Winners of the 2008 E Ola Pono Art & Video Competition
4th Grade Poster Winners:
1st Place: Kaiulani Faanunu, Keaukaha Elementary
2nd Place: Keakealani Pacheco, Kamehameha Schools - Hawaii
3rd Place: Alaina McIntyre, Maui Preparatory Academy, Napili, Maui.
5th Grade Poster Winners:
1st Place: Hanale Lee Loy, Kamehameha Schools - Hawaii
2nd Place: Diana Lopez-Garcia, Kainalu Elementary
3rd Place: Sound Heartstone, Aiea Elementary
The winning videos are:
6th - 8th grade – A Pono School video category. Title - "What is a
Pono School"
Keaukaha Elementary School, Hilo, Hawaii
Sponsoring teacher - Lynn Fujii
Video team members - Aikane Kahawai-Queen, Kendrick Dacayanan, Kawena
Kawelu,
Nahoalii Kua-Silva, Aliyah Pana, Lindsey Stevens, and Zachary Hirai
9th - 12th grade – A Pono School video category. Title - "Hookele
2008"
Keaau Middle College, Keaau, Hawaii
Sponsoring teacher - Ilana Stout
Video team members - Tony Liva, Annie Abadilla, Leone Ausage, and
Nainoa Kalahiki
9th - 12th grade – PSA video category. Title - "Shaka pono"
James Campbell High School, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Sponsoring teacher - Oscar Ramiscal
Video team members - Evelyn Obamos, Sherwin Acidera, and Erin Gamil
Keaau Middle College is an alternative High School program for students
attending Kea'au High School. Kamehameha School – Hawaii and Maui
Preparatory Academy are private schools on the Island of Hawaii and
Maui, respectively.
All other schools are public schools. Entries were also received from
the islands of Molokai and Lanai.
The theme of the 2008 competition encompasses the traditional Hawaiian
value of pono – to live with respect for everyone and in harmony with
everything. Students were asked to imagine a world of pono, where
their peers, teachers, family and community worked in harmony on common
goals and to reflect on how pono relates to civil rights and the ideals
of equality, harmony, and diversity.
The HCRC received generous and enthusiastic support in the expansion of
its art contest into the medium of video arts and the broadening of its
theme to express a Hawaiian perspective on civil rights from its many
co-sponsors: the State of Hawaii Department of Education, the Hawaii
Association of Charter Schools, the Hawaii Association of Independent
Schools, PBS Hawaii, Hawaiian Telcom, Computer Data Systems, Kamehameha
Schools, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
According to the HCRC Executive Director William D. Hoshijo, “"At its
core, civil rights are about treating each other with dignity and
respect. Too often, we get caught up in legal arguments and political
debate. The students remind us through their art and video that these
are basic and fundamental human values. Civil rights relate directly
to the Hawaiian value of pono. We all should ask ourselves the
question that the students address - What kind of Hawaii do we want to
live in?"
Winners of the 2008 E Ola Pono Art and Video Competition will be
announced on PBS Hawaii on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 8:30 p.m.
See winning posters for the 4th and 5th grade 2008 E Ola Pono Art
Competition
To view the winning videos log on to the Department of Education
website doe.k12.hi.us
To view all poster entries and updates for the E Ola Pono half-hour
special log on to PBS Hawaii's website pbshawaii.org
