Published for the

Kamehameha Schools ‘Ohana

Spring 2002

Published for the

Kamehameha Schools ‘Ohana

Spring 2002

Understanding the Strategic PlanMaster Carver Kawika Eskaran ’74Caring for the LandThe Doctor Is In

Gearing Up On MauiUnderstanding the Strategic PlanMaster Carver Kawika Eskaran ’74Caring for the LandThe Doctor Is In

Gearing Up On Maui

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Expanding our reach is a central theme inKamehameha Schools’ StrategicImplementation Plan. Much of the work wewill do in coming years will be collaborative –within communities and standing facilities.

Yet, collaborative expansion will notdetract us from our existing programs, becauseour Strategic Implementation Plan mandates

us to maintain and strengthen our commitment to existingquality campus-based programs on our three campuses.

In this issue of I Mua, you will have an opportunity explorethe progress of Kamehameha’s expanding services on our MauiCampus; its new facilities, academic approaches, and you’ll meetMaui Headmaster Dr. Rodney Chamberlain.

Expanding earlier plans from K-8 to committing to full K-12 programs at our Maui and Hawaiÿi campuses came indirect response to stakeholder input – received during statewidecommunity meetings begun in 1999 – that sought increasedaccess to a quality K-12 education for Hawaiian children.

We are learning about additional benefits our quality K-12campus-based programs are bringing into the Kamehamehasystem:

First, in the long term, as our Maui and Hawaiÿi K-12campuses begin to increasingly accommodate their own regionalneeds, additional places will open up at Kapälama for studentsfrom Oÿahu, Kauaÿi, Molokaÿi and Länaÿi .

Second, just as we’d hoped, our new campuses arebecoming dynamic centers for our Maui and Hawaiÿi Hawaiiancommunities. Already true at Kapälama – where we hostnumerous KS affiliated group activities and classes throughoutthe year – both Maui and Hawaiÿi campuses are increasinglysignificant in the social, cultural and educational lives of ourneighbor island communities.

This is as it should be. And, with Kamehameha’s continued commitment to

serving more people of Hawaiian ancestry through qualityeducational programs on Maui, Hawaiÿi and at Kapälama – thisis as it will be.

I mua Kamehameha!

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

J. Douglas Ing ’62Chairman

Robert K.U. Kihune ’55

Constance H. Lau

Diane J. Plotts

Nainoa Thompson

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Hamilton I. McCubbin Ph.D. ’59

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Dudley Hare Jr., Ed.D.Chief Education Officer

Colleen I. Wong ’75Chief Legal Officer

Eric K. YeamanChief Financial Officer

EDUCATION GROUP

D. Rodney Chamberlain, Ed.D.Headmaster-Maui Campus

Michael J. Chun, Ph.D. ’61Headmaster-Kapalama Campus

Stan Fortuna Jr., Ed.D.Headmaster-Hawai‘i Campus

Juvenna Chang, Ed.D. ’60Dean-Extension Education

Suzanne RamosDean-Early Childhood Education

KE ALI‘I PAUAHI FOUNDATION

Rockne Freitas, Ed.D. ’63Vice President and Executive Director

I MUA STAFF

Ed Kalama ’76Editor

Lesley Agard ’68Assistant Editor

Gerry Johansen ’60Alumni Editor

Michael YoungPhotography

CONTRIBUTORS

Marsha Bolson ’70

Ellen Kazama

Lurline Naone Salvador ’69

Ellen Pelissero

Craig Clouet

Kerry Kamisato

Alan Takano

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Commitment to Excellence Extends to Mauiand Hawai‘i Campusesby Hamilton I. McCubbin, Ph.D.Chief Executive Officer

Vol. 2002, Issue 2

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Cover StoryKamehameha Schools Maui Campus will seeits enrollment grow from its current 272students to 832 youngsters by the fall of 2003.

The Iosepa prepares to launch from Hukilau Beach in Lai‘e.

(Right) Kamehameha Schools Wildlife Biologist Tonnie Casey’s closest ally in the field is her dog Rum– the Rat Hunter.

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8 Gearing Up On MauiWith middle school facilities opening in the fall, and high schoolbuildings coming next year, Headmaster Rod Chamberlain and the staff at Kamehameha Schools-Maui are preparing for the busydays ahead.

12 Understanding the Strategic PlanCharlene Hoe of the Office of Strategic Planning/Strategic PlanningEnhancement Group examines the roadmap that is theKamehameha Schools Strategic Plan.

16 Master CarverHaving learned his art from craftsmen throughout the Pacific,master artist Kawika Eskaran ’74 completes his latest project, BYU-Hawai‘i’s 57-foot double-hulled teaching canoe, the Iosepa.

20 Caring for the LandWildlife Biologist Tonnie Casey’s job is to care for the plants andanimals on Kamehameha Schools vast conservation andagricultural lands.

22 The Doctor Is InBorn and raised on a Molokaÿi homestead, Dr. Phillip Reyes ’74 isserving as Kamehameha Schools clinical director of medical services– and as a great role model for students as well.

Published for the Kamehameha Schools ‘Ohana

Departments

4 KS in the News

24 Life at Kamehameha

26 Alumni Class News

31 College Close-Up

32 Milestones

33 The Readers’ Write

35 Regional Alumni Associations

37 I Remember When

38 Wanted: Missing Alumni

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KS In The News

Kamehameha Schools Honored with DistinguishedService AwardKamehameha Schools has beenawarded the 2002 Distinguish-ed Service Award by theUniversity of Hawaiÿi’s Collegeof Business Administration. Theaward is given annually to anorganization that has set anexample to the community forits leadership and service toeither the university, college orcommunity.

Kamehameha washonored for its Strategic Plandecision to dramaticallyincrease access to education forHawaiian children and createeducational opportunities to

forever improve the capabilityand well-being of people ofHawaiian ancestry.

“There can be no greaterDistinguished Service Awardthan one given to those whostand up boldly in order to edu-cate Hawaiÿi’s people,” read theaward certificate.

Governor Signs Two LegislativeBills Important to KS Two legislative bills supportedby Kamehameha Schools havebeen signed into law by Gov.Ben Cayetano. Kamehamehawas instrumental in draftingand advocating passage of bothof the bills, which reflect goalscontained in KS’ Strategic

Implementation Plan.SB 2662 allows nonprofit

organizations to collaboratewith the Department ofEducation to manage publicschools, bringing to the tablenew educational expertise incurriculum development, edu-cational and cultural materials,equipment, professional devel-opment support and additionalfunding. The bill’s approvalmeans Kamehameha will nowmove forward with the stepsnecessary to support a nonprof-it entity that will participate inthis new concept.

SB 2283 codifies and addsthe definition of “school readi-ness” to Act 77, Session Laws of Hawaiÿi 1997, in an effort tocreate conditions that willenable children in Hawaiÿi tosucceed in kindergarten andsubsequent school experiences.The legislation calls for thedevelopment of policies andstrategies for measuring resultsand performance indicators ofschool readiness that willstrengthen Hawaiÿi’s earlychildhood system and buildcapacity for sustainability.

CEO McCubbin Testifies BeforeSenate CommitteeIn April, Kamehameha SchoolsChief Executive OfficerHamilton McCubbin testifiedbefore the Senate Committee onIndian Affairs on the earlyeducational/“school readiness”needs of Hawaiian children.

Dr. McCubbin’s testimony,part of a cooperative effort withthe New Beginnings Alliance,Pacific Resources for Educationand Learning (PREL), Kapu NäKeiki, Alu Like, QLCC andother agencies, was in supportof additional federalparticipation in Hawaiÿi’s earlyeducation efforts on behalf ofHawaiians. McCubbin testifiedto the importance of “school

Song Contest a Ratings WinnerAired live on KHON-TV,Kamehameha Schools2002 Song Contest wasthe highest rated broad-cast for the evening ofMarch 22, according tothe Nielson MediaResearch report.

KHON-TV willrebroadcast the event in

its entirety from 5 to 8 a.m. on May 27.Kamehameha Schools would like to thank Song Contest

sponsors, including Hawaiian Airlines, First Hawaiian Bankand Alexander and Baldwin. NetEnterprise also donated itsservices, providing streaming video of the Song Contest tothe Kamehameha Schools Website.

For the record, the Combined Class Award (Charles E.King Cup) went to the senior class, the Girls’ Award (NewEngland Mothers’ Cup) to the senior women, and the Boys’Award (George Alanson Andrus Cup) to the junior men.

In addition, the Outstanding Student Director (LouiseAoe McGregor Award) was presented to combined seniorclass director Rockne Henriques, and the ÿÖlelo MakuahineAward (Richard Lyman Jr. Trophy) was awarded to thesenior class as well. Best Musical Performance (Helen DeshaBeamer Award) went to the junior men.

A Regular Guy – KGMB-TV weatherman Guy Hagi (far right)speaks with eighth-grade English students during a visit toKapalama in February. Hagi’s visit was part of a newspaper/reportingproject by students in teacher Cami Nihipali’s class. Students alsovisited the Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star Bulletin.

Warrior Football Players Headed for Division IKamehameha senior Brandon Ala enjoys aninterview with Kanoa Leahey of KITV-4 afterceremonies in Midkiff Library on NationalLetter of Intent Signing Day. Ala is headed forthe University of Washington, Enoka Lucas(bottom photo, center) will play for the

University ofOregon, and Albert“Abu” Maafala(bottom photo, right)will suit up withJune Jones and theUniversity ofHawaiÿi Warriors.

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readiness” and said thatHawaiian children must not beoverlooked in the nationaleducational agenda.

KS Economics Class part ofNational SeriesIn December, KapälamaCampus high school economicsteacher Dee Meecham had aclass session taped as part of a video series by the NationalCouncil on Economic Educa-tion. The series is designed tohelp teachers learn effectivemethods for teaching eco-nomics. Producers sought outexperienced teachers aroundthe country, recorded their classsessions and briefly interviewedstudents and their teachers. Theseries is produced by PacificStreet Films.

KS Transitions from FederallyFunded ProgramsKamehameha Schools hassuccessfully transitioned fromits administrative role in fourfederally funded programsunder the Extension EducationDivision (EED).

Two programs providedscholarships to NativeHawaiians. The Native

Hawaiian Higher EducationScholarship Program hastransferred to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa BusinessCollege while The NativeHawaiian Health Scholarshipprogram has transferred toPapa Ola Lökahi, a comprehen-sive health program funded bythe Department of Health andHuman Services.

Two other programs,funded by the federal Depart-ment of Education, are the Safeand Drug Free Program (SDFP)and Kamehameha TalentSearch (KTS).

Pacific Resources forEducation and Learning (PREL)was designated by the office ofGov. Ben Cayetano to completethe last year of the grant cyclefor the SDFP.

KTS continues to provideservices under KS funding tostudents in selected stateDepartment of Educationschools to prepare them forcollege and/or other post-highopportunities. The federalDepartment of Education isworking with the University ofHawaiÿi at Hilo to serve as thenew grantee for the remainingtwo-year program of work.

Kapalama Campus high school economics teacher Dee Meechammakes a point during filming.

Chips Ahoy! Kapalama Campus sopho-more Erik Gonzalves modelsan ankle bracelet containinga microchip which helpsrecord students’ performanceduring running and swim-ming events, held as part of the physical educationdepartment’s fitness pro-gram. The system, whichwas purchased just this year,uses electronic “ears” torecord athletes’ times as theypass through a course, andthen that information isrelayed to a central computerwhich analyzes the data.

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KS In The News

Members of the CEO Advisory Group gather at Kapalama Campus.

Johnen Akiona President, Association of Teachers andParents, Kapalama Campus

Julian Ako ’61Na Kumu O Kamehameharepresentative

Dr. Naleen Andrade Professor and Chair, Native HawaiianMental Health Research DevelopmentProgram

Roy Benham ’41Community Member

Gladys Brandt Chairperson Emeritus,UH-Mänoa Board of Regents

Dr. William Brown President, Director & CEO, Bishop Museum

Dr. Elizabeth Lindsey Buyers ’74President, D. Buyers Enterprises, LLC

Fred Cachola ’53Community Member

Gen. David Cooper ’59 (Ret.)President, Pacific AmericanFoundation; Community Member atlarge

Jan Dill ’65President and CEO, Strategic Solutions, Inc.

Lt. Col. Kirk Durante ’70 (Ret.)President, KSAA Board of Presidents

Carol Eblen Attorney at Law, Partner, GoodsillAnderson Quinn & Stifel, LLP

Dr. Andrew HashimotoDean and Director, College of Tropical Agriculture andHuman Resources, UH-Mänoa

Dr. Randy Hitz Dean and Professor, College of Education, UH Mänoa

Marion Mizumoto Joy ’61President, Nä Pua a Ke Aliÿi Pauahi, Inc.

Dr. Lilikala Dorton Kameÿeleihiwa ’70

Director, Center for Hawaiian Studies,UH Mänoa

Toni Gomes Lee ’59President, Kamehameha SchoolsAlumni Association, Oÿahu Region

Eric Martinson ’80Managing Director, MN Capital Partners, LLC

Larry McElhenyPresident, KS Faculty Association

Robert Midkiff President, Good Beginnings Alliance

Paulette Puaa Moore ’53Community Member

Dr. Barry MunitzPresident, J. Paul Getty Trust

Bruce Nakaoka Managing Director, MN Capital Partners, LLC

Dr. Gary OkamotoPresident and CEO, Queen’s Health Systems

Crystal Rose ’75Attorney at Law, Partner, Bays,Deaver, Lung, Rose & Baba

Ray Schoenke Continental U.S. Community Member

Dr. Irving ShainChancellor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ray Soon Director, State Department ofHawaiian Home Lands

Ronald Taketa Financial Secretary & BusinessRepresentative, Hawaiÿi CarpentersUnion, Local 745

Dennis TeranishiPresident & CEO, Hawaiian Host, Inc.

