{"id":9324,"date":"2025-02-12T11:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=9324"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:17:39","slug":"2025-student-voice-shaping-tomorrow-starts-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/2025-student-voice-shaping-tomorrow-starts-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo Haum\u0101na: Ho\u02bbokumu i ka l\u0101 \u02bbap\u014dp\u014d, ho\u02bbomaka i k\u0113ia l\u0101"},"content":{"rendered":"

Na Peter Vahsen l\u0101ua \u02bbo Ethan Yang, Kaiser High School<\/em>

Wahi a l\u0101kou, \u02bbo k\u0101 m\u0101kou \u02bb\u014dpio ke alaka\u02bbi o ka l\u0101 \u02bbap\u014dp\u014d, ak\u0101 he aha n\u0101 kuleana i k\u0113ia l\u0101?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He mosaic ka Hawai\u02bbi o k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia kanaka, \u02bbo k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia me ko l\u0101kou mau mana\u02bbo like \u02bbole, ka h\u0101nai \u02bbana, a me n\u0101 makemake. \u02bbO ka mea e ho\u02bbopa\u02bba ai i\u0101 m\u0101kou, he kuleana ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi ia e komo a h\u0101nai i k\u0101 m\u0101kou mau wahi like. Ma ka lawe \u02bbana i k\u0101 m\u0101kou mau \u02bbike a me n\u0101 hi\u02bbohi\u02bbona i n\u0101 pilikia k\u016bloko, ho\u02bbok\u014d m\u0101kou i k\u0101 m\u0101kou kuleana o ka hana civic a ho\u02bboulu i ka waiwai o ka m\u0101lama \u02bbana-ka m\u0101lama \u02bbana i ko m\u0101kou kai\u0101ulu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bbA\u02bbole \u02bboko\u02bba n\u0101 haum\u0101na kula aupuni o Hawai\u02bbi i k\u0113ia kama\u02bb\u0101ina kaiaulu, ak\u0101 \u02bbo ka piha piha o n\u0101 kula, n\u0101 kuleana \u02bbohana, n\u0101 hana hapa manawa, a me ka ho\u02bbomohala \u02bbana i n\u0101 \u02bb\u014dpio, \u02bbo ia ho\u02bbi, \u02bbo ke kuleana civic ke lawe pinepine i ka noho hope. \u02bbOiai e a\u02bbo ana n\u0101 haum\u0101na e pili ana i n\u0101 hana civic ma o k\u0101 l\u0101kou mau ha\u02bbawina kanaka, \u02bboi aku ho\u02bbi i ke komo \u02bbana i ka Democracy, hiki mai ka \u02bbono maoli o ka ho\u02bbopili democratic ma o n\u0101 hana extracurricular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ma ke kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe \u02bbo Kaiser, ua kokoke mai ke kau koho balota, a ua loa\u02bba i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia haum\u0101na ka manawa e ho\u02bbok\u014d ai i ko l\u0101kou kuleana e koho balota i lunamaka\u02bb\u0101inana; ka mea n\u0101na e lawe i ko l\u0101kou mau mana\u02bbo i ka pae ho\u02bboholo o ke aupuni haum\u0101na. I ka ho\u02bbonani \u02bbana o n\u0101 mea ho\u02bbolaha no\u02bbeau i ka p\u0101 kula a laina n\u0101 haum\u0101na e koho i k\u0101 l\u0101kou mau balota, ua ho\u02bboweliweli \u02bbia m\u0101kou e \u02bba\u02bbole e \u02bbolu\u02bbolu e pili ana i n\u0101 pilikia o ka p\u0101 kula, n\u0101 mea kama\u02bb\u0101ina a \u02bb\u014dlelo \u02bbole \u02bbia. E a\u02bbo koke n\u0101 haum\u0101na e loa\u02bba i kahi \u02bb\u0101pana koho i n\u0101 ho\u02bbomaika\u02bbi maoli, in\u0101 ma o n\u0101 pule \u02bbuhane, ho\u02bbololi i ka lole lole, a i \u02bbole n\u0101 papahana hui.