HONOLULU — Ma kahi o 2,000 mau haumāna kula waena a me ke kula kiʻekiʻe i hōʻike i ko lākou mākaukau ma nā hoʻokūkū lima lima, e pili ana i ka ʻoihana ma ka ʻaha makahiki makahiki Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) State Conference i mālama ʻia ma Feb. Mai nā robotics a me nā hana drone i ka ʻoihana, mālama olakino a me nā pilikia ʻenehana, hoʻāʻo nā haumāna i kā lākou ʻike i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā simulation honua maoli i hoʻokolokolo ʻia e nā ʻoihana ʻoihana.
Representing 120 chapters across Hawai‘i DECA, Hawai‘i FFA, SkillsUSA, Hawai‘i Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), and Hawai‘i Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), participants competed for the opportunity to represent Hawai‘i in national tournaments.
“It’s so important because it helps bring what students are learning in the classroom to real life,” Superintendent Keith Hayashi said. “They’re applying what they learn in the classroom into real world situations here. They’re all winners.”
Ua hōʻike pū ʻia ka hanana i nā haʻawina pili, nā manawa pūnaewele a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ke ala ʻoihana, e kōkua ana i nā haumāna e hoʻohuli i ko lākou mau makemake i nā ʻoihana e hiki mai ana.
"Ke hoʻomau nei au i ka mahalo nui i ka hui ʻana o ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao me nā alakaʻi ʻoihana e hāʻawi i nā manaʻo like ʻole o nā mea i loaʻa ma laila e like me kā lākou ala ʻoihana," wahi a Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, ka mea i hele i ka hanana i ka Pōʻalua.
ʻO ka CTSO State Conference kahi hanana hope loa e hiki ai i nā haumāna ke hōʻike i ka ʻike i loaʻa iā lākou ma ka lumi papa. He kōkua pū kekahi i nā haumāna e hoʻomākaukau no nā ʻoihana e hiki mai ana.
"I ka wā e hiki mai ana, manaʻo wau e ʻimi paha i kahi ʻoihana ʻohana a i ʻole e hana ma kahi o ka ʻaoʻao ʻoihana ʻoihana," wahi a Lauren Johnson, he kanaka makua ma Mililani High. "A manaʻo wau he kōkua nui kēia mau mākau no ka mea kōkua iaʻu e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia a nānā i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole e hiki mai ana."
Me nā kaukani o nā haumāna e hōʻike ana i kā lākou mau kālena, hōʻike ka CTSO State Conference i ke aʻo lima lima a me ka launa pū ʻana i ka ʻoihana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka poʻe hana o ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka lumi papa a me ka ʻike honua maoli, ua hāʻawi kēia hanana i nā haumāna e hoʻohuli i ko lākou mau mākaukau a me nā makemake i mau ʻoihana koʻikoʻi, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka wā e hiki mai ana iā lākou iho a me ko lākou kaiāulu.
