Seniors Angelyn Tabalba, Angelique Racpan, and Megan Garcia will be participating in the Distinguished Young Women (DYW) Scholarship Program to be held on February 8th at the Sacred Hearts Academy auditorium.
Distinguished Young Women of Hawaii is an official state preliminary of Distinguished Young Women, a national scholarship program that promotes and rewards scholarship, leadership and talent in young women. In addition to earning scholarships for college, those who participate in the Distinguished Young Women program develop friendships, self-confidence and other life skills that pave the way for future success.
A panel of five scholars, counselors, and others familiar with high school transcript evaluation review and score a participant's high school academic record and test scores.
Interview (25% of overall score)
Judges evaluate a participant's personality, her ability to relate to others, her maturity, and her ability to express herself during a 10 minute personal interview.
Scholastics (20% of overall score)
Talent (25% of overall score)
Judges evaluate a participant's performing arts talent during a 90 second presentation on-stage in front of an audience. Judges look for technical ability, appropriateness of selection, stage presence, and execution.
Fitness (15% of overall score)
Judges evaluate a participant's overall physical stamina, coordination, agility, and flexibility during a choreographed group aerobic routine. Each participant has an individual spotlight during the routine.
Self-Expression (15% of overall score)
Judges evaluate a participant's grace, poise, demeanor, carriage and posture, and speaking ability. The group segment incorporates movement about the stage. Each participant will speak on a topic provided.
State representatives from all 50 states will travel to the historic port city of Mobile, Alabama, for the 58th Annual Distinguished Young Women National Finals, June 25-27, 2015
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The Annual High School Solo & Ensemble Festival was held on Sunday, January
25, 2015, at the UH Music Department. Contestants perform music graded in 3
categories ranging from Grade I & II (easy-bronze), Grade III & IV (medium-silver),
and Grade V & VI (difficult-gold). Performances are scored and rated and qualified
contestants are awarded a medal with a red ribbon for an excellent performance,
and a blue ribbon for a superior performance. Winning a Red-Gold for their
excellent performance are Kelly Chong and Megan Backus, and winning a Blue-Gold
for her superior performance is Jiwoo Park!
