Warnecke makes dean’s list at Biola
Michael Warnecke of Kailua-Kona was one of 1,513 students named to the dean’s list at Biola University for the spring semester.
Those with a grade point average of 3.6 or higher who are enrolled in 12 or more credit units and whose cumulative grade point average is at least 3.2 are eligible for the dean’s list. This past spring, 35 percent of Biola students achieved this academic goal.
The Christian school is located in Southern California
Students make honor roll at OSU
Freshman Michaela K. Byrnes, a pre-athletic training student from Kealakekua, and senior Alexandra M. Aoki, who is studying merchandising management, were named to the scholastic honor roll for the summer term at Oregon State University.
To be on the honor roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work.
UH Community Colleges receive $10M for workforce training
The University of Hawaii Community Colleges will receive a $10 million grant, “Sustaining Health, Strengthening Security in the Aloha State,” awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The University of Hawaii Maui College will lead the seven-campus consortium to develop new training programs and support existing ones. The school proposes to create new entry-level certificates in cyber security and health. Cyber security training prepares a workforce better equipped to deal with the challenges of an Internet economy at a time when concerns about cyber security have dramatically increased. Training for school health aides and community health workers provides workers with entry-level training for a career in the rapidly changing medical environment.
Funding will be used to develop curricula, purchase simulation laboratory equipment, retrofit classrooms for technology-enabled courses, provide student services and improve data tracking.
Learn more about the program at doleta.gov/taaccct.
Kealakehe book fair opens Saturday
The annual Kealakehe Elementary Scholastic Book Fair will have a grand opening from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
The event will also be open to the public from 1:15 to 4 p.m. Monday through Nov. 7, but will be closed on Election Day, Nov. 4, and close early, at 2 p.m. Nov. 7.
The fair is a fundraiser to support schoolwide access to online databases, library books and the Newbery Team. For more information, call the library at 327-4308, ext. 237.
Kealakehe High hosts parent night
Parents or guardians and students of Kealakehe High School are invited to attend Parent Night from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the school’s cafeteria. Staff will be available to provide information on grades; status of student’s personal transition plan; credit checks, graduation status, college planning; class credit recovery; Migrant Education and English Language Learners Programs; Title I benefits for students; and, answer any other questions. Translators will be available.
Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Linda Jeffrey at 313-3652.
Waveriders JROTC lead Ironman parade
Kealakehe U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Waverider Battalion led the parade of athletes in the Ironman Parade on Oct. 7 in Kona. The award-winning color guard marched and performed with the JROTC Waverider Battalion following.
“The cadets looked really sharp in their uniforms and presentation,” said Daniel C. Malakai, retired lieutenant colonel and senior instructor. “The Waveriders really set the pace for the parade.”
Waimea Middle meetings planned
Waimea Middle School’s Hookakoo Local School Board will be visiting Waimea and holding its quarterly board meeting from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday on campus, followed by an abbreviated local advisory panel meeting from 5:15 to 6 p.m.
Both meetings will be held in classroom K-03 near the school’s central basketball court and all school families, faculty, staff and community friends are invited to sit in on the meetings. The panel’s meeting agenda is posted at waimeamiddleschool.org.
During the visit, the Hookakoo board will recognize the school for having recently received six-year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
For more information, call Principal Matt Horne at 887-6090, ext. 225.
Applications due for preschool program
The Department of Human Services is accepting applications for its second semester 2014-15 Preschool Open Doors program until Oct. 31. The semester begins Jan. 1. Applications received before Oct. 31 will be considered for participation from Jan. 1 though June 30. Families who are enrolled and participating from the spring 2014 applications period do not need to reapply.
A child must be 5 years old on or before July 31 to enter kindergarten. Families with children born Aug. 1, 2009, through July 31, 2010, may apply. Children who are underserved or at risk will receive priority consideration for the 2014-15 program.
Interested families may request an application from PATCH. Big Island residents can call 800-746-5620. Applications may be downloaded from the PATCH website, patchhawaii.org. Applications must be received on or before Oct. 31 to be considered for the Jan. 1 through June 30, 2015, POD program. Mail completed applications to: PATCH – POD, N. Nimitz Highway, Suite 218, Honolulu, HI 96817.