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BEST IN STATE

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S C H O O L

1. Mililani 2. Kamehameha 3. Hawaii Baptist

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ONLINE

1. Kamehameha Maui 2. Mililani 3. Hawaii Baptist

Kamehameha Schools Maui took the Best in State in the online division. Pictured are journalism adviser Kye Haina, left, and editor in chief Jaylin Kekiwi.

Mililani High journalists earn raft of state awards

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MOST VALUABLE STAFFERS Selected by the staff and adviser of each school newspaper.

My name is Maile Sur and I am a senior at Kamehameha Schools Maui. In the photos above you can see that I have made journalism my life. From interviews to videos, stories and more, journalism is the center of my world. To the right you can see me as the Most Valuable Staffer for Kamehameha Schools Maui in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. I was voted in as a firstyear staffer.

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KAMEHAMEHA HAWAII

LEILEHUA

NANAKULI

CAMPBELL

HAWAII BAPTIST

KAMEHAMEHA

RADFORD

Alyssa Volivar

Asia Madayag

Bailey Barnes

Brianna Ramos

Walden Butay

Chayla Nakamoto

Courtney Ortega

EDITOR IN CHIEF

EDITOR

REPORTER

CO-EDITOR

STAFF WRITER & PHOTOGRAPHER

EDITOR IN CHIEF

MISSION ACADEMY

DAMIEN

SACRED HEARTS

MILILANI

KAISER

KAMEHAMEHA MAUI

MCKINLEY

Kela Pereira

Kenneth Go

Kristen Kate Tumacder

Lauren Barbour

Tianzhen Nie

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Sean Gleason

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WEBMASTER

ONLINE EDITOR

CO-EDITOR

STAFF WRITER

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Star-Advertiser staff Mililani High School garnered the most awards among the state’s public and private schools that submitted entries for the 45th annual Hawaii High School Journalism Awards. “I’m just blown away,” said April-Joy McCann, editor in chief of the Trojan Times. “We put a lot of hard work into what we do as a publication.” The annual awards ceremony and luncheon were held Wednesday at the Pagoda Hotel to recognize Hawaii’s high schools that excelled in journalism. Nineteen schools participated in two divisions: print and online. Seven were private schools and 12 were public schools. The contest was sponsored

‘IOLANI

WAIPAHU

MOANALUA

LAHAINALUNA

Matthew Beattie Callahan

Cara Phillips

Candace Cheung

Candace Hanneman

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by the Hawaii Publishers Association, the Honolulu StarAdvertiser and MidWeek. Mililani High took home 18 awards, including first place for best in state in the print division. The school won the same award four years ago.

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BEST IN STATE

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

Mililani High was named the Best in State in the print division at the Hawaii High School Journalism Awards ceremony Wednesday at the Pagoda Hotel. Pictured are adviser Christopher Sato, left, online editor Lauren Barbour, editor in chief April-Joy McCann and managing editor Reagan Paz.

“We take a lot of pride in our work that we put out for the print division. So coming away with best in state was an amazing feeling,” McCann, 18, said after the ceremony. Hawaii Baptist Academy won 14 awards, including state

winner for best website in the online division. Eunice Sim, adviser for the private school’s newspaper and website, Eagle Eye, said this is HBA’s first year to have a website. “I’m really proud of what they’ve done,” she said.

“They’ve done really good work and are really motivated. They are deserving of the awards.” The staff of four students at Kamehameha Schools Maui won 14 awards. Among the schools’ accolades include first place for Best in State in the online division and state winner for best multimedia presentation for its website, Ka Leo o Na Koa. Editor Jaylin Kekiwi, 17, said, “It’s pretty exciting, because we honestly didn’t think we would win much, let alone that much. So it’s great.” Adviser Kye Haina said she is proud of her students. “We really focused on online,” she said. “It’s nice to be rewarded and recognized even though we faced challenges this year.”

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Table of Contents

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NEWS GATHERING

WEB

WRITING

LAW AND ETHICS

EDITING

DESIGN

NEWS LITERACY

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST PHOTO JOURNALISM

LEADERSHIP AND TEAM BUILDING

WORK FOR OTHER PUBLICATIONS

All divider photos were taken by me as a showcase of my photography skills.

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Technology for toys

Kids are swapping dolls and dinosaurs for smartphones and tablets

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NEWS GATHERING

Our entire staff, composed of four people, created an in-depth media report on the Web turning 25. This piece shows my ability to conduct good interviews, as well as research and reference different studies, such as the one by the Nielsen Company and Common Sense Media Research.

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Published March 17, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org

As the amount of technology continues to rise rapidly, the ages of its users gets lower. New technology is embedding itself in the lives of even the youngest generation. Move over traditional toys, like basketballs and puzzles, and bring on the more modern “cool” stuff. According to elementary school students at Kamehameha Schools Maui, that would be iPads, cellphones, and Kindles. That wasn’t the only thing they said. For some, the answers were slightly different. “I already have those things!” second grader Alyssa Mateo said, referring to having an iPad and a cellphone. Among American children 0 to 8 years old, 75% have access to some type of mobile device at home, according to Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America, a 2013 study conducted by Common Sense Media Research. This study surveyed 1,436 parents of children ages 8 and under. These Millennials have easy accessibility to technologies that were previously considered luxury or unnecessary gadgets to generations before. With the large amount of technology in their homes, it’s no wonder that kids are more interested and think technology is cooler than other traditional toys, and Apple products are at the forefront of the trend.

The Nielsen Company reported that iPads, iPods, and iPhones were the first, second, and third-most wanted items atop children’s Christmas wish lists in November 2011. Fourth on the list were computers, which also includes Apple products. But, the undeniable champion of cool technology overall is cellphones. Though the original purpose of cellphones was purely for communication, their development into smartphones has made kids now want them for fun. Flappy Bird, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and other apps and social media sites were on the “what’s cool” list for KS Maui elementary students. Many debate the wisdom of giving cellphones and smartphones to children so young. Time For Kids reports that 12 is the magic age, though 13% of kids ages 6 to 10 already have one, according to a survey by YouthBeat, a youth market report company of C & R Research. Nearly half of 144 elementary school students surveyed at Kamehameha Schools Maui said they have a cellphone, and of those, 34% said they got their first phone at the age of 7. “That’s pretty crazy,” junior Chanel Browne said. “Though, times are different now, so kids having cellphones isn’t that surprising.” Teens are finding that they’re less surprised that

the stuff that interests teens also interests younger brothers and sisters. Second graders Hanale Kauhaʻahaʻa and Kaleikaumaka Roback, along with first-grader Errol Sheehan, play with toys at the Kamehameha Schools After School Program. They find that toys are “what’s cool.” But the future isn’t all LED’s and microchips. One group of boys on recess had a different answer to my survey. “Kids need to get off of electronics and go outside,” third-grader Cade Cagasan said. When he and his pals were asked what was cool, their answers were soccer, sports and “anything outdoors.” As things are clearly changing in the world of teens and adults, its easy to see that they’re changing for kids, too. At the same time, it’s nice to see that some students are still living real life on the playground.

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News Gathering

Kazuma: Not Your Average Board

Matt Kinoshita’s line of quality boards brings the “magic” to surfers and the best surf spots around the world

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NEWS GATHERING

When working on my first issue of Nā Koa, I wanted to capture the magic of what happens behind the scenes of a surf shop. I visited the showroom several times to understand the process on how a “magic board” is made. This piece shows my persistence with getting all the details right.

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Published August 2014, at Nā Koa.

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Hawaiʻi born and raised, Matt Kazuma Kinoshita has been surfing for over 30 years. He was previously a professional surfer, earning the title of United States Surfing Champion in 1996. Today, when not fighting fires with the Pā’ia Fire Department, he has his own surfboard brand and shapes boards for some of the top surfers in the world, including Dusty Payne, Ian Walsh, and even Kamehameha Maui’s own, Imaikalani DeVault. Kinoshita learned the art of shaping from Ben Aipa, a legendary shaper and coach. Aipa was his surf coach when Kinoshita was on the Hawai’i Surf Team. When Kinoshita became a surf coach himself, he saw kids who didn’t have the most essential piece of equipment — a board — on a daily basis, so he said he decided he would build them boards. When he was starting out, Kinoshita worked alongside Roger Anderson, who shaped for Gerry Lopez, winner of the Pipeline Masters competition in 1972 and 1973, which, since then, has been renamed the Gerry Lopez Pipeline Masters. He also worked with Hawaiian Island Creations shaping boards and sold boards through Hi-Tech Surf Sports. Later, in 1989, the doors of Kazuma Surfboards Hawaiʻi were ready to be opened. By then, his skill and reputation had grown, and Kinoshita’s

“magic” boards were ready to be sold in stores. So, what is a magic board? On a humid afternoon earlier this month, I paid a visit to the Kazuma Surfboard shop in Hāʻiku to get the scoop. The board factory, which is located in the same building as the showroom, has windows that allow you to see the magic being made. In a tiny showroom with boards, pictures and posters pasted on the walls, the do-it-all Kazuma Surfboard sales and showroom manager, Todd Bernardy, told me all about the board that delivers. “All Kazuma boards are magic. A magic board just works, works for you every time, and it wont let you down,” he said. “I think that’s why Matt [Kinoshita] calls his performance shortboard the Milkman — because it always delivers.” And it obviously must. With sales of between 30,000-50,000 boards within the past 28 years, Kazuma surfboards are not your average board. In addition to offering ready-made boards, Kazuma Surfboards is also well known for its custom surfboards. Kinoshita adjust different elements of the board to personalize it to a surfer’s style. Whether you need a board that helps with your cutbacks or airs, Kinoshita knows how to make simple changes to make the board perform the best it can. The coolest part about customiz-

ing a board is that you get to see your board being made from the factory showroom. Kazuma surfboards go through a 3-5 day process, including everything from shaping to laminating to sanding. It all starts with a blank. Kinoshita has two CNC, or Computer Numerical Control, machines that he uses to create a computer-aided file that cuts the blank into the raw shape. After a final shaping to smooth it out, he brings the blank to the factory to get fiberglassed, a 2-day process. Then, a hot coat of resin and styrene wax is added to make the board water-tight and sand-able. After a final sanding down, it’s good to go. But this isn’t a walk in the park. This is some dangerous stuff. During the shaping process, inhaling the Methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and Toluene diisocyanate (TDI) dust particles in the foam, can cause asthma and other long-term health consequences. Because of this danger, Kinoshita and the factory employees wear re-breathers and eye protection. The factory employees also wear gloves for protection from the volatile chemicals in the resin that can cause skin irritation and bleeding in the lungs. Sometimes they even tape the gloves so that resin doesn’t get in.

