Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 2, Number 7, 1 July 1985 — OHA Trustees Recognize Nanakuli Honor Students, Kaawaloa Family [ARTICLE]

OHA Trustees Recognize Nanakuli Honor Students, Kaawaloa Family

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is awarding "Palapala Ho'omaika'i" or certificates of merit to a group of Hawaiian students who recentiy were inducted into the National Honor Society and Junior High Society at Nanakuli High and Intermediate School. The OHA board, meeting in Hilo May 30, also adopted a resolution honoring the school through its principal Kenneth Hirohata for qualifying to establish a chapter of the honors organization, an accomplishment whieh took 17 years. In order to qualify for the Honor Society, students must maintain an overall B or 3.0 grade average or better. Candidates also are judged on leadership, character and service. At the same OHA meeting, Trustees voted to honor three members of the Kaawaloa family of Puna who have been selected to teach Hawaiian crafts and culture at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. this summer. William Kaawaloa, a craftsman in native woods; his wife Minnie, an instructor in lauhala weaving; and their grand-

daughter Piilani, a senior in the University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaiian Studies program are the first Hawaiians to participate in the three-month internship program whieh is oriented to native peoples. The Kaawaloas were recognized for their accomplishments in an OHA resolution of congratulation and will receive "Palapala Ho'omaika'i". The motions to honor both the Nanakuli students and members of the Kaawaloa family were initiated by Trustee Thomas K. Kaulukukui St., chairman of OHA's Human Services Committee. Names of Nanakuli students honored with these certificates are Sandy Julius, Paul Kaai, Reginald Kalili, Dean Kaneshiro, Vanessa Kupuna, Laura Luna, Charmaine Mahiai, Robin Rose Mahiai, Janella Malalis, Laura Manuel, Lydia Manuel, Pamela Moriwaki, Catharine Naum, Martina Palaeio, Darin Pilialoha, Virginia Quebral, Peter Reimers, Andy Rillo, Sue Tiffany, Richard Wadsack, Hiram Wong.