Calling All High School Artists!
Monet Gregory
January 28, 2010
The Windward Arts Council is excited to announce they will be holding the 22nd annual Teen Arts Achievement Awards. This competition is open only to high school students who live on the Windward side of our little island Oahu. There are five categories to the arts competition. Visual arts, music,... Read more »
Avatar Wows Audiences
John Whitty, Staff Writer
January 27, 2010
Avatar has burst onto the scene with action packed scenes and CGI effects that make you scream for more. Sam Worthington plays Jake Sulley, a paralyzed ex-marine who is sent to a new planet called Pandora to participate in a program that is meant to learn more about the inhabitants of the planet. ... Read more »
Holding On To Hope For Haiti
Kelsey Tanouye
January 26, 2010
Better times are a figment of the imagination. Remnants of home are nothing but memories for most. For some, to even dare to say that the current situation in Haiti is bad would be one of the biggest understatements of recent years. When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the area near Haiti’s capital,... Read more »
Next Stop…States?
Tevin Togami
January 25, 2010
At the beginning of the 2009-10 varsity basketball season, the team’s main goal was to make it to the state tournament. At the beginning of the season, the team traveled to Kauai in December to participate in the 5th Annual Kapa’a Tournament. They also held the First Annual Le Jardin Invitational... Read more »
January Birthdays
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January 22, 2010
Ryan Chun: January 18th Kelly Connors: January 17th Brett Fischer: January 21st Tanner Gillespie: January 1st Taylor Gray: January 31st Tara Hashimoto: January 6th Josh Iguina: January 1st Larisa Ing: January 30th Eli Jennings: January 10th Travis Kane: January 15th Josh Kava: January 25th Joey Kiser:... Read more »
Those suffering from microphobia, read with caution
January 20, 2010
The world is being taken over, in a small way. As larger and more impressive testaments to our time sprout up all over the globe, the devices and gadgets we interact with every day are getting smaller and smaller. Everything is getting smaller – from cars to cell phones – and there is no... Read more »
How to Stick to Your New Years Resolution
January 15, 2010
Along with New Year’s come many things. It brings people a fresh start; an excuse to change something. It brings new opportunities and many expectations. It also comes with fireworks, and a new number to write as the date on the top of all your papers… but one of the most important things... Read more »
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Tori Wilcox, Staff Writer
January 14, 2010
The Secret Life of the American Teenageris a fantastic television show that appeals to all ages. It is a dramatic and intriguing show that has become addicting. The Secret Life of the American Teenager aired its first episode on July 1, 2008 on ABC family. It was created by Brenda Hampton and by... Read more »
Ten Things You Should Know About World Geography
Alexander Shiarella, Editor in Chief
January 13, 2010
Around 150 BCE, the Greek scholar Crates of Mallus created the earliest known globe of the Earth. After all these years, what has humanity learned about this planet we live on? Well, we spend our elementary school years memorizing irrelevant U.S. state capitals only to later call continents, countries... Read more »
Doggie Paddlers
January 13, 2010
Dedicated paddlers rejoice as Le Jardin Academy premieres it’s first High School paddling team featuring a Varsity and Junior Varsity boy’s crew and a Female varsity crew. It seems remarkable that the birth of paddling at Le Jardin was conceived by two avid paddlers with only a piece of paper, a... Read more »