FYI: SCHOOL EVENTS STAY SAFE, MENES Keep track of the school year and It is our responsibility to look out for A special events. [page 2] each other. [page 4] MOANALUA CLUBS FRESHMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE Get involved by joining one of the Here are some tips on how to survive here at OKU many school clubs. [page 3] Moanalua. [page 6] THE STARS OF MOANALUA HIGH SCHOOL | AUGUST 2019 back to school issue

Up, Up & Away! SeniorsUp, (from left to right) SamanthaUp Chang, Kam Yan Wong,& Carol Wong & AmyAway! Giang took time out of their summer to paint parts of the banner, in preparation for this year’s Homecoming week, with the theme “Up, Up & Away”.

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“What class are you looking ASKS forward to THE MOST this year?”

@ox.viv.xo @disdannyj @kaylinrielle “Weight training, because “Film and culinary because “I’m looking forward to dance Coach Pete is the best and film is fun and I love food” because I’ve wanted to take it weight training is fun!” since freshman year”

@aimee.toyama @haileymedlock @sc_hazel “Art and graphics, I can “Marketing! Cause that’s “Creative Writing!! We STAN build my portfolio for what I want to major in!” Ms. Chavez!” college” AUGUST 2019 NA HOKU O MOANALUA 3 find your club VISIT OUR WEBSITE, NAHOKUNEWS.COM, FOR THE FULL LIST OF CLUBS!