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But, all the work is worth it to produce a wide array of quality surf products. Kazuma Surfboards Hawaiʻi doesn’t just sell surfboards. After Kinoshita teamed up with businessman Stefano Maffini 5 to 7 years ago, the company moved into products for other watersports, like stand-up paddling and kiteboarding. They have also made connections to sell Kazuma products in other parts of the world, such as Brazil, Japan, Europe, and Israel. KS Maui’s Imaikalani DeVault has been a Kazuma Surfboards Hawaiʻi rider for a long time, but it wasn’t until 2009 that Kinoshita asked

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We were sitting in the hot sun on the corner of one of the busier intersections on Maui; counting every distracted driver we could see. It was a long day, but the final graphic worked.

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Submitted to decidetodrive.org on November 22, 2013, for their magazine contest.

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DeVault to become a Kazuma Surboards team rider. This meant benefits. Not only do team riders usually get free boards, but they’re also custom-made. DeVault’s boards, Bernardy said, are “usually Milkmen or Oama’s, 18 inches wide, usually between 2.18 and 2.25 inches thick, and they vary in length between 5’8” and 6’8”.” Team riders get about 10 to 15 boards a year, but once they’re either done or over a board, they bring it back to the factory and trade it in for a new one. The old one gets sold as used in the showroom. Some boards, howev-

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er, are worthy of showcasing. In the showroom, there are many photos and items on display that show off the accomplishments of Kazuma Surfboards’ riders. Ian Walsh’s Jaws tow board is on display above the door to the office next to megawave surfer Matt Meola’s shortboard. After DeVault’s recent National Scholastic Surfing Association Championship win in California this summer, his board is currently in the showroom and awaiting its time to be put on the wall. “They’re part of the fabric of the company,” Bernardy

said. Kazuma Surfboards Hawai’i is located in Hāʻiku, Maui, at 375 West Kuiaha Road and is open Monday-Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Boards range in price from around $445 for a shortboard to almost $2,000 for a stand-up paddle board. They also sell accessories like fins, leashes, wax, and Kazuma t-shirts. If you’re passing through Hāʻiku, be sure to stop by to see the birth of some genuine surf magic.

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GMO initiative on November ballot begs clarification

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NEWS GATHERING

Another journalist and I covered the debate over GMO’s that was occurring on Maui. It was a hot topic, so I had to make sure that I stayed unbiased in this piece. The article is vital in my portfolio because it is one of my more researched-based pieces that shows my versatility.

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Published October 28, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org

Unless you’ve been off island for the past two months, you can’t have escaped all the talk about GMO’s, or genetically engineered organisms. Even on the mainland, major news outlets like U. S. News & World Report and ABC News have picked up the story. But, here on Maui, it’s all too real, and voters will soon be deciding the issue. As the election draws near, some residents are wondering what it all means. Basically, an initiative to place a moratorium — or stop order — on farming of genetically engineered organisms has been put on the November 4 general election ballot. The ballot questions reads as follows: “Should the proposed initiative prohibiting the cultivation or reproduction of genetically engineered organisms within the County of Maui, which may be amended or repealed as to a specific person or entity when required environmental and public health impact studies, public hearings, a two thirds vote and a determination by the County Council that such operation or practice meets certain standards, and which establishes civil and criminal penalties, be adopted for Maui County?” Say, what? Let’s break it down. In the Maui County Proposed Amendments to the Revised Charter of the County of Maui Public Notice, Section 1 states, “In Maui County, GE (Genetic Engineering) Operations and Practices include the cul-

tivation of GE seed crops, experimental GE test crops, and extensive pesticide use including the testing of experimental Pesticides and their combinations in what is effectively an outdoor laboratory.” In other words, the initiative is calling for a suspension of all GE operations and practices until those practices can be proven safe for not only the residents of Maui County, but also the ecology as well. The initiative is requiring that those farmers who engage in GE research, planting, and cultivation get an Environmental Public Health Impact Statement that would later be reviewed by the County Council for approval. The State of Hawaiʻi Department of Health Office of Environmental Quality Control website states that the purpose of the chapter is to “help stimulate, expand and coordinate efforts to maintain the optimum quality of the State’s environment.” The purpose of an Environmental Public Health Impact Statement, according to the Department of Health Administrative Rules website, is to ensure that “all environmental concerns are given appropriate consideration in decision making along with economic and technical considerations.” Once the Impact Statement is reviewed by the County Council, the public will be invited to attend public hearings on whether or not genetically engineered organisms meet health and safety standards. Then, a lift-

ing of the moratorium would be put to a vote in Maui County, and two-thirds of the voters would need to approve it in order to re-allow GE organisms. Violators would be subject to both civil and criminal penalties. Section 9 of the Maui County Proposed Amendments to the Revised Charter of the County of Maui Public Notice entitled, “Right of Action for Violations – Attorneys’ Fees,” states that the Department of Environmental Management “may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin any person or entity from violating this chapter.” Simply put, if one does not pass the review of the Environmental Public Health Impact Statement by the County Council, one could face civil monetary penalties in amounts of $10,000.00 for a first violation, $25,000.00 for a second violation, or $50,000.00 for a third violation. On top of monetary penalties, one could face jail time. The wording of the initiative is not the only thing that is confusing voters. Some residents aren’t sure which box to check on the ballot. To clarify, voting “yes” on the ballot would mean you are in agreement with the initiative and want to put a temporary moratorium on genetically engineered organisms. Voting “no” on the ballot means that you are in disagreement with the initiative and want to allow continued development of genetically engineered organisms

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Imaikalani DeVault For a 16-year-old, he’s probably been to more countries than the average teen. Actually, he has been to more countries than the average teen, ranging from Bali, to Japan, to Tahiti, to Ecuador, Imaikalani Mark Patrick DeVault has surfed some pretty nice international waves. Though he is still at a young age, DeVault, “Imai” to his friends, has created quite a name for himself. Though he seems like any typical senior at Kamehameha Schools Maui in Pukalani, DeVault has seen a life filled with daily trips to the beach, extended vacations due to good swells, and a passport filled with stamps from countries all over the world. DeVault grew up all over Maui, but likes to call the North Shore home. He surfs all over the islands, but said that his home break is Ho’okipa Beach Park. DeVault is the second oldest of four, his siblings all being girls. His younger sisters, Kawai (15) and Lehiwa (12), used to surf competitively as well, but found other interests over the years. They still surf as a family, however, with their father, Patrick DeVault. Like many professional athletes, DeVault started surfing at the young age of 4. Shortly after, he was already testing the waters in competitions. “The first contest I did… was the Keiki contest at the Cove in Kīhei,” DeVault

said. “I was really scared to do it, but my dad told me that if I did, he’d buy me my first custom surfboard. So I did it and lost in my first heat.” Classmate Tyra Kuia remembers seeing DeVault on the first day of the sixth grade with his sweeping sun-bleached bangs, golden tan and laid-back style. She thought to herself, “He looks like a surfer….” Little did she know, he was going to be one of the best surfers of our generation. DeVault continued to practice and compete over the years, surfing in contests like the Hard Rock Café State Surfing Championships and the National Scholastic Surfing Association Championships, and placing mostly in the top four. At the 2008 NSSA Championships in San Clemente, Calif., however, DeVault placed second in the mini-groms division, his first break into the top three, and in 2011, DeVault won the Hawaiʻi State Surfing Competition. So far this year, DeVault has won his best awards to date. In April, he took home team gold when he went with the Hawaiʻi Junior Surf Team to the shores of Ecuador for the International Surfing Association World Junior Championship. Teams from all over the world, including France, Brazil and Australia, were there to claim the title of World Champion. Individually, DeVault placed 4th and won a copper medal in the Boys Under-18 division against Peru’s Luc-

ca Mesina and Brazil’s Elivelton Santos and Luan Wood. A few months later, DeVault got the call every surfer dreams of. Surf photographer Seth de Roulet asked him if he wanted travel to Indonesia with the Moniz brothers, Noa Mizuno, Benji Brand and Kaulana Apo to be shot for Surfing Magazine. Without hesitation, he said, “Yes.” So, DeVault and the rest of the crew spent two weeks on a boat surfing the Mentawai Islands. “We’re going to be in a surf movie,” he said, “and in Surfing Magazine’s next issue we have a whole spread.” After the shoot, DeVault met up with the Kamehameha Schools tri-campus Surf Team to compete at the NSSA Championship in Dana Point, Calif. Here, he won his first national title, the NSSA Open Mens Champion. Not only did he win the title and the medal, but his first-place finish also contributed a ton of points to the overall score. “It felt really great to finally win a national title,” DeVault said. “I’ve been competing in the NSSA nearly my entire life.” This was the seventh time that DeVault had competed in the NSSA Interscholastic Championship, but the first time medaling. He was the only representative of KS Maui, but he said he “wasn’t alone out there.” “Not just one [person pushed me throughout the competition]. The entire

