdrawn. (HVCA, 9 Feb. 2022), Race Agcaoili 18 is studying public policy at NYU and is incorporating his experience working in the PUEO Program at Punahou School as a case study in his seniorproject. Five years ago, when the Games were in Rio de Janeiro, the USA mens volleyball team took home the bronze. As a male who could serve (in the military), I felt guilty I had left, Siianytsia said. 17-year-old Beri Maeda 22 was featured in early July on HNNs HINow for her gourmet cupcake business. 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. The other top fourfinalists were also Academy students:Shea Noland 22, Lyric Kensington Ono 24, Rachel Waggoner 23 and Harlequinn Wolters 23. 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