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Posted on: Thursday, April 12, 2007

Waiakea students in robotics contest

Advertiser Staff and News Services

The Waiakea High School First Robotics Team will compete in the 2007 First Robotics Championships, which get under way today in Atlanta.

NASA TV will broadcast the competition, which wraps up on Saturday, live on its Web site, www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html.

SCHOOL, COLLEGE PLAN 'OHANA FEST

Saint Louis School and Chaminade University of Honolulu will this month hold "Celebrate 'Ohana" festival — a fundraising event for campus and classroom improvements.

Among the highlights are a classic car exhibit, game booths, food booths, white elephant sale and craft shows. Festival hours are set for 1 to 7 p.m. April 27 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 28 on the Saint Louis School and Chaminade University Campus, 3142 Wai'alae Ave.

Festivities also include a 5K fun run through Palolo Valley, 8 a.m. April 28. A sunset movie will be screened April 29 on the campus athletic field. The festival is open to the public, and there is no admission charge. For additional information, call 739-4800.

'IOLANI TEAMS VIE IN ECONOMICS EVENT

Two high school teams from 'Iolani School will represent Hawai'i this month in a regional round of the Economic Challenge competition.

The teams last won the 2007 Island Insurance Companies Economics Challenge — hosted by the Hawaii Council on Economic Education — at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa. More than 200 students from nine private and public high schools participated.

The 'Iolani students will meet finalists from Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah and Washington in the April 23 regional competition in San Francisco. Regional winners will compete next month in the national championship in New York City.

The Hawaii Council on Economic Education promotes the teaching of economics in Hawai'i's public and private schools. For more information, visit www.hcee.org.