HONOLULU - E tusa ma le 2,000 tamaiti aʻoga i le ogatotonu ma le aʻoga maualuga na faʻaalia o latou tomai i lima-i luga, tauvaga faʻatatau i galuega i le tausaga taʻitasi a le Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) State Conference lea na faia Feb. 18-19 i le Hawaii Convention Center. Mai le robotics ma drone operations i pisinisi, tausiga faʻalesoifua maloloina ma faʻainisinia luitau, faʻataʻitaʻiina e tamaiti aʻoga lo latou malamalama i faʻataʻitaʻiga o le lalolagi moni e faʻamasinoina e tagata tomai faʻapolofesa.
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.”
Na fa'aalia fo'i i lea fa'amoemoe a'oa'oga fefa'asoaa'i, avanoa feso'ota'iga ma su'esu'ega ala o galuega, fesoasoani i tamaiti a'oga e liliu o latou tu'inanau i galuega i le lumana'i.
“O lo’o fa’aauau pea ona fa’afiafiaina a’u i le galulue fa’atasi o le Matagaluega o A’oga ma ta’ita’i o alamanuia e tu’u mai ai manatu eseese i mea o lo’o avanoa i fafo e fai ma a latou ala faigaluega,” o le fa’aaliga lea a Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, lea na auai i lea fa’amoemoe i le Aso Lua.
O le Konafesi a le Setete o le CTSO ose mea taualuga e mafai ai e tamaiti aoga ona maua le avanoa e faʻaalia ai tomai na latou mauaina i totonu o potuaoga. E fesoasoani foi i tamaiti aoga e saunia mo galuega i le lumanai.
"I le lumanaʻi, ou te fuafua e ono tulituliloa se pisinisi a le aiga pe galue i se mea i le itu faʻapisinisi o pisinisi," o le tala lea a Lauren Johnson, o se tagata sinia i Mililani High. "Ma ou te manatu o nei tomai e fesoasoani tele aua e fesoasoani ia te aʻu e foia faʻafitauli ma vaʻavaʻai i ituaiga uma o tulaga e ono oʻo mai."
Faatasi ai ma le faitau afe o tamaiti aʻoga o loʻo faʻaalia a latou taleni, o le CTSO State Conference o loʻo faʻamaonia ai aʻoaʻoga faʻapitoa ma faiga faʻapaʻaga i le faʻatulagaina o tagata faigaluega a Hawaiʻi i le lumanaʻi. I le fa'afeso'ota'ia o le va i le va o le potuaoga ma le poto masani i le lalolagi, o lenei fa'alavelave e fa'amalosia ai tamaiti a'oga e liliu o latou tomai ma tu'inanau i galuega 'anoa, fa'amautinoaina se lumana'i manuia mo i latou ma o latou nu'u.