team helped me, and we all got along really well,” he said. DeVault has compete many times and at many beaches around the world, but most of the time he has competed individually, which he is more comfortable doing. Still, he says that he prefers competing with a team. Teammate Cayla Moore (17), from the Kapālama campus, also placed first in her division. After placing fourth in the NSSA National Championship twice before, this third time was a charm for Moore. Not only did she win first place in the High School Varsity Girls division, she also contributed 18 points to the team by winning all of her heats. “Winning the national title was so amazing…. It’s hard to describe the feeling but I will cherish that feeling for the rest of my life,” she said. But the competition wasn’t a breeze. Moore faced defending champion, Maddie Peterson (16), who had also placed fourth for Team USA at the world competition. Luckily for Moore, she was in her element with many of her fellow teammates from the Kamehameha Kapālama Surf Team. Also contributing to the win were seniors Charlie Akao and Kealohi Sabate, both in shortboard. With these young superstars, the Kamehameha Surf Team won their first national surfing title. But life isn’t all waves,

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wax, and winning, DeVault still has to go to school, even if it is less than willingly. “I wasn’t even supposed to go to high school, I was just supposed to surf and focus on the World Tour,” he said, “but my parents wanted me to at least get a high school education.” With the start of senior year, that means completing senior project, submitting college applications, applying for scholarships, and maintaining a good grade point average, and though he

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will be joining everyone in the college application process, DeVault has different plans for the future. “[After high school I plan] to still compete and make it to the World Tour,” DeVault said. “You have to qualify, so that’s what I’d be doing, and my parents are really supportive of that.” His mom, Raina DeVault, said, “Imaikalani was fortunate enough to find his passion and know exactly what he wanted to do with his life... and he makes sure his

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academics are taken care of in order to achieve his true goals. He has full support from myself and his dad, as well as the proper guidance to make the life choices that would best suit him.” The Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour of Surfing is an elite competition consisting of the best professional surfers. In total, there are over 400. DeVault is currently at 120 on that list. If things don’t work out on the competition side, he

wants a career on the corporate side of surfing by becoming a coach or a team manager. With all that he’s accomplished at 16, who knows what 17 will hold? Imaikalani DeVault is a powerhouse surfer who is ready to rip into an even better year of surfing. “Only a surfer knows the feeling,” he said, trying to explain his love of the sport, “but once you do, it’s the best feeling in the world.”

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When writing this piece I wanted the reader to be captivated by who Imaikalani DeVault is, and see how incredible of a surfer he is; even at such a young age. I take a lot of pride in this story because it was my first indepth feature. It was also the opening story for the first issue of the magazine Nā Koa that I edited.

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Published August 2014, at Nā Koa.

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The next generation of professional surfers is here, and they are already both shaking up and being shaken up by the surf world. It’s

The Grom Life

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The day that I was supposed to photograph Axel Rosenblad for this feature, he broke his femur... Talk about a set back. But we all pushed through to change the angle of his part in the feature, and in the end, I was happy about it.

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Published August 2014, at Nā Koa.

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Growing up with a board in hand and the ocean as their playground, these boys don’t know a life without surfing. Travelling the world while getting to do the one thing they love, these groms—kids under 15 who shred waves— are ready for the next level of surfing. Axel Rosenblad, a 7th grader at Kalama Intermediate School in Makawao, Maui, has a passion for surfing like no other. With wins under his belt like 1st place at the National Scholastic Surfing Association Hawai’i in both Explorer Menehune Division and Open Boys Division, he’s got a bright future...after he gets over a little bump in the road, that is. For Rosenblad, the past few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind. While doing what he loves best at Ho’okipa Beach Park on August 11, 2014, Rosenblad’s femur met a 10-foot longboard on one of the bigger waves. “I was paddling out and a kooky guy was kind of next to me,” Rosenblad said. “He started paddling in front of me, and I told him to watch out, but when the wave hit, he lost control of his board.” Rosenblad was surfing with his friend, Ty Simpson and Ty’s little sister. So when the whole accident went down, they were the only ones out there to help him. “At first it felt like a bruise; it wasn’t that bad,” Rosenblad said. “But once I came up and got air, it immediately felt like a lot of pain,

and I could feel my bone.” Simpson helped Rosenblad get onto the very longboard that had run Rosenblad over and paddled him in to shore. There, beachgoers helped and called 911. On call was Matt Kinoshita, the owner of Kazuma Surfboards. “It’s scary [getting calls about accidents at Ho’okipa] in a way because I know it’s somebody that I know,” Kinoshita said. “I’m always thinking, “Who could it be?’” But, Kinoshita said he was also glad that he was the one working when they got the call because he knows Rosenblad and thought his presence could comfort him. After getting to Maui Memorial Medical Center’s emergency room, Rosenblad was put back in the ambulance and taken to the airport. From there, he was medevaced to Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center and Clinic on O’ahu. The next day, Rosenblad underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery. The surgeons inserted a metal plate and six pins to keep the bone straight. After surgery, the pain got worse. Rosenblad said it felt like he “got run over by a car, and the car just stayed there.” Rosenblad has been on O’ahu with his mom, Jennifer, and they don’t quite know when they’ll be able to travel. He has been doing a lot of physical therapy, and as soon as Rosenblad is able

to sit in a chair, they can get on a plane and come back to Maui. The pain and being laid out on his back for weeks hasn’t changed Rosenblad’s mind about surfing. “I wouldn’t say I’m scared to go surf,” he said, “but I’m definitely going to be more careful with all the kooks.” But at least one good thing came out of it — his mother bought him an iPad to help him cope with his physical therapy. In a post on Facebook she said, “It was brutal. I don’t usually do things like that, but this was an exeption.” Another grom who is getting a lot of attention is Jackson Bunch, a 5th grader at Doris Todd Academy in Pā’ia, Maui. At the age of 3, Bunch was inspired to begin surfing by his dad, Jack, and two years later, the younger Bunch started competing. His first contest was Ian Walsh’s Menehune Mayhem at Ho’okipa Beach Park in Pāʻia, Maui. Since then, however, Bunch has competed in many other cmpetitions, including the National Scholastic Surfing Championships, the Volcom Harbor Contest, Surfing America USA Championships and the Hawai’i Surfing Association Championships, placing in the top 3 in all of them. This year, Bunch won his best awards to date. Over the summer, Bunch competed in the NSSA Championships against surfers like Jett Schilling, 2013

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West Coast Champion, and Billabong’s Brodi Sale. Despite the tough competition, Bunch showed well. In the Explorer Super Groms division, Bunch won first with a score of 16.93 over Sale’s 15.54. Schilling, however, slipped past Bunch with a point difference of 0.04 points. The win in Huntington Beach, California was Bunch’s greatest accomplishment. “I was stoked,” Bunch said. Most recently though, Bunch competed in the Volcom Qualifying Series Pufferfish Surf Series at Lāhaina Harbor, Maui, on August 16, 2014. He won first in the Squids division and got a ton of goodies from Volcom. Bunch is sponsored by Volcom, along with Dakine, Oakley, Hi-Tech Surf and Sports, Base Wetsuits, Minami Surfboards and Vertra. “I got the sponsorsorships by just surfing my best,” Bunch said. Though most kids his age have a lot of other activities that could steal them away from surfing, Bunch says he “never wanted to do anything else.” Well, except for boxing that is. Twice a week Bunch goes to the Alfred “Flako” Boteilho Sr. Gymnasium, also known as Pā’ia Gym, and boxes for cross-training. With such a killer career so far, there’s no saying what’s in store for him next. His advice for other upand-coming groms: “Never give up. Try your best and have fun. Go big.”

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Photo courtesy of DOOMA PHOTOS Bunch catches some air on his Minami board during a fun surf sesh at Honomanu Bay with friends.

Photo courtesy of AXEL ROSENBLAD Axel Rosenblad of Makawao, Maui, shows off his first place trophy at the National Scholastic Surfing Association competition in Dana Point, Calif.