BY MCKENNA DRAMMEH & HAILEY MEDLOCK Staff writers

Clubs can be an amazing If your focus is on business, way to benefit your future by then DECA (Distributive improving your extracurricu- Education Club of Ameri- lar activity record and giving ca) may be the association your college applications for you. DECA encourag- that extra boost. The first ac- es building business and claimed high school club was leadership skills by having made at Sacramento high members participate in con- school in 1925, this started ferences and competitions. an increase of extracurricu- If there’s no specific interest lar activities to be created at that catches your eyes, LEO different schools across the Club (Leadership, Experi- United States. You will get ence, and Opportunity) will to meet new people, while get together to build lead- learning new skills you will ership qualities. In LEO club, potentially use for resumes, students participate in social jobs, or the rest of your life. activities that are centered Whether it's a well known around service projects. club like HOSA or a eth- Another club that is lesser nic club like Chinese Club, known is the fashion club, Moanalua offers over 20 po- created in 2018 a relatively tential clubs to choose from. new club made for art ex- If you are interested in the pression and representation health and science field, of the different styles and cul- HOSA (Health Occupation tures of the school. This club Students of America) may be teaches the different genres a good choice to jumpstart of art and fashion and the your knowledge and love of many ways to create different the medical field and help- styles of clothes with sew- ing those in need. HOSA ing and creative platforms. promotes getting a career Those are just a few of the in the healthcare industry. many clubs that are offered FCCLA (Family, Career, at Moanalua. Take note of and Community Leaders of the clubs that interest you, America) is another good and keep informed of the option if you are interest- meeting dates on the morn- ed in family and consum- ing bulletin. Throughout the er science. You participate month of August attend in- in community service proj- terest meetings and find out ects and prepare to com- what activities work for you. pete in nationwide events. Enjoy finding your new family. 4 NA HOKU O MOANALUA AUGUST 2019 campus safety: it’s on us to keep eyes peeled opinion NA HOKU STAFF dents, parents and school to be that extreme in order up on possible dangers in the staff have yet to solve. The to be disruptive and dan- past and has averted conflict, The beginning of a school “smaller” acts of violence gerous. A disagreement be- as well as dismissed threats year always opens with are more prevalent, while the tween students, an idea for that were not true. The school promise: the promise of more extreme ones, includ- a prank, or a plan to disrupt works with state, county, and- good grades, good friends, ing school shootings, are less a school event can easily es- -if necessary--federal agen- and good memories. No so. Still, any act of violence calate into a situation where cies to ensure student safety. one thinks about violence. negatively impacts the feel- innocent people get hurt. It’s better to be extra cau- By violence, the Centers for ing of security students de- Moanalua has nearly 2,000 tious than filled with regret. Disease Control lists as ex- serve to enjoy while at school. students. It has about 200 If you have information but amples bullying, fighting, Moanalua High School--ac- faculty, staff and admin- are uncomfortable talking cyberbullying, and gang ac- tually all of Hawaii--has been istrators. At a ten-to-one to an adult, call Student tivity, in addition to weap- fortunate in that the imag- ratio, that’s not a lot of CrimeStoppers at 955-8300. on use. The CDC said that es in the news of students adult eyes per student. So again, if you know more than 8 percent of stu- evacuating campus with That’s where you come in. something, tell someone dents have witnessed vio- their hands in the air while If you know of any possible at the school. Not your par- lence on their campuses, police teams rush inside situation that might threat- ents at home, not your and more than 7 percent with assault weapons have en the school in any way, neighbor down the street. skipped school to avoid it. not made it to these shores. tell an adult on campus. It’s not snitching. It’s The level of school violence Those instances are tragic. Moanalua High School Prin- protecting. All of us. across the nation is a per- But again, not all disruptions cipal Robin Martin said the sistent problem that stu- on a school campus need administration has followed ala ilima crosswalk removed Nagasako said the city stud- No means no: The city removed NA HOKU STAFF the crosswalk at Ala Ilima and Ala ied the traffic patterns for Napunani streets in June to enhance two years before the Honolu- student safety and improve traffic It was there, and then flow, especially during peak school it wasn’t. With a swish of lu Police Department’s Traffic hours. black paint, the crosswalk Division, the Salt Lake Neigh- after school, when many stu- at Ala Napunani and Ala Ili- borhood Board, and the city’s dents exit at the same time. ma streets is no more. Stu- Department of Transporta- “Personally, I’m kind of upset dents driving and walking to tion Services agreed that the about it because I live on the school this year now need crosswalk was a hazard to street that the crosswalk was to cross at the traffic light at both drivers and pedestrians. on,” junior Vivian Hui said. Salt Lake Boulevard or fur- “We hope it will provide “So for it to be removed it’s ther down the road at the improved safety for the stu- kind of a big pain. . .since I Na Hoku photo Likini Street roundabout. dents now that they have have to take a couple ex- home from school” because “The Moanalua School to use crosswalks where the tra minutes to walk down to she used the old crosswalk to Community Council had traffic is forced to go -slow the roundabout to cross the get into the correct bicycle been advocating to elimi- er,” Moanalua High School street or go to the other side.” lane. With cars driving fast nate the crosswalk at (that) Principal Robin Martin said. Senior Renee Yano said the down the hill, and through the intersection for the safe- Martin said it might also help removal of the crosswalk will roundabout, the crosswalk ty of our students,” SCC with traffic flow in the stu- likely “make it more compli- “served as a buffer around Chair Byron Nagasako said. dent parking lot, especially cated for [her] to ride her bike the intersection,” she said.

AUGUST 2019 NA HOKU O MOANALUA 5 new teachers join faculty

The Mene Stars Universe just got brighter. Moanalua High School welcomed 16 new teachers during a two-day orientation in late July. Bottom row from left: Jenny Lundahl (ELL), Debbie Cox (ELL), Lisa Oka (Counseling), and Taryn Tongg (Counseling). Middle row: Patricia Soeda (Japanese), Dana Brue (Science), Layla Rippy (Special Education), Jennifer Dellinger (Science), Avenue Tsukayama (Social Studies), and Laura Ambrosecchio (Language Arts student teacher). Top row: Yatska Henning (ELL and World Language), Eric Bentkowski (Social Studies), Adam Kalma (Language Arts), Ellie Stineman (Math), Chris Blanchard (Special Education), and Michele San George (Science).