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho\u02bbopili k\u0113ia \u02bbano k\u016bpono o ka ho\u02bbopili pilikino i ke \u02bbano o ka n\u016bpepa haum\u0101na a Kaiser. I ka w\u0101 mua, \u02bbimi wale ka po\u02bbe k\u0101kau mo\u02bbolelo i kahi hihi\u02bbo\u2014he hi\u02bbohi\u02bbona ma ka hui kula hou loa, kahi n\u016bhou e pili ana i ka hopena o ke k\u0101n\u0101wai politika i n\u0101 haum\u0101na, a i \u02bbole ka lu\u02bbu hohonu \u02bbana i n\u0101 \u02bboihana \u02bbohana k\u016bloko. Ak\u0101 na\u02bbe ma n\u0101 pule o n\u0101 n\u012bnauele a me ka noi\u02bbi \u02bbana, ho\u02bbololi ka po\u02bbe k\u0101kau i k\u0113l\u0101 pitch ho\u02bbokahi hua\u02bb\u014dlelo i kahi \u02bbatikala e piha ana i ka kala a me ka ikaika. Me k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia ki\u02bbi kiko\u02bb\u012b, e m\u0101huahua a\u02bbe ana ka \u02bbike mua o kekahi, i ka hopena o ka ho\u02bbopuka \u02bbana i kahi mo\u02bbolelo e hiki ai ke lawe i n\u0101 kumuhana niche loa i n\u0101 kama\u02bbilio kula hou loa. Aia ka nani o ka n\u016bpepa i ke k\u016b\u02bboko\u02bba: \u02bba\u02bbole \u02bbike ka mea k\u0101kau in\u0101 \u02bbo k\u0101 l\u0101kou n\u012bnauele e hiki mai ana me kahi hoa papa, a i \u02bbole me kahi k\u0101lai'\u0101ina moku\u02bb\u0101ina. Hiki i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia papa Pelekane ke a\u02bbo i kahi haum\u0101na e k\u0101kau i kahi \u02bbatikala. Ak\u0101 me ke k\u016b\u02bboko\u02bba e lawe i kahi \u02bbatikala ma k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia \u02bbao\u02bbao a l\u0101kou e makemake ai, hiki i ka n\u016bpepa haum\u0101na ke ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe o ke komo \u02bbana i hana \u02bbole i n\u0101 hana ma\u02bbamau, ak\u0101 n\u0101 mo\u02bbolelo e pa\u02bba i ka mana e ho\u02bboulu i ka hana kai\u0101ulu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No n\u0101 haum\u0101na k\u0101kau mo\u02bbolelo makemake nui i ka politika, h\u0101\u02bbawi \u02bbo Kaiser i kahi \u02bbano hana hou. \u02bbO ka GloPost, i hana \u02bbia i ka makahiki i hala ma ke \u02bbano he p\u016bnaewele n\u016bhou politika honua holo\u02bboko\u02bba, hiki i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia haum\u0101na ke manawa e k\u0101kau i kahi \u02bbatikala e pili ana i ke kumuhana e hoihoi i\u0101 l\u0101kou. Me n\u0101 \u02bbatikala e uhi ana i n\u0101 mea \u0101pau mai n\u0101 chaebols Korea a i n\u0101 \u02bbenehana \u02bbenehana Nigerian, ua lilo ka GloPost i \u02bbelele no ka \u02bbike politika like \u02bbole a n\u0101 haum\u0101na Kaiser e pa\u02bba ai. Ma ka heluhelu \u02bbana e pili ana i n\u0101 aupuni a me n\u0101 hui \u02bb\u0113, loa\u02bba i n\u0101 haum\u0101na ka m\u0101kaukau e k\u0101lailai ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi i n\u0101 \u02bboihana pono\u02bb\u012b o Hawai\u02bbi, e h\u0101\u02bbawi ana i ka puka i ke komo \u02bbana i ka politika. In\u0101 ma ke kula, k\u016bloko, moku'\u0101ina, aupuni, a pae honua paha, \u02bbo ka \u02bbike e pili ana i n\u0101 hanana k\u0101lai'\u0101ina hou e hiki ke ho\u02bboulu i n\u0101 mana\u02bbo hoihoi e lilo i mau alaka\u02bbi ikaika i ko l\u0101kou kai\u0101ulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ma hope o ka ho\u02bboulu \u02bbana i k\u0113ia mau m\u0101kau ma n\u0101 \u02bbano hana like \u02bbole, lawe n\u0101 haum\u0101na ma Hawai\u02bbi i n\u0101 m\u0101kau ho\u02bbopili civic hou a me ka hoihoi i ka pae moku\u02bb\u0101ina ma ka \u02bbaha k\u016bk\u0101 o n\u0101 haum\u0101na kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe. He kahua waiwai nui, \u02bbo k\u0113ia \u02bbaha k\u016bk\u0101 k\u0101n\u0101wai \u02bbekolu l\u0101 e hiki ai i n\u0101 haum\u0101na ke ho\u02bbonui i ko l\u0101kou \u02bbike i ke ka\u02bbina hana k\u0101n\u0101wai, k\u016bk\u0101k\u016bk\u0101 i n\u0101 hopohopo me n\u0101 alaka\u02bbi moku\u02bb\u0101ina, a me ke k\u0101ko\u02bbo no ke k\u0101n\u0101wai e kali nei. Ma\u02bbane\u02bbi, ua ho\u02bbololi\u02bbia n\u0101 mana\u02bbo o ka lumi papa i mea h\u014d\u02bbike maoli. \u02bbO n\u0101 m\u0101kau ha\u02bbaha\u02bba e like me ka no\u02bbono\u02bbo ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi, ka