It was then that he and Oltmanns began looking for a pairs partner, and Siianytsia saw Smirnovas name on the partner search site. KHON2 also reported about Maeda opening her own pop-up bakery spot in Ala Moana Center. The cow, titled Edison Cow, was decorated with light bulbs and hangs upside down in Industry City, reported the New York Times on Aug. 23. Longtime Punahou Athletic Trainer Beth Ann Youngwas profiled by the National Athletic Trainers Association on May 4. Second, my partner would get to see her mom, and I would get to see my family. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 12 April 2022), FormerPunahou Schoolstandout Kaulana Makaula 19 leavesUSCto come home and play for University of Hawaii. As a male who could serve (in the military), I felt guilty I had left, Siianytsia said. Twenty-one Seniors Named 2023 National Merit Semifinalists New Academy Principal Gustavo Carrera (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 11 April 2022), Seven students from the Academy Guitar Program prepared and submitted audition material, attended rehearsals, and recorded their parts for the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) All-National Honor Guitar Ensemble. Learn about our rich history, visionary leadership and guiding principles. Oltmanns said they were unable to put together two solid weeks of training until November, three weeks before making their Grand Prix debut in Finland, where they finished a respectable fourth. Shoji will play in the Tokyo Games next month, along with fellow Hawaii players, including brother Kawika, who make up 25% of the team, announced the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on June 14. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi nominated Ann Botticelli 77, a former journalist and airline executive, to the Honolulu Police Commission, reported Civil Beat on June 12. TheClarence T.C. Competing as Miss Chinatown Hawaii, she beat 16 other candidates to become the 76th woman to hold the title of Miss Hawaii. Tokyo will be Erik Shojis 08 second Olympic Games. I was truly honored to compete for the U.S. on the biggest sporting stage of the world. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 28 Sept. 2021), Heperi Mita 03 grew up in Hawaii and mainland United States with his New Zealand filmmaker parents, Merata Mita and Geoff Murphy. Heres to a great 2023! Trees are one of the most important tools in combating climate change the most pressing issue of our day.(Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 6 Nov. 2021), Punahou JROTC news: Remembering General Colin Powells visit to Punahou. Seniors Zoey Duan 22 and Ellie Ochiai 22 created a vaccine hotline for people needing assistance setting up an appointment. Punahou welcomes Annri Opitz-Kostick an acclaimed dance instructor with over 30 years of teaching, performance and choreography experience as its new Dance School director. (HNN, 24 June 2022), Vonnie Brenno 68 Cameron created 15 oil paintings of hulu kupuna on Molokai, the islands most esteemed elders. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Flipboard (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window). Dnipro, a city of nearly one million inhabitants in east-central Ukraine, had been largely spared the wars horror until Saturday, when a Russian missile devastated most of a civilian apartment block and killed more than 40 people. She recently retired as COO of Queens Medical Center-West Oahu. I was able to train in a safe environment with my brother, Micah Christenson (also an Olympic vollyeball player) and a couple other guys. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 5 March 2022), Zoey Duan 22 and Sascha Pakravan 22 are two of the 251 regional finalists selected from applicants throughout the nation for the Coca-ColaScholars Program. It was longest period I had been home since high school, so it was nice to get some good quality family time. https://lnkd.in/gFUxCcjJ Liked by Jordan Tanuvasa Shojis father, Dave, was the University of Hawaiis womens volleyball coach for 42 years, capturing four national titles and retiring in 2017 as the winningest coach in NCAA history. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 17 May 2022), Punahou Trustee Ann Teranishi 92, of American Savings Bank, was honored at YWCA Oahus 2022 LeaderLuncheon. Hawaiis golden people, you know. In fact, Obama wrote in his autobiography that the lure of Punahou helped keep him in the States with his grandparents rather than flying back to Indonesia with his mom. (Hawaii News Now, 29 Nov. 21), Island History: The pig shooting incident at Halfway Bridge, Kauai in 1856 with Samuel Thomas Alexander, a student at Punahou. (HVCA, 9 Feb. 2022), Pandemic keeps public from Punahou Carnival for a second year. 3 Iolani in girls volleyball. Purchase tickets beginning Jan. 16 at 6 a.m. (Honolulu-Star Advertiser, 28 Oct. 2022), Susan Soon He Stanton 99 earns Emmy for her work on HBOs Succession. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 23 Oct. 2022), Chien-Wen Tseng 84 elected the National Academy of Medicine. On Dec. 1, 2019, she became the first American woman to qualify for surfing in the Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed. They followed that by winning the Golden Spin of Zagreb, another Challenger Series event, in early December, with personal-best scores for the free skate and total. Skateboarding and surfing are not sanctioned high school sports in Hawaii. New York artist Jen Lewin 92 designed one of the 78 fiberglass cows for a public art exhibitionin the boroughs of New York City. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 22 Sept. 2021), Punahous Tevarua Tafiti 22 is a humble star on the football field and in the classroom. 1601 PUNAHOU ST. Honolulu, HI 96822. (Poetry Out Loud, 11 March 2022), Punahou sweeps state paddling titles. Congratulations to Punahou student players Kobe Hino 28, Luke Hiromoto 28, Kekoa Payanal 28, Cohen Sakamoto 27, Brennan Tomas 28 and Daly Watson 28. Ojerio 09 is the artist behind the brand Aloha de Mele and was featured on July 8 on Hawaii News Now. [3] In 2006, it was ranked the greenest school in America. Its led to all these issues gunked up inside us., Dawn Szewczyk 94 was appointed Director of the Department of Facility Maintenance byMayor Blangiardi. This past November, the U.S. men dropped out of the No. (KHON2, 3 Feb. 2022), Punahou freshman Austen Kinney 25 is helping address the health issue of the lack of free menstrual products in schools. On Aug. 12, the segment focused on Punahou St. and Punahou School. My hope is that I will enjoy the moment and play my hardest with no regrets, she said. The article, presented in partnership with HAIS, appeared in HONOLULU Family Magazine on June 21. (Pacific Business News, 1 April 2022), Hawaii Business Magazine checks in with Emily Reber 92 Porter, Nathan Fong 94, Doug Shimokawa 00 and Ann Teranishi 92. Its [a] very cosmopolitan campus and very reflective of what Hawaii is like., The school has been compared to Stanford. A dedicated, caring community is the heart of Punahou. Their mothers eventually returned to Ukraine to be with their husbands, who under the countrys wartime martial law cant leave in case they are called to fight. After months of discouragement and seeming acceptance of the idea their season was over, Siianytsia said he wanted to go to worlds, and U.S. (NAfME, 29 March 2022), A group of Hawaii high school students, including Marissa Halagao 23, and recent graduates is leading an effort to create curriculum about Filipino history, culture and identity. In an average week, she trains in the water just about every day and trains on land about every other day. (Hawaii Business Magazine, 10 Feb. 2022), Congratulations to the following Punahou alumni who are Hawaii Entrepreneur Award Honorees: Bella Hughes 05 of Shaka Tea, John De Fries 69 of Hawaiian Tourism Authority, J.T. Some high schools have a swimming tradition. Morning Brew, the neighborhood coffee hangout in Kailua owned and operated for 26 years by Punahou School graduate Peter Anderson 83, was mentioned in Civil Beat on Sept. 7 as part of a roundup of island coffee shops that provided solace to patrons during the pandemic. More than 30 U.S. Olympians have been graduates of Hawaii's Punahou School, and there hasn't been a U.S. Olympic team without a graduate of the school since 1972. Its a very comfortable, free environment. Please visit www.punahou.edu for more information or email us at bulletin@punahou.edu. When I got to the biggest stage of my life, I knew I was meant to be there.. He talks with his family at least once a day, she multiple times. Hawaii News Nowaired a story on Dec. 1 aboutNick Kapule 17. (KHON2, 9 Dec. 2021), Comedian Tumua Tuinei 14 will be taking center stage at the Blaisdell on Dec. 10. Trevor Crabb is an American professional beach volleyball player. (Yahoo News, 5 Dec. 2021), Homeward Bound 5K is an annual fun run with a mission to help end homelessness in Hawaii. An honorablemention goes out to Ian Jun 27 who placed fifth in the State competition and just missed qualifying for Nationals. Today, with a K--12 enrollment of 3,760, Punahou is the largest single independent school in the U.S. She is the first woman ever to make Team USAs SailGP pro team, which just finished second in the world after competing in Spain. Maa won four state titles in volleyball at Punahou and others in football and basketball. Ojerio 09 of Aloha de Mele, and Zak Barry 10, Matthew Hong 10 and Luke Untermann 10 of Banan. Over 1,000 Special Olympics athletes came to Charlotte to compete in the Special Olympics North Carolina Fall Tournament this weekend. (Hawaii News Now, 28 Aug. 2022), Punahou retiree Hiromi Peterson was awarded the Foreign Ministers Commendation for her many years as a Japanese language