Four entries from Central Oahu video teams made it to the winners\u2019 circle in the 2015 \u2018Olelo Youth Xchange Video Competition, which drew a record 892 submissions this year. <\/p>\n
At stake was a high-definition Sony digital video camera for the winning school in each of 44 divisional categories. Honorees were announced May 4 at an awards gala in Waikiki (and a live cablecast on \u2018Olelo Channel 54). <\/p>\n
Beyond the prizes and the glory, however, organizers of the 12th annual event said it\u2019s designed to \u201cgive island keiki a voice to tell stories in a variety of video formats and about subjects that are meaningful to them.\u201d <\/p>\n
Among the winners are the following area schools, followed by category and title. <\/p>\n
\u2022 Leilehua High School \u2014 Be a Jerk: Stop Underage Drinking<\/em> <\/p>\n \u2022 Mililani High School \u2014 Meth: Not Even Once: Hawaii Meth Project<\/em> <\/p>\n \u2022 Mililani High School \u2014 Traffic Safety: Never Too Late<\/em> <\/p>\n \u2022 Hale Kula Elementary School \u2014 Taking Assessments Seriously: Do Your Best on Your Test<\/em> <\/p>\n Area semifinalists were Mililani Waena Elementary (Water\u2019s Not a Toy<\/em>), Hale Kula (Everyone is a Pedestrian! Tips for Drivers<\/em>), Leilehua High (Teamwork Makes the Dream Work and Man vs Teenager<\/em>) and Mililani High (Preparing for the Test<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four entries from Central Oahu video teams made it to the winners\u2019 circle in the 2015 \u2018Olelo Youth Xchange Video..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":53488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-oahu-coverstory"],"yoast_head":"\n