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Next on HIKI NO, stories from across the island chain.
On Maui, students from H.P. Baldwin High School bring us a story of how a competitive swimmer
recovers from an injury. Students from Maui High School show us the similarities of raising
taro and raising a family, while Lahainaluna High School introduces us to a music teacher
whose job is his own reward.
On Oahu, students from Kalaheo High School teach us about the dangers of leptospirosis.
Waialua High School shows us how an iconic North Shore eatery receives a new lease on
life, while students from Aliamanu Middle School follow the beat of a different drum.
And from Moanalua High School, a story which proves that lifting weights builds much more
than muscle.
Also from Oahu, this episode of HIKI NO comes to you from Sacred Hearts Academy, home of
the Lancers!î
Thatís next on the nationís first statewide student news network, HIKI NOÖ
Can do!
Sacred Hearts Academy is an independent Catholic school for girls from junior kindergarten
to the twelfth grade. Founded in 1909 by the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Mary, the school emphasizes 21st century skills in a modern setting within a traditional framework
of Catholic values. This is the beautiful St. Margaret Mary Chapel with its magnificent
stained glass windows and marble altarpiece where the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts prayed
when they lived on campus. During World War II, over one hundred Sisters were in residence
on the Kaimuki campus. Today, students and faculty come to the chapel to pray and hold
class celebrations such as the Baccalaureate Mass, the 8th Grade Rite of Passage, and the
Junior Ring Ceremony. Alumni come to celebrate weddings. Even the TV show, Lost, chose the
chapel to symbolize the entering of Heaven for its last episode.
Our first story takes us to Maui, where students from H.P. Baldwin High School introduce us
to a swimmer who refused to remain a fish out of water.
When it comes to swimming, Jonah Hu is one of Mauiís best. Not only was he named the
most outstanding swimmer in Hawaii eight times, but heís also won a State Championship award,
as well as many Western Zone Competition medals.
To be honored as a top swimmer, thatís just been humbling. Itís shown me how far Iíve
come, and Iím actually very proud of myself.
Sure, winning may be nice, but Jonah says that itís not everything. What he appreciates
most are the life lessons he learns along the way. One of the biggest lessons came last
year when Jonahís pursuit of swimming success landed him in the hospital with a devastating
injury.
I was pulling off double practices every day, and I generally just wasnít taking care of
my body very well, and I just started to fall apart.
Jonah tore his labrum, or the cartilage inside his left shoulder. Doctors performed extensive
surgery to anchor it back to the bone. After that, Jonah faced a difficult six-month recovery.
After my surgeries, I felt like my swimming career was over. I love the sport so much,
and I want to keep swimming for a long time, and I realized that I might not be able to,
and that really scared me. Itís just been such a big part of me, and I wanted to get
back to that.
To overcome his fear, Jonah took it slowly. He began with regular visits to the pool,
not to swim, but to watch his teammates and think.
To keep swimming, I just had to remember what I loved about it and that it was just a sport,
my friends, it kept me in shape. Thereís a lot of great things that motivate me to
swim.
Jonah eventually got back in the water because he realized that regardless of an injury,
swimming and the lessons he learns from it will always be a big part of his life.
Swimming has made me a better person because it teaches me teamwork, love, care, and respect
for others; your elderly, your friends. And it teaches you things that other things donít
teach you.
Now that heís fully recovered, Jonah is back to winning races and having fun along the
way. Iím Andrew Teoh from H.P. Baldwin High School,
reporting for HIKI NO.
Weíre back at Sacred Hearts Academy in the Kaimuki District of Oahu. An exciting part
of education at the Academy is service learning. It is at the heart of this faith community.
Students and teachers reach out in a variety of ways such as tutoring public school students,
working with the elderly or cleaning beaches, as well as raising awareness to care for our
land and its resources. Students are required to do a minimum of twenty-five hours of service
each year, but many do far more than that. On their own or as members of the many service
clubs on campus, students contribute about 50,000 hours of service to the community each
year.
We take you now to the Windward side of Oahu, where students for Kalaheo High School warn
us about an extremely dangerous bacterial disease.
Have you ever played in a stream when you were a kid? Have you ever thought about the
risks you were taking? Sure, the water may look like fun, but as Skye Parker found out,
it can be very dangerous.
When I was about sixteen months old, I lived in a townhouse with my parents and we had
a sewage leak. And my favorite pacifier fell on the ground, so of course, being a kid,
I picked it up and put it in my mouth. But the pacifier had sewage water on it.
From ingesting the sewer water, Skye contracted leptospirosis, which is a very dangerous bacterial
disease.
