Academy Students Acknowledged at 2017 Olelo Youth Xchange

The Olelo Youth Xchange is Hawai'i's largest student video competition, this year boasting over 900 entries in 16 different general and sponsored categories. Sacred Hearts Academy's Jenelle Ho, '18, won the "Mini Documentary" category for her video "Taste the Waste" on how local businesses recycle food waste.

Meanwhile, Celine Arnobit, '18, and Academy seniors Ashley Lardizabal, '17, and Kailani Ablog, '17, were finalists in the "News" category for their story "Encouraging Conservation Among Hawai'i's Youth," on the IUCN News Congress.

Mahalo nui loa to Olelo, we are so grateful for the Youth Xchange competition which provides our students and students around the state the opportunity to share their voice through media!

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Girls On The Run 5K Fun Run

On Saturday, April 22^nd, the inaugural Sacred Hearts Academy Girls on the Run team and their “running buddy” parents successfully completed a 5K fun run, held at Wet ‘N Wild. 

The event involved over 500 participants from around Oahu and included fun activities such as a dance party, yoga, Zumba and the chance to cool off at Wet 'N Wild with free admission to the park after the run.

Eleven Academy girls from grades 3-5, alongside their coaches Carrie Knebel (JK Teacher), Fiona Hayashi (Lower School Counselor) and Riki Wong (Counseling Intern) spent the past 10 weeks training for the run, while also taking part in lessons that inspired the girls to become independent thinkers by teaching problem solving skills and healthy decision making.

Girls on the Run is an international non-profit organization, with over 200 locations across the USA and Canada. Its mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. 

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