Photography by Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7

Karin Stanton | Hawaii 24/7 Editor

West Hawaii Explorations Academy graduated 18 seniors Friday evening at NELHA.

Under a sprinkling of rain, dozens of family members, friends and classmates congratulated the graduates with lei and balloons and well wishes.

Graduates are: Taylor Anderson, Sara Davies, Kiana Dushey, Michael Elia-Koyanagi, Rebeca Figueroa, Kenia Gonzalez, Isaiah Guieb, Nicholas Jordan, Brent Johnson, Jenna Kaua, Kiana Larson, Samuel Lee, Zachary McClure, Summer McEntee, Lorelei Nakagawa, Aron Risley, Dane Scherer and Aaron Ventimiglia.

WHEA is Hawaii’s first start-up charter high school and officially opened Aug. 14, 2000.

— Find out more:
www.whea.info