teacher and co-authoring the Japanese language textbook, Adventures in Japanese, for middle and high school students in the US. The new Miss Hawaii is 2014 Punahou graduate Courtney Choy 14, reported the Honolulu-Star Advertiser on May 17. I was also able to play this sport with my family, which brought us closer together. Knowledge and appreciation of the arts are vital to a childs understanding of the world. Obama has been my idol for so many years, said Punahou senior Allena Villanueva 22, who was one of the participants. Hell, Bar, he whispered, this isnt a school. Born with spina bifida, she used crutches as a young child, and routinely sat out of PE. But while in the third grade at Noelani Elementary School, an adaptive PE specialist encouraged her to participate via a wheelchair. Before jumping in pool, Ryan Murphy talks to Punahou School students. Smirnovas mother was able to get from a refugee camp in Poland to Estonia. Hawaii News Now highlighted the efforts of Sascha Pakravan 22 on March 16. (HNN, 27 April 2022), Round three of the 2022 Lotte Championship wrapped up at the Hoakalei Country Club as golfer Allisen Corpuz 16, Punahouand USC graduate, put on a show. Moore said she was classmates withTaylor Crabb, one half of the U.S. top-ranked mens beach volleyball team. There were three reasons I wanted to go, he said. (HiLuxury, December 2021), The roundup of Week 12 of the NFL season features players with Hawaii ties, including DeForest Buckner 12, Kaimi Fairbairn 12and Manti Teo 09. This is the first overtime game in the history of Army-Navy matchups dating back to 1890. In this inaugural role, she will lead the planning, development and implementation of the Schools overall sustainability strategy. (Hawaii News Now, 18 Oct. 2021), A poetic and photographic celebration of Punahous beloved night-blooming cereus by writer Ligaya Mishan 88 and photographer Linny Morris 73 for T: The New York Times Style Magazine. I decided to commit the next four years towards training so that I could qualify on my own. COVID has been hard on so many people, and Im thankful for the work and preparations Japan has done., After the postponement, Erik returned to Hawaii for the summer. Cosette Wu 21 from Punahou is one of two Hawaii students selected as Presidential Scholars, a distinction awarded to only 161 high school seniors nationwide, KHON2 reported on May 13. I just hoped he had a return ticket, Oltmanns said with a laugh. Sports Illustrated ranked it the No. (KHON2, 10 Dec. 2022), A great story in the Star Advertiser about Punahous Glenn Goya 73 pitching a perfect game in the 1972 state baseball championships, 50 years ago. Ive been wondering about that question, too, he said, with a wry smile. Reynolds was a skateboard prodigy, profiled by the local NBC affiliate as a 10-year-old before leaving Punahou after 10th grade. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, Case Accelerator for Student Entrepreneurship, Global Education at Wo International Center, Student Global Leadership Institute (SGLI), Dr. Carl R. Ackerman and Dr. Lyn K. Ackerman, Brian Suite 10 Student-Athlete Scholarship Fund, https://punahou-carnival-art-gallery.myshopify.com, Carnival Shift Sign Ups for Parents and Guardians, Twenty-one Seniors Named 2023 National Merit Semifinalists, Debbie Millikan Appointed Director of Sustainability, Punahou Welcomes New Dance School Director. The three nations make up a tournament in Mlaga from Aug. 11-13 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Spanish basketball federation. Legendary swimmer Warren Kealoha 25 even represented the United States while still a student, taking home his first gold medal in 1920 at just 16 and then doing it again four years later at the Paris Olympics. Its possible that they could all qualify for the Tokyo Games, which have been postponed to summer 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Taylor Crabb 10 had also made the Team USA beach volleyball team, but unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19 while in Tokyo and wont be competing. KHON2 News reported that Gov. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 4 Feb. 2022), Punahou Carnival hoping for big virtual turnout to bolster financial aid needs. (ASU News, 13 April 2022), Kawai Kelekolio 21 penned an article calling for Hawaii resources to return to native Hawaiian control. Her accolades include distinguished awards and service awards for her dedication to the field. (Yahoo, 19 Sept. 2022), ESPN Honolulu profiled Punahou senior quarterback John Sagapolutele 23, who is headed to play for UH next year. He switched to online classes to accommodate all his traveling for competition. Punahou runner Malia Dickhens 22 is on comeback trail from leg injury, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Sept. 7. (UH News, 1 March 2022), Former first lady Michelle Obama met with a group of young women in Honolulu