Dr. Sue WesselkamperPresident, Chaminade University ofHonolulu

Robert Witt Executive Director, HawaiÿiAssociation of Independent Schools

Dwight YoshimuraSr. VP of General Growth & GM, Ala Moana CenterGeneral Growth Partnership

CEO Forms Advisory GroupKamehameha Schools CEOHamilton McCubbin hasformed a CEO Board ofAdvisors, made up of a crosssection of educational, civic,cultural and business leadersfrom Hawaiÿi and across thenation, to advise him on criticalissues, foster development andpartnerships and promoteKamehameha’s mission.

Dr. McCubbin solicitednominations to the board andsought advice from trustees,chief executives, KS staff andcommunity leaders. Boardmembers were selected basedon experience, skill sets, diver-sity of backgrounds, exemplaryleadership, community linkages,and commitment to KS’ purposeand to the Hawaiian people.

The board, which will meet quarterly, has already mettwice. The normal board mem-ber term is three years, but afew select members are slatedfor four years.

“We need to have a rangeof leaders sending out themessages of Kamehameha,”McCubbin said. “Given ourStrategic Implementation Plan,broad representation across thestate is critical.”

CEO Board of Advisors

Skipping to the BeatThe Kamehameha Jump Rope for Heartdemonstration team displays its talents onKamamalu Playground on the KapalamaCampus. The team, under the supervision ofphysical education teacher Lynn Yuen, travelsacross the state encouraging other schools toparticipate in the fundraising activity for theAmerican Heart Association. Kamehameha elementary students at Kapälama, Maui andHawai‘i raised more than $74,000 for theassociation in February.

Remembering Sept. 11 – Kapalama Campus fifth-graders present a check for $6,552dollars to state Youth Coordinator Mariah Walmsley and Disaster Coordinator KennethKotada of the Red Cross. The students raised the money for the Sept. 11th fund by sellinghand-crafted pins.

Cheerleaders Finish Third inNation, First in StateThe Kamehameha Schoolsvarsity cheer team, coached byDolly Wong ’78 and assistantsMelissa Beimes ’93 andShannon Cosma ’94, finishedthird in the nation at theNational High School Cheer-leading Championships held atWalt Disney World in February.The Warriors competed in theSmall Varsity division whichincluded 58 squads fromaround the nation.

The Kamehameha squadalso won their division in theILH championships as well asthe first-ever state tournamenttitle in Hawaiÿi High SchoolAthletic Associationcompetition.

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Children’s Chorus goesHollywoodThe beautiful voices of theKamehameha SchoolsChildren’s Chorus, directed byLynell Bright, will be featuredin the upcoming Disney movie“Lilo and Stitch.” The animatedchildrens’ film centers aroundLilo, an Elvis-loving Hawaiiangirl, who adopts a “dog” froman animal shelter. The dogturns out to be a hyperintelli-gent alien who has escapedfrom the scientists who createdhim on another planet.

The chorus performs “HeMele No Lilo,” and “HawaiianRollercoaster Ride.” Bright andthe chorus members will headto Los Angeles in June to attendthe movie’s premiere.

Members of the Kamehameha Schools Children’s Chorus take to the recording studio forthe upcoming Disney movie “Lilo and Stitch.”

The state champion Kamehameha varsity cheer team celebrates itsachievement.

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Avisit to the rolling hills of upcountry Maui is usually one of themost peaceful trips in all the islands. But if you’ve visited theKamehameha Schools Maui Campus in Pukalani lately, tran-

quility and serenity probably aren’t the first words that come to mind.These are bustling times at KS-Maui.Last summer, construction of a four-classroom building completed

the 18-acre elementary school, where presently 272 students in gradeskindergarten through eight are housed.

This summer, the campus middle school – five major buildingsspread over a 12-acre site – will be completed, just in time to welcome astudent body which will more than double in the fall to include 592students in K-9 classes.

Meanwhile, mass grading for the first 42 acres for the high schoolsite is already underway, with construction of the first buildings set tobegin this spring. By the fall of 2003, 832 K-10 students will call KS-

Maui home.The entire $223 million campus,

begun in 1999, is expected to becompleted by 2005, and carry a K-12enrollment of 1,120.

The two key Kamehameha staffmembers in this huge undertakingare Project Manager WalterThoemmes ’84, who runs theFacilities Design and ManagementDepartment, and Maui HeadmasterDr. Rod Chamberlain, who arrived oncampus last summer.

Gearing Up On MauiWith middle school facilities opening in the fall, and high schoolbuildings coming next year, Headmaster Rod Chamberlain and the staffat Kamehameha Schools-Maui are preparing for the busy days ahead

The entire $223 million campus, begun in1999, is expected to be completed by 2005,and carry a K-12 enrollment of 1,120.

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For Thoemmes, the pressure is on to deliver thefacilities on time, and ready for use by students eagerfor a Kamehameha education. Thoemmes said that, attimes, things can get a bit nerve racking.

“There are nights I wake up in a cold sweat becauseI think maybe I forgot something,” Thoemmes laughed.“But I’ve been involved in the architectural projectmanagement field for 14 years, and these projects (Mauiand Hawaiÿi campus construction) are by far the mostexciting projects that I’ve been involved with.

“There are many, many issues to be resolved, andthe best you can do is try to mitigate those issues downand stay on top of them and not let them slip throughthe cracks. We’ll be there, but it’s definitely a challenge.”

Chamberlain comes to Kamehameha with vastexperience in school construction and administration,having spent 22 years at Milton Hershey School inPennslyvania and most recently serving as head of schoolfor University Lake School in Wisconsin.

“What attracted me toKamehameha was the opportunity tobuild a campus,” he said. “That’s veryexciting and it’s a once in a lifetimeopportunity. And here’s an opportu-nity with the resources to do it right.

“Helping to shape a schoolculture to serve a group of people isvery appealing,” Chamberlain added.“All school cultures are somewhatfluid, but making changes is hard. Youget DNA built into your culture – thisis the way we’re going to do things –and the idea of shaping that culturebefore it has set is very exciting. Again,the idea is to do it right.”

“Dr. Chamberlain has been a realpleasure to work with,” Thoemmessaid. “He obviously has done this kindof work before. He’s a good commu-nicator, and he’s not afraid to makedecisions. That certainly makes ourjob a lot easier.”

“What I feel good about is we have really goodpeople here on Maui,” Chamberlain said. “So I’m moreof a coordinator than a lone ranger. I’m here to servepeople, help to raise the questions and bring the rightgroups of people together to work through the issues to try and create a consensus. I’m trying to listen topeople.”

One of the first things Chamberlain did as head-master was to convene an Identity Task Force, comprisedof students, teachers, staff members, parents and com-munity members, to look at four key questions: what theKS-Maui colors, mascot, school song and logo should be.

Not suprisingly, maintaining the traditions ofKamehameha Schools was the general consensus of thegroup, although allowing for some modifications, witha suggestion of possibly calling the school athletic teamsMaui Warriors instead of just Warriors, for example.

“In the long term, it’s essential for KS-Maui toestablish its own identity,” Chamberlain said. “Thereshould probably be a Maui song. We’re very fortunatethat on May Day, in addition to the traditionalKamehameha songs, our children sing a song written by Kaipo Hale ’68 (entitled “Maui Nui a Kama”) that’sabout Maui. I’m sure that our own traditions willemerge over time.”

“Dr. Chamberlain employs inclusive decisionmaking at every turn,” said KS-Maui K-8 PrincipalLeeAnn DeLima ’77. “And his experience and leader-ship are really going to be put to the test here. Withinthe next four months, our student population is going to increase 110 percent and we’re going to add asecondary program as well.”

DeLima said family involvement is one of the keybenefits of having Kamehameha campuses on neighborislands. “Having a campus here on Maui providesopportunities for families to be involved in day-to-dayschool and extracurricular activities that otherwise maybe limited for families of boarder students,” she said.

“The research is clear that when families areinvolved with their children’s school, children in turnare successful in the classroom. This is what we want:informed and active parents supporting studentsuccess.”

“You hear that from a lot of parents, that they getto be with their kids here,” said KS-Maui administrativeaide Kauko Kane ’80. “My son Nainoa is a freshman at

“The research is clear that when families are involved

with their children’s school, children in turn are

successful in the classroom.”

– LEEANN DELIMA

“Learning never stickswhen it’s just a theoryor when it’s in aconcept. It has to haveroots – it has to havesome application. Thisacademy concept givesit that.”

– DR. ROD CHAMBERLAIN

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Kapälama and it was hard for me to send him away. I’d have a real hard time letting my daughter go.”

One of the innovations on Maui will be the use ofan “academy concept” for high school students. Fouracademy buildings will be constructed: science andnatural resources; information technology; business andleadership; and arts and communications.

“The academy approach represents the best of theeducational research,” Chamberlain said. “We chose ourfour based upon what we believe is reflective of Mauias well as transferable to the other islands or to themainland. The hope is that our students will leave herewith some idea of a career orientation.”

Students will do some initial exploration aboutpossible career choices in middle school and in grades 9 and 10. Then, as juniors, they will select an academytrack to follow.

Juniors and seniors will still have classes in English,math, science and social studies, but assignments,whether they be a science project, book report or historylesson, will revolve around the theme of the academy.

Chamberlain is all for this “integrated learning”concept. “Learning never happens in a bubble,” he said.“Learning never sticks when it’s just a theory or whenit’s in a concept. It has to have roots – it has to havesome application. This academy concept gives it that.”

The academy approach climaxes in a senior project,which is researched and presented by the student. “Thepower of that learning, where students have to create it,work out the details and then present what they’velearned, really moves education from being a passiveexperience to an active, engaged experience,”

Chamberlain said. “If we want to produce leaders, and Ithink we do at Kamehameha, we have to prepare peoplewho are active, engaged individuals who know how toframe that experience, reflect on it and then share it.”

“Academies are a new concept for KamehamehaSchools, so it’s a new concept for us too,” Thoemmessaid. “The leadership has identified the academy concept as the way they want to deliver education, andwe’ve actually tailored the facilities to parallel thateducation plan.”

KS-Maui’s middle school will include two 20,000sq. ft. classroom buildings, a specialty/dining facility,a music building and an administration building/learning center.

The first phase of the high school calls for two30,000 sq. ft. grade 9 and 10 classroom buildings, alibrary, cafeteria, gymnasium and facilities for athleticsand information technology.

The four academy buildings,along with an adminstration building,will follow in the next phase of highschool construction. A performing artscenter and chapel will complete thecampus in the last construction phase.

“These outer island campusesare completely wired for technologyand we’ve got adequate power to allthe buildings,” Thoemmes said.“From a facilities standpoint, thesetwo new campuses really respond toeducation in the 21st century.”

“Our marching orders now are toget this campus up and running,”Chamberlain said. “We have a lot ofpositions to fill and we’re going tobring in a whole lot of new people.My greatest challenge here will be to continue a sense ofÿohana while we grow very quickly. That’s a very hardissue. How does one create a sense that we are KS-Maui,and that we are a family?

“I know this is a journey. This school is going to behere a long time. If we do things the proper way, andcreate the right foundation, this campus will far outliveanything we can even imagine.”

“How does one create a sense that we are KS-Maui,

and that we are a family?”

– DR. ROD CHAMBERLAIN

“From a facilitiesstandpoint, these twonew campuses reallyrespond to education inthe 21st century.”

– WALTER THOEMMES

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A s director of the Office of Strategic Planning/Strategic

Planning Enhancement Group (OSP/SPEG), there is perhaps

no one at Kamehameha Schools who is more familiar with its

Strategic Plan than Charlene Hoe.

Formulated in response to community and stakeholder input

and adopted in October 2000, the plan is now in its second phase of

implementation.

Phase II of the Strategic Implementation Plan, unveiled in

October 2001, outlines the development of Kamehameha programs

and services and sets institutional goals for the next five years.

Hoe recently sat down with I Mua in an effort to help everyone

better understand why and how Kamehameha Schools is moving in

the direction it is.

Charlene Hoe

Charlene Hoe of the Office of Strategic Planning/

Strategic Planning Enhancement Group examines the

roadmap that is the Kamehameha Schools Strategic Plan

Understanding the

Strategic Plan

I Mua: How does Phase II of the StrategicImplementation Plan differ from Phase I?

Hoe: First, let me say that the ultimate mandateof the Strategic Plan is for Kamehameha Schoolsto extend the reach of its programs and servicesto more of the Hawaiian population.

Essentially, the first phase was completed atthe executive level right after the adoption of theplan. We tried to help position the institution tobe able to deliver on the promise of the plan andto take advantage of any initiatives that werealready on our plate. The decision to go K-12 withour Hawaiÿi and Maui campuses; the expansionof our K-3 reading program, and the reinitiationof a collaboration with the state Department ofEducation (DOE) for summer school offerings areall examples of Phase I initiatives.

Phase II goes to that commitment to involvestakeholder input. Now that we have the foun-dation in place to move forward, Phase II detailsspecifically what we’re going to do in the nextfive years to try and achieve the goals in the plan.

I Mua: How did Kamehameha Schools make thedecision to reach out to more Native Hawaiians,and how is this goal in accordance with the willof Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop?

Hoe: The will does say her trust will establish twoschools, one for boys and one for girls. Throughthe course of Kamehameha’s more than 100-yearhistory, the specific way that’s been addressed haschanged from time to time, to hopefully bettermeet the needs of the Hawaiian community.

In fact, in 1962 Kamehameha went to thecourts and received permission to expand ser-vices with programs like post-high scholarships,adult education and early childhood initiatives.

As we went through the strategic planningprocess, it became clear to us through the discus-sions with our community that the need was evengreater. And as we looked at Pauahi’s mandate tothe trust and the surrounding documents of herlife and times, and those of Charles Reed Bishopafter her, we felt Pauahi chose education as astrategy to improve the well-being of her people.More specifically, we felt that was what she wasasking in her will.

I Mua: Wouldn’t you agree that, while a verynoble goal, attempting to improve the well-beingof an entire people is a monumental task?

