Achievers
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Iolani, Punahou grads win honor
Punahou School graduate Remy Minami and Iolani School graduate Blake Kawamoto have won the Advanced Placement State Scholar Awards for Hawai'i.
The scholar program gives students a chance to do college-level work while in high school. Grades of at least 3 out of 5 on a final test generally qualify them for credit at colleges and universities worldwide.
The state scholar awards are granted to one female and one male student in each state and the District of Columbia with grades of 3 or higher on the greatest number of exams, and the highest average grade on all Advance Placement exams taken.
Both Minami and Kawamoto graduated in 2002.
Pair traveling to Senate program
Benjamin Johnson, a class representative at Hilo High School, and Chase Lee, student-body president of McKinley High School, were selected as the Hawai'i representatives to the 41st United States Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C.
Johnson and Lee will participate in an intensive one-week study of the federal government and U.S. Senate. They will receive $5,000 college scholarships and take part in the U.S. Senate Youth Program, March 1 to 8.
Johnson is co-captain of the cross-country and track teams, president of the Key Club and Junior Achievement of East Hawai'i, and was a delegate to the Hawai'i Student conference. He plans to attend the University of Maryland.
Lee serves as the Honolulu District Student Council vice chairman, was a member of the swim team and the National Forensic League, is a junior leader for city Parks and Recreation and volunteers at the state Legislature. He plans to attend law school.
Sens. Dan Inouye and Daniel Akaka announced the appointments this week.
20 excel at HiTech Quest
Twenty Hawai'i high school students were recognized for their high-tech skills and knowledge recently at the 2002 HiTech Quest competition.
Claire Haranda, a senior at La Pietra, won first place in the multimedia/Internet division. Doris Lin Tsang of Punahou School won second place, and the Kalani High School team of Henry Cheng, Katrina Loui, Kristen Nagamine and Jeannie Lee won third place.
In the application development category, William Fuller of Campbell High School won first place. A Kalani High School team of Tyler Hiranaka, Dustin Dong, Blane Tanabe and Andrew Dunham won second place, and the team of Raymond Pang, Simon Wong and Michael Budinger of Kalani High came in third.
Kalani High students swept the network category. Jerry Wang placed first, the team of Daniel Davenport and Devin Chang placed second, and the team of Stephen Park, Jimmy Ngo and Edward Chu placed third.
HiTech Quest, a partnership of mostly technology businesses, provides advanced technology training and scholarships to students, and encourages the high-tech industry to recognize and use Hawai'i's homegrown talent.
It was the fourth annual HiTech Quest, sponsored by Bank of Hawaii, Oceanic Time Warner Cable of Hawaii and Microsoft. The competition was in conjunction with the 2002 Hawaii ITEC Conference at the Hawai'i Convention Center.
For more information, visit hitechquest.com.
HiTech Quest will have an exhibit Feb. 6 at Honolulu Hale.