to listen and offer support as part of the Obama Foundations Girls Opportunity Alliance. We had no problem adapting, Siianytsia said in a recent Zoom interview, his English now fluent. From there, he took his talent to the beach, with a well-documented slew of professional tournament wins at the highest domestic and international level. Live your dreams, and never give up.. Ige signed a proclamationdesignating April 2021 as TreeAwareness Month thanks to the PunahouSustainability Club, which includes Anna Lerner 22 and faculty advisor Ian Earle 89. Standing with Smirnova atop the awards podium in Croatia, two skaters from one land wearing the competitive colors of another, Siianytsia felt the achievement could resonate in both places, even if he had not been good enough as a young skater to compete for Ukraine. But yet everybody knew him. Gramps grabbed me by the arm. Ahead of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team hosted a media day from its training camp at Punahou on . Taylor Crabb 10 made the Team USA beach volleyball team, but unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19 while in Tokyo and wont be competing, announced the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on July 22. Thats what has happened to the lives of U.S. pair skaters Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia. (People, 17 Feb. 2022), Student entrepreneur Keira Henriques 24 of Kieras Creations is a Hawaii Entrepreneur Award Honoree. Despite everything thats been going on in the world, including the pandemic, she is proud to represent her country. This used to be an elite school, you know. Im not trying to show them (news) images and say, this is what youre trying to take away, but a framework of how we can talk about these things, Torres said. To help the pair master English they both grew up with Russian-speaking parents the coach insisted they speak nothing but English from wakeup until 6 p.m. each day. We have been working hard with hopes of winning a gold medal., Erik had qualified for last years Olympics, which were postponed to this summer because of COVID-19. Since its founding in 1841, Punahou School has educated students to become the next generation of leaders and innovators. Ojerio 09was interviewed on Dec. 1 byHawaii News Now. The book is about how the habitat of a native bird is threatened by the Rapid Ohia Death disease and proceeds will go towards fighting Rapid Ohia Death, Lee and his mother explained on HPRs The Conversation on May 26. Punahous inauguralvirtual Festival of Ideasshines a light on the theme of Innovation and will feature more than 50 speakers, including industry leaders, entrepreneurs and student innovators. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 31 Dec. 2022), Former Punahou kicker Quinn Maretzki 20 kicked the winning field goal in double overtime in the Army-Navy football game. (HawaiiBusiness Magazine, 1 Sept. 2022), Punahous night-blooming cereus flowers and grounds supervisor Michel Sebastian were featured in Fleeting beauty: Cereus blossoms reveal themselves once a year. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 28 Aug. 2022), Honolulu wins Little League World Series, beating Curacao 13-3. Ikaika Jobe 01 director of Punahou School tennis and former nationally top ranked doubles player was part of the Hawaii doubles team that beat top players from Northern California in the 2021 Invitational Tennis Tournament, KHON2 reported on May 31. (U.S. Army JROTC, 28 Oct. 2021), Jairus Rhoades 22 won the Young Talent division of the Aloha International Piano Festival. Theyll also serve as voluntary advisors to the mayor and the city council on issues important to youth and their communities, reported KHON2 on Aug. 31. Students can pursue their favorite hobby or discover a new activity through the breadth of opportunities offered. And she was forever hooked. Mostly rich. Registration for the online event, which runs from June 7-9, is open to the public, as reported by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on June 2. Figure Skating signed off on the idea. Carissa Moore became the first Olympian to win a gold medal on Tuesday Moore attended Hawaii's Punahou School, which has many other famous alums Legendary swimmer Warren Kealoha '25 represented. It was founded in 1841 with a first class of 15 students who were children of congregational missionaries. It showed us what scores we could get if we skate clean. The former Punahou all-state guard is playing professional basketball in Armenia. This time, they have a good chance to strike gold, with Shoji as one of the team standouts. (KITV4, 4 Feb. 2022), Punahou Carnival 2022 is closed to public but offers virtual art gallery, silent auction. He and Smirnova both have green cards yet another thread color for the current iteration of their tapestry and should become U.S. citizens in time to be eligible for the 2026 Winter Olympics. More than 360 students received their first doses of coronavirus vaccine Saturday when Hawaii Pacific Healths COVID-19 Vax Squad Bus visited Punahou School, reported Yahoo News on May 23. Griffin Chen 25 was one of the members of the first-ever Honolulu Youth Commission to be sworn in by the mayor and the Honolulu City Council. (She was 5, shed later recall. 