Scholarships
Advertiser Staff
Takitani award winners
The Mamoru & Aiko Takitani Foundation has awarded $103,000 in scholarships to: Brennan Tadao Takayama, Waiakea High School; Amber Ladera, Seabury Hall; Cherry Cachero, Farrington High; Christine Hill, Moanalua High; Caryn Kunz, Kahuku High and Intermediate; Jennifer Keiko Ing, Pearl City High; Eaton Kuh, Punahou School; Camilla Wright, Waimea High; and Trevor Harran, St. Anthony High School.
Receiving money in specific districts were:
• Honolulu: Casey Piedra, Kaimuki High; Joshua Smith, Kalani High; Joanne Huang, Kaiser High; Eva T.Y. Lee, McKinley High; Aarin Yu, Roosevelt High; Valerie Sakimura, The Educational Laboratory.
• Central: Everret Kawano, 'Aiea High; Kacie Galarza, Leilehua High; Hayley Taga, Mililani High; Tanya Camacho, Radford High; and Eligie Mae Pinacate, Waialua High.
• Windward: Malia Saavedra, Castle High; Amy Young, Kailua High; and Megan Power, Kalaheo High.
• Leeward District: Marlon Gomez, Campbell High; Fenton Palakiko Jr., Nanakuli High; Coty Ishitani, Wai'anae High; and Lorinda Dalipe, Waipahu High.
• Catholic Schools: Jeffrey Aurelio, Damien High; Erica Awana, St. Francis School; Dom Joavanni Cueva, St. Louis; Ashley Gamayo, Sacred Hearts; Amy Malinowski, St. Joseph; Shannon Riley, Maryknoll.
• Independent Schools: Joanna Ng, Iolani; Chelsey Ruth, Kamehameha; Bridgid Conn, La Pietra; Raena Kaneshiro, Hawai'i Baptist; Darene Matsuoka, St. Andrew's; Jennifer Smith, Lutheran High; Cari Ann Urabe, Mid-Pacific; Kahiliaulani Vannatta, Parker School.
• Hawai'i: Kevin Atebara, Hilo High; Faye Plescia, Pahoa High; Matthew Elizares, Laupahoehoe High; Maryjellene Villa, Ka'u High; Rosel Verdejo, Honoka'a High; Nicole Gomes of Kohala High; Leilani Lee Loy of Kealakehe High; Andrew Ogata of Konawaena High.
• Kaua'i: Rena Kido of Kaua'i High; Krystal Kakimoto, Kapa'a High.
• Maui: Nanea Kalani, Hana High; Karly Burch, King Kekaulike High; Alberto dela Cruz Jr., Lahainaluna High; Michelle Fujie, Lana'i High; Christopher Ling, Maui High; Ashley Kikukawa, Moloka'i High.
Farrington 2002 recipients
The Farrington Alumni and Community Foundation presented 20 scholarships to the following Class of 2002 students:
Eriza Bareng, Cherry Chachero, Melvin Faylonga, Kim Nguyen, Tan Yan Chen, Melissay Pagba, Judy Relosimon, Chelsie Barayuga, Genevieve Sabado, Jonahlyn Sabado, Chad Noble-Tabiolo, Jo-Anne Saniatan, Hung Nguyen, Tiffany Mizo, Sylvia Pham, Jeannette Batoon, Ronald Cadoy, Jonathan Bautista, Kaia Puahi and John Peter Yamut.
McDonald's recipients
Recipients of 2002 Mcdonald's Restaurants of Hawai'i Employee Scholarships are: Cyrus Tumbaga, Jennifer Tambio and Beverly Mangayayam, all of Waimea High; Rodmann Elegino, Maui High, Sean Donohoe, Mililani High, Maile Sandoval, Sacred Hearts Academy, Reed Tanaka, Iolani School, Lene Manutai, Kahuku High, Lance Eberhart and Michael Gurat, both of Kamehameha Schools. April Medeiros, Hilo High, received a scholarship from McDonald's Corporation.
All-American scholar
Liane Alves has been named an All-American Scholar by the U.S. Achievement Academy.
She is the granddaughter of Goichi and Takie Toyooka of Pearl City.
Correction: Tiffany Mizo's name was incorrectly misspelled in an earlier version of this story.
