During a recent eighth-grade English class at La Pietra School for Girls, in a class discussion on Iranian author Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel “Persepolis,” head of school Josh Watson broached the idea of revolution and whom, should conditions ever merit, the students might look to overthrow. Read more
Late in the evening of my 50th birthday last month, lying in the dark with my 1-year-old son sleeping soundly on my chest, I opened the email app on my phone to discover a most unexpected artifact of my youth. Read more
When Ann Yoshida was yet a budding surfer, she and her friends would spend long hours honing their wave-riding skills along the North Shore — a bold choice for recreation given the legendary power of the area surf and, not insignificantly, the conspicuous lack of feminine presence in the lineups. Read more
What, if anything, is lost when a dwindling dialect finally passes into permanent obscurity? Read more
Sometimes the little would-be Eddies just aren’t ready to go. Read more
For all that art has meant to her life, Amy Monthei is simply unwilling to let something as addressable as visual impairment prevent kids from discovering, appreciating and — most important — participating in whichever art form might tickle their imagination most. Read more
Just 16 years old, Emily Kuwaye already has had the good fortune — and good parenting — to have experienced cultures as far-flung as Slovakia, Japan, France and the Philippines. Read more
In the 42 years of his well-spent life, Dr. Stephen Tokunaga earned a reputation as someone who served his community with the same love and devotion he held for his family. Read more
A couple of weekends ago, St. Andrew’s Schools head Ruth Fletcher and eighth-grader Jemma Stollberg took in a matinee showing of “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,” the fifth installment in Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur- driven film franchise. Read more
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For all of her many responsibilities, Lt. Col. Tara Carr knows that she can retire each evening to her Kaneohe home secure in the knowledge that she, husband Tony and their four children have no immediate concerns about food, shelter, personal safety, custodial rights or health care. Read more
Kaimi Seminara is without doubt a good athlete, just not, in particular, a master of the links. Read more
There was something percolating in the Southern California arts and music scene that spring of 1983. Read more
She knew something was going on, but she didn’t know what and it wasn’t within the bounds of their hard-earned relationship to press. Read more
For Daniel Inglis the call to special education as a profession was the culmination of numerous experiences — early struggles with math, a diagnosis of ADHD, his family’s advocacy on behalf of people with Hansen’s disease — slowly coming into focus as a connected whole. Read more
At some point within the next two or three years, respectively, brothers Brandon and Ryan Nguyen will graduate from a four-year college. Read more
From the tony environs of his family’s home in Kahala Kua, the distance between Terry Nguyen’s mean beginnings and comfortable present can appear as remote as his view of the azure Pacific. Read more
She never let it affect her, but Joyce Wong was nonetheless well aware of all the sideways glances she elicited as she strode the halls of the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children with her small clutch of volunteers and her old-school boombox stereo. Read more
For many the transition starts on the long, dark ride from Portland International Airport to Forest Grove. Read more
It’s difficult to know just how much Anthony Mendivil, avowed reveler in the solitary experience, would enjoy leading a class of young, inquisitive minds, but for sure he has ideas about what he’d like to teach. Read more
You will kindly excuse the proud parents of Kawananakoa Middle School’s speech team members if in reliving the glory of the Alii Warriors’ performance at the Sacred Hearts Speech Festival in February, they invoke the likes of such legendary underdogs as 1954 Indiana high school basketball champion Milan High or the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. David, even. Read more
Maddie Lee, a freshman at La Pietra-Hawaii School for Girls, didn’t set out to be an entrepreneur, but her early love of arts and crafts and her natural predisposition to staying on task and striving for perfection made the developments of the last year and a half almost inevitable. Read more
