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MEDIA RELEASE American Savings Bank has announced it is awarding $220,725 to public and private schools across the state, including a $100,000 award to Waianae Intermediate, as part of its Bank for Education program’s second campaign which ran from Sept. 18 through Nov. 26. The program was created by the bank to help the community […]

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The Waiakea team of Luke Camarillo, Brandon Lau, Eric Kawahara and Richard Chun are coming home with the state championship in boys air riflery. The Big Island landed three students in the top 15: 2. Eric Kawahara, Waiakea 8. Luke Camarillo, Waiakea 9. Cody Sugai, Konawaena 15. Brandon Lau, Waiakea Over in the girls competition, […]

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Waiakea High School senior Owen Cooper has accepted an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He will be a member of the class of 2014 and reports for Inprocessing on June 24, 2010.

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Nolan M. Kamitaki of Waiākea High School and Caitlin E. Mori of Sacred Hearts Academy were among the 141 2010 U.S. Presidential Scholars who were selected by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars based on their academic success, essays, school evaluations and transcripts, as well as community service, leadership, and demonstrated commitment to high […]

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The Hawai’i Police Department will join forces with the Fire Department and the Department of Education on Tuesday, May 4, for a dramatic anti-drunk-driving event called “Shattered Dreams” presented by Waiākea High School. Motorists and area residents who see emergency crews in the area should know that the scene is only a staged crash to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Linda Lingle has congratulated six Hawaii students who have been selected as semifinalists in the 2010 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The six students, three from Oahu, one from Maui and one from the Big Island, are among 560 semifinalists from across the nation. Each year, up to 141 students are named as […]

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Second place for Honokaa; Ka‘u scores Rookie All-Star Award; Judges’ Award for Kohala

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MEDIA RELEASE The Waialua High School “Hawaiian Kids” robotics team is leading a field of 28 high school robotics teams after Friday’s competition at the 2010 BAE Systems FIRST in Hawaii Regional Robotics Competition. Nearly 1,000 students from 24 Hawaii high school robotics teams and four mainland teams from Alaska, Louisiana and New Jersey convened […]

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MEDIA RELEASE 2010 BAE Systems FIRST in Hawaii Regional Robotics Competition WHO: Nearly 1,000 students from 24 Hawaii high school robotics teams and four mainland teams from Alaska, Louisiana and New Jersey. Big Island students from Honokaa, Ka’u, Kohala and Waiakea high schools will be competing. WHAT: 2010 BAE Systems FIRST in Hawaii Regional Robotics […]

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While most Hawaii high school students enjoyed their recent Spring Break, a handful of Waiakea High School seniors completed internships at local businesses, part of a new Senior Project Program that helps students make career choices sooner.

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MEDIA RELEASE Two Hawaii students – including a Big Island teen – have been recognized as among of the nation’s top achievers and are among 19 receiving a big check from the Davidson Institute. Nolan Kamitaki, of Hilo, is captain of Waiakea High School’s math league team and member of the science bowl team. He […]

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Waiakea High School program veterans participate in NASA Robotics Academy summer internship

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MEDIA RELEASE Panaewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens are getting a little TLC. East Hawaii Kiwanis Club, Mayor Billy Kenoi, and Key Club, Kiwins, and Builders Club members from Hilo High, Hilo Intermediate, Waiakea High and Waiakea Intermediate schools plan a community service project Monday, Feb. 16 at Panaewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens.   More than […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Five top science students from Hawaii and Samoa – including Nolan Kamitaki of Waiakea High School – have won all-expenses-paid trips to the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Chosen for the best experimental research papers in regional competition at the recent Pacific […]

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