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Students urge County to get butts off beaches

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In two hours on one day, Maui students picked up more than 14,000 cigarette butts from Maui beaches, and on the next, they presented them to the county government. Students came from all over, Sunday, January 12, to get “Butts Off Our Beaches,” in a cigarette butt-oriented beach clean-up, whose purpose is to try to ban tobacco from Maui County beaches. “This actually started as just a little project in my government class, and then it turned into this,” said Gina Marzo, junior at Maui Preparatory Academy. Marzo is the student leader of the campaign. The campaign is a combination effort, including Marzo, Maui Peparatory’s Student Activities Coordinator Andrew O’Riordan, the Maui District Student Council Organization (MDSCO), the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai’i, Oʻahu-based Sustainable Coastlines, the Surfrider Foundation Maui, and Community Work Day/Mālama Maui Nui. Because of the harmful effects of cigarettes, not only to bodies, but to the environment as well, Maui County students teamed up for this two-day event in hopes of getting the Maui County Council to pass a policy to ban tobacco from beaches. Mayor Alan Arakawa said, “Cigarette butts are the number one most littered item at our beaches and parks [also, they are] not biodegradable and are toxic to both marine life and the

environment.” The island-wide beach clean-up went from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sunday. Students from all high schools, including Maui Preparatory Academy, Kamehameha Schools Maui, St. Anthony, Lāhainaluna, Baldwin, and Maui High Schools, gathered at different beaches to participate. Local smokers enjoying their day at the beach did not seem to have any opposition to a possible ban. “I hate people who leave their cigarette butts on the beaches,” said Phil, a local smoker who declined to provide a last name. “As long as smokers take care of their butts, it should be fine.” In addition to picking up butts, students passed out mini, closable ashtrays that smokers could use on the go. They could store their butts in the ashtray, and then throw them away later. The beaches involved were Sugar Beach, Kahului Harbor, Wai’ehu Beach, Baldwin Beach, Pāʻia Bay, Papalaua Beach Park, Hāna Bay, Big Beach, Ka’anapali Beach, Olowalu, and Hanakao’o Beach. “We’re all a part of one big community,” KS Maui sophomore Pono Pu’u-Robinson said. “We all have to do our part and keep it clean. We can’t ruin it now.” It’s not just the act of smoking that is bugging residents, it is the harmful effects on others from the secondhand smoke, as well as the litter left behind. According to the American Cancer Society, second-

hand smoke contains over 7,000 chemical compounds. Of those, 250 are known to be harmful and 69 are known to cause cancer. Many of these compounds are contained in the butts, which come into contact with the sand on the beaches and the hands of curious children. Dropping a cigarette on the beach is considered littering, which in Hawaiʻi is a petty misdemeanor. That means a fine of $100 or more for just one cigarette butt. Along with that, violators are required to partake in a minimum of four hours of community service, but citations for cigarette butt littering are rare. Butts off Our Beaches is taking a different approach to the problem by seeking a ban on smoking on Maui’s beaches. No smoking, no smoke, no butts. Maui is not the first Hawaiian island to face the issue of smoking on beaches. In 2008, the Big Island took the first step by banning smoking and tobacco use at all county beaches, parks and recreational facilities. This past month, O’ahu did the same for Ala Moana Beach Park. The remaining parks are under state jurisdiction. The penalty for a first misdemeanor offense is a $100 fee. It doubles for a second offense in the same year, and each offense after that will cost $500. Police departments on both islands are responsible for enforcing the ban. Students and members of the campaign came to

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the County Administration Building to tally all of the cigarette butts on Monday, Jan. 13, at 3:30 p.m., the second part of the campaign. The breakdown of the butts collected were as follows: Sugar Beach: 2,240 Kahului Harbor: 2,527 Waiʻehu Beach: 327 Baldwin Beach: 2, 633 Pāʻia Bay: 145 Hāna Bay: 280 Big Beach: 222 Kaʻanapali Beach: 651 Olowalu: 3,160 Hanakaoʻo Beach: 1,574 In total, 14,130 cigarette butts were collected from Maui beaches. Maui County council members came down to see the results. Among them were Councilmen Michael Victorino, Bill Mederios and Joe Fontanilla and representatives from the Mayor’s office, Mike Molina, Zeke Kalua and John Buck. “To see young people taking a pro-active approach to first of all, clean our beaches of the stench of cigarette butts, but more importantly, taking an active role in trying to prevent things like this from happening, is fantastic,” Victorino said. Former Councilman Molina read a proclamation from Mayor Alan Arakawa designating January 13, 2014, as “Butts Off Our Beaches” Day.

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The KSM Warriors with the championship trophy and NCA mascots after the award ceremony at the 2014 NCA National Championships in Dallas, Texas at the Dallas Convention Center. (Photo Courtesy of Mrs. Lokelani Patrick)

Cheerleaders pull of ‘trifecta’; take league, state, national titles

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Published January 29, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org

The varsity cheerleaders won the state championship for the second year in a row at the 2014 Zippy’s Cheerleading Championships at the Blaisdell Arena on Saturday, November 15. KS Maui placed first in the medium division with a score of 350.75, getting the highest score out of all the teams in both divisions. Besides being the ones to cheer and dance with at sporting events, the varsity cheerleaders are also a threat on the cheer floor. Not only did they win the state competition, they also took the Maui Interscholastic League title for the fourth consecutive year. “We focused on staying on top,” senior captain Haliʻa Kekuewa said, “We wanted to prove that we weren’t a

fluke last year, and we didn’t win by luck.” The team competed against schools like Kaiser High School, Moanalua High School, and their sister campus, Kamehameha Schools Kapālama, who placed third, fourth, and fifth. “The first word that comes to mind is proud,” Kekuewa said, “I’m proud of my team for pushing through… we definitely proved who is the best.” Though they placed first at the National Cheerleaders Association Senior and Junior High School National Competition last year, KS Maui will not be attending this year due to an agreement last year with administration that it would not be a yearly trip.

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KS Maui transitions to Macs

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Coming back after a long summer of not writing news pieces, this was my first story of the year. This article allowed me to do in-depth research on campus that gave our student community more knowledge into why we switched to Macs.

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The KS Maui campus went back to school for the 2014-2015 school year today. After all of the morning announcements, students reported to class meetings and briefings on one the biggest change: Macs. For nine years, the KS Maui campus has been mostly an all PC campus, with the exception of Apple products being utilized in some of the arts classes, like Digital Video Production and Music Technology. However, the sister campuses, Kapālama and Kea’au, had transitioned to Macs a few years ago. The Kapālama campus, in fact, has been an all-Mac campus since the beginning of their one-to-one computer program. When serious discussions about the possibility of switching began two years ago, high school teachers attended presentations by both Dell and Apple representatives. Along with the fact that the rest of the students in the Kamehameha Schools system are already on the Apple platform, Ms. Kelly Cua, the High School Instructional Technology Specialist, said that a major reason for the change was “preference.” After the presentations, the majority of teachers said they preferred Apple over Dell, setting in motion the switch. “One of the main reasons why it’s a good thing [we switched to Macs] is with the switch to Macs we

were able to get additional funding for training professional development for the teachers,” Ms. Cua said. “It’s a good opportunity for the teachers to not only have training provided to them but also move forward with more 21st Century integration into their classrooms.” Though it may be difficult for students to adapt to a new system, Ms. Cua said that there are many benefits to the new system and that “Macs are more geared towards education.” Along with the difficulty of adapting to a new system, students were also troubled by many of the new rules and features that come with the new Macs. This year each student was given a hard cover case as well as a carrying case to protect their laptops. Unlike in past years, students will not be allowed to buy their own cases or covers, and the cases that are provided must be used at all times to prevent damage. “If [students] are responsible in using [the laptops] then we’re not going to have problems,” Mr. Delatori said. “If [students] make bad choices, then [they] get consequences from it.” Another drastic change is that chargers are no longer allowed on campus. The reason behind this was that in previous years, many chargers were lost or stolen, so leaving chargers at home should reduce the amount of those problems. The laptops have extended life bat-

teries that should last a student all day without having to recharge, provided that they bring it to school fully charged in the morning. One of the new features that surprised many students was that with the Apple IDs and the Macs, teachers are allowed to view any individual’s computer at any time. Through this program, called LanSchool, teachers and staff can conduct random laptop checks throughout the year that will monitor the websites students are looking at, the apps they are downloading, and whether or not the student is using the computer for strictly educational purposes. But LanSchool is not just for looking for contraband. Teachers will also be able to use their own laptops to cut into a student’s laptop and demonstrate how to do things, such as edit a photo, solve a problem, or use a program. Though there are many new changes this year, students are excited about the new Macs and the new year. “[The Macs] are nicer and brand-new, and the cases are probably the best part,” junior Quinn Williams said. As for damages or technical difficulties, students are still able to visit Ms. Fujiwara in the laptop room. Aside from the big change to Apple computers, the first day brought other activities as well. To start off the day, Kahu Kalani Wong led a convocation in which administrators

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welcomed the student body back, and this year’s student body president, Halia Kekuewa, also said a few words. Midday, a team of students from the Keaʻau campus shared some presentations about ethical use of technology and use of technology tools, like Google. After lunch, the day ended with presentations by four alumni, who urged students to take advantage of the opportunities they have and to exemplify this year’s school theme, “E maikaʻi a paʻahana.”

All students were taken through a tutorial to learn how to create their own Apple IDs as well as learn how the Macs work.

Senior Brandy Takiguchi waits patiently as she creates her Apple ID for her new Mac laptop. All students received brand new devices through the schoolwide PC to Mac switch this year. Today, August 4, 2014, was the first day of school at KS Maui for the 2014-15 school year.

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College calls, I’m out of here!

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Though we usually write about college in our Senior Edition issues, I wrote this piece to put to rest the question, “Is college really worth it?” It showcases my ability to write a commentary article about a topic that is relevant to our readership.