1 Punahou tops No. A two-sport athlete at Punahou high school, he went on to play volleyball at Long Beach State as a outside hitter. In 2014, she was inducted into the prestigious Surfers Hall of Fame. In other mens volleyball news, the Honolulu-Star Advertiser reported that the University of Hawaii team won the May 8 NCAA mens volleyball championship in Columbus, Ohio. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 22 Aug. 2022), Hanya Yanagiharas 92 book, To Paradise, was included on Barack Obamas 79 Summer Reading List. (HawaiiBusiness Magazine, 12 Sept. 2022), No. Put your pedal to the metal and be the first (and hopefully last) to bid on Acceler-Auction items! Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close, Design Technology and Engineering in Grades 2 3, Design Technology and Engineering in Grades 4 5, Entrepreneurs Pave the Path Toward a Revolutionary Startup Ecosystem. Now the Punahou alum is at the center of a revival in Westwood of the UCLA Bruins. Hanya Yanagihara 92 is the magazines editor in chief. NBC Olympics highlighted the accomplishments of Punahou alumni athletes in a video shared on July 28 and broadcast on TV as part of their Olympics coverage. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 11 Oct. 2022), Maile Uohara, Punahous director of enrollment management and admissions, appeared on KITV4 to discuss Punahous selection process. I got teary-eyed and it was just such a huge relief that we made it there successfully.. Maybe they wanted to be like you, the way I looked at the German Olympic couple (2018 gold medalists Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot). (Civil Beat, 18 Jan. 2022), Punahou School Carnival returns in-person on Friday, Feb. 4, open to current students, faculty, staff and their families. He contributed to just one of a reported 505 state championships in the schools history, a record for any state. It is also the oldest in the country west of the Mississippi, and seemingly the most. As the only U.S. team at the event, where only 10 pairs competed, they got a second spot for the federation just by finishing. A Punahou grad and former state wrestling and judo champ, J.T. That helps a little.. Punahou alumna Chlo Selarques 11 intricate embroidery pieces that capture Hawaiis natural beauty were featured in the May issue of Honolulu Magazine. The award show premieres on March 1 on Hawaii News Now. On March 11, 2022, Alana received second place in this years Hawai`i State Poetry Out Loud Competition and wasawarded a$100 prize and a certificate. All Rights Reserved. Applicants are asked to write a short essay asking how they give back and live aloha. She said her central message to those she mentors and those who look up to her is a simple one: You can never go wrong approaching a situation with kindness and pure intentions. Moore also inspired Punahous youth as the 2017 Spirit and Service Speaker. (MaxPreps, 19 July 2022), Punahou coach Tita Ahuna is the only Hawaii athlete to win state, national titles as both a volleyball player and coach. Others produce great ice hockey or water polo players. Speaking to the Bulletin last year, Moore says shes preparing for the Games as she would any other big competition. Athletics are an extension of the classroom at Punahou. Both Trevor Crabb and Moore said you wouldnt know it by walking around campus that Obama once roamed the grounds. President and co-founder, the Environmental Working Group Dr. Linda Carlson Professor and Researcher, Psychosocial Oncology, U. of Calgary Michael Greger, MD Specialist in Clinical Nutrition Ted Schettler, MD, MPH Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network Dr. Barbara Andersen Professor, Ohio State University Ive faced adversity before, and I will face it again, but it doesnt take the sting out of the situation.. Punahou tops the list of the 20 greatest athletes and teams of the past 20 years, according to #MaxPreps. Hawaii surfer and Punahou alumna Carissa Moore 10, four-time world champ, won the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup at Australias Merewether Beach, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on April 9. We are currently in the Olympic village gearing up for the games to start, he said. Director of Sustainability Debbie Millikan and Punahou faculty member Stephanie Brown are among educators helping Hawaii students understand climate change. ACivil Beatstory published on Feb. 23 about COVID-19 testing in schools quoted Punahou Director of CommunicationsRobert Gelber 92: The school will be rolling out a