{"id":9391,"date":"2024-12-11T16:26:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T02:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=9391"},"modified":"2025-10-09T10:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:22:53","slug":"2024-student-voice-tis-the-season-for-college-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/2024-student-voice-tis-the-season-for-college-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Ka Leo o ka Haum\u0101na: 'O k\u0113ia ke kau no n\u0101 noi kula"},"content":{"rendered":"

Na Alayna Kadarusman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho\u02bbonani n\u0101 kukui \u02bb\u014dni\u02bboni\u02bbo i n\u0101 l\u0101\u02bbau p\u0101ma, ho\u02bbopiha n\u0101 mele \u02bboli\u02bboli i ka lewa, a \u02bb\u0101koakoa n\u0101 \u02bbohana no n\u0101 p\u012bniki kahakai\u2014 \u02bbo ia ka w\u0101 ho\u02bbomaha ma Hawai\u02bbi! No n\u0101 po\u02bbe \u02bbelemakule, ak\u0101 na\u02bbe, he w\u0101 \u02bbelua: he ho\u02bbolaule\u02bba i hui p\u016b \u02bbia me ke kaumaha o n\u0101 noi kulanui. Ke kokoke mai nei ka papa o 2025 puka puka, Ke ho\u02bbomaka nei \u02bbo Dekemaba i ka piko o ke kau noi kulanui \u2014 he manawa ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi no ka ulu \u02bbana, ka no\u02bbono\u02bbo \u02bbana, a me ka ho\u02bbom\u0101kaukau \u02bbana, kahi i haku \u02bbia ai k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia \u02bbatikala, noi \u02bbia, a me n\u0101 kiko\u02bb\u012b extracurricular i ka mo\u02bbolelo o k\u0101 m\u0101kou huaka\u02bbi k\u016b\u02bboko\u02bba. \u02bbO ka \u02bbimi \u02bbana i ke kaulike ma waena o ko k\u0101kou w\u0101 e hiki mai ana a me k\u0113ia manawa ka p\u014dhaku kihi o k\u0113ia l\u0101 ho\u02bbomaha. He mea ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi ka ho\u02bbouna \u02bbana i kahi noi ikaika, ak\u0101 \u02bbo ka h\u0101\u02bbawi \u02bbana i ko m\u0101kou olakino kino a me ka no\u02bbono\u02bbo i ka nui o ka m\u0101lama a me ka n\u0101n\u0101 \u02bbana he mea nui. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bbO ke ka\u02bbina hana noi kulanui e like me ka ho\u02bbom\u0101kaukau \u02bbana no kahi \u02bbaha\u02bbaina ho\u02bbomaha nui - ho\u02bboulu i ka pilikia a koi i ka ho\u02bboikaika nui, ak\u0101 \u02bbo ka mea hope, \u02bbo ka hui ke k\u012b. \u02bbO wau iho, i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia kakahiaka, lawe wau i 10 mau minuke e noho i lalo a k\u0101kau i ka\u02bbu mau ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia l\u0101. I k\u0113ia manawa, hana wau i n\u0101 pahuhopu p\u014dkole e ho\u02bbok\u014d ai i ka l\u0101, ma ke \u02bbano o ka ho\u02bbonohonoho mua \u02bbana, e \u02bbae ia\u02bbu e n\u0101n\u0101 i ka\u02bbu holomua. Ho\u02bbemi ka hui i ke kaumaha a h\u0101\u02bbawi i n\u0101 l\u0101 hana ma\u02bbalahi e w\u0101wahi i ka haunaele, e ho\u02bbohuli i\u0101 ia i mau \u02bbanu\u02bbu hiki ke m\u0101lama \u02bbia. \u02bbA\u02bbole k\u0113ia kau e pili ana i ko m\u0101kou wahi e hele ai ak\u0101 e ho\u02bbomana\u02bbo ana i ka l\u014d\u02bbihi o ko m\u0101kou hele \u02bbana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bbO ka ho\u02bbopau \u02bbana i k\u0101u mau noi kula nui ka manawa, no laila e lawe. I ko\u02bbu \u02bbike, pane \u02bboia\u02bbi\u02bbo ka mea huna i ka n\u0101n\u0101 \u02bbana \u02bbelua e hana i n\u0101 hopena \u02bbolu\u02bbolu. \u02bbO ka heluhelu \u02bbana o n\u0101 po\u02bbe \u02bb\u0113 a\u02bbe i k\u0101u mau mo\u02bbolelo e ho\u02bbonui i kou mana\u02bbo; no\u02bbu, \u02bba\u02bbole hiki i ka helu \u02bbana o ka po\u02bbe i heluhelu i ka\u02bbu \u02bbatikala a\u02bbu i kapa ai he \u02bb\u014dwili. Ua hiki mai ka manawa e h\u014d\u02bbulu\u02bbulu i n\u0101 mea a pau \u0101u i a\u02bbo ai, i k\u0101u mau pilina i k\u016bkulu \u02bbia, a me n\u0101 pahuhopu \u0101u i \u02bbimi nui ai, n\u0101 mea a pau e hana i k\u0101u \u02bbano o ka w\u0101 e hiki mai ana. \u02bbO ka ho\u02bboh\u0101likelike \u02bbana i k\u0113ia kuleana ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi loa me n\u0101 ha\u02bbawina, ha\u02bbuki, a me n\u0101 \u02bbano extracurriculars \u02bboi aku ka nui o ka hilina\u02bbi \u02bbana i ka po\u02bbe a puni \u02bboe. \u02bbO ka hele \u02bbana a me ka hilina\u02bbi \u02bbana i k\u0101u \u02bb\u014dnaehana k\u0101ko\u02bbo o n\u0101 k\u0101k\u0101\u02bb\u014dlelo, n\u0101 kumu, n\u0101 \u02bbohana, a me n\u0101 hoaaloha e ho\u02bbololi i ke ka\u02bbina hana i kahi huaka\u02bbi ka\u02bbana like ma mua o kahi hana pa\u02bbakik\u012b, k\u016b\u02bboko\u02bba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho\u02bbohanohano n\u0101 kulanui i ka \u02bboia\u02bbi\u02bbo, no laila \u02bba\u02bbohe kumu e alualu ai i ka hemolele. \u02bbO ka nui o n\u0101 n\u012bnau i n\u012bnau \u02bbia e n\u0101 koleke he mau mea a\u02bbu i no\u02bbono\u02bbo \u02bbole ai e n\u012bnau ia\u02bbu iho. \u02bbO ke ka\u02bbina hana noi no ke kulanui e hiki ia\u02bbu ke komo i loko o\u02bbu iho e like me ka\u02bbu noi\u02bbi \u02bbana i n\u0101 koleke hiki. Ma kahi o ka pane \u02bbana ma ke \u02bbano \u0101u e mana\u02bbo ai e makemake ai n\u0101 koleke, e pane e like me \u02bboe iho-makemake n\u0101 kulanui i ka mea maoli \u02bboe e hele i k\u0101 l\u0101kou kulanui, \u02bba\u02bbole kahi mana\u02bbo maoli \u02bbole i hana \u02bbia e ho\u02bbok\u014d i n\u0101 n\u012bnau. E lawe i ka manawa e ho\u02bbomaha ai, e mahalo i kou mau pilina, a e ho\u02bbomaopopo mau i kou hele mua \u02bbana. \u02bbO ka hana \u02bbana i n\u0101 mea \u0101u e makemake ai e ho\u02bb\u0113mi i ke kaumaha, in\u0101 paha e ho\u02bboka\u02bbawale i ka manawa no k\u0101u mau le\u02bbale\u02bba, lawe i kahi l\u0101 e n\u0101n\u0101 pono ai i\u0101 \u02bboe iho, a i \u02bbole ke k\u016b\u02bbai \u02bbana i n\u0101 makana ho\u02bbomaha, e ho\u02bbonui ai i k\u0101u pae huahana. \u02bbO ka ho\u02bbomaha \u02bbana mai kekahi mau mea hiki ke h\u014d\u02bboia i ka waiwai. No kekahi, he ho\u02bbomaha paha k\u0113ia mai ka p\u0101pili kaiapili, ka hana kula, a i \u02bbole ke noi kulanui\u2014ma hope o n\u0101 mea a pau, \u02bbo ka ho\u02bbi \u02bbana i hope e hiki ai i\u0101 \u02bboe ke \u02bbike maopopo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eia kekahi, no ka ho\u02bbok\u014d \u02bbana i kahi manawa k\u016ble\u02bba o n\u0101 noi kulanui, e hele ana i kou olakino kino, e ho\u02bbopili pololei i ka hiki ke hana i n\u0101 hana i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia l\u0101, he mea nui. I k\u0113ia manawa o ka makahiki, \u02bboi aku ka p\u014dkole o n\u0101 l\u0101, me ka nui o n\u0101 mea e hiki ke ho\u02bbok\u014d. \u02bbO ka m\u0101lama \u02bbana i ka ho\u02bboma\u02bbama\u02bba i k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia l\u0101, ka mea\u02bbai kaulike, a me ka hiamoe k\u016bpono e ho\u02bbomaika\u02bbi i ka ikaika kino, ho\u02bbomanawanui, maopopo ka no\u02bbono\u02bbo, a me ke k\u016bpa\u02bba. \u02bbO ka m\u0101lama \u02bbana i ke ola kino maika\u02bbi e k\u014dkua i ka pale \u02bbana i ka ma\u02bbi, ho\u02bbonui i ke \u02bbano ma ka ho\u02bboku\u02bbu \u02bbana i n\u0101 endorphins, a ho\u02bbonui i ko m\u0101kou hiki ke m\u0101lama i ke kaumaha. Ma ka ho\u02bbonohonoho mua \u02bbana i ko m\u0101kou kino, ho\u02bbolako m\u0101kou i\u0101 m\u0101kou iho e ho\u02bboponopono i n\u0101 pilikia, \u02bbimi i n\u0101 pahuhopu, a ola i ke ola i kona hiki. Ma mua o ko\u02bbu ho\u02bbomaka \u02bbana i kahi noi kulanui, komo au i kahi hana e ho\u02bbomau i ko\u02bbu mau pono, e h\u0101\u02bbawi ana ia\u02bbu i ka mana\u02bbo a me ka ho\u02bboikaika \u02bbana i ka w\u0101 o ke kau. \u02bbO kekahi mau hana a\u02bbu e hau\u02bboli ai, \u02bbo ia ho\u02bbi ka h\u012bmeni \u02bbana, ka hele w\u0101wae, ka p\u0101\u02bbani \u02bbana i ka pickleball, a i \u02bbole ka ho\u02bbolimalima manawa maika\u02bbi me ko\u02bbu \u02bbohana a me ko\u02bbu mau pua\u02bba. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ke ho\u02bbokele nei m\u0101kou i ka manawa o n\u0101 noi kulanui, ua ma\u02bbalahi ka ho\u02bbopau \u02bbia e ka wikiwiki o n\u0101 palena manawa a me ke kaomi o ka ho\u02bbohua \u02bbana i k\u0101 m\u0101kou mau mua. Eia na\u02bbe, \u02bba\u02bbole pili k\u0113ia ka\u02bbina i ka pahuhopu hope ak\u0101 \u02bbo ka huaka\u02bbi o ka ulu a me ke a\u02bbo \u02bbana e m\u0101lama i\u0101 m\u0101kou iho ma ke ala. \u02bbO ke kaulike \u02bbana i n\u0101 koi o k\u0113ia manawa, me ko m\u0101kou no\u02bbono\u02bbo a me ke kino e ho\u02bbomana\u02bbo mai i\u0101 m\u0101kou \u02bba\u02bbole i ana \u02bbia ka k\u016ble\u02bba e n\u0101 mea i ho\u02bbok\u014d \u02bbia ma kahi \u02bb\u0101pana pepa ak\u0101 ma ke k\u016bpa\u02bba a me ke akamai a m\u0101kou e ho\u02bboulu ai ma ke ka\u02bbina hana. E \u02bbapo i n\u0101 pilikia, e mahalo i n\u0101 lanakila li\u02bbili\u02bbi, a e ho\u02bbomana\u02bbo \u02bbo ka m\u0101lama \u02bbana i\u0101 \u02bboe iho ka waiwai nui loa \u0101u e hana ai no kou w\u0101 e hiki mai ana!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe \u02bbo Alayna Kadarusman ma Ke kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe a me ke kula waena o P\u0101hoa<\/strong> a lawelawe \u02bbo ia ma ke \u02bbano he hope noho luna ho\u02bbomalu o ka \u02bbAha Haum\u0101na Moku\u02bb\u0101ina \u02bbo Hawai\u02bbi State 2024-25 (HSSC). Ua k\u0101kau \u02bbelua \u02bbia \u02bbo ia ma ke Kula Kaiapuni \u02bbo Hawai\u02bbi, kahi e loa\u02bba ai i\u0101 ia k\u0101na palapala Ha\u02bbawina Hawai\u02bbi i ka makahiki 2025. He pelekikena \u02bbo ia ho\u02bbi ma ke \u02bbano he pelekikena papa ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe, ka pelekikena National Honor Society, a me ka hope pelekikena \u02bbo Future Farmers of America. Makemake \u02bbo ia e ho\u02bboulu a ho\u02bboikaika i ka hanauna hou o n\u0101 alaka\u02bbi ma o ka ho\u02bboulu \u02bbana i n\u0101 kai\u0101ulu ho\u02bbohui, ho\u02bbonui i n\u0101 leo haum\u0101na, a me ka ho\u02bboikaika \u02bbana i n\u0101 hana e ho\u02bbololi mau a maika\u02bbi.<\/em><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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