That night, I had a seizure, so my parents rushed me over to Castle Medical Center. They
couldnít treat me there, so from there, I went to Queenís, but they didnít have the
right machine to treat me, so they rushed me over to Kapiolani. By the time they diagnosed
my condition, I was already in a coma for sixteen days.
What happened to Skye back in June of 1997 just turned our family upside down. We had
two older children that saw what she went through, and we were so lucky that we had
extended family and good friends that were with us at the hospital day-in and day-out,
and stayed with us through thick and thin, and were there for us when the doctors told
us that Skye was going to literally die and they were going to try and do everything that
they could for her. But itís not easy to go through what we went through.
Leptospirosis is a rare infection that is contracted when someone drinks the water that
is contaminated with animal urine. The symptoms can take anywhere from two to six days to
develop. Symptoms include dry cough, fever, headache, muscle pain, and shakes and chills.
Well, thereís no really way you can prepare for a tragedy like this. But if you have to
deal with it, I would say surround yourself with family, be positive, stay close, keep
praying, trust in the doctors. But most of all, trust in the Lord and be patient.
This disease usually isnít life-threatening, although sometimes it can be. The lepto bacterium
is only found in fresh water.
If it wasnít for the doctors and nurses, I wouldnít be here today. But I would love
to thank them for everything they did for me, and for giving me a second chance at life.
Hawaii has the highest number of cases in the United States. There is currently no vaccination
available for leptospirosis. The best way to protect yourself against this disease is
to stay out of stagnant water, especially in tropical areas such as Hawaii.
Weíre back on Oahu on the campus of Sacred Hearts Academy. Iím standing in the engineering
room. Designing a fuel efficient tractor trailer system or a cost efficient aerial switch system
are challenges facing the nationís leading industries and bringing to light math and
science lessons in the Lancer Real World Design Challenge teams. But before the professional
CAD and fluid flow heat transfer master software can be run, the teams follow an in-depth engineering
design process that includes brainstorming solutions, utilizing trigonometry skills to
calculate a centerís field of view, and researching aerodynamic improvements to truck components
or air flows and tails for unmanned aerial vehicles. The Real World Design Challenge
provides students with opportunities to apply the lessons of the math and science classroom
to the technical problems that are being faced in the workplace.
We travel now a few miles northwest to Moanalua High School, where reporter Brittany Bonilla
files this story on her cousin, bodybuilder John Bonilla.
Strength, power, and endurance are all a part of John Bonillaís lifestyle as a bodybuilder.
Pretty much, my day is wake up four-thirty in the morning, do my cardio, and then I work,
and I train after work and do cardio again.
However, John didnít always have an interest in bodybuilding. In high school, he tried
out for the Moanalua football team.
I had no clue what football was. I just knew that they work hard, train every day.
[CHEERS/CLAPPING]
But his size was what kept him from playing in the game.
I was like, four-nine, ninety-five pounds freshman year. Started busting my butt over
the off season. I got to play more in my senior year. Moanalua football taught me to work
hard, and that hard work pays off.
But even after the whistle, John continues to train for an even bigger goal off the field.
Dad is not there. I guess because it was only me, heís like our stepdad, and the mom. [SNIFF]
So, I guess they took that as a challenge to go to the positive way.
I was one punk before. I always used to be a real troublemaker. My friends started going
jail one by one. After, I figured this life wasnít for me. I figured I owed more to my
parents than me just throwing away my life like that.
According to the founder of MotivatedBodybuilding.com, most people end up becoming bodybuilders because
they were hurt in a previous stage in their lives. John took up bodybuilding to avoid
his troubles and to prove that size isnít a factor.
He is more mature physically and mentally, and more independent now.
With the intense workouts, keeping a close relationship with his brother became part
of his exercise.
I see him as a real model, because he motivates me and shows me positivity.
Like John, the hardships Benjamin went through began weighing him down.
I realized that I was doing a lot of bad stuff in my life, and I was going in the wrong direction.
His punishment was actually just to come with me to the gym, try steer him in the right
path.
John Ö to turn his life around not only benefited himself, but the people around him as well.
Every time we go to the gym, he always lectures me about life. Like, you can be more happier
being healthy, in good shape.
His grades are higher than before, and he has been going to school early.
After the final whistle in high school, bodybuilding changed Johnís life. He not only gained physical
strength, but life experiences that he continues to lift. This is Brittany Bonilla from Moanalua
High School, for HIKI NO.
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Welcome back to Sacred Hearts Academy on Oahu. Weíre here in The Cave, where the Cyber Patriot
team trains for computer security competitions and life in the digital age. Securing computer
systems from hackers, viruses, malware, user carelessness and other threats requires an
understanding of the structure of the Internet, computer networks, and operating systems.
