{"id":54118,"date":"2015-05-27T15:23:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T01:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/?p=54118"},"modified":"2015-05-27T15:23:18","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T01:23:18","slug":"windward-waha-nui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/windward-waha-nui\/","title":{"rendered":"Windward Waha Nui"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_54119\" style=\"width: 159px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54119\" src=\"https:\/\/hawaii.carpentermediagroup.com\/midweekpro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/05\/0527015_ww_john_tanner.jpg\" alt=\"John Tanner\" width=\"149\" height=\"165\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54119\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-54119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Tanner<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kaneohe\u2019s <strong>Sierra Hirayama<\/strong> is one of Hawaii\u2019s two U.S. Presidential Scholars for 2015, earning high SAT and ACT scores and glowing recommendations. The Kamehameha Schools senior will be honored in June at the White House during her allexpenses paid trip there. Sierra says her most influential teacher is <strong>Darren Kamalu<\/strong> \u2026 <strong>Dr. Beach<\/strong> (Professor <strong>Stephen Leatherman<\/strong> of Florida International U.) put Waimanalo Bay Beach Park at the very top of his top 10 list for 2015, calling it \u201ca little gem\u201d with great beachcombing potential \u2026 Kailua\u2019s <strong>Laura Smith<\/strong> is a special guest of the YWCA of Oahu today (May 27). Laura has been president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Hawaii since 1994, and she and three other inspirational women leaders are honorees at a Sheraton Waikiki luncheon for \u201cextraordinary women who exemplify the mission of the YWCA\u201d \u2026 <strong>John Tannerwill<\/strong> become the 10th president of BYU-Hawaii July 27, replacing <strong>Steven Wheelwright<\/strong>, who has served since 2007. John currently is first counselor in the Sunday School general presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a role that has taken him and wife <strong>Susan<\/strong> from Provo to Southeast Asia and around the U.S. . \u2026 Castle High\u2019s <strong>Makana Mele<\/strong> took first in Music Groups at the 2015 Brown Bags to Stardom finals. Members are <strong>Kuluwai Punahele<\/strong>, <strong>Kalehua Zuttermeister<\/strong> and <strong>Pomai Punahele<\/strong>. Placing fourth for his song Thinking Out Loud was Knight <strong>Tristen Hegwood<\/strong> \u2026 Kailua\u2019s <strong>Allison Mullen<\/strong> made the spring dean\u2019s list at University of Vermont in Burlington, where she\u2019s studying natural resources \u2026 <strong>Kathie Wells<\/strong> of Community Helping Schools knows there are readers out there ready with items to give. For Castle High: a slow cooker, restaurant-sized warmers, large rice cookers, cooking utensils; and for Kailua High\u2019s FSC class: a blender, dish rack, kitchen towels, spatulas, stirring spoons. Something\u2019s definitely cooking in the public schools. Call 225-2621 \u2026 Castle alum <strong>Mitchell Fong<\/strong> is now a graphic design major at UH Manoa, where his talent is displayed on the cover and section heads of the school\u2019s 2015 catalog. (Look for the green swoosh) \u2026 Civilian Marksmanship Program awarded Kailua High School\u2019s <strong>Kayla Hooker<\/strong> a $1,000 scholarship based on her high academics and sharpshooting skills \u2026 Kailua\u2019s <strong>Sara Allen<\/strong> graduated cum laude from Missouri\u2019s Culver- Stockton College May 16 with a degree in elementary education<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaneohe\u2019s Sierra Hirayama is one of Hawaii\u2019s two U.S. Presidential Scholars for 2015, earning high SAT and ACT scores and..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windward-oahu-waha-nui"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Windward Waha Nui - 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