Hoe: I’m very excited by what we’re doing, butvery humbled as well. You’re right, this is a verydaunting task and clearly, we can’t do this byourselves. And working with others is always achallenge to do it in a way that honors all parties’strengths. I think we’ve cut out major work forourselves.

I Mua: How much of the work can KamehamehaSchools carry?

Hoe: Clearly, we are limited by our resources,whatever they are. Regardless of the level of ourendowment, we do not have the resources to do it ourselves – we don’t have the resources byourselves to meet the need.

Can we provide the same level of services toall Hawaiians in the community? There’s no waywe can do that. Can we somehow be involved inbringing resources to meet the educational needs,or at least help improve the environment forlearning for the Hawaiian community? Absolutelyyes – as long as we engage with others to do that,and to me, that engagement should involveanyone who shares our mission.

I Mua: And that includes collaborating with thestate Department of Education?

Hoe: That’s where most of the Hawaiian studentsin our state are in the K-12 age group. The hope isthat we can support the DOE efforts and help raisethe bar of education in the state of Hawai‘i, and bydoing so create a greater voice for improvement ofeducation – thereby affecting education across theboard. That’s the hope. And we’re not the onlyones who are out there trying to work on educa-tional reform and improvement, the charter schoolmovement is clearly another.

We’re talking about finding ways to address

the educational needs of the Hawaiian

community using many different approaches.

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I Mua: What are the major themes of theStrategic Plan, and what kind of financialcommitment is Kamehameha Schools makingtoward those goals?

Hoe: There are seven strategic institutionalgoals, or directions, contained in this implemen-tation phase. Those areas are early childhood;quality K-12 education; career awareness andoptions; community capacity for education;learning environment; resource development tosupport reach; and ÿike Hawaiÿi (the study of allthings Hawaiian).

Each year, funds are earmarked for thisexpansion. For the 2002-2003 fiscal year, whichbegins in July, Kamehameha Schools has approximately $21 million available for Phase IIinitiatives.

I Mua: Earlier, you said the ultimate mandateof the plan was for Kamehameha to extend thereach of its programs and services. How wouldyou define “reach” in this instance?

Hoe: When we talk about expanded reach in ourimplementation plan, we are not talking aboutdoing exactly what Kamehameha has done inthe past – provide full-time K-12 educationalservices to a limited number of Hawaiians. We’retalking about finding ways to address theeducational needs of the Hawaiian communityusing many different approaches.

We have to do that. If we were just going tocontinue what we have been doing, we’ll only beable to expand to another 1,000 students andthat’s about it. Kamehameha funded and deliv-ered full-time programs is the most expensiveapproach. We can either expand just a very little,or find other ways to expand greatly. That’swhat we’ve opted to do.

I Mua: So when people hear that KamehamehaSchools is now going to “serve” or “touch”them, what exactly does that mean?

When we use terms like reach, serve or touch,we’re using those terms in their broadest inter-pretation or definition. Sometimes Kamehamehamay simply make material available to people sothat they can follow up on their own.

For example, we’ve found that ourHawaiian community on the continental UnitedStates is very interested in gaining more access to cultural material or material directly related to Hawaiÿi. Well, we can’t take Hawaiÿi to thecontinent, but we can use distance learningtechnology to make cultural material and classesavailable worldwide. Or, Kamehameha may helpenable other agencies to expand their servicesmore broadly into the Hawaiian community.

I Mua: So we’re actually talking about theworldwide Hawaiian community?

Hoe: We’re getting to the point where half of ourHawaiian community will live outside of thestate of Hawaiÿi (see graphic on page 15). Wedon’t want to forget about half of the Hawaiiancommunity, and we need to figure out ways tostay connected to that community – whether it’s by distance learning, networks establishedthrough our alumni association or by collabo-rating with other Hawaiian organizations.

I Mua: In extending its reach in the Hawaiiancommunity, will Kamehameha cut currentprograms and services?

Hoe: Top and foremost, above the sevendirections of the plan, is a mandate from thetrustees to maintain the excellence of currentprograms. You could say that’s the eighthdirection of the plan.

As we move forward, extending our reachshouldn’t deteriorate the excellence of our currentprograms. Ultimately, it is everyone’s responsi-bility across the institution – from trustees ondown – to ensure that it doesn’t, by looking atbudgets and making sure that each dollar isimportant to the delivery of excellence. And if itisn’t, then reallocating that dollar.

I Mua: How will the success of these newinitiatives be measured?

Hoe: Phase II of our plan contains benchmarks to measure against, and we have targets bothfinancially and in numbers served for all of theinitiatives.

In all of our new endeavors, we’re askingstaff to develop the benchmarks that they wantthat particular effort to be measured against. Andthen PASE (Kamehameha’s Policy Assessmentand Systems Evaluation department) is expectedto help evaluate the success of that ongoingeffort. Once we get feedback on the effectivenessof the project, we can determine whether toexpand, adjust or discontinue it.

We need to keep everyone aware of what the

needs are, and what we’re doing to address

those needs, so that people can see the

relationship between the two.

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I Mua: How will people be notified of aparticular program or project?

Hoe: Communication is going to be a majorissue, both internally and externally. We need tokeep everyone aware of what the needs are, andwhat we’re doing to address those needs, so thatpeople can see the relationship between the two.

Every department at KS is conscious of theneed for better communication, and we’re tryingto design better ways of communicating. Butonce these programs begin to roll out, likepreschool scholarships for instance, they will bepromoted in the various media.

I Mua: As your department has gone out intothe community, what has been the generalreaction to the plan?

Hoe: Actually, the feedback has been verypositive. People have been especially supportiveof the concept of extended reach. Each meetinghas been helpful in clarifying our own vision andidentifying issues that we may not have beenaware of.

We’ve had charitable foundations approachus and ask to join in some of the initiatives, and

that’s almost unheard of. And other communityorganizations have said “We’re already doingthis piece – can we work together on that piece?”

We want and need to maintain thoserelationships we built when we were doingstrategic planning. We’re really trying very hardto make that plan that we created together live.

We want and need to maintain those

relationships we built when we were doing

strategic planning.

Hawaiians in the 2000 US Census

8,264

60,048

1,878

USA Total 401,162

3,990

1,261

233

3,642

4,906

6,366

1,989

2,051

3,758

264

243

2661,356

311781

1,501

140231 DC1,475

76

2,795

1,302

845

2,183

5,285

505 833

1,056

2,390

8507,775

1,932 718

1,143

2,506

2,058

1,620997

699543

1,526

13,507

132529

1,139 207

1,402

State Total 239,655

Hawai‘i 43,010

Maui 30,017

O‘ahu 153,117

Kaua‘i 13,381

by County

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awika Eskaran knew very early in life where destiny would lead him. As a

young boy, he would go to his grandmother’s house and look forward to visits with

his uncle, August Schrader ’66.

“He would bring home wooden carvings of women’s faces and heads, and I would

think they were just so amazing!” Eskaran said. “I’d sleep on my grandmother’s lauhala

mat floor, and I’d hold the carving in one hand and feel the surface of it with my other

hand – I remember the lips would look so alive to me.

“Then, I’d get up real early and go into her kitchen. I’d open the drawers, take the

cleaver and paring knifes, put them in my tackle box and make like I was going to the

beach to go fishing. But I would search the beach for driftwood, and then just start making

things. And I thought, one day, I’m going to be able to do carvings like the ones my uncle

brought home.”

Having learned his art from craftsmen throughout the Pacific, master

artist Kawika Eskaran ’74 completes his latest project, BYU-Hawai‘i’s

57-foot double-hulled teaching canoe, the Iosepa.

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Today, Kawika Eskaran has done much, muchmore than create wooden sculptures of women’sfaces and heads.

As the Director of Special Projects for Ka Halau Nui A Hawaiÿi Loa – the JonathanNapela Center for Hawaiian Language andCultural Studies at BYU-Hawaiÿi, his latestundertaking may be his crowning achievement –serving as one of two master carvers, along withTuione Pulotu of Tonga, during the design andconstruction of the school’s 57-foot voyagingcanoe, the Iosepa.

Launched in November 2001 before hugecrowds in Läÿie, the Iosepa will eventually sail theHawaiian islands, teaching students navigation,wayfinding and Hawaiian cultural values.

After studying fine arts at BYU-Hawaiÿi,Eskaran garnered worldwide recognition duringhis 13-year career at the Polynesian CulturalCenter, where he earned the title of master carver.

Eskaran’s carvings are in the collections ofevery United States president since RonaldReagan, and he’s also presented pieces to thepremier of China, the king of Tonga, the presidentof Finland, and American congressmen andsenators, movie stars and corporate presidents.Even Adnan Kashoggi – at one time the richestman in the world – has an Eskaran piece in his artcollection.

In addition, Eskaran was contracted througha gallery in Soho, New York, to create 12-footcarvings that adorn entryways to Floridamansions; he’s carved story boards for a yachtowned by the Australian New Agency; and he’screated 8-foot tikis for hotels in Japan owned bythe Asahi Junken Corporation. He’s even createdprops used in IMAX movies and for the

television series BayWatch Hawaiÿi.Eskaran has a humble and laid-back person-

ality, but at the same time is extremely passionateabout his craft. In fact, he left a position as acommunity development coordinator for theQueen Liliÿuokalani Children’s Center specificallyfor the opportunity to build the canoe.

“One day I was down at Hukilau Beach,”Eskaran said, “when an assistant to Bill Wallace’66 (Wallace is the director of BYU-Hawaiÿi’sHawaiian studies program) told me they wereputting in for a grant to build a canoe for theprogram. He said if the grant materialized, wouldI want to help build the canoe?

“I told him that if you get the funding forthe canoe, I would quit any job I have – and Idon’t care what kind of money I’m making – I’llquit, just to come and help build the canoe. Allmy life, I’ve wanted to do that.”

Eskaran joined the BYU-Hawaiÿi staff inApril of 2001.

“The canoe is made of six dakua logs, whichresemble koa, each about 4.5 to 5 feet in diam-eter,” Eskaran said. “The logs were about 30 feetin length, because the barges in Fiji, where thelogs came from, could only accommodate 35-foot lengths.”

Eskaran said building the canoe was aunique educational experience for BYU-Hawaiÿistudents. “Every day, they’d be passing throughand we’d give them jobs to do. Some of them hadno idea what adzing out a canoe was like. Sowe’d sharpen the metal adze, teach them somebasic safety rules, and then let them go.

“I would have loved to have done it in theold style, with the koÿi and all that, but we had adeadline to meet. I think we took about a yearand a half off the time it would have taken tocomplete it by using the chain saw.”

“I’ve trained nearly 30 years in carving, and to be in this position now where I’mactually doing what I love to do and to see the work have meaning for so manypeople, that’s very special.”

Master woodworkers Kawika Eskaran, Wright Bowman and Tuione Pulotu.

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a visitor showed up at the canoe building site.“Tuione and I wanted to construct curved

iako (the long bent beams that pass under the deckof the canoe and join one hull to the other) andwe had no experience in doing it,” Eskaran said.“Most of the voyaging canoes in Hawaiÿi havestraight iako, but one exception is the Höküleÿa,and that’s because Mr. Bowman created them.”

Just when the two carvers were about tobegin with a trial and error strategy, Bowman, whohad been invited to visit the canoe site in Läÿie bya friend who was supplying marine finishes forthe project, arrived on the North Shore.

“He spent hours working on drawings andthen went home to create a miniature version of the jigs he suggested we use,” Eskaran said of Bowman. “He invited us to his home so hecould share his jig design, showed us how toeffectively use plywood to make wood clamps for laminating, and he loaned us about 20 of hisown clamps made by his son for the building ofthe Hawaiÿi Loa.”

Through the experience of working withBowman, Eskaran said he’s often reminded of thesaying “I maikaÿi ke kalo, i ka oha,” meaning “thegoodness of the kalo is evidenced in the young itproduces.”

“I’ve come full circle with my KamehamehaSchools teacher, and at 94 years old, the masterhas become the teacher once again,” Eskaransaid. “I am so thankful for this wonderful man.He’s been so willing to assist us and every timehe returns to see our waÿa it’s like watching achild in a toy store, he’s so full of excitement andanticipation.”

Like a true artist, Eskaran said he realizesthat the canoe carries symbolic meaning as well.“Making this canoe for the Hawaiians has been avery special experience. We need things like thisto help instill pride within us. I’ve worked withat-risk teens, and so many of them have lost theirHawaiian identity. They’re into that Jawaiianmusic, and they’re almost acting like foreigners intheir own land.

“So, to create things like this canoe – youshould see the draw. We had an open house hereone night, and more than a thousand peoplecame. I’ve trained nearly 30 years in carving, andto be in this position now where I’m actuallydoing what I love to do and to see the work havemeaning for so many people, that’s very special.”

Although he’s studied under master carversfrom Hawaiÿi, Tonga, Samoa and the CookIslands, among others, Eskaran credits NewZealand’s Epanaia Christy with having a majorinfluence on him.

Eskaran had high praise for Pulotu, whoserved as headmaster for the canoe project. “He’s the most amazing guy with the chainsaw,”Eskaran said. “You just wouldn’t believe whathe’s able to do with the saw.

“I’m so fortunate that my entire life, I’ve been able to meet masters from all over thePacific and Europe. They’ve been 70, 80 or 90years old, and I’ve just been lucky enough tomeet them at the time when they wanted to teachto pass their knowledge on. And Tuione Pulotu is one of those people.”

It was during the construction of the Iosepathat Eskaran was reunited with his formerKamehameha Schools shop teacher of nearly 30 years ago, master woodworker WrightBowman ’28.

“Tuione and I met Mr. Bowman at our canoesite through divine intervention,” Eskaran said.“Every morning we would pule and ask forguidance and safety and that doors be opened onour behalf to ensure smooth sailing throughoutthe project.”

Sure enough, a day after Eskaran had search-ed the Internet for photos showing how toconfigure jigs for the laminating of wooden pieces,

“It’s only when thosewho are within thatpart of the culture –who practice it and

know it – when thoseguys acknowledge

you, then you know you’ve made it.”

