Punahou alumna Chlo Selarques 11 intricate embroidery pieces that capture Hawaiis natural beauty were featured in the May issue of Honolulu Magazine. One of my favorite things about going to Punahou was that I felt like I was surrounded by a lot of excellence, said Carissa Moore, the reigning world champion in surfing and a Punahou grad. Theyre unable to learn, unable to access books, access the internet, access the sort of resources to support their education, and thats tough at a time like this where people need online resources, Kapule said. Punahou School (known as Oahu College until 1934) is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. A two-sport athlete at Punahou high school, he went on to play volleyball at Long Beach State as a outside hitter. (Hawaii News Now, 4 Oct. 2021), Tita Ahunas journey in athletics has brought her to Punahou, first as an administrator, and now as the girls volleyball coach. A Punahou swimming teacher at the time, Ellen Fullard-Leo, became the first woman delegate at the AAU's national convention and later served as a member of the U.S. Olympic Executive Committee. Punahou welcomes Gustavo Carrera as Academy Principal, serving faculty and students in grades 9 12. Moore said she was classmates withTaylor Crabb, one half of the U.S. top-ranked mens beach volleyball team. I was truly honored to compete for the U.S. on the biggest sporting stage of the world. The tradition goes back to the 1920's. Never knew this and thought it was pretty cool. I decided to commit the next four years towards training so that I could qualify on my own. No sooner had they returned to Minnesota than Siianytsia hurt his groin, forcing them to withdraw from what was to have been their senior Grand Prix debut at Skate America. (August 2022) This is a list of notable graduates, students who attended, and former faculty of Punahou School, a private, co-educational, college preparatory school in Honolulu, Hawaii. (HNN, 24 June 2022), Vonnie Brenno 68 Cameron created 15 oil paintings of hulu kupuna on Molokai, the islands most esteemed elders. Punahou junior Lua Bowman 22 was named Hawaiis first-ever youth poet laureate during the Maui Arts & Cultural Centers Live @ the MACC series on May 22, reported MauiNow. Special Olympics athletes from across the southeast U.S. will meet at Appalachian Ski Mountain in Blowing Rock and Boone February 12-14 to compete in Alpine skiing and snowboarding. Taylor Crabb 10 made the Team USA beach volleyball team, but unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19 while in Tokyo and wont be competing, announced the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on July 22. Tennis has given me countless opportunities in my life and I am so excited to be able to compete at the highest level of competition for my sport on behalf of Team USA, she said. Second game is on Monday, July 26, against Russia at 4:05 p.m. HST (11:05 a.m.. Then came last Feb. 24, when Russias unprovoked invasion of Ukraine began a war that has lasted nearly a year, tearing apart the fabrics of millions of lives. He contributed to just one of a reported 505 state championships in the schools history, a record for any state. 1 high school athletic program in 2008, replete with an eight-page magazine spread, and again in 2009. As the Tokyo Olympics draw near, four-time world surf champion Carissa Moore 10 is one of the top American athletes to watch, reported USA Today on June 28. In 2014, she was inducted into the prestigious Surfers Hall of Fame. Such a fall on a lift at a show last May left Smirnova with a concussion, compromising the beginning of this season, their first full season as senior-level competitors. (Hawaii Business Magazine, 10 Feb. 2022), Congratulations to the following Punahou alumni who are Hawaii Entrepreneur Award Honorees: Bella Hughes 05 of Shaka Tea, John De Fries 69 of Hawaiian Tourism Authority, J.T. In such a tough time I hope that our team shows whats great about our country and we work as hard as possible to win. Pakravan was recently recognized with a Prudential Spirit of Community Award as Hawaiis Top Youth Volunteer and was honored with the Presidents Volunteer Service Award. (KHON2, 3 Feb. 2022), Punahou freshman Austen Kinney 25 is helping address the health issue of the lack of free menstrual products in schools. The New York Timesnoted in its obituary for Burns that he won Emmys for his work on that show and helped create the spinoffs Rhoda and Lou Grant. Among his other creations was the cereal mascot Capn Crunch. Punahou, whose name means "the New Spring," referencing renewal and a spring at the center of the campus, bills itself as the largest single-campus independent school in the U.S. and reportedly the oldest west of the Mississippi. This used to be an elite school, you know. Griffin Chen 25 was one of the members of the first-ever Honolulu Youth Commission to be sworn in by the mayor and the Honolulu City Council. He has lived in her house since arriving in the summer of 2016. On Nov. 19,Hawaii Magazinepraised Pipe Dreams: The Dark Secret Behind Hawaiis Most Notorious Crime, a newly published crime novel byJohn Madinger 71that centers on the Massie case and murder of Joseph Kahahawai. recently finished the mural that features Carissa Moore 10 and Duke Kahanamoku, who are both Olympic gold medalists. Born and raised in Honolulu First game is on Saturday, July 24, against France at 2:30 a.m. HST (9:45 p.m. in Japan). NBC called Punahou a school that seems to have a special knack for churning out Olympians not to mention former United States President Barack Obama. More than 30 U.S. Olympians have been graduates of Punahou School, and there hasnt been a U.S. Olympic team without a graduate of the School since 1972. "It's OK," he said, taking her by the hand. The team included Kanai Akana 18 and Akakai Todd 18. It was longest period I had been home since high school, so it was nice to get some good quality family time. ONeill was in Louisville with Punahou friends from the Class of 2011, reported NBC Sports on April 30. Phone Number. (Honolulu-Star Advertiser, 28 Oct. 2022), Susan Soon He Stanton 99 earns Emmy for her work on HBOs Succession. