Living in a Pandemic Prompts Penelope Owen to Make Masks
Zaysha Akina-Mahoe, Staff Reporter
April 30, 2020
While many are shuffling to find and buy masks, Penelope Owen constructs her own and encourages the public to learn and make their masks. Beginning this Monday, April 20, Kirk Caldwell, the mayor of Honolulu, mandates that people on Oahu will need “to wear a mask when there is interaction with the...
Acts of Kindness Through Food
Kiersty McKee, Staff Reporter
April 27, 2020
In this time of hardship, people throughout the state of Hawaiʻi are reaching out to the community and providing families with food. On Hawaiian Homestead lands in Papakōlea, there have been various efforts to provide the community with food if they need it. Everyday, representatives from Elite...
Speaking with Kamehameha’s Set of Triplets
Kaimele Kop, Staff Reporter
April 18, 2020
One in 8,100 births is triplets according to Live Science. According to KS Admissions and Program Enrollment, for the 7th-grade entry, there are 176 available spaces for an average of 1,200 applicants. For 9th grade, there are 130 available spaces for an average of 900 applicants. What...
Cooking Up Good Vibes
Joby Lum, Website/Technology Director
March 4, 2020
A staff member who spreads positivity across campus is Executive Chef Dean Matsushita of FLIK. Matsushita is known among the student body who frequent Akahi as a fun and friendly guy who is always trying to interact with students. During the lunch hours, one can find Matsushita conversing with students...
100th Year of Song Contest: Incorporating Art in the Song Contest Printed Programs
Gisele Bisch, Staff Reporter
March 1, 2020
In light of a hundred years of Song Contest, KS coordinators have decided to incorporate something special – featuring student-made art pieces in the event’s printed programs. The idea was formulated by Performing Arts department head, Kumu Alika Young, who opened the art program to high school...
Three Staff Memberʻs Articles Recognized By Best of SNO
February 26, 2020
On Feb. 26, Mahealani Deenik, Joby Lum, and Holly Ikeda of the Ka Mōʻī had their stories published on Best of SNO. This would be the first story accepted onto the Best of SNO platform. The Best of SNO is a platform that our WebHost SNO uses to display stories that are of the highest quality out of...
Starbucks Gift Card Winner!
Joby Lum, Website/Technology Director
February 18, 2020
On Feb. 5, Ka Mōʻī launched the giveaway for the 15 dollar Starbucks Gift card. The giveaway involved students having to submit a comment on any of our stories about the article. Students were allowed to submit as many times as the wanted to. On Feb. 18, Ka Mōʻī put all of the eligible comments...
Junior AP English Class Takes a Stand for the Environment
Hannah Mahealani Roehm, Staff Member
February 6, 2020
Earth. The third planet from the sun, the largest of all terrestrial planets, formed around4.54 billion years ago. It’s the planet that is home to 8.7 million animal species, 290, 000 plant species, and of course, humans. Yet, we continue to harm the environment, damaging the planet we’d be nothing...
Haku Mele Cohorts Expand on Their Legacy
Kiersty McKee, Staff Reporter
January 14, 2020
Members of the ten Haku Mele cohorts were given the opportunity to expand upon the songs they had written for the 100th annual song contest. About one month after the ten songs were composed, Kumu Zachary Lum held a meeting that allowed students to propose ideas that would further include the high...
Kamehameha Science Students Lead SACNAS Delegates in The Field
Kiersty McKee, Staff Reporter
January 13, 2020
Students in Kumu Robert Hutchinsonʻs AP Biology and Environmental Science classes had the opportunity to host delegates of SACNAS on the windward side of Oʻahu. 75 members of SACNAS (Society for the Advancement of Chicano/Hispanic Native Americans in Science) visited various cultural sites in the...
Local Bus Driver Doing His Part To Spread Positivity Through Simple Acts
Holly Ikeda, Staff Reporter
January 8, 2020
James Young has been a bus driver at Kamehameha since 2003, he drives from Bishop Hall and Tech building to Konia Circle, and is spreading positivity through his simple actions every day. “I was honored to be serving all of our students at Kamehameha and it is very positive and energizing to be...
Kumu ʻAuliʻi Hirahara Recounts Her Experiences on The Mauna
Taylor Cozloff, Editor In Chief
December 28, 2019
In the early afternoon on July 17, ʻAuliʻi Hirahara, known better as Kumu Hirahara, received a text from her aunt Nohea Kalima Chun. It read something along the lines of, “I think I’m going to be next.” Five minutes later, Hirahara was staring at photos of her aunt being carried away by police....
Zaysha Akina-Mahoe, Staff Reporter
April 30, 2020
While many are shuffling to find and buy masks, Penelope Owen constructs her own and encourages the public to learn and make their masks. Beginning this Monday, April 20,...
April 30, 2020
America Needs to Stay in Quarantine Longer
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