Waha Nui
Serious Palolo cook Eleanor Cowell, 8, created a recipe (with mom Lara) for Curry Chicken Salad and a Taste of the Tropics (fruit salad) to win lunch at the White House with Michelle Obama and 54 other winners of the first lady’s Healthy Lunchtime Challenge. For her peers out there, Eleanor recom-mends kale, chard, pumpkin bread or “something with vegetables put in it” for their bodies’ sake. (She also met the president) …
Brains galore. Hawaii Kai’s Gillian Desmond is believed to be the first Hawaii girl to earn a perfect score on her ACT (formerly American College Testing) exam this year. The DOE said the Roosevelt senior also scored 2280 on her SAT. (Kaiser ‘s Jason Cheng, who had a perfect ACT score last year, recently won a $2,500 National Merit Scholarship) … The governor has named Wailupe and Aina Haina school parent Amy Asselbaye to the state Board of Education …