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 23 Oct. 2022), Chien-Wen Tseng 84 elected the National Academy of Medicine. Eighth-grade faculty memberChristina Torreswas interviewed for the story. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi nominated Ann Botticelli 77, a former journalist and airline executive, to the Honolulu Police Commission, reported Civil Beat on June 12. Ojerio 09was interviewed on Dec. 1 byHawaii News Now. Patrick ONeill 11 and four college buddies are part owners of Hot Rod Charlie, a horse competing in the Kentucky Derby. The former Punahou all-state guard is playing professional basketball in Armenia. I feel really bad waking up and seeing the news like that, that the places where you were hanging out with your friends as a young kid are being destroyed and also I feel really sad for the people that were impacted by that explosion, Siianytsia said in a Sunday text message forwarded by the coach. Shojis father, Dave, was the University of Hawaiis womens volleyball coach for 42 years, capturing four national titles and retiring in 2017 as the winningest coach in NCAA history. David Ige appointed Dr. William Haning III 67, an emeritus professor at the UH medical school and Punahou alumnus, to the University of Hawaiis Board of Regents, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on March 30. While tennis wasnt an easy sport to master, her skills developed over time, and she ended up becoming the first recipient of a wheelchair tennis scholarship at the University of Alabama, where she earned a degree in speech pathology. Also this: Dating to Obama's tenure in 1976, at least one Punahou student went on to make the last 11 U.S. Summer Olympic teams. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 6 Sept. 2022), Raquel KellyHicks89, Chief Human Resources Officer of Punahou School, will present at the UHAs upcoming Work Well Summit Belong: Creating a Supportive Culture. Type. More than 360 students received their first doses of coronavirus vaccine Saturday when Hawaii Pacific Healths COVID-19 Vax Squad Bus visited Punahou School, reported Yahoo News on May 23. Carissa Moore 10, Erik Shoji 08 and Taylor Crabb 10 were mentioned among Hawaiis athletes in a Yahoo News recap of the Olympics on Aug. 9. We have been working hard with hopes of winning a gold medal., Erik had qualified for last years Olympics, which were postponed to this summer because of COVID-19. This time, they have a good chance to strike gold, with Shoji as one of the team standouts. Im so excited to go to the Olympics and share the spirit of aloha that Duke shared.. Now, it has more than 3,700. (The Business Journals, 29 Oct. 2021), CJ Perez 21 is shattering glass ceilings in the sport of hydrofoil racing. And then Smirnova sustained a concussion, keeping her from training consistently for several weeks. Its [a] very cosmopolitan campus and very reflective of what Hawaii is like., The school has been compared to Stanford. Second, my partner would get to see her mom, and I would get to see my family. Shoji will play in the Tokyo Games next month, along with fellow Hawaii players, including brother Kawika, who make up 25% of the team, announced the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on June 14. Via text message, Oltmanns said the families of both Smirnova and Siianytsia were safe. Their mothers eventually returned to Ukraine to be with their husbands, who under the countrys wartime martial law cant leave in case they are called to fight. Smirnovas mother was able to get from a refugee camp in Poland to Estonia. BuzzFeeds Sept. 11 article about famous people who went to high school together includes Kelly Preston 80, who graduated from Honolulus Punahou School in 1980, a year after President Barack Obama 79. The former Stanford All-American is part of a well-known volleyball family in the Islands. (Fortune Magazine, 4 Oct. 2021), President Joe Biden nominated state Attorney General Clare Connors 92 to be the next U.S. Attorney for Hawaii. Punahou has three seniors Kaikea Harrison (Texas A&M), Cody Kashimoto (Saint Mary's) and Justin Tsukada (Portland) headed off to Division I schools next season to play baseball. It was founded in 1841 with a first class of 15 students who were children of congregational missionaries. (Civil Beat, 12 April 2022), For surfing lawyer Bill Saunders 70, playing keeps aging at bay. In other mens volleyball news, the Honolulu-Star Advertiser reported that the University of Hawaii team won the May 8 NCAA mens volleyball championship in Columbus, Ohio. