School garden symposium coming to Waimea
Registration is open for the annual Hawaii Island School Garden Network summer symposium slated June 7 and 8 in Waimea.
The symposium, “School Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education: Bringing Schools to Life and Life to Schools,” will be held at the Gates Performing Arts Center at Hawaii Preparatory Academy and Malaai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School.
Breakout sessions and a Hawaii Farm to School and School Garden Hui panel discussion follow the June 7 keynote address, given by Dilafruz Williams, a professor of educational leadership and policy at Portland State University. Danny Miller’s film on Hawaii’s agricultural history and promise, “Na Kupu Manaolana — Seeds of Hope,” makes its West Hawaii debut later that day.
Activities June 8 include a presentation by Pomai Bertelmann and tours of school gardens in the Waimea area. The symposium concludes with a garden luncheon at Malaai with Slow Food Hawaii.
Registration, due by June 5, is $50 per person and includes conference materials, breakfasts and lunches. Register at higardensymposium.eventbrite.com or call 887-6411.
Symposium participants may order William’s book, “School Learning Gardens and Sustainability Education: Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life,” at a discount when they register for the event.
Waimea Elementary plans May Day program
Waimea Elementary School students, along with kumu Liana Alveiro and Pua Garmon, will present a May Day program from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Friday on the school field. The theme for the school year is “Aohe lokomaikai i nele i ka panai — No kind deed has ever lacked its reward.” Students will share these concepts through their oli, mele and hula, or chants, songs and dance. Attendees are asked to bring a mat or chair.
The celebration will open with the introduction of the fifth-grade court led by King Micah Low and Queen Kayla Miura. Princesses and royal court representatives include Kapuanalani Pilayo and Jaysen Bragado, Hawaii Island; Kassadie Hurney and Kulika Lincoln, Maui; Ceelyn Gali-Lucero and Ralph Kalai Luhiau, Kahoolawe; Sarah Reich and Jorge Perez, Molokai; Keeley Gillins and Zac Murakami-Mattos, Lanai; Shaleina Bird and Kalaijah Salazar, Oahu; Trinity Spencer and Dillon Dupont, Kauai; and Janessa Tupe and Dylan Calivoso, Niihau.
Attendants and escorts include ladies-in-waiting Mehana Spencer-Herring, Destiny Alvarez-Torres and Tahnia Key; spear carriers Kanaele Kalili, Saja Lee and Aceson Domingo; pu blowers Elbi Tibnol, Luke Kaniho and Keldon Aurello; and kahili carriers Antone Cootey and Jermon Thomas.
Hualalai Academy presents ‘Music Man Jr.’
Hualalai Academy will present “The Music Man Jr.” Friday through Sunday at the Aloha Theatre in Kainaliu. The story follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize, despite his inability to tell the difference between a trombone and a trouble clef. Hill’s plans to skip town are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen.
Performances begin at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday. The final performance is a benefit for the Hualalai Academy scholarship and financial aid fund. Tickets are available at apachawaii.org for $10; $5 for students and children.
Hualalai Academy is a college preparatory school that offers an integrated curriculum and experiential learning to develop students’ academic, artistic, social and physical skills. For more information, visit hualalai.org.
Summer programs offered at Kahakai
Kahakai Elementary School’s 21st Century Community Learning Center offers summer enrichment and Jump Start programs from 8 to 11 a.m. weekdays, June 3 through 28.
Jump Start is offered to rising kindergarten through fifth-grade students. The kindergarten program will focus on early learning skills through hands-on activities. The first- through fifth-grade program builds on language arts and math skills taught during the school year, so students will be prepared for 2013-2014.
The enrichment program includes ukulele/chorus, Japanese and art/drama.
Classes cost $50; application forms are available in the school office. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call Linda Nagai at 327-4313.
James earns college degree
Kailua-Kona resident Charles James graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor of fine arts degree in theatre arts-performance during commencement ceremonies last weekend.
Located in Edmond, Okla., Central Oklahoma is the state’s largest metropolitan university, serving more than 17,000 students pursuing degrees in 116 undergraduate and 58 graduate major areas of study. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Orr completes veterinary studies
Amber Orr of Kona is scheduled graduate Saturday from The College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colo. She will serve her internship with an animal hospital in the Boston area.
Orr, daughter of John and Eve Orr, attended Konawaena Elementary, Intermediate and High schools and earned a bachelor of science degree in biology from Tufts University in Medford, Mass., in 2009.
Rotary announces scholarship winners
The Rotary Club of Kona Sunrise recently awarded three scholarships.
Luke van der Spoel and Natasha Manasas have each won a $1,500 Francis Kuailani Sr. Science Scholarship. Van der Spoel will attend Rice University and study biomedical engineering. Manasas will pursue a degree in medicine at Chaminade University.
Hali McCoy Stauffer has won the $2,000 Arts Scholarship. She will major in broadcast communications at Northern Arizona University. She also received a $5,000 Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation Scholarship.