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Published March 6, 2015, in Ka Leo o Nā Koa

While I was sitting at my morning snack table the other day, a couple of friends and I started talking about whether one needs college to be successful. The outcome: we agreed to disagree. In Sociology, we are taught to look at society as a whole, rather than through anecdotal evidence. Anecdotal evidence would be those times in which someone would say, “But wait, I know someone who blah, blah, blah.” While having this discussion, many of us could come up with anecdotal evidence that showed we all knew people who were able to make it into a job and earn good money right out of high school; however, looking at the statistics, it’s clear to see college is the best way to go. Sorry, Dad, but I’m out of here! There has never been a time when I ever even thought about not attending college, and in the U.S., college has become the norm for graduating seniors. Among my classmates, only a handful are still on the fence about it. From the class of 2014, 93% of seniors went to college. For this year’s senior class, Ms. Moala, grade 12 counselor, said she and the other counselors are expecting the same outcome. As an alternative to college, some students serve in the military; however, the amount of students who

choose college after high school still greatly outweighs those who go into the workforce. College is a time for young adults to go out and live life on their own. It’s a time to experience the good, the bad, and the ugly. It’s a chance for us Millennials to experience life and eventually create a successful future. For me, college is the best choice. Not only will I be earning a degree, but in the future, I will be making more than my peers who only receive their high school diplomas. Granted, not all college graduates are employed and on their way to lifetime success. Some college graduates do return home after earning their degrees. In an article by Adam Davidson for the New York Times entitled It’s Official: The Boomerang Kids Won’t Leave, Davidson said that “one in five people in their 20s and early 30s is currently living with his or her parents.” To add to that, 60 percent of those people receive financial assistance from their parents. Annie Kasinecz, a 27-year-old graduate of Loyola University Chicago, is quoted in the article and says that she is “doing the sensible thing by living rentfree as she plans her next career move.” However, with the disparity in annual incomes for college graduates and those who only earned a high

school diploma, the college choice is a no-brainer for me. Don’t we all want to make the most money we can? I’m pretty sure we’d all say yes. Just look at the 21 million Americans attending college. But wait, how many of these attendees actually graduate from college? According to the National Center for Education Statistics, “The 2012 graduation rate for first-time, full-time undergraduate students who began their pursuit of a bachelor’s degree at a 4-year institution in fall 2006 was 59%.” That means, of the 21 million Americans attending college now, only about 10 million will actually graduate. Hmm... I think I’ll chance it. You have to “risk it for the biscuit,” right? If finances are an issue for your family, you’re not alone. That’s why colleges and other foundations across the nation have scholarships, grants, and loans. If you’re too lazy to fill out the applications and scholarships, grow up. A lifetime of success is worth a couple hours of your time. If you think the money you can make by working right now sounds like a great deal, and you’re getting a big promotion or catching a break, weigh your options. Statistics show that annually, college graduates make more than those with only a high school diploma. In addition, statistics

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show that those who go right into the workforce after high school—though they may be making more than their peers at first—take longer to rise to the top, and their “top” isn’t actually the top because they often don’t have the educational requirements to advance to the highest-paying positions. With time, college-educated workers will overtake their high school graduate peers in earnings. In fact, the report reveals that 86% of those surveyed got a career or career-track job after obtaining a college education. In comparison, only 57% of people surveyed were able to obtain a career or career-track job with just a high school diploma. Long story short: go to college, folks, and stay until you get a degree. Or don’t. You decide.

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Though this isn’t a writing piece, I wanted to include it in this section because it accompanied the set of college stories. I wanted to show that it’s harder for high school graduates to get money if they don’t continue onto college.

Published March 6, 2015, in Ka Leo o Nā Koa

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A & C academy adds to growing garden at Ka Hale a Ke Ola WAILUKU -- Covered in dirt, paint, greenery, and sweat, students of Kamehameha Schools Maui surely did a lot. About 56 students from the Arts and Communication academy, along with the academy faculty members, went on a service learning project to Ka Hale a Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center today, October 18, 2013. Their mission was to assist with the community garden already in place. The garden was started EDITING by a non-profit organization, Mālama Maui Nui, previously known as Community Work Day, in late 2011, I included this article after the Center for Disease in my portfolio because Control gave them a grant. it is one of my stronger The purpose of the grant was pieces when it comes to to reduce health disparities structure and AP style. for Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders and low-income This story was written for communities. our website, a medium I “We call it a ‘communiwrite for the most. ty empowerment garden,’” Melissa Connelly said. She, along with Rebekah Uccellini, are the two main Mālama Maui Nui representatives working on the garden. The garden was made to create community access to organic fruit and vegetables as well as to bring the commuPublished October 18, nity together. At the start of the proj2013, at kaleoonakoa.org ect, people told Ms. Connel-

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ly that the irrigation ditch, which now houses the garden, was infertile. To the skeptics’ surprise, it is flourishing. Over the past two years, different groups have volunteered their time to help the garden grow. There are many aspects to the garden, such as a vegetable terrace, a Native Hawaiian hillside filled with native plants and a culinary bed with a variety of herbs. Iain Armitage, a senior at KSM, has a personal connection to the project. He had previously worked with Mālama Maui Nui during his junior year while completing his internship. For his senior project, Armitage said he wanted to work with the organization again. He said, “It’s cool to see everyone I know from school out here, working and lending a hand to help out the community.” Today, the students spread out into different groups to help with specific tasks. The tasks included working on earth bags to build the vegetable terrace, painting the garden shed with a botanical mural and a chalkboard, planting Native Hawaiian plants, preparing the culinary bed for future planting, working on planting and

painting for the Keiki Zone, and painting signs to go with all of the plants and herbs in the garden. Kumu Kapulani Antonio, academy team leader, said that she hopes that the students will feel good after taking a step back from all of their hard work to see the impact they made. Many of the students confirmed her hope. “It felt good to take a break from everything we do for ourselves, and give back to the community,” junior Kaiani Kiaha said. The other two academies at Kamehameha Maui also went on service learning projects. The Business and Information Technology academy went to Kīhei Community Center to interact with the elderly, and the Science and Natural Resources academy went to Pu’u Kukui Watershed to do various beach and shoreline activities. Meanwhile, the ninth and tenth grade students remained on campus attending classes in a modified schedule that included a midday break for attending two different workshops on Hawaiian topics as part of the k-12 semiannual Pōʻalima ʻUlaʻula activities.

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EDITING This is our First Draft Revision sheet. I fill out one of these sheets for every draft a first-year staff member turns in. For our newspaper I handle just the news writers, but for our magazine I handle all drafts.

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EDITING These First Draft Revision sheets show my abilities to edit stories. For each story I make sure the angle is clear, the lead makes sense, there are enough interviews and the sources are credible, and that it is written in AP Style.

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Nā Koa digital magazine covers

I am most proud of the Nā Koa covers I created. I am in charge of all photos for the magazine. I always put the best photo on the cover, so they are my most prized possessions. These covers are an integral part to who I am as a photographer and designer.

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I included this layout from my first issue of Nā Koa because it is a design we chose to continue in each issue. The circle is also a common component in all issues.

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Published August 2014, in Nā Koa

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I chose to include graphics I made for my “Forever a Fashionista” blog because they show off my use of Photoshop, along with my knowledge of typography.

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Published March 17, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org.

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These two graphics display my abilities to work with Photoshop and graphic design, as well as utilize the P.A.R.C design principles. In the bottom graphic, even though it is done in greyscale, I used proximity to show what statistic went with which visual image. In the top graphic, I used the contrasting color green to allude to the older versions of text on the web. In both graphics repetition with the color scheme is used to show a correlation throughout the piece.

Main graphic for our “Tech state of mind” long-form report.

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Published March 17, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org

The graphic above shows the percentages of devices in each household surveyed by Common Sense Media Research made for an in-depth media package “Tech state of mind: The Web turns 25.” According to Common Sense Media Research study, Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America, 75% of children have access to some type of mobile device at home.

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This was my initial shot at doing layout during my first year (something only second-year students do). I wanted the graphic to allude to the movie The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and its iconic poster. I used Photoshop to create cut outs for this layout.

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When working on the senior issue for our newspaper, I wanted to include something fun that was also interactive. Our students do crossword and Sudoku puzzles, so I created my edition of College Life. One example of a space says, “Greek life chose you, roll again.”

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Published September 26, 2014, in Ka Leo o Nā Koa

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After reading Tim Harrower’s The Newspaper Designer’s Handbook, I have figured out how to lay out pages that are both aesthetically pleasing and follow the rules of design. This layout encompasses all that I’ve learned and is one of my best traditional layouts.

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Published September 26, 2014, in Ka Leo o Nā Koa

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This story, written in Hawaiian by one of our staff members, is about a group of Maori students who came to visit our campus. I wanted their outgoing personalities and care for tradition to be evident in the photographs I selected, as well in the layout they were presented in.

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Being that we were short staffed my first year in journalism—there were three of us—our first try at publication was the Decide to Drive National Magazine Contest. I was not that familiar with Adobe Photoshop, so this cover allowed me to test my skills with cut outs and color schemes. After winning the national contest, of which hundreds of submissions were received, posters and magazines were made by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). Seeing the cover I designed all over campus felt great.

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Submitted to decidetodrive.org on November 22, 2013, for their distracted driving magazine contest. Juniors (left to right) Moana Astronomo, Cody Fushikoshi Wago, and Shai Ibara pose with their keys for the cover of this publication. Note: Layout to accompanying story was not done by me.

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Ms. Linda Barrington, 2013 Carl Towley Award winner, has come to speak with my journalism class twice. On her most recent visit she gave us a handout to make infographics. I wanted to create my own to make myself more well-rounded, as well as give a visual representation to the piece I wrote. These colors also flowed throughout the publication to show a correlation between all college pieces. This infographic is the best I have created.

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Published March 6, 2015, in Ka Leo o Nā Koa This infographic was made to show the statistics of going to college vs. not going to college, as well as the statistics on not graduating. It went with three other articles entitled “Money matters,” “College calls, I’m out of here!” and “College debt on the rise.”