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 7 Sept. 2022), Punahou School joined Mayor Blangiardi and representatives from Hawaii Pacific Health, Kamehameha Schools and other Hawaii organizations in support of the Oahu Good Food Program. This online store is just one component of this year's Art Gallery which will be open for in-person shopping during Carnival. In recognition of Alanas achievement, Punahous Cooke Learning Commons will also be receiving $200 for poetry acquisitions. Punahous curriculum shapes students into educated, capable and caring adults with the knowledge and skills to succeed in an uncertain future. On March 11, 2022, Alana received second place in this years Hawai`i State Poetry Out Loud Competition and wasawarded a$100 prize and a certificate. U.S. mens basketball team to prep for FIBA World Cup with No. Punahou welcomes Annri Opitz-Kostick an acclaimed dance instructor with over 30 years of teaching, performance and choreography experience as its new Dance School director. Throughout the years as I improved, my goals got bigger and the competition grew steeper. Annual tuition is $26,000, though there are financial aid options. After taking every precaution, getting vaccinated and following protocols, I have tested positive for COVID-19. I still wanted to maintain some sort of level of training so I took to garage and driveway workouts. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 1 Jan. 2023), Laura Ho 18 named Narcissus Queen. (Hawaii Business Magazine, 9 Feb. 2022), Mike Latham 86, president of Punahou School; ConstanceHee 70Lau, former president and CEO of Hawaiian Electric Industries; Nainoa Thompson 72, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society; and Henry Kapono67, philanthropist and entertainer were included among presenters at the Rotary Youth Leadership Award virtual event. Im symptom-free, thankfully, but deeply disappointed to not be able to join Jake (Gibb) on the sand and compete as a member of Team USA, Crabb said in a statement shared on social media. The hotline offers support in multiple languages and was created for a class project. When I picked him up at the airport, he was 15 years old and weighed about 90 pounds. Your kkua and support are needed to help with the many food, games and specialty booths that make the Punahou Carnival a fun and memorable experience for our students and the community! They can be yellow and blue in the soul, red, white and blue on the ice, weaving the threads of their lives into a compelling narrative. Hawaii surfer and Punahou alumna Carissa Moore 10, four-time world champ, won the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup at Australias Merewether Beach, reported the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on April 9. She is the first woman ever to make Team USAs SailGP pro team, which just finished second in the world after competing in Spain. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 4 Feb. 2022), Punahou Carnival hoping for big virtual turnout to bolster financial aid needs. They began the 2022-23 season in early October with a struggling seventh at a Challenger Series event in Finland. [3] In 2006, it was ranked the greenest school in America. (HNN, 13 Jan. 2022), Masina Tupea 21, a Hawaii teen who set a national deadlifting record of nearly 320 pounds, took down a mugger who went after her family during a vacation in New Orleans. It was then that he and Oltmanns began looking for a pairs partner, and Siianytsia saw Smirnovas name on the partner search site. More than 3,700 students attend the school from kindergarten through 12th grade. Lets go USA!. The missile destroyed some six dozen apartments and also blew out windows in nearby residential buildings, displacing many other people. Students can pursue their favorite hobby or discover a new activity through the breadth of opportunities offered. (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 12 April 2022), Susan Rehberg 66 Murray was awarded the Pacific Business News Women Who Mean Business 2022 Career Achievement Award. The new Miss Hawaii is 2014 Punahou graduate Courtney Choy 14, reported the Honolulu-Star Advertiser on May 17. (Hawaii Prep World, 26 Nov. 2021), Duke Clemens 19 versatility made him a recruiting target for many schools on the West Coast. Both Trevor Crabb and Moore said you wouldnt know it by walking around campus that Obama once roamed the grounds. Punahou, whose name means the New Spring, referencing renewal and a spring at the center of the campus, bills itself as the largest single-campus independent school in the U.S. and reportedly the oldest west of the Mississippi. Mostly rich. Sign Up Now! (Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 26 March 2022), Zoey Duan 22 is one of the student leaders supporting the effort reduce addiction and harm from tobacco-related illnesses among her fellow youth. Trees are one of the most important tools in combating climate change the most pressing issue of our day.(Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 6 Nov. 2021), Punahou JROTC news: Remembering General Colin Powells visit to Punahou. Hell, Bar, he whispered, this isnt a school. More than 30 U.S. Olympians have been graduates of Hawaii's Punahou School. She was Ukrainian, he was French, and they were just doing what we all are: figure skating, performing, enjoying the sport itself, no matter what flag you are representing.. Ikaika Jobe 01 director of Punahou School tennis and former nationally top ranked doubles player was part of the Hawaii doubles team that beat top players from Northern California in the 2021 Invitational Tennis Tournament, KHON2 reported on May 31. Four other players will play at either a Division II or Division III school. Ching PUEO Programwas featured in aHawaii News Nowstory that aired on Dec. 2. Punahou School is an independent K-12 school in Honolulu, Hawai'i. We were more mentally ready there, Smirnova said. (Yahoo, 19 Sept. 2022), ESPN Honolulu profiled Punahou senior quarterback John Sagapolutele 23, who is headed to play for UH next year. 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