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Eskaran and Christy worked together at thePolynesian Cultural Center for 13 years, carvingeverything imaginable from human figures andtikis to helping to restore a New Zealand warcanoe, called a wakataua, originally made for KingGeorge V.

Much of their work is still displayed forvisitors today.

“When I was with the cultural center, peoplewould already call me a master carver, and Iwouldn’t accept that,” Eskaran said. “Thosepeople were unknowing. It’s only when those whoare within that part of the culture – who practiceit and know it – when those guys acknowledgeyou, then you know you’ve made it.”

Eskaran said patience and respect were themost important qualities he needed to learn fromthese master artists.

“Right away, you want to learn to do themost intricate things, and it’s just not done thatway. In fact, the Maoris are very culturally minded,they really guard the carving practices and whatit entails. To teach an outsider is not really known.So, for me to come in and learn from a truemaster like Christy, who learned from the last twograndmasters in New Zealand (Pine and JohnTaiapa), was quite an honor for me.”

For Eskaran, the significance of his life’s workcarries much meaning. “The meaning for me isdeep-rooted and it touches the deepest heart-strings when I talk about it. So much sacrifice hasbeen made in my life trying to attain the knowl-edge and technical skills that I now have.

“I sometimes look into my mind’s eye andsee all of the masters who have taught me and thebackgrounds that they have – it’s like a geneology,a whole line of master carvers. It’s like we’respanning ions of time, and I’m one of those links.Now, I look to teach, and I won’t hide anything.”

And though it’s been many years since he’s slept on his grandmother’s lauhala mat, it’sobvious that Eskaran’s love of wooden scupltureshas not faded.

“Some years ago, I realized that wood is aliving thing,” Eskaran said. “It has spirit. Whenyou mälama that, and shape and polish it, thegrain reveals itself, the colors come out – you endup creating something of excellence, and helpedthat object become something of value andpermanence. The beauty of it will be seen bygenerations, and I know that after I pass away,the piece will live on and on.”

“I sometimes look into my mind’s

eye and see all of the masters

who have taught me and the

backgrounds that they have – it’s

like a geneology, a whole line of

master carvers…and I’m one of

those links.”

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T onnie Casey earns her livingstudying the plants and animals onKamehameha Schools lands.

Armed with a bachelor’s degree in animalscience from the University of Hawaiÿi and amaster’s in zoology and entomology fromColorado State, Casey is based on the island ofHawaiÿi and serves as Kamehameha’s onlywildlife biologist.

Casey designs and conducts research studiesto best manage threatened and endangeredspecies, assists in plans for the regeneration andrehabilitation of native forest, and coordinatesKamehameha’s wildlife program with state,federal and private agencies.

Her “office” includes Kamehameha’s exten-sive conservation and agriculturally designatedland holdings on the island, including roughly160,000 acres in the Kona area and another 34,000acres in the Volcano district. She also spends time on Kamehameha’s neighbor island conser-vation lands.

A fact that few may realize is that 46 percentof Kamehameha’s 366,000 acres of land holdingsin Hawaiÿi are zoned for conservation.

“My greatest challenge here is actuallygetting the work done,” Casey said. “Because wehave so many acres that need stewardship, thechallenge is finding the money and manpower toget the job done.”

Casey’s boss, Robert “Bob” Lindsey ’66,agrees. Lindsey is the regional director forKamehameha’s Land Assets Division on the islandof Hawaiÿi. “Our lands are so vast, so diverse andso spread out on all of the islands, that it reallytakes a ‘village’ to help us steward our conser-vation resources,” he said. “The issues are manyand the needs are great, be it helping speciesrecover or restoring habitats for birds and plants.

“But we’ve got an army of people who helpus, whether it’s our own educators likeKamehameha staff members Eli Nahulu ’55, Patty Ikeda, Tom Chun ’63 and Ron Kimball ’73,or organizations like the Waipa Foundation atLumahaÿi, the U.S. Army at Kawailoa or theEdith Kanakaole Foundation at Honohononui.”

Kamehameha Senior Land Manager PeterSimmons, also based on the Big Island, hadsimilar thoughts. “We have a bounty of conserva-tion partners, and we enjoy relationships andbenefit from the interest in conservation demon-strated on our lands by federal, state and countyorganizations, local communities and evenfamilies and individuals,” Simmons said.

“With this help, it is our kuleana to know,aloha, and malama these vast, varied and magnif-icent acres. The challenge is to dynamicallybalance and find compatibility among programsof biodiversity enhancement, economic produc-tivity, land based educational opportunities andenrichment of cultural use of our lands.”

Casey’s job involves managing alien species,like rats, pigs, sheep, goats, miconia and bananapoka, which degrade conservation lands, andconducting bird counts and plant surveys. Herpractical field work has included projects likeattaching radio collars to rats to track their move-ment patterns, aiding efforts to manage the ratpopulation.

“That’s what I’m out here doing, trying tosolve these types of environmental problems.Rats, which feed on bird eggs, and mosquitoes,which carry avian malaria, are just a hugeproblem,” she said.

Wildlife Biologist Tonnie Casey’s job is to care for the plants and animals on KamehamehaSchools vast conservation and agricultural lands

A fact that few may realize is that46 percent ofKamehameha’s366,000 acres ofland holdings inHawaiÿi are inconservation.

Caring for the Land

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Casey said a simple occurrence like sheepovergrazing an area can have devastating effects– leading to topsoil runoff during rainstorms,ruining wetlands and eventually choking offcoral reef systems.

“Sheep and goats eat tons and tons of forageevery day,” Casey said. “We’re losing lots ofplants – plants that could have great medicinalvalue – and plants that we don’t even know arethere.”

According to Casey, the protection of endan-gered plants and animals has immense value thatmay not be readily apparent to casual observers.

“From a biological standpoint, you’re talkingabout the web of life,” she said. “When you erad-icate plants or animals out of that web, you neverknow where that web is going to go or whatconnection it’s going to make. If just one smallthing is changed, you’ve changed the entire web.”

Casey credits former trustee Myron “Pinky”Thompson with helping Kamehameha to re-examine its policies on conservation andagricultural lands.

“There’s been a huge turnaround in theinterest in these lands,” Casey said. “We’re stilltrying to balance economy with conservation,and unfortunately, most conservation lands don’tdeal well with any economic use.

“It’s also a maintenance issue. How muchmaintenance do you actually do to keep a systemintact? And that system is always evolvingbecause you can’t stop evolution. But to see thatpeople are actually interested in what we’redoing up here, really makes my job worthwhile.”

With Kamehameha’s Strategic Plan objectiveto mälama i ka ÿäina: practice ethical, prudent andculturally appropriate stewardship of lands andresources, Casey is perhaps the schools’ biggestcheerleader when it comes to the new ÿÄina Uluinitiative to use Kamehameha lands to helpeducate students.

“ÿÄina Ulu is going to be a great program,”she said. “I’d really like to see outdoor educationcome to the frontline. There’s so many things wecan do with the kids – teach them about insects,

birds and plants, and they could also help withthings like the regeneration of plants or weedcontrol.

“Getting the kids out here is really a way tosave and help preserve the land. If we can get thestudents out here, then they can really see therelationship of the integrated parts of the whole –it’s all a linked system.”

Casey said her ultimate dream would be tocreate a “conservation camp,” for island students.“We could have students come up for a week at a time, hold classes up here and really get into it – just for them to come out and spend time inthe forest.”

Casey said another simple benefit of havingstudents work with her is that she can use thehelp. “We have so many acres that it’s justimpossible for me to do it all,” she said. “Wehave 65 miles of shoreline and miles and miles of streams that Kamehameha cares for.

“Island ecosystems are much more fragilethan continental systems, and if we don’t get outthere and see what’s going on, we can’t movethings in the right direction. There are just somany opportunities out here to create things thatwill be good for the students, good for the land,and good for Kamehameha Schools.”

“From a biologicalstandpoint, you’retalking about theweb of life. Whenyou eradicate plantsor animals out ofthat web, you neverknow where thatweb is going to goor what connectionit’s going to make. Ifjust one small thingis changed, you’vechanged the entireweb.”– TONNIE CASEY

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F ollowing in the footsteps of such beloved former Kamehameha Schools medical directors as George Mills ’40 and Patrick

Walsh, Dr. Phillip Reyes ’74 is well into his firstyear as the school’s clinical director of medicalservices.

Hired in August of 2001, Reyes oversees astaff of 12 at the two medical facilities on theKapälama Campus – Hale Ola, located betweenthe upper and lower campuses, and theKalanimoku Dispensary, which is on theelementary school level.

Reyes’ staff includes six registered nurses,three medical assistants, a clinic coordinator and adriver. This group provides medical services toKS staff members and to the 3,200 students oncampus, including 550 boarding students ingrades 7-12.

And while he sees the occasional injured orsick employee, Reyes said his staff’s basic job is toprovide primary care to students, the majority ofwhom are seen at the 25-bed clinic Hale Ola.

“We’re not a hospital,” Reyes said. “We’remore like an observation unit, where we’ll holdstudents for a few days, especially if they havecolds or the flu. The boarding students live inreally close-knit quarters, and it’s not good forthem to be in the dormitories when they’re ill andcan pass it on to everybody else.

“If the students need more than that, likespecial medications or intravenous lines, thenwe’ll get them off to a community hospital. Ourprimary job is to take care of the students and get them back to class with a minimum loss ofclass time.”

Reyes said he’s serving more as an adminis-trator than full-time physician. “About a year ago, our division was reorganized,” he said. “My position has changed from that of a medicaldirector to a clinical director, and we’ve hired anurse practitioner who actually provides the day-to-day medical care for the students.”

Reyes credited Dr. Bernard Chun ’62 withhelping to reorganize Kamehameha’s medicalservices program and helping to stabilize thedepartment during the illness of the late Dr.Patrick Walsh.

The Doctor Is InBorn and raised on a Molokaÿi homestead, Dr. Phillip Reyes ’74 is serving asKamehameha Schools clinical director of medical services – and as a great role model for students as well

Reyes is the first UH medical school

graduate from Molokaÿi, and the first

physician of Native Hawaiian

ancestry from the island as well.

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“ Our primary job is to take care of the students

and get them back to class with a minimum

loss of class time.”– DR. PHILLIP REYES

At the request of classmate Rowena PeroffBlaisdell ’62 (Kamehameha’s director of programservices), Chun donated his time to the school asa consulting physician for more than nine months.

“Even though he’s a busy doctor with anactive practice, Dr. Chun stepped in to providethat guidance and assistance for the medicalstaff,” Reyes said. “He’s a great physician – really a very caring doctor. He’s actually just agreat person, and I know the staff up here reallyliked him.”

Nurse practitioner Diane Knight said Chunwas “a very good physician and administrator,”while office coordinator Charlene Handa waseven more direct – calling Chun “a godsend.”

“Well, there’s only one reason I volunteeredmy time,” Chun said. “And that was because ofthe students up here. It’s really all about the kids.”

Reyes remembers well his time atKamehameha Schools, and today’s studentswould do fine to emulate his path. “I developedmy interest in science and math when I was atKamehameha, and I always knew that was thedirection I wanted to go into.

“But as for becoming a doctor, I always hadthat thought ‘Can I make it?’ Especially for some-one coming from Molokaÿi – born and raised onHawaiian Homes land – medicine was a thought,but I still had that doubt that I had the qualifica-tions to get in to medical school.”

Reyes did not let that “doubt” get the best of him.

After earning a degree in zoology from theUniversity of Hawaiÿi, he participated in the ‘ImiHo‘öla (those who seek to heal) post baccalaureateprogram at the university, a two-year programmeant to prepare students from disadvantagedbackgrounds for a career in medicine.

He eventually earned his degree from theJohn Burns Medical School at UH in 1986. Reyesis the first UH medical school graduate fromMolokaÿi, and the first physician of NativeHawaiian ancestry from the island as well. Today,he is a part-time instructor at the medical school.

Reyes had some advice for thoseKamehameha students thinking of following himinto a career in medicine. “As far as we know,there’s a little more than 200 Native Hawaiianphysicians in the world. That’s a very smallnumber,” he said.

“It’s not an easy field. There are hugecommitments in both time and money. But it is arewarding field, and you’re always happy whenyou can make people better.”

A former co-medical director at MolokaÿiGeneral Hospital, Reyes says humbly that he’shad a “fortunate” career.

“After I graduated from medical school, I knew I was going to go back to Molokaÿi andserve the community that I came from. But as aphysician interested in Native Hawaiian healthcare, coming home to Kamehameha seemsnatural.

“I’ve been fortunate in my career that oppor-tunities have popped up that I’ve been able totake advantage of. But I will always do what’sbest for Kamehameha Schools. I do look at myself,though, as staying here a long time – as long asI’m the right person for the job. I’d really like to.”

Dr. Bernard Chun, who donated his services to Kamehameha formore than nine months, says students who want to becomedoctors need “discipline, drive and focus.”

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Life at KamehamehaLife at Kamehameha

That’s EntertainmentMembers of the KapälamaCampus’ Hawaiian Ensembleentertain the crowd at the 2002Hoÿolauleÿa held in March at the Bishop Museum. Officialsestimated attendance at the day-long festival at between 12-15,000. The event grossed$154,000 for the Association ofTeachers and Parents (ATP).

Working ItDisc jockey “Bobby Hollywood”makes a guest appearance atKa‘ahumanu Gymnasium on the Kapälama Campus inJanuary thanks to his friendshipwith Fitness Coordinator NatalieHo ’95 (far left, front row).Kamehameha students and staffare offered classes in yoga, cardiokick boxing, HipHop dance andmore at the fitness center.

Wonder WomanLooking like a cast member fromthe television show “Survivor,”Hawaiÿi Campus eighth-graderMililani Trask-Batti is decoratedwith dirt after helping to removemud and debris from what was once a pond at the QueenLiliÿuokalani Children’s Center in Kona. The activity was a partof Hawaiÿi Campus’ “ThemeWeek” activities held across theisland in February.

