In the weft of their tapestry, the azure blue and golden yellow threads of Ukraines flag combine with the coral red, bright white and navy blue threads of the United States. They followed that by winning the Golden Spin of Zagreb, another Challenger Series event, in early December, with personal-best scores for the free skate and total. Special Olympics athletes participate in winter sports The 2023 Southeast U.S. Special Olympics Winter Games will return for the first time since 2019 this February! Punahous inauguralvirtual Festival of Ideasshines a light on the theme of Innovation and will feature more than 50 speakers, including industry leaders, entrepreneurs and student innovators. COVID has been hard on so many people, and Im thankful for the work and preparations Japan has done., After the postponement, Erik returned to Hawaii for the summer. I was nine years old when I first started playing tennis, Baron said. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 4 Feb. 2022), Punahou Carnival hoping for big virtual turnout to bolster financial aid needs. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi nominated Ann Botticelli 77, a former journalist and airline executive, to the Honolulu Police Commission, reported Civil Beat on June 12. Theyre unable to learn, unable to access books, access the internet, access the sort of resources to support their education, and thats tough at a time like this where people need online resources, Kapule said. (The Garden Island, 29 Nov. 2021), Nick Velasquezs 13 dream has come true. Despite everything thats been going on in the world, including the pandemic, she is proud to represent her country. (KHON2, 23 Nov. 2021), Ellie Ochiai 22 was named Distinguished Young Woman of Hawaii and will receive a four-year full tuition scholarship to Hawaii Pacific University. A Punahou grad and former state wrestling and judo champ, J.T. Seniors Zoey Duan 22 and Ellie Ochiai 22 created a vaccine hotline for people needing assistance setting up an appointment. The Auction site will open at 12 noon on Wednesday, February 1, and will close at 4 p.m on Saturday, February 4. Both Smirnova, 18, and Siianytsia, 22, last saw members of their families in person after the World Junior Figure Skating Championships nine months ago in Estonia. On March 11, 2022, Alana received second place in this years Hawai`i State Poetry Out Loud Competition and wasawarded a$100 prize and a certificate. Five years ago, when the Games were in Rio de Janeiro, the USA mens volleyball team took home the bronze. (Distinguished Young Women, 22 Nov. 2021), Scarlett Lai 27, Punahou Music School piano student of Steven Casano, was selected as a first prize winner in an online international music competition, the Great Composers competition, featuring the Art of Piano. (Great Composers, 12 Nov. 2021), The Clarence T.C. Maa won four state titles in volleyball at Punahou and others in football and basketball. Phone Number. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 17 April 2022), Punahou sophomore L. Kensington Ono 24 penned an article about her great-granduncle Gerome Mitsuo Hirata, a nisei veteran. Director of Sustainability Debbie Millikan and Punahou faculty member Stephanie Brown are among educators helping Hawaii students understand climate change. As the Tokyo Olympics draw near, four-time world surf champion Carissa Moore 10 is one of the top American athletes to watch, reported USA Today on June 28. ACivil Beatstory published on Feb. 23 about COVID-19 testing in schools quoted Punahou Director of CommunicationsRobert Gelber 92: The school will be rolling out a voluntary testing program for K-12 families and already has begun rapid antigen testing for staff and students participating in certain athletic programs., Local media outlets all reported on the effort made to make Punahou Carnival happen this year. On Nov. 19,Hawaii Magazinepraised Pipe Dreams: The Dark Secret Behind Hawaiis Most Notorious Crime, a newly published crime novel byJohn Madinger 71that centers on the Massie case and murder of Joseph Kahahawai. After reaching the round of 16 in singles and the doubles quarterfinals at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, shes eager for another opportunity to compete among the worlds top players in the sport. ( Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 18 April 2022) Athletes competed in bocce ball, cycling, roller skating, softball, soccer and tennis. Punahou alumna Chlo Selarques 11 intricate embroidery pieces that capture Hawaiis natural beauty were featured in the May issue of Honolulu Magazine. On Dec. 1, 2019, she became the first American woman to qualify for surfing in the Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed. KHON2 News reported that Gov. Hawaii News Now highlighted the efforts of Sascha Pakravan 22 on March 16. John De Fries 69 is thriving as president and CEO of Hawaii Tourism Authority, reported MidWeek on April 14. The Punahou graduate won the first surfing Olympic gold medal in the 2021 Tokyo Games. Live your dreams, and never give up.. He and Smirnova both have green cards yet another thread color for the current iteration of their tapestry and should become U.S. citizens