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School gives award to Mike McKenna
Ka'ohao, the development committee for Lanikai School, has named Mike McKenna its Model Community Partner for Excellence in Education.
The owner of McKenna Motors has given $100 to schools for each car sold at the dealership since December 1998, for a total of more than $600,000. School officials said they hoped other business leaders would follow McKenna's lead.
TEACH director awarded fellowship
Shelly Weatherwax of the Good Beginnings Alliance has been awarded a yearlong national Head Start fellowship in Washington, D.C., beginning in August.
As director of TEACH Early Childhood Hawai'i, administered by Good Beginnings Alliance, Weatherwax awards scholarships to teachers and family childcare providers.
She is one of 10 fellowship recipients chosen. She may assist senior administrators, policy-makers, educators and researchers and can take part in education and leadership development programs.
Students may apply to be House pages
U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie is seeking high-school students interested in serving as pages in the House of Representatives for the 2002-2003 school year.
House pages work as messengers in the Capitol, attend high-school classes and live in a supervised dormitory. They are paid $1,344 a month and receive $400 per month for meals.
Applicants must be entering their junior year, have a 3.0 grade-point average in core academic subjects, submit three letters of recommendation, and be at least 16 years old by Sept. 1.
They also must be residents of Hawai'i's 1st Congressional District, which includes Honolulu, 'Aiea, Pearl City, Mililani, 'Ewa Beach and Waipahu makai of Farrington Highway.
The deadline to apply is July 26. For information, call Louise Liu of Abercrombie's office at 541-2570 .
Volunteers to paint school in Waimalu
Hawai'i 3Rs will be repainting buildings at Waimalu Elementary on Saturday.
The volunteer project will save the state more than $146,000 by repainting the exterior of Buildings D and E while reducing the backlog of repair and maintenance projects on the state's $640 million list.
Structural damage will be repaired and lead paint removed under the $75,000 grant from the 3Rs program. Repair, Remodel and Restore Hawai'i's Schools matches state and federal money with private donations and "sweat equity."
The group does not usually tackle complex projects, but workers at Aylward Enterprises agreed to do the lead paint removal and structural repairs for the cost of materials, said Ann Yamasaki, Hawai'i 3R's executive director.
