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Kamehameha plans advisory meetings
Kamehameha Schools has announced its schedule of community advisory meetings for the fall.
Schools CEO Hamilton McCubbin said the meetings will help the school gather information on how it might shape admissions criteria to better meet the needs of the Hawaiian community.
Kamehameha Schools gives Hawaiians preference, but can admit other students when that pool is exhausted.
All of the meetings are from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
- Sept. 3: Lana'i Elementary School cafeteria
- Sept. 4: Moloka'i Kulana 'oiwi Halau
- Sept. 12: Castle High School cafeteria
- Sept. 16: Hale'iwa Elementary School cafeteria
- Sept. 18: Punalu'u, Queen Lili'uokalani Children's Center
- Sept. 25: Kapolei High School cafeteria
- Oct. 8: Kaua'i, King Kaumuali'i Elementary School cafeteria
- Oct. 10: Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus cafeteria
- Oct. 15: Kamehameha Schools Hawai'i Campus cafeteria
- Oct. 28: Waimea, DHHL Kuhio Hall
- Oct. 29: Kona, Kealakehe Intermediate cafeteria
- Oct. 30: Kamehameha Elementary School cafeteria, Kapalama Campus
Meetings will also be scheduled in some Mainland cities.
Call 523-6211 on O'ahu or (800) 842-4682 on the Neighbor Islands, or e-mail osp-speg@ksbe.edu.
Rotary Club adopts Ala Wai Elementary
Members of the Rotary Club of Diamond Head have adopted Ala Wai Elementary, promising a multi-year commitment to the school.
The service kicks off with the donation of 101 pairs of rubber slippers for children at the school.
Other projects planned include donating school supplies and books, volunteering as class tutors and providing labor and fund-raising money for school beautification projects. Rotary members are also working to get computers donated to the school.
Laura Schoenrock, a member of the Diamond Head Rotary, said "We're trying to incorporate all of the community organizations and businesses," she said. "We're planing to be around for years and years."
Local students in science semifinals
Two Hawai'i students are semifinalists in the 2002 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge.
Mari Takemoto-Chock of Waiakea Intermediate School and Mary Beech of St. Andrew's Priory were selected as two of the 400 semifinalists for the competition.
If they are selected in September to be among the 40 finalists, they will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete for more than $100,000 in scholarships and prizes, as well as the title of America's Top Young Scientist of the Year.
Headmaster will step down in May
WAIMEA, Hawai'i — Hawai'i Preparatory Academy Headmaster John Colson has announced he will leave his post at the end of the school year in May.
Colson, who has served as headmaster for 11 years, will stay on at the private school as a teacher and assistant coach of the girls basketball team.
Michael Fujimoto, chairman of the academy's board of governors, said Wickenden Associates has been retained to assist in the search for a new headmaster. Waimea attorney Randy Vitousek will head the search committee.