ho\u02bbopa\u02bbapa\u02bba, a me ka \u02bbae \u02bbana he mea ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi ia e ho\u02bbohuli i k\u0101u mau hoa a loa\u02bba ke k\u0101ko\u02bbo. Ma lalo o ka lani \u0101kea o ka Moku'\u0101ina \u02bbo Moku'\u0101ina, ua waiho \u02bbia n\u0101 haum\u0101na me ka mana\u02bbo palpable o ka mana, a ua ho\u02bbokumu \u02bbia n\u0101 pilina hou me n\u0101 hoa mai n\u0101 mokupuni \u02bb\u0113 a\u02bbe. \u02bbA\u02bbole lulu wale k\u0113ia \u02bbaha k\u016bk\u0101 i n\u0101 hua no n\u0101 alaka\u02bbi e hiki mai ana o ko m\u0101kou moku\u02bb\u0101ina ak\u0101 h\u0101\u02bbawi i n\u0101 haum\u0101na i kahi leo i ka loli i k\u0113ia l\u0101. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bbO ka nui o n\u0101 kumuwaiwai i loa\u02bba i k\u0101 m\u0101kou keiki e hiki ai i kekahi ke loa\u02bba ka \u02bbike loea a me n\u0101 m\u0101kau e lilo ai i alaka\u02bbi maika\u02bbi. Ak\u0101 na\u02bbe, ua a\u02bbo mai \u02bbo \u02bbAnakala Ben ma Spiderman i\u0101 m\u0101kou i ka h\u014d\u02bbailona o ke alaka\u02bbi nui \u02bba\u02bbole ka nui o ka mana, ak\u0101 pehea l\u0101kou e koho ai e ho\u02bbohana i k\u0113l\u0101 mana. \u02bbO ke komo \u02bbana i ke aupuni e koi i\u0101 m\u0101kou e ho\u02bbok\u016bk\u016b i k\u0113l\u0101 mana. Ke kono nei ia i\u0101 m\u0101kou e n\u0101n\u0101 i loko a n\u0101n\u0101 i ke kumu o ko m\u0101kou k\u016bkulu \u02bbana i ko m\u0101kou ola i ke \u02bbano o k\u0101 m\u0101kou hana. Ho\u02bbokomo \u02bbo ia i loko o m\u0101kou i ka waiwai o ke aloha, ka ho\u02bbola\u02bba, a me ke aloha, e ho\u02bbomana\u02bbo ana i\u0101 m\u0101kou e ho\u02bbomau \u02bbia ka ho\u02bbokele pono i ka pono.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiki i ke alaka\u02bbi ke k\u016bkulu i ke \u02bbano o ke kai\u0101ulu, ak\u0101 \u02bbo ka ho\u02bbopili civic ke kumu o kona mau alaka\u02bbi. \u02bbO n\u0101 haum\u0101na i m\u0101kaukau e alaka\u02bbi i\u0101 m\u0101kou i ka l\u0101 \u02bbap\u014dp\u014d, \u02bbo ia ka po\u02bbe i ho\u02bbopa\u02bba i\u0101 l\u0101kou iho i ka hana ikaika i k\u0113ia l\u0101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Kaiser<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u02bbO Peter Vahsen kahi moho diploma ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe a me IB ma ke kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe \u02bbo Kaiser. Ma ke \u02bbano he pelekikena hui \u02bbo UN Model a he k\u0101pena ho\u02bbokolokolo ho\u02bbom\u0101\u02bbewa\u02bbewa, ho\u02bboikaika \u02bbo ia e ho\u02bboikaika i ka \u02bbike politika haum\u0101na ma o ka ho\u02bbopili civic. Mana\u02bbo \u02bbo ia e \u02bbimi i ke k\u0113kel\u0113 \u02bbepekema politika ma ke kulanui, a ma hope loa e lilo i loio ma Hawai\u02bbi nei. I kona manawa ka\u02bbawale, hau\u02bboli \u02bbo ia i ka kuke \u02bbana, ka p\u014dpeku, a me ka ho\u02bbokani piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kaiser<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u02bbO Ethan Yang kahi moho diploma ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe a me IB ma ke kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe \u02bbo Kaiser. Ke lawelawe nei \u02bbo ia ma ke \u02bbano he Pelekikena Hui Haumana 2024-2025 a he Lunamaka\u02bb\u0101inana Haum\u0101na i ka Papa Ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao. Ke komo nei i ka soccer varsity no n\u0101 makahiki \u02bbeh\u0101 a me n\u0101 hana extracurricular like \u02bbole, \u02bbimi \u02bbo ia e lawe i kahi mana\u02bbo haum\u0101na i n\u0101 kulekele ma n\u0101 pae k\u016bloko a me ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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