in time to be eligible for the 2026 Winter Olympics. Zoey Duan 22 and Christine Dong 22 were also among the top five young women receiving scholarships through the program. Hawaii News Nowaired a story on Dec. 1 aboutNick Kapule 17. In an average week, she trains in the water just about every day and trains on land about every other day. My hope is that I will enjoy the moment and play my hardest with no regrets, she said. (Hawaii News Now, 15 April 2022), The 2022 Distinction of Merit and Scholastic Occupation teacher award was presented toLauraAckerman-Biegasiewicz 05, who teaches in Arizona State Universitys School of Molecular Sciences. (JABSOM, 17 Oct. 2022), Hawaii Land Trust promotes Denby Freeland 89 to director of ina-Based Education. It was founded in 1841 with a first class of 15 students who were children of congregational missionaries. I decided to commit the next four years towards training so that I could qualify on my own. And with the addition of skateboarding and surfing to the Olympic program, there are former Punahou students among the best in the country in four different Olympic sports, plus another Paralympic sport. All Rights Reserved. Shop online at the Punahou Carnival Jewelry Store. Events can conspire to make the whole thing start to unravel, too, turning a settled and pleasant view into an unnervingly jarring one, and seemingly stable lives into ones full of uncertainty. His name turned up on a partner search site, figure skatings version of a dating app, a venue where the women usually greatly outnumber the men. Favorite us! The tradition goes back to the 1920's. Never knew this and thought it was pretty cool. I still wanted to maintain some sort of level of training so I took to garage and driveway workouts. (People, 17 Feb. 2022), Student entrepreneur Keira Henriques 24 of Kieras Creations is a Hawaii Entrepreneur Award Honoree. As I transitioned to high school, competing and balancing school work became more grueling. In such a tough time I hope that our team shows whats great about our country and we work as hard as possible to win. 1601 PUNAHOU ST. Honolulu, HI 96822. Third was I wanted to help the federation. The award show premieres on March 1 on Hawaii News Now. Punahou welcomes Annri Opitz-Kostick an acclaimed dance instructor with over 30 years of teaching, performance and choreography experience as its new Dance School director. A few Punahou alumni will be competing at the Tokyo Olympics this summer: beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb 10, surfer Carissa Moore 10 and indoor volleyball player Erik Shoji 08, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on July 18. None threatened the integrity and strength of either the warp or weft of their story. Punahou runner Malia Dickhens 22 is on comeback trail from leg injury, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Sept. 7. Four other players will play at either a Division II or Division III school. Born and raised in Honolulu First game is on Saturday, July 24, against France at 2:30 a.m. HST (9:45 p.m. in Japan). Throughout all this, when healthy they have kept training and competing in figure skatings most fraught discipline, one in which a small lapse in concentration or misstep can lead to an alarming fall, especially when the man is lifting the woman well above his head. Baron said she was devastated when she first received word that the Paralympics would be delayed a year. He earned the NYU Athletic Departments MLK Scholar Athlete Award. At 22 and fresh out of UCLA, he was the second-youngest U.S. player at the 2019 Volleyball Nations League. Since its founding in 1841, Punahou School has educated students to become the next generation of leaders and innovators. (August 2022) This is a list of notable graduates, students who attended, and former faculty of Punahou School, a private, co-educational, college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Punahou School in Honolulu, private and K-12, is best known for a student who also played basketball its most famous graduate, Barack Obama. Through her Moore Aloha nonprofit, Moore has held surfing camps for girls in Hawaii and in beach communities internationally. Multiple local media outlets reported on July 9 that the U.S. Olympic swim team has been practicing for two weeks at the Waterhouse Pool at Punahou before they leave for Japan on July 12 to compete at the Tokyo Olympics (Star-Advertiser, Star-Advertiser Gallery, KHON2, KITV and Hawaii News Now). Legendary swimmer Warren Kealoha '25 represented the United States while still a student at Punahou taking home his first gold medal in 1920 - at just 16 Former President Barack Obama and golfer. The book is about how the habitat of a native bird is threatened by the Rapid Ohia Death disease and proceeds will go towards fighting Rapid Ohia Death, Lee and his mother explained on HPRs The Conversation on May 26. Now in his senior year at Pitzer College, Kapule is working to help Native Hawaiian students with distance learning by donating laptops to kids who need them. Knowledge and appreciation of the arts are vital to a childs understanding of the world. 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