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Published January 21, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.og

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The “Beaches” video is essential to my portfolio because it is the best example of my ability to make videos for news stories. It was informative and well received in the community. The cheerleading video is my best for sports. I highlighted their talent, their spirit and their excitement when winning.

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Published October 18, 2013, at kaleoonakoa.og

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I chose to add these two videos to my portfolio because they both highlight community service events that I, myself, as well as my classmates took part in. These two videos were necessary to include because they cover a variety of shots and feature voice-overs that show my ability to make quality videos.

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Published May 3, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org

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In our community there is a photographer named Matthew Thayer. For our journalism program we have a Matthew Thayer checklist, which includes a variety of shots: scene setters, portraits, candids and more. This gallery has every shot from the Matthew Thayer checklist.

Elijah Won and Kamaile Pahukoa pound kalo into poi during the 10th Annual Hoʻolauleʻa today, May 3, 2014, at the Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus.

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Click here to view the full gallery at kaleoonakoa.org! Sarah Catugal, a sophomore, performs with the Zenshin Daiko group.

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Published September 25, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org

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Senior football captain Chase Newton carries first grader Kamahaʻo Akima across the finish line during a relay race at Kahekili Gymnasium yesterday, September 24. The high school’s fall sports captains were at the lower campuses to bond with the younger students and promote the homecoming game this Saturday at 7 p.m.

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Junior Joshua Hiwatashi runs the ball with pressure from the Monarch defense during Published August 11, a pre-season game at Kana’iaupuni Stadium on August 10, 2013. The KS Warriors 2013, at kaleoonakoa.org lost 29-21.

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Published March 11, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org

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I’ve always been into sports, so my first year on staff I signed up to cover a lot of them. The rivalry between the Warriors and the Lunas was evident in the game, and I wanted to portray the determination from the Warriors with this shot. I was laying on my stomach, on the wet floor, with my camera just a few centimeters off the ground, under a bench. It was worth it.

Warrior junior Mia Czerwinski takes a shot early on in the first quarter before she was ejected during the Luna’s 7-6 victory over the Warriors on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the Pi’ilani Aquatic Center.

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Senior Mikaele Kane swims the breast stroke during the mens 200-yard medley relay Published February 2, at the MIL competition, Feb. 1, 2014, at Kīhei Aquatic Center. The Maui Warriors 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org came in first place for this event.

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Published October 18, 2013, at kaleoonakoa.org

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Community service is a big part of who I am, so I wanted to include this gallery of photos. The lighting on this day was perfect and added to the quality of my images. These are some of my best and I like that I played with angles to give a variety of shots.

Juniors Kale’a Borling and Destinee Murray plant native plants on the hillside in the community garden at Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Center, October 18, 2013. The students from the Arts and Communication academy went on a service learning project to assist Mālama Maui Nui on the garden and in the keiki areas.

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Kamaile Pahukoa and Leimakamae Kea paint signs that label the native plants in the garden at Ka Hale a Ke Ola Homeless Resource Center in Wailuku. The students were there as part of the arts and communications academy team’s day of service.

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Published February 2, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org

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Versatility in journalism is essential. In the top video I covered the Sophomore Banquet, which highlights my ability to cover entertainment events. The lower video, “Tech State of Mind,“ shows that I can be professional and deliver a long-form news video.

Click on the link and the link symbol to access the “Sophomores celebrate Mardi Gras” full story including photos and video: http://kaleoonakoa.org/student-life/2014/02/02/sophomores-celebrate-mardi-gras/

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My fellow editor and I worked together to create a pro/con opinion piece on the genetically modified organism debate on Maui. As writers we felt that the best way to display our stories would be through a longform report so that readers would have an easy time viewing each story. It also allows for all the information on the topic to be in one area. This is my best example of opinion writing, because I was able to state my position and back it up with research and facts from the legislation.

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Published October 28, 2014, at kaleoonakoa.org

Click on the link and the link symbol to access the “GMO’s: Should they stay or should they go” pro/con opinion piece with photos and video: http://kaleoonakoa. org/opinions/2014/10/28/gmo-initiative-on-november-ballot-begs-clarification/

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Law and Ethics

Published January 26, 2015, in Nā Koa

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As the editor-in-chief, I am always double checking things. In this case, I was responsible for getting a photo to accompany one of my journalist’s stories. After receiving Mr. Short’s response, we had to re-edit the story we were planning on publishing. Because we were on such a short deadline, we could not re-write the entire story to feature the NoShark device. We did our best to make known that the ESDS device was now known as NoShark.

The photo above is the story that we ran in our most recent issue of Nā Koa, featuring the ESDS device.

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The Fine Print

Wire Services: Some material courtesy of American Society of Newspaper Editors/ MCT Campus High School Newspaper Services. Editorial Policy: The staff of Ka Leo o Nā Koa is dedicated to objective and balanced coverage of campus and community news. We welcome comments, corrections, suggestions, and letters. To have your letter considered for publication, limit the text to 100 words or less, include full name and grade, and email to: kaleoonakoa@ksbe. edu. Letters may be edited for length and propriety.

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For our three publications we have a strict set of guidelines for publishing. I am continuously reviewing our policies; making sure we are always publishing according to them. In one case, when our Headmaster asked us if our quotes were verified, our policy to require comment identification on a survey validated that the quotes we used were correct.

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Disclaimer: Ka Leo o Nā Koa is a student publication of the journalism class of Kamehameha Schools Maui. The views expressed represent the views of the individual student writer and editors and does not reflect the views of KSM, KSBE, or its affiliations.

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‘Final Countdown’ brings bittersweet emotions at senior ball

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Because I attend a private school, there are restrictions on me as a journalist. One restriction is that we have prior review on all of our articles. At this event there were a few incidents involving alcohol that I thought were the main story. However, knowing our restrictions with prior review, my hands were tied by private school policies, and I reported a tame, non-controversial version of the truth.

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Mele Ah You, Mitchel Dutro, Lucas Park and Emma Yen arrive dressed in formal spy-theme dress at Final Countdown, the senior ball, last night, April 5, 2014, at the King Kamehameha Golf Club. The seniors dined and danced at their last formal social event, the Senior Ball, last night at King Kamehameha Golf Club. Decorations were James Bond inspired, with black tie swag bags, cards and diamonds around the center, and the students were referred to as “agents.” “It’s a James Bond-super-spy-Austin Powers theme,” said class adviser Ms. Kalena Laepa’a. The theme was chosen by the senior class officers because they “wanted to do something that hasn’t been done before,” she said. Food was catered by the King Kamehameha

Golf Club and included a buffet of salad, noodles, prime rib, fish, chicken, and steamed vegetables. For dessert, there was an assortment of pies. Music played throughout dinner, and once everyone was done, the lights went off and the dancing began. Though at first the floor was empty and the dancing was off to a slow start, it eventually filled up. The DJ played favorite songs and also songs by request. Once the dance floor was crowded, it stayed that way until the very last song. The theme of the night was “The Final Countdown,” referring to the se-

niors’ countdown to graduation. “It’s bittersweet,” said senior class president Shaina Hipolito. “I’m happy that it’s over with, but it’s kind of sad because it’s our last one.” With only a couple of months left until the end of the school year, and, of course, graduation, it was an enjoyable night for all. As the “final countdown” to graduation begins, this is one event the seniors can check off their lists. Graduation, here they come! “Sending off my babies!... It’s going to be hard,” Ms. Laepa’a said. “I’m going to miss this class a lot.”

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LEADERSHIP

Our journalism staff strives to bring diversity to all three of our publications: our newspaper Ka Leo o Nā Koa, our magazine Nā Koa, and our website kaleoonakoa.org. This includes news, sports, Hawaiian culture articles, opinion pieces, and features. As an editor this year, I try to make sure that my writers and reporters can communicate with me. I am always available to answer their questions, or pass on questions to our adviser. Click on the link here to view the video highlighting my leadership roles in class: https://vimeo. com/119402791

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TEAM BUILDING

With interviews to conduct, videos to record, pictures to take, and stories to write, it sometimes can be too much for just one journalist. Here at Ka Leo o Nā Koa I know that I can count on any one of my fellow writers to help me with any piece. Since we spend so much time together on deadline days and jobs out in the field, it is nice to also get together at restaurants like Outback Steakhouse, Flatbread Pizza Company, or at Journalism Day on Oʻahu.

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NEWS LITERACY

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News Literacy

Published December 12, 2014, in Ka Leo o Nā Koa

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During our first draft process, the features editor and I review all of our staffers’ drafts. We sit down with the reporters and go over each draft either telling them to find a new angle, interview someone more reliable, or fix their lead. While on the job, I normally use my phone to record interviews, but other times I will use a note pad or in this case my planner.

Click on the link and the link symbol to access the “News Literacy” video: https:// vimeo.com/119402790

” These are some notes that I took during interviews and surveys I took for the “Tech State of Mind” long-form report. In total there were over 8 interviews conducted, and over 100 students were surveyed.

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Into the deep blue

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Though we are taught to leave our own personal bias out of the story, in this feature I felt it would be more relateable and easy to read if readers could see how easy-going Kevyn is when he dives. I wanted the readers to envision themselves being in my fearful position going into the deep blue. This angle adds to the feature and was well received.

