Published Authors

Featured in Skipping Stones: A Multicultural Magazine - 2007 Youth Honor Award Winners
Jolene Siu, "Playing Hanafuda with My Grandma Aiko at Her Apartment on the 6th Floor with a View of a Parking Lot and Fireworks in the Sky at Night" Courtney Lelepali, "You Took My `Aina" Micah Sakata, "Going to Hiroshima with Grandma and Grandpa Sakata to See Grandpa's Sister Sumiko"  Natalie Madden, "Martin Luther King Unity with My Family at Kapiolani Park" Noah Williams, "Performing the Haka with My Cousin Kamehana in Waipio" Mariko Lau, "Going to a Bon Dance with Mom, Dad, and Grandma Nekota at the Nu`uanu Honpa Hongwanji"  Matthew Kishaba, art Garrison Nakamura, art Published in Skipping Stones: A Multicultural Magazine - Spring 2007 Kaylin Ichinotsubo,  Grade 4 - “Eating Pink Mochi on Girl’s Day with My Mom at my House in Mililani” Kristen Tanabe, Grade 7 - "Girl's Day Doll" Jacie Okamoto, "In Praise of my Family" Mariko Lau, "Pineapple Princess" Bryce Tanaka, "The Cardboard Box" Sean Gono, "The Sandy Moonlight" Nikolas Hager, "Emerald Grass" Kamri Oguma, art Dori-Lei Chee, art   Published in Highlights Magazine, Spring 2007 Jeremy Walter, "The Mystery of Light" Published in Highlights Magazine, Fall 2007 Breana Schwartz, "People See God Everyday--They Just Don't Recognize Him"
Contest Winners
The Shelter Project 2007 Contest
	Malia Brooks,  Grade K-3 - 1st place - "Smooth River Rocks" Sunhi Keller, Grade K-3 - 2nd place -  "Animals are a Part of my Home" Ethan Nakaoka, Grade K-3 - 3rd place -  "The Crunchy Rice Cracker" Mari Onoye, Grade 4-6 - 1st place -  "Anything that Matters is at Home" Trey Saito, Grade 4-6 - 2nd place - "The Saito Family Home" Royce Romero, Grade 4-6 - 3rd place -  "A Mother's Wisdom" Lauren Haruno, Grade 6-8 - 1st place -  "Learning Tinikling with Grandpa Salvador at his Ala Lehua Street House" Adria Fung, Grade 6-8 - 2nd place -  "Envelopes" Serena Simons, Grade 6-8 - 3rd place -  "Metamorphosis" Jordan Monico, Grade 9-12 - 1st place -  "The Flame Sun Melts" Jenny Kim, Grade 9-12 - 2nd place -  "Gi-Uk: Remember Your Home" Regan Kobayashi, Grade 9-12 - 3rd place -  "Vermilion Sunsets"
International Peace Poem Project - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Poetry Contest
	Jonathan Kishaba, Grade 1 - 1st place - "Turtles are Peaceful"  Justin Yamada, Grade 2 - 1st place - "Kind Light" Curtis Hayashi, Grade 2 - 2nd place - "A Night of Peace" Keenan J. Dung, Grade 3 - 1st place - "Silver Moon" Brandon Ramos, Grade 3 - 2nd place - "Peace Is..." Garrison Nakamura, Grade 4 - 1st place - "Tragedies of Wars" Leimana Trainor, Grade 4 - 2nd place - "We Shall Find Peace" Mari Onoye, Grade 5 - 1st place - "We Shall Behold a Jeweled Galaxy of Singing Stars" Diane Low, Grade 5 - 2nd place - "Seeing Peace" Jamie Higa, Grade 6 - 1st place - "The Darkness that Dances" Trey Saito, Grade 6 - 2nd place - "Give Us Peace" Laurie Nilo, Grade 7 - 1st place - "Peace in the Middle East" Patrick Cheng, Grade 7 - 2nd place - "Dear Dreams" Matthew Carland, Grade 8 - 1st place - "Promising" Tori Hamura, Grade 8 - 2nd place - "I Walk in the Peaceful Light" Michael Chung, Grade 9 - 1st place - "Dreams for the Future Generations" Mei-Shan Sun, Grade 9 - 2nd place - "Peace" Robert Lau, Grade 10 - 1st place - "Ravaged Nation" Nalu Bettencourt, Grade 10 - 2nd place  Jordan Monico, Grade 11 - 1st place  Brandi Nakamoto, Grade 11 - 2nd place Kate Iwamoto, Grade 12 - 1st place - "Real Peace"
2007 Board of Water Supply 2008 Water Conservation Calendar Contest
	Ali Nakashima, Grade 2-3 - 1st place Emma Dold, Grade 5-6 - 2nd place Tanner Heim, Honorable Mention Keenan J. Dung, Honorable Mention