All in the ‘OhanaAfter an afternoon spent watching

Kamehameha’s state championship girlssoftball team, these Kapälama elementarystudents gather for an impromptu photo

session near Bishop Hall. In the front row,from left, are kindergartner Kuulei Gould

and her cousin, second-grader NoheaGould. In the back row are fifth-grade

triplets, from left, Pualani, Pomai and PiikeaKalakau. Pualani and Piikea are identicaltwins, while Pomai is the fraternal triplet.

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Everybody Limbo!KS-Maui second-grader JonahAruda struggles mightily to makeit under the limbo stick held bymusic teacher Flo Keala. Kealarewards her students with a fewminutes of limbo dancing at theend of class – if they’ve put in ahard day’s studying in music class.

Big Bang TheoryKapälama Campus junior KianiArkus (right) learns to bang thedrum not too slowly thanks to help from taiko master Kenny Endo.A pair of taiko demonstrations andlectures were held on campus inJanuary at the urging of Japaneselanguage instructor Junko Lowry,who wanted students to “beexposed to a rich variety of humanexpression.”

Well DunOn behalf of the junior men, SongDirector Anderson Dun proudlyaccepts the Helen Desha BeamerAward for best musical perfor-mance from Kamehameha SchoolsPresident and Kapälama CampusHeadmaster Dr. Michael Chun atthe 2002 Song Contest held inMarch. The junior men won theboys competition with a medley of“Kilakila ÿO Moanalua/Moanalua.”

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programs, policies, and activitieson behalf of veterans and theirfamilies…Classmates AlethaGoodwin Kaohi and Larry Mehauhave recovered well from minorrope burns incurred playing partygames at the last class function.(Class representative is ElmerManley; phone: 808-734-7459).

1950sCongratulations to Roy KahaiHiram ’50 who was recentlyinducted into Kamehameha’sAlumni Gallery at a luncheon heldon the Kapälama campus forfamily, classmates and friends. Roywas recognized for hisdistinguished career in lawenforcement, including serving asChief of Police for the County ofKauaÿi for twelve years. He is aformer FBI officer and a graduateof San Jose State University, wherehe majored in police science. Royand wife Elza reside in Kailua,Oÿahu. Proud son is Gary Hiram’78. (Class representative is HenryAhlo; phone: 808-696-2210 andKuulei Sequeira Stender; phone:808-262-9920).

KS ’51 was one of five classes(others were KS ’66, ’81, ’91, and’76) which gave of its time andcreative talents to decorateChristmas trees for Hale Pelekekina.The trees were then shared withstudents, staff, alumni and otherguests who visited with KSPresident and Headmaster Dr.Michael J. Chun and wife, Bina

1940sEach year, as is the tradition duringChristmas, members of KS ’44meet for an annual luncheon. Thisyear, classmates gathered at theWillows Restaurant in Honolulu.In attendance were Arline Akina,Dawn Anahu Fernandez, TimothyAu, George and Masako Baker, Al and Lei Becker Furtado, LouBenham Pavich, Howard and RuthBenham, Thomas and Jane Chung,Vollmar Crabbe, Leila HohuKiaha, Lucia Poepoe Davis, Fredand Elizabeth Kamaka, MarianLake Boyd, Vesta Parker Will,Edith Rabideau Wassman, Charlesand Pearl Souza Cummins andEdward Wilcox. (Class represen-tative is Vesta Parker Will; phone:808-941-1231).

Classmates and spouses of“The Great KS ’48” gatheredrecently at the Elk’s Club tocelebrate a visit from DonaldCoelho and his wife, Jenny. TheCoelho’s make their home in LasVegas, Nev. The class entertainedthe lunch crowd with song anddance on stage. Highlight of theentertainment was the singing ofDon’s son John Coelho ’71, whocaptivated the audience with hisoutstanding professional voice…Brigadier General Irwin K. CockettJr. has been appointed by Gov.Benjamin Cayetano to the positionof director of the State Office ofVeterans Services. He will beresponsible for the development,performance and control of

Mossman Chun ’63, during theholiday season. (Class represen-tative is Roselle Sam Soon; phone:808-836-5948)

Members of KS ’53: don’tforget to mark your calendars forthe Annual Class Reunion, July 7-13, 2002 on Molokaÿi, based inKaunakakai. If interested inparticipating in this activity, callFred Cachola at 808-685-4293 orJoan Wilhelm Raymond at 808-455-3158… It was a chance meetingwhen Heather Roy Minton andLaverne “Lovey” Kukahikowalked into the KS AlumniRelations Office on the KapälamaCampus in December. It was timeto “talk story,” update goings-onand a chance to go to Kam Bowlfor a bowl of oxtail soup. (Classrepresentative is DudleyMakahanaloa; phone: 808-734-3569).

KS ’54 celebrated its 47thclass reunion and 65th birthdays inOctober in Las Vegas, Nev.Classmates attending thememorable weekend were Pauland Genevieve Nahulu Burns,Peter Bush, Keakealani SequeiraDelatori, Jack Enad, Anna SamHency, Betty Mae Freitas Hiram,Albert Kahalekulu, PatrickKawakami, Arlene Battad Kon,Halford Matthews, RichardMcKeague, Martha Van GiesonMcNicoll, Geraldine HerakujiMeade, Joseph Pai, ClaireGunderson Paishon, WalterParker, John Pauole, CarolineKauahikaua Ponce, Randolph

By Gerry VintaJohansen ’60, AlumniRelations

Alumni Class News

KS ’44 classmates enjoy a Christmas luncheon.

Roy Hiram is inducted in theKS Alumni Gallery.

KS ’53 class members Betsey Park Porter(left) and Pua Lau Choy decorate a HalePelekekina Christmas tree.

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Sanborn, Alfred Simeona,Henrietta Kupahu Spencer,Laverne Kipi Tirrell, LorraineBuchanan Viloria, Viola AhloKakalia, and Dennis Kauhane. Thebanquet was held at the FremontHotel on Oct. 12, 2001. Alfred andJeanette Simeona provided specialthree-strand, braided ti leaf lei toall who attended. Highlight of theevening was the sharing andreflecting of personal testimony byeach classmate, a personal touchfrom the heart. The gals leafedthrough their magical, musical andmemorable album of songs; and, as if the hands of time were turnedback 50 years ago, there they were,their voices raised in pure harmony.It is no wonder the women of KS’54 won the song contest competi-tion five years in a row. A 48thclass reunion is planned forOctober 17-21, 2002 in Las Vegas.(Class representative is CarolineKauahikaua Ponce; phone: 808-456-5612).

1960sThe Class of ’62 kicked off its 40threunion year with a Februaryweekend trip to one of fourneighbor islands they plan to visitthis year. Molokaÿi classmatesSteven Arce, Alexander KapahiPuaa, Lola Wilson Spencer, HoneyPotter Peelua and their Molokaÿiÿohana welcomed 24 classmates andtheir families. Taking advantage ofthe Friendly Isle hospitality wereOÿahu classmates WilliamOrnellas, Rowena Peroff Blaisdell,

William Blaisdell, PatriciaHarbottle Machado, Joe MaioMachado, Nanette Mossman Judd,Danna Hano Lyman, MoanaAkana, Wayne Wahineokai,Barbara Mowat Angelo and CarlJudd. Kauaÿi classmates LibertaHussey Albao, Bernadine HoEnrique and Winifred Chow Tam,along with Maile Jean Richards-Au from Maui, Deanna EbingerMcFadden from Oregon, and CecilBoyd from California also tookpart. All thoroughly enjoyed thelaid-back weekend on Moloka‘i.Three ’62s who arrived onMolokaÿi early enough on Fridaywere able to walk down toKalaupapa Settlement to enjoy asix-hour tour of the settlement, andrelated their experience with thosearriving later in the day. Memoriesfrom Bishop Hall and “the Hill”brought much laughter to the tentthat was set up on the beach atHoney’s place. The class will visitMaui in April, Kauaÿi in August,Hawaiÿi in October and Oÿahu inJune for Alumni Week on campus.

KS ’65 recently took classmembers on an around the islandweekend tour of Kauaÿi. WithBarking Sands as base camp, thegroup visited the sparkling saltponds of Hanapëpë, wondrousWaimea Canyon and picture-perfect Polihale Beach at sunset.Waimea resident Kane Turaldeoffered his expertise in the culti-vating procedures of producingHawaiian salt. Victoria “Vicky”Holt Takamine pointed out someof the unique flora such as lehuaand ‘olapa, described the trails she

and her halau have journeyedthrough, shared legends of Pele andHiÿiaka, and chanted ‘O Kalalauwith classmates. At Polihale Beach,Vicky, Moana Fernandez Sherbert,Sylvia Heen Fukuda, Mal Manoha,Ellen Keahi Carvalho and KealohaKelekolio composed a haku meleentitled, Hanohano o Köke‘e. Otherclassmates and guests making theKauaÿi trip were: Gail KahaleNam, Glenn O’Brien, StephanieBlevins Borabora, Suzi Tanaka,Gregory Enos and Connie Vincent.In December, class membersgathered for an annual Christmasparty hosted by Robert and JodyDomingo at their home inKaÿaÿawa. The evening was filledwith fellowship, camaraderie andof course, ‘ono meaÿai. Classmates atthe party included John Hirota,Lloyd Sato, Glenn O`Brien, GailKahale Nam, Kealoha Kelekolio,Randy and Kasia Mau, StephanieBlevins Borabora, Oie LanKaaikala, Louise Beamer, Larryand Charlene Pidot-Buchner,Sylvia Heen Fukuda, Mal Manoha,Moana Fernandez Sherbert, Johnand Luana Fox, Carlyle Cornwelland Lono Kaai from Oregon. Abusy schedule leading up to a 55thbirthday celebration in Las Vegas isplanned for the first half of 2002.Set aside June 26-30 Las Vegas trip.A mini lu‘au birthday party in LasVegas is being planned and kökuawith this activity would be greatlyappreciated. Watch for upcomingnewsletters for further information.(Class representatives: Donna LeiSmythe; phone: 808-595-3983; e-mail: dlsmy@aol.com and MoanaFernandez Sherbert; 808-535-0421).

KS ’66 classmates RaymondJackson, Letitia Ignacio Holt,Gerard Mahi and Barbara ChangRico met at Salty’s Restaurant inAlki, Wash. Looking out ontoElliott Bay, the restaurant provideda clear and unobstructed view ofthe Seattle skyline… Joan BarclayUllin and “Bobbie” Rico attended aspecial American Indian ceremonycelebrating Honor Day with theHoop of Honor ceremony for men.This significant event was spon-sored by the Indigenous StudiesFoundation and the NooksackNation and held in Deming, Wash.

KS ’53 classmates HeatherRoy Minton and Laverne“Lovey” Kukahiko enjoy amini-reunion.

KS ’54 enjoys a class banquet in Las Vegas, Nev.

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Peter Wylie ’64 and kumu hulaIwalani Christian ’65 representedHawaiÿi by chanting at theceremony. (Class representative isBarbara “Bobbie” Chang Rico;phone: 808-671-0827).

Congratulations to MitchellKalaluhi ’67 who has moved toSouth Carolina to begin a newposition with his current employer,Bayer Corporation. As informationtechnology manager at the Wellfordfacility, he will be responsible forthe servers, network and computersupport at three sites in SouthCarolina and Georgia… AustinNakoa ’67 is owner and presidentof Nakoa Companies, Inc., onOÿahu. At present, the company isupgrading “the stairway to heaven”in Käneÿohe, also known as theHa‘ikü Stairs. Nakoa Companies,Inc., was selected by PacificBusiness News as the second fastestgrowing company in Hawaiÿi in2001. (Class representative isKathie Reis; phone: 808-842-8712;e-mail: kareis@ksbe.edu).

KS ’69s Kali Watson held his50th birthday party Dec. 15 at theBishop Museum’s Atherton Hälau.A number of classmates joined himto celebrate the occasion. In thespirit of giving, Kali asked fordonations to the Boys and GirlsClub in lieu of birthday gifts. Classmembers attending the party were:Harry Purdy, Debra AnnKaopuiki Ono, Simeon Alo, BryanAkiona, Edwarda HasegawaKaneakua, Lynn Haiku Hiranaka,Nancy Brede Souza, LindaKapuniai Rosehill, Blossom HatoriTong, Rickey Pa, Neal Chung,Alan Kumalae, Andrew Keliikoa,

Alfred Willing, Gilbert Chee, ScottRogers, Leslie Hiranaka, WalterKaneakua, Vernon RandolphTong and Nathan Chang.

1970s Congratulations to Dr. Claire LockAsam ’70 who was recentlyinducted into Kamehameha’sAlumni Gallery at a luncheon heldon Kapälama Campus for family,classmates and friends. Asam wasrecognized for her work ineducation at Kamehameha whichincluded research projects ontraining and dissemination,reading outreach and curriculumand assessment. Claire serves thecommunity through organizationssuch as the Hawaiian ServiceInstitutes and Associations, Institutefor Native Pacific Education andCulture, Girl Scouts of Hawaiÿi,University of Hawaiÿi’s Center forHawaiian Studies and School ofSocial Work, Assets School andPrince Kühiö Hawaiian Civic Club.After earning a bachelor’s degreein child development fromConnecticut College, Claire wenton to the University of Hawaiÿi atMänoa where she received amasters in curriculum and instruc-tion and a doctorate in educationaladministration. She is married toDr. James Kuhio Asam ’70 andthey have two children, Trever andRobin… About 20 classmates andfamily members are signed up forthe Big 5-0 Alaska Cruise, Aug. 10-17 on Holland-America’s Zaandam.The cruise leaves from Vancouverand goes to Glacier Bay and back.