Lyrah Panarigan photo The Student Association officers organize school-wide events such as Homecoming, School Spirit Week and the Winter Fantasy. There are also committees students may join. See Student Ac- tivities Coordinator Sherwin Pang in the SA office next to the College and Career Center to get involved. The officers were inducted at the Awards Assembly in May. Top row left to right: Vice Presi- dent Dwight Joo, President Suzanne Tran, Treasurer Brandon Mendoza, Hawaii State Student Council Rep- resentative Jack Schwab. Bottom row: School Commu- nity Council Representative Kane Ruiz, School Commu- nity Council Representative Kristen Yamate, Recording Secretary Kayla Gurtiza, Clerk Christopher Pham, and Re- cording Secretary Vivian Hui. Na Hoku photo 6 NA HOKU O MOANALUA AUGUST 2019 AUGUST 2019 NA HOKU O MOANALUA 7 I dreamed, dared & did. A week stacked of life-long lessons & memories, all in the heart of America’s Capitol.

BY LYRAH PANARIGAN One quote that stood out to me from Editor in Chief that week was from Charles Haynes, founding director of the Religious Free- l Neuharth, founder of the first na- A dom Center. As he spoke passionately tionwide newspaper, USA Today and on the podium, discussing the impor- the Freedom Forum Institute, was the tance of protecting religious rights, he champion of his own motto: Dream, uttered “Tomorrow is today, it is the Dare, and Do. Neuharth dreamed of a fierce urgency of now”. It rang to me the national paper that defied convention- importance of urgency in not just jour- al journalism tactics, dared against the nalism, but in my life as well. It gave me a many critics who mocked his vision, and newfound reason to concentrate on dai- did a newspaper that forever changed ly tasks and to tackle challenges head- the way America would receive its news. on rather than saving it for a later day.

This is my new, life-lasting task - to do. I was given the opportunity to represent All those presentations and lectures Hawai’i as a scholar in the Al Neuharth have only equipped and made us ready In the future, I hope to one day be the Free Spirit and Journalism Conference, to dig deep in the next feature, column journalist that the world needs, that re- an all-expenses paid trip to Washing- or investigative story for our schools ports with accuracy and good reason. ton, D.C held in June. I was alongside and in our future. Not only was I given But as for now, I can say that I dreamed, fellow rising high school scholars from the challenge in a journalistic sense, dared and did at the Al Neuharth Free each state (including the District of Co- I was dared to make 50 new friends Spirit and Journalism Conference. lumbia) to gain insight from some of the in one week. Not only did I connect most respected journalists in the field. through the common bonds of politi- It was a dream of mine that came true, cal parties, journalism styles or current a once-in-a-lifetime experience to learn event topics, I was able to connect more about a love of mine from others with people from various backgrounds. who were just as passionate - if not more. It’s rare to meet someone from every single U.S state, let alone be friends In the heart of American Democracy, and know each individual personally. came the First Amendment that granted Pictured with Jan Neuharth, daugh- rights to freely express religion, speech, ter of Al Neuharth, Panarigan re- press, assembly and petition. The con- cieved a medal from the Newseum ference, sponsored by the Freedom and the Freedom Forum. Forum Institute, was centered around 51 Representatives from each those five rights. Speaker after speaker, state (including D.C) smile at the lecture after lecture constantly pressed steps of the U.S Capitol. and inscribed in 51 teenage minds the Maria Byrk photos importance of journalism in upholding those rights for future generations. They dared us to be out of our comfort zone, to make connections with the people we met, to speak truth and to push for transparency, a mission that still needs to be accomplished in this day and age. 8 NA HOKU O MOANALUA AUGUST 2019

Our mission is to report news within Moanalua High School NA HOKU O MOANALUA and the surrounding community as impartially as possi- Moanalua High School Newspaper ble, while maintaining transparency and accountability as 2825 Ala Ilima Street journalists. Being members of the media, we exercise our Honolulu HI, 96818 first amendment rights to free speech and a free press. Our www.nahokunews.com core principles follow the society of professional journalists code of ethics, centering around seeking the truth, treat- Adviser Liane Voss ing members of the school and community with respect, serving the school, and taking responbility for our actions. Editor in Chief Lyrah Panarigan As Na Hoku O Moanalua, we pledge to truthful- McKenna Drammeh Staff ly document our school and community’s histo- Hailey Medlock ry and highlight the achievements and excellence of our students, staff, and members of the community.