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.
No nā mokuna he 120 ma waena o Hawai'i DECA, Hawai'i FFA, SkillsUSA, Hawai'i Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, a me Hawai'i Health Occupations Students of America, ua hoʻokūkū nā poʻe i ka manawa kūpono e pani i ka Hawaiʻi ma nā hoʻokūkū aupuni.
"He mea koʻikoʻi ia no ka mea kōkua ia i ka lawe ʻana i nā mea a nā haumāna e aʻo nei i loko o ka lumi papa i ke ola maoli," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Superintendent Keith Hayashi. “Ke hoʻohana nei lākou i nā mea a lākou e aʻo ai i loko o ka lumi papa i nā kūlana honua maoli ma aneʻi. He poʻe lanakila lākou a pau.”
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.