There is still time to sign up, andalthough the 50 percent discount ispau, call Preston Lum at 596-7447for other applicable rate cuts. Ifyou have other questions, leave amessage for Linda Nishimura ’70 at523-4158 or email her atopae@yahoo.com… After more that27 years of active duty with theU.S. Army, Lt. Col. Kirk Durante’70 retired, and he and wife PhyllisCambell Durante ’73 returnedhome to Hawai‘i on March 28, 2002.Kirk intends to work in Honoluluas a consultant for Booze-Allen & Hamilton, managing Armycontracts throughout the Pacific…1970 Maui classmates arerescheduling their 50th birthdaycelebration to Oct. 11-14, 2002(Columbus Day weekend, orDiscoverer’s Day in Hawai‘i), sosave the date. A Honolulu celebra-tion is scheduled for July 13, 2002.Look for the flyer in the mail. Tohelp with planning and coordina-tion, call Ted Kesaji at (808)244-5429 or e-mail valyisle@hisemail.(Class representative is MarshaHeu Bolson ’70; phone: 808-236-0870; e-mail: mabolson@ksbe.edu).

Vanessa Chong ’73 continuesto champion causes she receives atthe American Civil Liberties Unionwhere she serves as executivedirector. At her present positionsince 1984, Vanessa hopes to negoti-ate positive outcomes whenevercases come her way. Some of thecases she’s worked with recentlywere those of Waikïkï streetperformers, traffic cameras, equalityof benefits/gender discriminationand police misconduct. SaysVanessa, “Issues come and go.

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KS ‘66 classmates, from left, Ray Jackson, Letitia Ignacio Holt, BarbaraChang Rico and Gerald Mahi enjoy some quality time together. Kali Watson (front row, left) celebrates the big 5-0.

Claire Lock Asam is inductedinto the KS Alumni Gallery.

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Politicians come and go. But thereseems to always be a need for anACLU. We are a watchdog that isgoing to continue to be present and vocal when the governmentoversteps its authority, and I guesswe can always count on the govern-ment to overstep its authority.”Vanessa was featured in the Jan. 23,2002, issue of Midweek.

Patricia “Pat” Calles ’77 isnow director of sales for ParadisePages of the Paradise Media Group.The Paradise Pages is a 21stCentury information book and Patis responsible for all aspects of thebook’s sales, including training,contracts, policies and procedures,incentives and customer service.Pat previously worked at GTE andVerizon. She and her husbandElgin reside in Ewa Beach at WestLoch Fairways with their twochildren and one granddaughter.(Class representative is KekoaPaulsen ’77; phone: 637-8514; e-mail: kepaulse@ksbe.edu)

1980sKS ’81 hosted an extremely success-ful fundraiser on Jan. 19, 2002 atRumours Nightclub in the AlaMoana Hotel. Mahalo to MarkKawika Patterson, Lynette AkanaAwaya, Dirk Soma, Sheryll ChingArakaki, Lisa Watkins-Victorino,Vernal Kim Fukuda Uehara,Jennifer Carrell, Alika Watts andScot Plunkett for their kökua withthis event. A 40th birthday celebra-tion is planned for September 2003in Las Vegas. For more informationcontact Lee Ann Sheldon DeMello;phone: 808- 734-9289; e-mail:Ldemello@hawaii.edu or Ian AhMook Sang; phone: 808-623-1328;e-mail: ianahmooksang@msn.com.(Class representative is Lee AnnSheldon DeMello).

Cherie Villa ’82 is a regis-tered nurse at the Waiÿanae CoastComprehensive Health Center.Working in the Waiÿanae commu-nity, Cherie understands the healthand social needs of the peopleliving there; she said she wants tomake a difference in turning livesaround for the better. A graduate ofHawaiÿi Pacific University with adegree in nursing, Cherie is gratefulfor the financial assistance she

received from the Waiÿanae CoastComprehensive Center for hercollege education. (Class represen-tative is Denise “Kanani”Fujiyama; phone: 944-6977; e-mail:Denise.K.Fujiyama@kp.org ).

Monica Rodrigues Kaauwai’84 is currently president of theHawaiÿi Association for theEducation of Young Children(HAEYC). The organization is anaffiliate of the National HAEYCwhich has about 100,000 members.Monica is the first Native Hawaiianpresident of HAEYC and hailsfrom the island of Kauaÿi…JaimeAsao Cohen ’84 is assistantprofessor of chemistry at PaceUniversity in Manhattan, NewYork. She teaches organic chemistryand continues her work in researchwhich involves the preparationand investigation of polycationicorganic salts and their conversionto ionic liquids and reactionstherein. Jaime is a graduate ofQueens College-City University ofNew York, where she received aB.A., M.A., M.Philosophy, and mostrecently, a Ph.D. in chemistry. Sheand husband Michael reside inWhitestone, Queens, with theirchildren, Tiffany, 13 and Joshua, 8.(Class representatives are MaryFaurot Pescaia; phone: 808-261-2224 and Nadine Magnani Chang;phone: 808-262-5905).

KS ’85 News: Sean Hackbarthwrites from Colorado Springs,Colo., that he is still doing his thingas a major in the Air Force, nowworking for United States SpaceCommand as chief of standard-ization and training. He may bemoving again, this time toMontgomery, Ala., where he willbe attending Air Command andStaff College… Michael Conchinglives in Rossmoor, Calif., with hiswife and three children: Chad, 7,Kyle, 5 and Tiana, 9 months…Marc Shinsato works forPharmanex, an official vitaminsupplement company of the U.S.Olympics. He and his wife residein Lindon, Utah with their twodaughters, Kennalei and KeliAnn…Asai Gilman is Director ofAdmissions at Brigham YoungUniversity, Hawaiÿi. He and hiswife Keawe Harris ’85 reside inLäÿie with their four children:Kawelina 8, Kaena 6, Aloha 4 andAlakai, 9 months… (Class repre-

sentative is Troy Shimasaki; phone:808-677-6962; e-mail:kaloi85@hotmail.com).

Matthew and CindyTeramoto Melim ’87 welcomed anew member of the family: MahinaShizue on Nov. 29, 2001. Mahinajoins older brother Hoku, age 2.(Class representative is TracyDamitio; phone: 808-235-6598).

Veronica Gardner ’89 is asocial worker at the Waiÿanae CoastComprehensive Health Center. Sheis a member of a group of commu-nity health service social workersand nurses who care about whathappens to troubled and in-needpeople. Veronica and members ofthe group are committed in makinga positive mark in the lives ofothers. Veronica is a graduate ofthe University of Hawaiÿi at Hilo…Andrea Thomas ’89 competed inthe 29th Annual HonoluluMarathon held in December. Shetrained for six months to completeher goal of finishing the 26.2 milecourse. Andrea resides in LosAngeles, Calif., where she worksfor a large architectural firmspecializing in medical and educa-tional facilities… In 1998, MatthewAlamida ’89 placed first in the stateat the Utah Delta Epsilon ChiHospitality Management compe-tition. He entered the NationalCompetition in 2000 and placed inthe top five in the nation. Afterliving in Utah for 10 years, Mattand his wife, Karen Oman ’91returned home to Hawaiÿi. Mattworks at the Kauaÿi Marriott Resortin Lïhuÿe as a front desk manager.

Pat Calles is director of salesfor Paradise Pages.

KS ’81 fundraisers at Rumours Nightclub.

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Karen is teaching math andSpanish at Kapaÿa Middle School.The Alamidas reside in Anahola,Kauaÿi with their daughters, Kaitlin,5 and Kyla, 3. (Class representativeis Kris Haina Galago; phone: 808-590-2006).

1990sHey, Green Machine! Listen Up!Help Wanted! KS ’90 needs acommittee to plan class events andreunion activities. Requirements:fresh ideas, support for school spiritand a commitment to class unity.We need classmates for varioustasks: planning committee, islandand mainland region representa-tives, communications, fundraising,“30th Birthday Celebration,” etc. Ifinterested, contact class represen-tatives Shannon Ladd Morgado;phone: 606-322-0028; e-mail:skmorgado@aol.com or SandyHan; phone: 808-375-0508; e-mail:nalani_143@yahoo.com beforeApril 15, 2002.

Kale Chang ’91 is one of thefive gentlemen who make upREIGN. The group recently releaseda debut CD to rave reviews. Theirsound has been described as“brown-skin urban pop, Boyz IIMen with a Polynesian twist.”Guest artists on the CD includedTanner Henderson ’89 of Chantand Jason Lent ’97 of Disguys.

Capt. Christine MobleyCamara ’92 is a soldier whoshoulders responsibilities in the lineof duty both at work and at home.She is commander of the 142ndSecurity Police Squadron, OregonNational Guard, Portland. Thereare 85 troops under her commandand protecting the hundreds ofairmen assigned to the base and its squadron of F-15 fighter jets isher responsibility. Christine is agraduate of the University ofPortland with a double major incriminal justice and psychology.She and husband Stanley have twosons, ages 3 and 1. They live inPortland’s Eagle Creek area inClackamas County. (Class repre-sentative is Paul Lyman; phone:808-952-6204).

Congratulations to thereigning 2002 Narcissus Queen,Kuuleialoha Chun ’94. An accom-

plished hula dancer, Kuulei wonthe talent portion of the contestwith a performance of a Hawaiianchant and dance. Seeking the titleof Narcissus Queen gave Kuulei anopportunity to delve into andexplore her Chinese heritage andculture. By participating in thepageant, Kuulei discovered that “Iwas more Chinese than I realized.”Father Patrick and Mom Theresaare very proud of their youngestdaughter as are her brother Dr.Keolanui Chun ’84, and sistersKanoenani Chun Taylor-Reece ’85and Kaleonani Chun Kia ’88.

Raenelle Kwock ’97 is now a sports writer at The Observer in La Grande, Ore. She graduatedfrom Drake University in DesMoines, Iowa last year with abachelors degree in journalism andmass communication.

Alumni Class News

Andrea Thomas completes the 2001Honolulu Marathon.

The Melims welcome theirlatest addition to the family.

Kuuleialoha Chun reigns as the2002 Narcissus Queen.

Found: Memories and Photos of Pop DiamondAs always, KS ‘ohana have come forward to support the school’sefforts. For our forthcoming Kamehameha Schools Press publication,Images of Aloha: Photography by Luryier “Pop” Diamond, a number ofalumni have already contributed stories and photos of Pop.

From among the thousands of photos associated with Pop’salmost half-century (and continuing) career with KS we have locateda few images of Pop which are under consideration for use in thebook – but we would like to be able to identify and credit thephotographers who shot these images. Pictured here are two photoswe are hoping to properly credit.

Please write, e-mail, fax, or phone KS Press (at the contactsgiven below) as soon as you can if you know who the photographerwas or if you know those who are shown in the photos. Mahalo foryour continuing kökua.

Please contact:Kamehameha Schools Press, attn: Henry Bennett1887 Makuakäne Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817E-mail: kspress@ksbe.eduTel: 808-842-8880 Fax: 808-842-8895

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KS Campus College FairOn Dec. 29, 2001, 50 colleges,universities, careers and financialaid foundations were representedat the Sixth Annual KS CampusCollege Fair, held in Kalama DiningHall. KS graduates served as facili-tators representing their respectivecampuses and shared their collegeexperiences with students (ingrades 7-12) and parents. A studentpanel and a parent panel contribut-ed insights. The fair is modeledafter the Hawaiÿi State Career andCollege Fair.

ScholarshipsRobin Williams Makapagal ’68 is a 2001-2002 recipient of the NativeHawaiian Health Scholarship. Sheis working toward earning amaster’s in social work, and willcomplete her studies in May at theUniversity of Hawai‘i at Mänoa.

In December 2001 a luncheonhosted by Mrs. Marjorie Midkiffwas held at the Oÿahu Country Clubfor past and present recipients ofthe Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. MidkiffScholarship. Mr. Midkiff’s associ-ation with Kamehameha Schoolsspanned 60 years and included 10 years as president of the schoolsand 44 years as a trustee. MidkiffLearning Center bears his name.Mrs. Marjorie Midkiff carries onthe work of her husband throughscholarships for graduating KSseniors. The Midkiff scholarshipsare awarded “to a senior girl andsenior boy displaying academicpromise and exemplary citzenship.”Nearly 100 Midkiff scholarshipshave been granted over the past 40 years.

College CapersThe numbers keep adding up forUniversity of Puget Sound’s footballstandout Chad Mahoe ’99. Thepast season, he racked up 484 yardsin rushing, 151 yards receiving and203 yards in kick-off returns for atotal of 838 all-purpose yards. Hewas named to the second-team AllNorthwest Conference. Alsoreceiving second-team honors wasIsaac Parker ’98. Making the firstteam NWC on offense was DarylAgpalsa ’98 who plays guard onthe Linfield College squad.

Thanksgiving Time-out: KS’01 classmates got together for amini-reunion at Loyola MarymountUniversity during the break:Kapono Kobylanski of theUniversity of LaVerne, ChaunaValdez from LMU, Derek Kondoof Arizona State and NicoleShishido of University of SouthernCalifornia.

Kanani Kilbey ’00 is amember of the Student Senate atWindward Community College. Her goals are to promote schoolspirit and personal pride; exposestudents to school services,activities and opportunities and toencourage school involvement tocreate a sense of UH loyalty. She isworking toward a bachelor’sdegree in science.

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Christopher Nary ’01, an Air Force Academy cadet, talkswith students at the KS Campus College Fair.

Sisters Kimie ’01 and Nicole Cabral ’00,both at Occidental College in California,check in with college counselor KathrynKekaulike at the KS Campus College Fair.

Mrs. Marjorie Midkiff (seated) with some of the past winners of theMidkiff Scholarship – from left, Diane Okinaga ’91, Kristin Fernandez ’91,Jonathan Ishikawa ’95, Kamala Haake ’99, Neil Hannahs ’69, KanoelaniKane ’96, Sharlene Chun-Lum ’68, Walter Igawa-Silva ’97.

From left, first-team all-star Daryl Agpalsa, Chad Mahoe,James Yen ’00 and Puni Ellis ’00 reunite on the gridiron.

KS ’01 celebrates old times at LMU. Fromleft, Kapono Kobylanski, Chauna Valdez,Derek Kondo, Chris Yim of Punahou Schooland Nicole Shishido.