voluntary testing program for K-12 families and already has begun rapid antigen testing for staff and students participating in certain athletic programs., Local media outlets all reported on the effort made to make Punahou Carnival happen this year. The whole school, everyone is doing something.. recently finished the mural that features Carissa Moore 10 and Duke Kahanamoku, who are both Olympic gold medalists. (ESPN Honolulu, 17 Sept. 2022), The Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Community received an award of merit and Hawaii Energy award for energy-efficient design in this years AIA Design Awards program. At 22 and fresh out of UCLA, he was the second-youngest U.S. player at the 2019 Volleyball Nations League. Throughout all this, when healthy they have kept training and competing in figure skatings most fraught discipline, one in which a small lapse in concentration or misstep can lead to an alarming fall, especially when the man is lifting the woman well above his head. We worked really hard together to stay in shape and work on our individual games. ", 2022 Punahou School. Predominantly Caucasian, saidEric Kusunoki, who was Obamas homeroom teacher for four years as part of his four decades working at Punahou. (HVCA, 9 Feb. 2022), Race Agcaoili 18 is studying public policy at NYU and is incorporating his experience working in the PUEO Program at Punahou School as a case study in his seniorproject. On July 26, the Independent shone a spotlight on Carissa Moore 10, the most successful and high-profile female surfer in the world and a Punahou graduate, who is competing in the Tokyo Olympics. The back-to-back achievements were celebrated a short time later in a special gathering for Moore under the Duke Kahanamoku statue in Waikiki, the same shoreline where Moores father took her out for her very first surfing lesson. He has lived in her house since arriving in the summer of 2016. Punahou School is an independent K-12 school in Honolulu, Hawai'i. We were more mentally ready there, Smirnova said. Whenever someone says, oh, I went to Punahou, the first thing someone says is, oh, its where Barack Obama went, said Trevor, who won a state basketball title and goes back to campus about once a year to see the old gym. Choose Playlist Team USA Interviews Surfing See More More From Team USA SCROLL UP NEXT 4m 3s Surfing Hawaii prep school breeds Olympians 3m 54s Speed Skating (HNN, 20 May 2022), Punahou wins 13th straight state title in water polo. The Slovenians beat Argentina and Spain in Olympic group play, then lost in the semifinals to France and the bronze-medal game to Australia. Rhoades competed in the college-aged division after winning the high school division in the past. The U.S. is expected to qualify for the World Cup next month. A post shared by Nastyia and Danil (@smirnovasiianytsia), We felt so proud, knowing athletes in Ukraine or in the USA are looking up to you, he said. (HNN, 5 May 2022), Punahou sweeps Kamehameha to capture another ILH volleyball victory. He was well-liked, well-known, but he did it real subtly.. Legendary swimmer Warren Kealoha '25 represented the United States while still a student at Punahou taking home his first gold medal in 1920 - at just 16 Former President Barack Obama and golfer. Welcome back to campus. Please visit www.punahou.edu for more information or email us at bulletin@punahou.edu. (JABSOM, 17 Oct. 2022), Hawaii Land Trust promotes Denby Freeland 89 to director of ina-Based Education. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 3 Dec. 2021), Meli James 96 co-founded Mana Up in January of 2018 to help build 100 product-based businesses headquartered in Hawaii. Punahou President Mike Latham 86penned an article that was published in the Nov. 18 issue ofMidWeek. (The Garden Island, 29 Nov. 2021), Nick Velasquezs 13 dream has come true. teacher since Obama was there. Moore, 27, qualified for the U.S. Olympic team with her fourth world title last year. Taylors mom,Paula, a champion canoe racer, has been a Punahou P.E. Favorite us! That team had just two reigning NBA All-Stars and one player with Olympic experience. Punahou seniors Liana Heshiki 21 and Tiani Wayton 21 share their experiences playing softball this year in the April 11 Honolulu Star-Advertiser article. A reference from the friend was enough for the coach to invite him to Minnesota. I was nine years old when I first started playing tennis, Baron said. As a young kid from Kahaluu what it really did was not only open my eyes to college and the idea of college, but really gave me the tools and the essentials on how to get there, said PUEO alumna Precious Totten. (Hawaii News Now, 15 April 2022), The 2022 Distinction of Merit and Scholastic Occupation teacher award was presented toLauraAckerman-Biegasiewicz 05, who teaches in Arizona State Universitys School of Molecular Sciences. 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