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“Oh there’s choke sharks over here” were the first words 18-year-old Kevyn Yokote said to me when I got out of my car and looked at the ocean in front of us. Great. Just what I wanted to hear before we entered Ma’alaea Harbor to do this photo shoot. Many in Hawai’i love to play in the waves, but for Yokote, it goes much deeper than that—like 40 feet deeper. “I love that I get to experience a part of the world that not many people get to see,” Yokote says. Yokote and his family freedive, a form of deep underwater diving that doesn’t require a breathing apparatus. Like many locals, they combine freediving with spearfishing, catching fish using spearguns and slings. From uku to ‘omilu to ono and more, Yokote has a long list of memorable catches. The biggest, though: a 30-pound ono. “We woke up early, maybe like 5:15 a.m., and went to Ma’alaea. We have a spot right outside of Ma’alaea Harbor that always has ono’s, ” Yokote said. Since Kevyn has good luck with catching fish quickly, his brother Sean wanted to go in the water first—without him. After two hours, he got to try his hand at it. “Maybe like five minutes after I got in the water, all the ono’s came in. One came within five feet of me, and I took the midbody shot. It took me down and around for about five minutes, un-

til my brother’s friend Chad took the second shot. It was crazy,” Yokote said. The spears that fisherman shoot at their targets are tied to portable buoys. Once the spear finds its target, the fisherman hangs onto the float so as not to lose the fish while waiting for it to tire or succumb to a second shot. This is how the divers are dragged and pulled through the ocean. When the fish tires enough, the fisherman will dive and render it senseless to pull it out of the water. After landing the ono, the Yokote’s enjoyed the fish for many days. That dive was in Ma’alaea, Maui, just one of the many locations Yokote has tested, but Ni’ihau and Ka’ula Rock, an island southwest of Ni’ihau, are two he’s waiting to cross off his bucket list. “I want to see what Hawaiian reefs are supposed to look like,” he said. A typical dive for Yokote starts at home. He checks the wind and swell online, texts some friends to see if they’re up for it, and then sets his alarm for the next morning. When he gets underwater, “It’s another world.” “When I dive, I feel like I’m on an adventure, but I also feel like I’m at home; I have inner peace,” Yokote said. That made one of us. Unlike him, I was not at peace in any way. As we headed out for our dive, I stumbled over my fins, my mask was fogging up, and the repeated sound of Kevyn’s voice in my head saying “choke sharks” kept

freaking me out. Since he spends almost every weekend diving, you would think he’d have racked up a bunch of awards, but Yokote says, “It’s just a hobby for now.” Even though he’s only entered two competitions and won none, his hobby puts him in touch with some pretty amazing divers—the coolest: Kimi Werner. Yokote met Werner in the first-annual 2008 Roi Round-up, a grassroots diving tournament to help save Hawaiian waters and reefs from invasive species, especially roi, which was initiated by Maui County, Maui Sporting Goods, and local fisherman Darrell Tanaka. Talk about killing two birds with one stone! Yokote partnered with his brother, Sean, and though they didn’t place, he said meeting Werner made it worth it. “Until then, I didn’t know there were any good female free divers, but she proved otherwise,” Yokote said. This grassroots movement is what sparked Yokote’s interest in the environmental impact of commercial fishing and litter on Hawaii’s environment. “I love the marine ecosystem, and I wanted to learn more about it,” Yokote said. “I have been diving for a few years, and I can see the negative impact of [commercial fishing and cigarette litter.]” This obsession with the ocean started when Yokote was nine years old, going diving with his dad, Russel Yokote. Being the youngest

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of three, Kevyn enjoys going out for bonding not only with his dad, but also with his two older brothers Lee (33) and Sean (30). “[My biggest role models] are my brothers,” Yokote said. “I dive with them the most.” After our dive, Yokote posed for this feature for me. His wet hair and sandy fins glistened in the morning light, and I could see in his eyes that the ocean is a special place for him. Yokote volunteers at the Department of Land and Natural Resources Community Fisheries Enforcement Unit and Makai Watch, organizations that promote the importance of educating the

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public about Hawai’i fishing regulations. This gives him the opportunity to see firsthand the harm that has been done to Hawai’i’s waters. Yokote focused his high school senior project on environmental factors affecting Hawai’i water, including commercial fishing and cigarette litter, by making a public service announcement on cigarette litter. The video shows the amount of pollution cigarette litter causes on the land and sea, and how the fish you bring home could be affected by it. To view the video go to http://bitly.com/1GBRJKm. “I feel like people don’t respect the ocean enough or not in the right way,” Yokote

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said. “It makes me sad to think of how people are killing the environment.” Though his senior project is over, his senior year isn’t. With his last semester of school to finish, college applications, and scholarships, it’s amazing that he even finds the time for diving, but he’s trying to get as much of it in as he can before it’s off to the continental U.S. in the fall. “One day, I would like to be a professional, competitive free diver,” Yokote said. “I still need to enter some competitions and make some connections in the diving community.” Until then, however, he’s going to be studying marine

biology, hopefully, at the University of Oregon. Although he doesn’t know much about the Oregon diving scene, for a devoted diver such as he, one can be sure that he will figure out a way to get back in the water. “I dive because the feeling that comes over me when I dive is unexplainable, Yokote said. “There’s nothing like it.”

Though I put myself in this story, I really wanted readers to see that I got in there with him. This is a photo I took of myself during our dive in Maʻalaea Harbor, Maui. I also tweeted this photo to create a hype for our upcoming issue.

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Moloka’i transforms student visitors

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We are taught to leave ourselves out of the story. In this case, however, I was going on the Kalaupapa trip so it would be best that I wrote the story. At the same time, I felt that my experience was important to include.

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For a town that has changed so little, Kalaupapa can change you so much. Kalaupapa, Moloka’i, a town that sprang up for the quarantine of leprosy patients in the 1800’s and early 1900’s, was known for being plagued with sadness, but for the residents of Kalaupapa and those who visit, that description does not even scratch the surface of its transformational power. “You find part of yourself you didn’t know you had,” resident Ioane Ho’omanawanui said. She came to Kalaupapa in 1991 to be a medical administrator at the care center. Richard Miller, who works for the National Park Service as a historic preservationist, said, “Shortly after stepping off the plane you start to realize this isn’t like any other place you’ve ever been.” Miller came to Kalaupapa ten years ago to help a restoration team. He continues to help with the preservation of Kalaupapa by working on homes and grave sites. “It’s pretty much impossible to be here without feeling the place,” Richard Miller said. Kahu Kalani Wong, along with kahu from the Kapālama and Keaʻau campuses, takes a group of students to Kalaupapa every year. “It’s a great learning laboratory,” he said. “Students get to know the history of the place, get to know the patients and the challenges they face, as well as the joys they had.”

Five students from the Maui campus, senior Aaron Morton and juniors Kaiani Kiaha, Regina Kuhia, Spencer Shiraishi, and myself, were met by seniors Kamuela Makue and Jonah Hoshino from Kapālama, and seniors Sam Bader and Jonah Chiquita from Kea’au went to Kalaupapa during Fall Break to serve the community. They led Sunday service at Kana’ana Hou Church and cleaned the church yard and the garden of patient Winnie Harada. In total, the students filled over 106 garbage bags with green waste during their visit, October 4-9. Patient caretaker Edwin Lelepali said that it’s “up to you guys [the students] to take care of the place after they [the patients] are gone.” At one point, there were about 1,200 men, women and children who were quarantined there to prevent the spread of Hansen’s disease. Now, only ten patients remain. After the last of them passes, the State of Hawai’i will release control over the Kalaupapa colony, and the National Park Service will take over preserving the land. Mr. Lelepali or “Uncle Pali” said that he doesn’t want Kalaupapa to be known as a sad place. “We lived life just like you guys do. We had fun just like you guys do,” he said. He told the students about the many activities that residents participated in, including baseball, badminton, football, and volleyball

(Uncle Pali’s favorite) and choirs and bands. To this day, members of the community gather to play volleyball on Wednesdays and Saturdays with Uncle Pali as the referee. Many of the students said that they could feel a deep connection to Kalaupapa. Junior Regina Kuhia said that building relationships with the patients changed her because they gave her “the responsibility of documenting and sharing their life stories for future generations so that the history of Kalaupapa will not be forgotten.” For myself, I felt I had a calling to come and serve the people of Kalaupapa. To my surprise, this calling was deeper than to just serve the community, it was to serve my family. Kamuela Makue and I, surprisingly, were able to connect with family members. I visited the house of my great aunt and uncle as well as the grave site of my great, great uncle. I had not even known that I had ancestors there. From the very first day, I knew why I was brought there. Physically, I was there to help the residents. Spiritually, they were there to help me.

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Entrepreneurship

ENTREPRENEUERSHIP

Social media are changing the journalism world, and according to our Issuu statistics, so is technology. With the print newspaper we reach our readers at school; comprised of about 500 high school students. With technology, however, we are able to connect with several thousands in the community to promote our three publications. Seeing that many of our readers are teens, I use Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to post stories and updates about upcoming publications. This has increased our readership by hundreds. Though technology is becoming more important in journalism, at Ka Leo o Nā Koa we still like to hand deliver each of our newspapers to classes to promote our program.

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Published October 14, 2014, in The Maui News and at mauinews.com Sophomore Kanilea Nomura hits it past the Spartan defense at a “Dig Pink” match at Seabury Hall School on October 14, 2014. Other photos featured also taken by me are below.

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The Maui News has asked to use my photos or have someone from our class take photos for them. Every time they’ve asked, I have volunteered. I love taking photos and it’s an opportunity to get my name out. It’s also rewarding knowing that Maui’s main newspaper relies on my photography.