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included Kui Peihopa ’93. Ushersincluded Jon Leong ’97, MicahDrane ’95, Hini Galdeira ’95 andJason Aiana ’95.

Adrian K. Akina ’95 andIwalani Christina Haia were mar-ried Nov. 10, 2001 with ShermanThompson presiding. Ushersincluded Duffy Kekoa Duldulao’93 and Michael Fuller ’94.

KaÿiÿiniokuÿupuÿuwaiElizabeth Nicholas ’96 and DannyFaleniko Patelesio were marriedOct. 27, 2001 with Rev. KordellKekoa presiding. Maid of honorwas Nicole Anela Lopez Gueco’96. Bridesmaids included LilinoeSai ’96 and Jennifer Heu ’97.

Christian Patrick Mosher ’00and Christy Melody McPhee weremarried Nov. 3, 2001 with Rev.Curtis Kekuna presiding.

1990sRon T. Martinson ’90 and Julie A.Dixon were married April 21, 2001in Columbus, Ohio. Ron is a boardcertified physician for KaiserPermanente working at the WaimeaClinic in Kamuela, Hawai‘i.

Flossie Ann Hiu ’92 andSamuel Akai Leong were marriedOct. 13, 2001 with ShermanThompson presiding. Bridesmaidsincluded Cheryl Hibbs ’91.

Racie G. N. Hayashi ’94 andRick K. Botelho were married June23, 2001 at the Pacific Beach Hotelby New Hope Kapolei PastorGlenn Yamaguchi. Maid of honorwas Brandi Vasconcellos and Bestman was Robert Correa. Sisters ofthe bride, Lynsey Beth H. Futa andKelsi K. Tamashiro ’09, and groom’sson, Ryne K. Botelho ’10, wereJunior Bridesmaids and JuniorGroomsman respectively. Brotherof the groom, Chris K. Botelho ’76and brother of the bride, Jamie K.Tamashiro ’97 were in attendanceat the wedding.

Marisel Mau ’95 and AthensArquette were married Oct. 13,2001 with Rev. Kordell Kekoapresiding. Maid of honor wasJocelyn Apo ’95. Bridesmaids

1980sPaul S. Tamaribuchi ’80 and GailHiromi Nakamoto were marriedOct. 20, 2001 with Rev. KordellKekoa ’80 presiding. Best man wasAlbert Chee Jr. ’80. Ushersincluded Wade Terada ’80 andWayne Toyama ’80.

Thomas Sean Maskell ’89and Ann Michelle Wong weremarried Nov. 24, 2001 with Rev.Curtis Kekuna ’66 presiding. Bestman was Herman Silva ’89.

Ushers included ScottKalehuawehe ’89 and JamieBarboza ’89.

Keone Leong ’89 andCandace L. Victorino were marriedOct. 27, 2001 with ShermanThompson ’74 presiding.

Michelle Emiko Akana ’89and Gary Ken Nagaishi weremarried Sept. 29, 2001 with Rev.Kordell Kekoa presiding. Maid ofhonor was Jocelyn KahealaniAkana Young ’92. Bridesmaidswere Kerrie Adolpho ’90 andSandra Clark.

Mae-Lynn Kekawa ’89 andWilliam Puchalski were marriedOct. 6, 2001 with ShermanThompson presiding. Bridesmaidwas Renee Kehau Haili ’91.

Rick Botelho and Racie Hayashi. Ron Martinson and Julie Dixon.

WeddingsBest wishes to the newlyweds. All weddings were performed at the Bishop Memorial Chapel on Kamehameha’sKapälama Campus unless otherwise indicated.

Milestones

MatiasMakanahiwahiwaCalvo

M/M Michael K. Gormley’90 (Prudence K. Hokoana ’92), ason Kauwilaikalunaikeao Brendon,Sept. 22, 2001. He joins olderbrother Kapaÿia, age 6.

M/M Jerry M. Tefan (CelesteHoku Kimokeo ’96), a sonKimokeo Tamaherenanaiteraÿi,June 30, 2001.

M/M Frank Abreu ’98, adaughter KarizmaKa‘uakilihunemaikalani Electra,Sept. 13, 2001.

Mary Nalani Olds Simpson’85 and husband Stuart welcomeda new addition to the family:daughter Mahina o Nalani-aluaTiare, Dec. 17, 2001. She joins oldersister Kiana and older brotherScott. The Simpsons reside in theUnited Arab Emirates.

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BirthsCongratulations to the proud parents!

Marcus AlexanderMakanaokeakuaAyau and oldersister Tiare.

Zion KahekiliKaauwai

Pono Keawelani-ikekahiali‘iokamokuBlaisdell

Makalii Robert Alan Haruo Linyee Katagiri,held by brother Tyler and flanked by sistersKalehua and Kahili.

Kauwilaikaluna-ikeao BrendonGormley and olderbrother Kapa‘ia

KarizmaKa‘uakilihune-maikalani ElectraAbreu

Kimokeo Tamahere-nanaitera‘i Tefanwith dad Jerry.

M/M Robert Katagiri (AldaKong ’73), a son Makalii RobertAlan Haruo Linyee, Oct. 6, 2000.He joins older brother Tyler, age 12and older sisters Kalehua, age 6and Kähili, age 2.

M/M Marc Ayau (LindaPauole ’84), a son MarcusAlexander Makanaokeakua, Jan. 8,2001. Marcus joins older sister TiareLindsey Kamalani, age 6.

M/M Leonard Calvo (NatalieFrias ’87), a son MatiasMakanahiwahiwa, Feb. 13, 2001.Matias joins older brothers Nainoa,age 5 and Ali‘iloa, age 3.

M/M Jonah-Kuhio K.Kaauwai ’90, a son Zion Kahekili,July 18, 2000. Godfather is FredErskine ’88.

M/M Koliÿi S. Blaisdell(Michelle Souza ’90), a son PonoKeawelaniikekahialiÿiokamoku,Nov. 5, 2000.

Memories of 9/11 still haunting

Thank you for the “Letters From New York” piece in

the Winter 2002 Issue of I Mua. I’ve often wondered if

someone from the Kamehameha Schools ‘ohana was

near the World Trade Center or the Pentagon after the

attacks.

At the time, I was working as a tenant coordi-

nator for Cushman & Wakefield (a commercial real

estate corporation), which is located a few blocks from

the White House.

That morning was complete chaos. Because of

our building’s close proximity to the White House,

we too thought that we could be under attack. My

daughter attends preschool a few blocks from the

White House. Due to the heavy traffic, I walked the

six or seven blocks to get her just to have her with

me and make sure she was okay.

As we walked back to my building, I noticed that

the fear on people’s faces was so real and so raw. Some

were crying, some were trying to reach loved ones, and

some were just walking about aimlessly.

The sight at the Pentagon is something that I’ll

never forget. Seeing the endless plume of smoke

brought tears to my eyes. You can’t imagine the

devastation until you see it for yourself.

Every night on my way home, with daughter in

tow, I still get “chicken skin” whenever an airplane

flies overhead, to or from Reagan National Airport.

The sheer speed and enormity of the aircraft makes me

cringe.

I don’t think that will ever change.

– Napualokelani S. Wiley ’95

I Mua welcomes reader commentary on topics covered in themagazine. Please limit to 250 words or less. E-mailimua@ksbe.edu or write to I Mua Editor, 1887 MakuakäneStreet, Honolulu, HI 96817.

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In Memoriam

Myron B. Thompson Feb. 29, 1924 – Dec. 25, 2001

Myron “Pinky” Thompson, whopassed away on Christmas Day 2001,served as a trustee of KamehamehaSchools from 1974 until 1994.

Born in Honolulu, Thompsonheld an undergraduate degree fromColby College in Maine and a master’sdegree in social work from theUniversity of Hawaiÿi. In 1975, Mr. Thompson received an honorarydoctoral degree of law from ColbyCollege.

His professional expertise was in the area ofsocial work, and he headed the state Department ofSocial Services and Housing and the private charitableinstitution, Queen Liliÿuokalani Trust (now QueenLiliÿuokalani Children’s Center). Thompson was alsothe first chairman of the state Land Use Commission.He was very active in the community and heldmembership and board positions in numerous civicorganizations.

He expressed his deep commitment to Hawaiiancauses through his service as chairman of Papa OlaLokahi, an organization that implements programs toimprove the health of Native Hawaiians; his involve-ment with the federal commission for Native HawaiianCulture and Arts; and his membership on the board ofAlu Like, an organization dedicated to increasingemployment opportunities for Native Hawaiians.

Thompson was also president of the PolynesianVoyaging Society, where he and son Nainoa, now aKamehameha Schools trustee himself, helped rekindlethe pride of an entire people through the exploits ofthe voyaging canoe Hokuleÿa.

In addition, Thompson played a key role insecuring and administering federal funds for thebenefit of Native Hawaiians through his supportiveinvolvement in the enactment of the Native HawaiianHealth Act and the Native Hawaiian Education Act inCongress.

From advocating for programs aimed at helpingyoung families and teaching the elderly about goodnutrition, to assisting first-time entrepreneurs and pro-viding funds for college-bound Hawaiians, Thompsondemonstrated his personal and professional commit-ment to improving the well-being of Native Hawaiians.

“Pinky leaves an enduring legacy,” said NeilHannahs ’69, director of Kamehameha’s Land AssetsDivision and a longtime friend of the Thompson ÿohana.“Kamehameha will forever be changed by his leader-ship and our Hawaiian people will long benefit fromthe early education programs and outreach partner-ships he inspired. We remain committed to the voyagehe started, and will endeavor to complete the task.”

1929Martha Lonokahiauokalani Puni Fragas ofHonolulu died Nov. 21, 2001. She was born inHonolulu.

1937Allan Walter Makalii Akana of Honolulu died Dec.10, 2001. He was born on Kauaÿi.

1949Buddy Lowell Lovell of Raleigh, N. C. died Oct. 26,2000.

1952Rogers Ewaliko Akiu Jr. of Honolulu died Jan. 7,2002. He was born on Maui.

1965Sidney Louis Arakaki of Keaÿau, Hawaii died Jan.19, 2002.

1967Betty G. Barbett Gonsalves of Waipahu died Dec. 23,2001.

Aaron Picadura of Thornton, Colo. died Nov. 24,2001. He was born in Honolulu.

1969Andrew Kanai Anderson of Kailua, Oÿahu died Dec. 2, 2001.

1972Padeken Kahelekuiinaihe Bento of Captain Cook,Hawaiÿi died Nov. 27, 2001. He was born inHonolulu.

1974Debra Kamakahi Henderson of Huntersville, N. C.died Oct. 28, 2001. She was born in Honolulu.

1976Rochelle “Rocky” M. K. Tokuhara of ÿAiea,Hawaii died Jan. 12, 2002. She was born in Honolulu.

DeathsIt is with sincere regret that we note the passing of the following graduates:

Myron “Pinky”Thompson

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Busy Months for BOP by Kirk L.K. Durante ’70Ka Pelekikena, KSAA Board of Presidents

Aloha Käkou:Mahalo nui loa toeveryone foryour continuedhelp andsupport.

TheJanuary Board ofPresidents

meeting was hosted by Ke Ali‘iPauahi Foundation at KawaiahaÿoPlaza. The agenda includedupdates from the Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Chief Education Officer,Headmasters, Education ExtensionDivision, Strategic PlanningEnhancement Group, Ke Ali‘iPauahi Foundation, a tour of theKawaiahaÿo Plaza complex and afocus group meeting with classleaders at Dr. Hamilton McCubbin’shome, Wai‘ahamamalu.

The Board sends a “BigMahalo” to all of the guest speakers,Dr. McCubbin for hosting the focusgroup meeting at his home, Dr. Rockne Freitas and KAPF forhosting the two-day meeting atKawaiahaÿo Plaza, and a specialthanks to Kehau Yap ’82 and theAlumni Development office for allof their work in making the meetinga tremendous success.

Planning for Alumni Week2002 continues with celebratingclasses of years ending in “2” and“7” taking the lead. Initial plans foran alumni conference sponsored byAlumni Relations is tentatively setfor Aug. 3, 2002 at the KapälamaCampus. Phase II of the StrategicImplementation Plan continues tounfold with meetings set through-out the state of Hawai‘i and manyof the regions on the mainland.

I strongly encourage allalumni to join KamehamehaSchools Alumni Association as a

Regular or Lifetime member.Lifetime members are recognizedin all regions and can transfer theirlifetime membership to the regionin which they reside.

Feel free to contact me at 703-426-4921 orKirkLKDurante@aol.com.

A hui hou!

East Hawai‘i Island RegionMämalahoe ChapterP. O. Box 5845; Hilo, HI 96720President: Nathan Chang ’69Phone: 1-808-933-3331E-Mail: nchang69@hotmail.com

Trustee Constance Lau and CEOHamilton McCubbin participatedin the Dec. 19, 2001 Founder’s DayService at Ha‘ili Church in Hilo.Kahu Wayne Kahula ’68 ledapproximately 70 alumni, familyand friends in honoring PrincessBernice Pauahi Bishop. The 50member alumni choral group, Nä Leo o Kamehameha no Hilo,led by Director Clarence Waipa,provided song and music for thespecial occasion. A holiday potluckfollowed the ceremonies.

Nä Leo Mele o Kamehamehano Hilo held a Dec. 20 Christmasconcert at the University of Hawaiÿiat Hilo. A sellout crowd of morethan 600 people attended theholiday event. The concert was one of several fundraisers for thealumni choral group. Moniesearned from these fundraisers areused to finance choral members’trips to mainland performances.The group rehearses everyThursday night at St. Joseph’s HighSchool in Hilo.

The East and West HawaiÿiRegions of the KamehamehaSchools Alumni Association hostedthe Oct. 25-26 Board of Presidentsmeeting in Hilo, held at theInstitute for Astronomy (IFA) onthe campus of the University ofHawaiÿi at Hilo. East HawaiÿiRegion President Nathan Chang ’69works at IFA as a Coordinator ofthe NASA Grant Project NOMISS(New Opportunities throughMinority Initiatives in SpaceScience). Alumni Vice-President

Regional Alumni Associations

David Lovell ’69 works in thesame building as Director for theResearch Corporation of theUniversity of Hawaiÿi.