STEM education comes to life for the team as they begin with bits and bytes, binary
and hexadecimal number systems, progress through protocols, systems management in both Windows
and Linux environments.
Our next story takes us to Maui, where students from Maui High School show us a man who raises
taro and his family with the same tender, loving care.
My father said, Yeah, you know what, Les, taro always smarter than men.
Third generation taro farmer and poi producer Lester Nakama has been a student of taro since
he was five years old.
Itís a constant learning thing, because you always gotta be able to adapt to different
situations that can kinda make the taro, quote, unquote, happy.
Nakama has many fond memories playing in his familyís loi, or taro patches, where he learned
the true roots of ohana, or family.
The plant originally was planted in the ground. Itís called the mama taro, and then the offsprings,
offshoots are called the oha. And theyíre all clustered together and support one another,
and develop a strong root network.
[INDISTINCT]
This support system is symbolic of how a strong family foundation is important to the health
of any family.
You can solve problems, get through difficult times, you can have a supporting network similar
to the taro plant.
Twelve years ago, Nakama officially took over the Aloha Poi Factory in Wailuku. But being
Mauiís only commercial poi producer wasnít easy.
When I first started, I used to work sixteen hours a day.
Nakama believes the biggest problem in running a family business is Ö
You can work 24/7, and you still going need more time. But by balancing work, family,
and some recreation, you gotta find a balance in order to not be successful, but to enjoy
life.
Letís go see Ö okay?
To find that balance, Nakama remembered what his taro taught him.
The taro is like raising another child. So, it appreciates seeing you every day, and the
more love and care you give the taro, the happier the taro going be, and the better
taro you going get in the end.
Nakama took the lessons he learned from the taro and planted it into the soil for his
own two children to grow from, making it a point to see them every day.
He was always there when we came home from school, to help me train for volleyball, or
to coach my brotherís baseball team, or help us with homework, too.
But, you know, itís a constant balancing act. Because kids growing up, you gotta set
special times with them, ëcause they grow up only once. And not to say that youíre
going neglect the business, but like itís a fine line.
Mixing family and business is another solution to the struggle of making sure both get the
right amount of love and care.
I help my mom in the office with the paperwork. My brother and sister-in-law deliver the poi
in the morning to the stores.
From making poi and working in the loi, to being a father and a husband, Nakama has been
able to balance work and family.
Gotta do what you gotta do, so you can do what you want to do.
This is Rachael Borreta from Maui High School, for HIKI NO.
Weíre back at Sacred Hearts Academy, home of the white and gold Lancers. Sacred Hearts
has been a proud member of the ILH since 1971. Students participate in a wide variety of
sports from paddling to bowling, cross country to air riflery, wrestling to volleyball, and
sailing to golf. Students participate on school-sponsored teams or as a member of the Pac-5. Beginning
in the 4th grade, students can also participate on the Christian School Athletic League and
Catholic School League teams.
From Kaimuki, we travel to the North Shore of Oahu where students at Waialua High and
Intermediate introduce us to a new chapter in the life of a landmark business.
Breakers Restaurant in Haleiwa is making some exciting new changes in the kitchen. With
over thirty years of experience, Chef Roc brings his expertise to the North Shore community,
where he is the new head chef at Breakers.
I tell you got; I got approached about a year ago to come here to help reorganize the new
menu, and to add a little more spice to the place.
The original menu was built around the favorites of local pro surfers, like the ownerís son
Benji Weatherly, and Kelly Slater. Now, Chef Roc is adding some favorites of his own by
focusing on fresh organic ingredients.
I grew up in an Italian household on the East Coast, and everything was homemade. My grandfather
had this huge garden, and every chance I had, I was over there helping them till the land
and grow these giant zucchinis and beautiful tomatoes. And what it basically boiled down
to is, I would be in the kitchen with him, preparing lunch. It was fantastic. So, I got
this love for real food, food that would basically be grown, and then would be eaten right there
off our table.
Chef Roc uses produce from local farms to create new dishes. He also brought in a smoker
to smoke ribs, brisket, and chicken. But the new menu isnít the only thing generating
buzz.
[CHEERING]
The restaurant is also the backdrop for Culinary Underground, a new television show started
by Chef Roc, filled with cooking demonstrations, cocktail tastings, and live music.
Itís gonna be fantastic; a whole new Breakers for the North Shore.
Chef Roc has great plans for Breakers, where he can add his own style to local favorites
and support other chefs in the community on his new Culinary Underground program. This
is Kayla Smith from Waialua High and Intermediate School, and this is for HIKI NO.