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Published September 27, 2013, in The Maui News and at mauinews.com

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Kamehameha Schools Maui players celebrate after defeating King Kekaulike 18-25, 25-16, 25-12, 22, 25, 15-7 on Thursday at Kaʻulaheanuiokamoku Gymnasium.

When it comes to sports, especially for The Maui News, I really push myself to capture shots that people haven’t seen before. These two photos embody who I am as a sports photographer, because the top photo captures the team’s emotions of their monumental win, and the bottom photo shows off a killer block made by the team. This block, along with others, is what won the game, so to feature that was vital.

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Kamehameha’s Victoria Kunishi (left) and Patricia Batoon meet King Kekaulike’s Trey Freitas at the net.

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Boston Red Sox outfielder Shane Victorino addresses a group of Maui youths Monday at War Memorial Gym in Wailuku. Victorino, a St. Anthony High School graduate, was to have conducted a clinic, but rain prompted a change in plan - though attendees still heard a speech and received autographs from the two-time All-Star.

Jacob Shiffler (center), a Kamaliʻi Elementary School 3rd-grader, raises his hand to Published November 25, ask a question during Victorino’s speech. 2014, in The Maui News and at mauinews.com

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Usually when The Maui News asks me to cover an event, I don’t worry about it. On this occasion, however, I was worried. Due to a storm, the event changed from a baseball clinic to a quick Q and A. The venue had almost no lighting, and because the sun was going down I had to improvise.

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Victorino signs the back of Waihee Elementary School 5th-grader Faith Williams’ shirt.

Left: Wailuku Elementary School 2nd-grader Camryn Nakamura prepares to throw during Monday’s event. Right: Shane Victorino addresses Maui County youths Monday outside War Memorial Gym in Wailuku (Photo was used in follow-up story on Victorino published in The Maui News and at mauinews.com on November 30, 2014.)

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Published October 14, 2014, in The Maui News and at mauinews.com

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This was my first photograh published in The Maui News. I am proud of this image because I had shot it for my school newspaper, but when The Maui News saw my photos they asked to use them. It was my first professional opportunity, and I am very proud of my accomplishment.

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Kamehameha Schools Maui’s Chase Newton passed for 153 yards in a 29-21 loss to Damien Memorial School on Aug. 10.

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Work for Other Publications—Valley Isle Soccer Academy

College Prep Camp Sets the Stage Four aspiring high school soccer players from Maui received college scholarships from VIS Academy’s 2014 College Prep Camp This year’s VIS Academy College Prep Camp,which featured nine NCAA Division I and II college coaches, set the stage for four young playOTHER PUBLICATIONS ers from Maui who will be signing letters of intent to Besides being a journal- play college soccer next ist, I also play club and fall. The 2014 College Prep varsity soccer. Two of my coaches, Aleksander and Camp was held from Rebecca Filipovic, saw June 2-6, 2014 at Eddie my potential in writing Tam Memorial Park in and asked if I would be Makawao, Hawaii, and featured coaching staff willing to do a couple of freelance stories for their from Dominican Univernew website. Because sity of California, Loyola the event had already Marymount University, taken place, and the story Gonzaga University, Hawas primarily on the fact waiʻi Pacific University, that these four athletes University of Nevada Las were given scholarships, Vegas, St. Mary’s College it was difficult to conduct California, Idaho State interviews. I was on vaca- University, and Seattle tion during this time, as Pacific University. Also well as on publication for among the college coachour school newspaper, so es were club coaches from it gave me the opportuni- the Elite Clubs National ty to see how journalists League (ECNL) clubs, in the field work under Soreno SC and S.C. del pressure and away from Sol. During the Camp, high the office. school players were split into four teams: two girls teams and two boys teams. Throughout the week the teams worked with all of Published Novmember the coaches, and at the end 29, 2014, at valleyislesoc- of the week a showcase game was held. cer.com

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After this summer’s camp, however, four Maui seniors were given the opportunity to play college soccer. Nikolina Musto (‘97) and Kenya Sherman (’97) from King Kekaulike High School registered for the camp hoping to develop their skill and get exposure to collegiate level coaching. For Sherman, this was her first college soccer camp, so she was “unsure of what to expect.” But, when Head Coach Alison Gibson from Idaho State University offered her a full-ride scholarship to play at ISU for 4 years, she could not have been happier. “I plan to play soccer at ISU next year and study Pre-Med,” Sherman said. “It goes to show that these camps really work.” It was not just the girls who got the attention of the college coaches. During the camp, both Micah Alo (’97) from Kamehameha Schools Maui and Micah Tateishi (’97) from King Kekaulike High School bonded well with Dominican University of California’s Kelly Coffey. “I really bonded with [Coach Kelly] and felt he was a really good coach

overall,” Tateishi said. “He really knew what he was talking about.” Shortly after the camp, Tateishi kept in contact with Coach Kelly who offered Tateishi a scholarship to play for Dominican University of California. Tateishi wasn’t the only one. After the camp, both Alo and Tateishi took an official visit to the Dominican campus, where Alo was also offered a scholarship. Alo plans to attend Dominican University of California in the fall, whereas Tateishi has chosen to commit to Notre Dame de Namur. The 2015 College Prep Soccer Camp will be held from June 8-12, 2015. For more information contact VIS Academy Director of Coaching, Aleksander Filipovic at aleks@valleyislesoccer.com or check the “Soccer Camps” tab.

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Camp RYLA transforms student leaders

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When I had originally written this story, I did not intend for the Rotary District 5000 to use it in its newsletter. I had written this story with the only intention of it going on our web publication kaleoonakoa.org. After marketing the story on Facebook and with Rotarians, I was fortunate enough to be asked to use this story in the district newsletter. It is a nice feeling to know that your work is being put out into the world for others in the community to enjoy.

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Over 60 Maui students attended the 14th annual Camp RYLA sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Maui, January 23-25, at the YMCA Camp Keʻanae. “Camp RYLA was a fabulous opportunity for all of the students who attended to expand our networks and become better leaders,” KSM sophomore Sky Chun-Matsukawa said. Though it rained for almost the entire duration of the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp, that didn’t stop campers from having fun indoors and out. At Camp RYLA, campers are put into “ohana’s,” or groups, that have two to three senior facilitators. This was the first year that the

camp was primarily student run. “We made the decision last year to increase the number of student facilitators and decrease the number of adult facilitators so that the students had a chance to teach and be the role models,” said Joanne Laird, Rotary Youth Service Chair for District 5000. “It is the most powerful thing I have seen in my 8 years of doing Camp RYLA.” Three of the 27 student facilitators were from KS Maui: seniors Sarah Reyes, Brandy Takiguchi and myself. “It was really cool to be a part of the first student-run RYLA,” Reyes said. “It made me more confident as

a leader and allowed me to grow into my leadership positions.” The purpose of Camp RYLA is to train future leaders and offer the skills and tools to make a difference in the world. On the first night, campers, as well as facilitators, participated in ice breakers to get to know one another. This allowed campers to switch out of their “ohana’s” to meet other people. On top of that, each group performed a skit that correlated to one of the 15 Nuggets of Leadership, which are leadership rules to live by. Among these rules are things such as “trust is a must” and “group thinking is better than individual thinking.”

Published February 1, Sophomores Teʻa Monden and Uʻilani Gibbs pose for a photo at the loʻi after a mud fight. 2015, at in the Rotary District 5000 Newsletter

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Campers took these leadership nuggets and incorporated them into activities over the entire weekend. On Saturday, the students were divided into two large groups to do community service at two different loʻi kalo, or taro patches. The reason for this was because at last year’s camp, students said that they would have enjoyed more community service. My group was taken to Aunty Gladys Kanoa’s patches in Keʻanae. “Aunty Gladys” told the group about the loʻi, what they would be doing, and a few safety precautions. Everyone had to wear socks or shoes in the loʻi so that they wouldn’t cut their feet on the invasive snails; however, this led to a few problems. A few students lost their socks in the

mud, and one camper, Jaccie Hisashima from King Kekaulike High School, lost her entire shoe. “I really liked those shoes,” Hisashima said. While at the loʻi, students pulled weeds and stomped on the mud to make it easier to plant in, but, of course, it’s not a day at the loʻi without a mud fight, too. Once everyone was showered and back at the YMCA, it was back to team-building exercises indoors and out. Inside, students learned about the 4-Way Test; a test that all Rotarians judge their actions by. The 4-Way Test states: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? And, will it be beneficial to all concerned? The 4-Way Test can be applied to all situations to help

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one make the right decisions. While outside, campers played soccer and ultimate Frisbee and participated in leadership activities that involved effective communication. That night, campers got into groups and talked about their “sparks.” Facilitators explained that a spark is something one is passionate about and wants to do something about to make a difference. Once everyone shared their sparks, they wrote them down on a pieces of paper and put them on the “spark wall.” The group also got to watch a performance by aerial dancer Lexi Justus, the daughter of the YMCA Camp Keʻanae owners. “It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen,” Takiguchi said, “and she’s only 13!”

On Sunday there was a Leadership Speed Dating activity where Rotarians from the community came to share their experiences and give advice to the future leaders, the campers. “My favorite part was meeting the various RYLA club members and asking them questions relating to their successes,” Chun-Matsukawa said. “They are living proof that we can and will make it.” After that, each attendee was given a certificate and a RYLA pin in a graduation ceremony. “Go out and make a difference. Take the skills, take everything, and go change somebody’s life,” Laird said.

Published also on January 26, 2014, at kaleoonakoa. org

Aunty Gladys Kanoa explains to the group the do’s and don’ts for in and around the loʻi.

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