Mämalahoe chapter memberswill be participating in the stateAdopt-a-Highway Program for2002. Days for litter pick up areMay 11, Aug. 10 and Nov. 9. Thechapter will mälama the ÿäina on theKeaÿau Bypass Road located onemile from the new KamehamehaSchools Hawaiÿi Campus.

The East Hawaiÿi Region onceagain participated in the island’sFood Bank, Fill-a-Bag, Feed-a-Family food drive on March 10.The region provided a $300donation toward the printing of41,000 brown paper sacks that wereinserted into the Sunday newspapereditions of the Hawaiÿi TribuneHerald and West Hawai‘i Today. Lastyear, more than $52,000 and 82,000pounds of food were donated tofeed the hungry. Approximately 40percent of the recent Food Bankbeneficiaries on the island ofHawaiÿi are Native Hawaiians.

Mamalahoe chapter President Nathan Chang presents amahalo certificate, recognizing Kamehameha’s participationin the 2001 Fill-a-Bag, Feed-a-Family program, to Hawai‘iCampus Headmaster Dr. Stan Fortuna and CEO HamiltonMcCubbin

KSAA-Maui members enjoy a recent parent-alumni gathering at the Maui Campus. Fromleft, Melani Paresa Abihai ’67, Kalani Holokai ’76, Jamie Sagawinit ’76, Shirley AugustineGurat ’78, Andie Simon ’75, Jamie Whittle Wagner ’81, Bella Saiki ’71.

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Regional Alumni Associations

Mämalahoe chapter membersJason Ikaika Hauanio ’90 andNathan Chang are presidents oftheir respective Rotary Clubs on theisland of Hawai‘i. Jason, a financialconsultant for Merrill Lynch, willlead the Kona Mauka Rotary Clubin Kealakekua. Nathan will leadthe Rotary Club of Hilo Bay.

Maui Region264 Elilani StreetPukalani, HI 96768President: Boyd P. Mossman ’61Phone: 1-808-572-9192E-Mail: boydpm@aloha.net

2001 has come and gone along withlaughter and tears and ups anddowns. It will forever be in ourmemories and we will build fromthere onwards. Our appreciationfor our country and our love,respect and gratitude for thePrincess Bernice Pauahi Bishop hasalso grown significantly with theestablishment of our Maui Campusand the activities of the school hereon Maui. We had an encouragingyear as Maui alumni helped withservice projects at the school, underthe able leadership of PuananiDoong Lindsey ’61, to our firstannual ÿAha‘aina led by JamesAarona ’65. Our first recognizedalumni from Maui were JohnRalston ’30 (now deceased) andJames “Kimo” Apana ’80. We sold

script again at the Maui CountyFair and earned $3,000 thanks tothe guidance of Marilyn Wong Hill’55 and husband, Bob. Our finalevent of the year honored PrincessBernice at our first Pauahi Sundayon Dec. 16; we thank FeadoraSequeira Alcomindras ’65 fororganizing a very special eventwhich introduced our region’schoir for the first time.

We look forward to aneven more exciting 2002, and hopeyou will all be able to participateand kökua in our meetings and

activities. Our membership isabout one out of every sevenalumni on Maui, so we have a longways to go to reach 100 percentparticipation. More importantly, weneed to keep our alumni together,to support our beloved alma mater,Kamehameha, to providescholarships each year, and to be avoice in the growth of education inour state.

were taught eurythmy – a rhythmical or graceful move-ment in harmony with the rhythm of the spoken word.Sounds like the hula, doesn’t it? Except that the accom-paniment was carefully selected poetry. I was nevercurious about how eurythmy got to Kamehameha untilI saw a class doing it in a university in Switzerlandsome years ago. “How do you suppose eurythmy got toHawaiÿi back in the 1930s?” I asked my host, an elder ofthe university staff. “That’s easy,” he replied. “Did youknow Grace Richards? She had a beautiful voice and shecame here from Hawaiÿi to study. I am confidant thatshe took eurythmy home with her.” We think she wasTrustee Theodore Richards’ sister.

Occasionally, the dance class would present adrama, primarily a Hawaiian legend revealed in dance.And we were encouraged to hear matinees of theHonolulu Symphony Orchestra at the Princess Theater.Admission was 25 cents. Piano, violin, cello, and voicelessons were free, and practice rooms were assigned inthe main building on campus. Monitors listened at thedoors, and it was advisable that you were practicingBach or Haydn rather than “Sweet Leilani.”

On Thursday evenings, the girls in the choirwalked in a group to the chapel across King Street topractice with the boys for Sunday’s services. It wasalways a rehearsal eagerly anticipated.

Senior Cottage was a wonderful learning time.Taking care of an infant for a week: feeding, bathing,doing the laundry, and taking the baby to the pediatri-cian was real training. Each of the functions of managinga home was directed by Louise Struve as each girl in thecottage rotated through all the functions. Rememberplanned nutritionally balanced meals within a budget?

And now and then, an old Ford jalopy with fouror five musicians from across the street would circle ourbuilding shortly after lights out. Sometimes they’dmanage two circles before the night watchman shooedthem out. But, oh how sweet, to hear them playingsoftly, “Goodnight Sweetheart.” Many hearts beat faster,but there was only one face with a knowing smile.

Aloha no.

Janet Hopkins Richards lives in San Diego, Calif.

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At the 70th reunion of the KS Class of 1931 in July of last year, a few eyes looked wistfully over the edge into Kalihi Valley. We were looking for the

trees we had planted so many years ago. How could anyof us who took part in those “Arbor Days” ever forgetthe promise of growth while trying to balance on thatsteep slope.

Sharing in the upkeep of the school wasprobably the major teaching method for building goodand industrious students. With tuition at $50, who couldcomplain? The jobs rotated about every six weeks. Therewere tables to be set, silver and napkins carefully placed(and much as I hated it, to this day I fold the dinnernapkins as I was taught), dishes to be washed in acommercial machine, potatoes and carrots to be peeled,linen to be ironed, the housemother’s room to bestraightened, the halls and public rooms to be swept and dusted, and yes, the main staircase, too. It descend-ed three floors landing on the first floor in two separatesymmetrically designed flights. Those stairs were sweptwith dustpan and brush. A modest sign on the wallabove the fifth step read “There are no elevators in thehouse of success.”

The housemother checked your thoroughness and meted out discipline. Taking a short cut from onefloor to another via the window and fire escape wassternly disapproved. Penalties consisted of having tolearn and recite a psalm to the housemother before youcould leave on Saturday morning. A reasonably activestudent could graduate with all the psalms committed to memory.

There was assembly every morning at eight for the whole school. We sang hymns, had morning prayers,heard announcements and sometimes had a brief littletalk by the faculty, Mr. Frank Midkiff – president of theschools, someone of local interest, or national fame. Atthe moment, I can only remember Helen Wills. It wasalso an opportunity to explore our talent for makingharmony.

There was the usual English, history, math, typing,history of the Pacific, Hawaiian from Papa Wise, whoencouraged us with Hershey bars, and there was oral

interpretation. This is notmeant to be a complete list.

Oral interpretation tookus into improvisation. We werechallenged one day to presenta skit involving four of us. Acountry store in Maui was theset, and the storekeeper wasignorant of pidgin andHawaiian. Jackie Rosario was ademanding customer wanting

a bar of “Brown Shope”. The unscripted exchange wasincredibly funny. The skit ended with one of thecharacters clutching her purchase and suggesting thatthe salesman “Charge in the book. When the book full,trow way.” We were delighted to be invited to clubs intown and to McKinley High School to do ourimprovisations.

We could not dance the hula, but in dance class, we

“Monitors listened at

the doors, and it was

advisable that you

were practicing Bach

or Haydn rather than

‘Sweet Leilani.’”

– JANET HOPKINS R ICHARDS

“I RememberWhen...”by Janet Hopkins Richards ’31

Janet Hopkins Richards (left) with Class of 1931 classmates LillianKaaa DuPont (center) and Tamar Mookini.

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1962Colin ChungAnna Kahananui EllisPatricia Garcia HitchcockCharles LauWilma Freudenberg LeongS. Noelani Webster MateakiKauionalani MaukeleJosephine Akana MillerMaurice NaleimaileSue Vasconcellos NapoleonMarion Kahawai SmithCarrie ThompsonWalter Ward

1967Brenda Dumaran AndersonPaul ApunaJon AustenMatthew BeamerTheodore BlakePatricia Hartman BlevinsRobert BrownCharlene Makekau BushNaomi Ahuna CampbellCecilia Kalama DawsonMomilani Tio EpsteinRussell FernandesSterling FosterCharleen Horswill GoulartMichael HanchettPauline Puahala HessLorraine KaLei Kamahele-MasonRhona KamokuAlice KawakamiEli KualaJerry LeeFrancis MauNona Sakata Meyers

1927Frank Kanoho

1932Carl Brown

1937Wilhelmina BakerSamuel KalamaBeatrice Vasconcellos McDonough

1947C. Arthur HorswillRobert LevyEdith Pelekai MarcielWalter NakamotoErnest Silva

1952Juliette CummingsGerald NapoleonEdmund Wills

1957Aurino AbrahamBenjamin AkiHarriet Eben BlakemanNewton ColburnLois Worthington CummingsEarl HarbinStanley Hew LenLana Soares HudsonErnest MarkMary Valpoon RosaEdith Lang SwailsElizabeth Rogan TinsleyNaomi Smythe Vierra

Coralia Akana MuntalTimothy MurrayWaynette Garcia OliveiraRobert PazHealani Mansfield ReynoldsFriday RoldanLynette SantosIlona Prioste SouzaShirley Yojo SwinneyJerilyn Kailewa WadfordMaxine Suder WilcoxLorene Gouveia YadaoAnthony Yee

1972Shawn Ah SingDavid Ah SoonLeialoha Branigan Ah SuiFrances Kanae BeckerAlria Chang BingleCaroline BoydPatricia Hashimoto CarvalhoDonnette Plunkett FowlerJeanne FrendoBrenda Enos FriesGary GibsonSharon Toyama HigaDerick IkemotoMoses KainaRaynette Artis LeeTerri Liu LesterKeith MartinJames MawaeVernon MinerHarris MokuGary Okada

Kamehameha Schools Alumni Reunion 2002 – celebrating classes ending in 2s and 7s – just won’t be complete without the friends listed below. Anyone with

information about these reunioning alumni is asked to contact the Parents and AlumniRelations department at 842-8177. If calling from the U.S. mainland or neighbor islands, dial

1-800-842-IMUA, ext. 8177. You may also e-mail your information to alumni@ksbe.edu.

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Laura Pualoa PruittLaureen PuliStephanie Naone SennishDavid SmithWendell SmithDerrick TsukayamaLois WiseSelene WongMayleen Yonting

1977Jim AanaAngela CantrellMarlene Rasmussen ChongAndrew ChoyMark CluneyTanya Yap ComeauxGary DavisLiane FuDeanna HackbarthGail HallLawrence HoltNaomi HoltKeoni JardineSuzanne KahookeleLaurie KanamuDaniel KauahiSamuel KawewehiDean MatayoshiLarisa Ringor MeredithDarrel NahinuDiane O’RileyKalei Arick O’SullivanHarrison PangJorene PikiniTerri-Lee QuerobinJohnette RasmussenAbbie Lindsey ReedKimberly RodriguesPhillip StephensHeidi SwansonCarol Knudsen VillanuevaDebbie Wong

1982Joseph AkauKevin AkiMele AkunaDeede BaldwinWilliam ChaiJewel Koel FraneckeJon FukushimaStacy FurciniDean HarveyWilliam IaelaChris IshiharaLaura KaneLaureen KaowiliPaula Puchert Koko

Howard LeslieDean MaevaMichael MiyamotoEric OlmosChristopher PimentalMichael PohinaRoth PuahalaFred RedlingKinau Rierson

1987Joanna Young BartellPhilip BroadhurstDustin CabatuMorton CarterGerri Palakiko ChaiDawn Ryder DreierChristy Pratt GaffneyJennifer Castaneda GleasonWalter HammondSean HaoAulii HeineRose Ann HiuDana HookalaJulie Aio HornerLeah JosephKelly KaholokulaJoseph KaleiohiMatthew KamSean KealohaAnthony KumamaruEdward LeeJames LeeThomas LiwaiRomona Cabanting MaeshiroKeao MeyerLucille Keliikipi MillerCathleen Collier MurrayNicole Strekow RenniaClayton SalvadorTiffany Banks SpencerWainani YoungKanani Zehm

1992Lanora AkionaBrendan CautonShawna ChewTamlyn ChingSandy ChowNicol ChunChad CloutierErnest CollinsMichele Pearsol DomingoKim Ann FernandezDaisilyn Foley

Jennifer Goodyear-KaopuaMitchell HewNathan IhuAllyson JardineChasity JohnstonGuy KahoohanohanoLee Ann Palakiko KaleikiniTrisha KamakeeainaCoran KekipiJames KongWilliam KuaiwaRonald LeeBrooke LindseyNatalya MadoloraJeanette MawaeLance MokuauMaile MurphyAustin ParkerGilbert ReyesKeni ReyesDenver SouzaKeith StenderKawekiulani SwainJake TangonanTracy TeraiSteven TimbalBrandon ToroKainoa ToutaiChad Yoneda

1997Kukui AwanaDanlynn BrownLaurel DeCorteZena Arbitrario DudoitTracy Pagatpatan GrimmKawika HughesAutumn Kamalu-NakoJedda KameenuiSarah Murph KanoaLawena KeaweBraxton LedwardBeau LeeMaritza MoralesSandria SouzaPelehonuamea SuganumaKawehi Shiroma-ThiravongMahana WaltersJade YagiJacob Yung

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