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Welcome back to the campus of Sacred Hearts Academy. The Academyís dance, hula, choir,
and band classes are now housed in a modern performing arts center with classrooms to
accommodate their specific needs. Performers can dance, sing, and play instruments in large,
well-lit acoustically sound rooms. The concert band programs have been especially successful
in the Parade of Bands Festival where the marching band has performed in Londonís New
Yearís Day Parade and regularly performs in the Waikiki Holiday Parade and the Kaimuki
Christmas Parade. In the 2012 Aloha Festivals Floral Parade, it won first place for its
performance of Hawaiian music.
Our next story takes us to Maui, where students at Lahainaluna High School introduce us to
a teacher whose love for music is only matched by his love of teaching.
[MUSIC]
This would be my twelfth year. I know that I started listening to music a little more
intently somewhere in the 5th or 6th grade, like 1987, 88, 89. Somewhere around there.
I had a few really, really good teachers, but to be quite honest, it was the really
bad teachers that [CHUCKLE] influenced the way I do things and what I do. You know, personally,
I felt like a lot of these teachers were doing injustice to teaching, to education. And you
know, one of the teachers actually said to me, If you think you can do better, why donít
you become a teacher and see what you do. So, thatís what I kind of did, and it kinda
stuck in there. I ended up going to school to originally be a music composer. And then,
I realized the chances of becoming a well known composer is just as good as me dropping
out of school and becoming a rock star. Anything you saw on MTV in the early 90s Ö [CHUCKLE]
and you know, those drummers of the time maybe didnít have Internet or YouTube back then,
so itís basically whatever MTV showed or whatever you know, music was on TV or on the
radio. But any of those drummers kind of got me into music. Honestly, the students that
I actually see growing, I mean, just to see them learn even something as small as a new
fingering, just the look of wonderment and having their mind blown that, you know, this
is all it is, itís pretty easy. Thatís basically what gets me going. And I guess it holds true.
You know, if you really like what youíre doing, it doesnít really feel like work.
[MUSIC]
Weíre back at Sacred Hearts Academy. Although we do offer a for-credit JROTC class, it is
offered through St. Louis and Punahou School. Students develop leadership and communication
skills while participating in physical fitness training and reinforcing citizenship and character.
Some graduates of the program have elected to apply to college ROTC programs and have
been awarded ROTC scholarships as well as been accepted to Air Force and U.S. Naval
Academies.
Our final story takes us to the Salt Lake District of Oahu, where students at Aliamanu
Middle School follow the beat of a different drum.
[BEATING]
Lately, there have been the sounds of drumming coming from somewhere on the Aliamanu Middle
School campus. Upon a closer look, youíll see that a new World Music Drumming Class
has been introduced to the school. Miss Taketa has brought a unique opportunity to learn
more about the styles of other cultures.
This class is very different, as you can tell, ëcause all the students only come to me for
one quarter, but they get to experience a lot of the different instruments in this class.
Of course, they learn drumming, they learn other hand instruments such as the shaker
egg, the maracas, the talking drum, frame drums, and many others.
Miss Taketa was asked by the principal to teach an exploratory world class. Relying
on her background as an orchestra teacher, she decided to offer a different kind of music
class based on her past teaching experiences. One of the teachers at her former school had
a set of books about world drumming that she found interesting. Will Schmid, a professor
at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, had designed a curriculum utilizing hand percussion
instruments from various cultures. Ukulele teacher, Mr. Ben Pascua, shared his opinions
on the new class in the Aliamanu Music Department.
It gives them more experiences, and if they were ever to become musicians, they could
incorporate it into the other music they play. So, I really think itís a very valuable experience
for them.
For more students, the World Drumming class is their first experience with percussion
instruments, or for that matter, any kind of musical instrument.
When I first started this class, I only knew that drums had two beats. And now, towards
the end of the class, I know that thereís many beats for the drums.
We start off by copying the rhythm from the teach. We echo, and then we practice songs,
and then we sing along together.
Caitlin May, one of the students of the drumming class, demonstrates some of the basic techniques
of one of the drums used in the class.
This conga is the low one, because the bigger they are, the lower it makes the sound. The
high tone, or the open tone is the rim of the drum. It makes a higher noise than the
inside of the drum, which goes like this. [BEATING] And for the low tone, goes like
this. [BEATING]
Although the class is only ten weeks long, it seems to be a hit with the students.
I would rate this class the best, because you get to play and have fun, and actually
play the drum.
Well, it looks like Miss Taketa has really added a new element to the Music Department
here at Aliamanu Middle School. For HIKI NO, Iím John Killough.
Well, that brings an end to this episode of HIKI NO.
Remember, all of these stories were written, shot, and edited by students like us.
We hope youíve enjoyed watching them, just as much as weíve enjoyed sharing them with
you.
Make sure to tune in to next weekís episode for more proof that Hawaii students HIKI NOÖ
Can do! [END] Hiki No 411
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