Training for the Future with the JROTC

The Academy participates as a magnet school for the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs at Punahou School and Saint Louis School (SLS).  Academy students in the program meet with their counterparts on Wednesdays.  Under the guidance of Chief Warrant Officer 4 Heath Phillips and First Sergeant Jimmy Akuna, the female SLS cadets – who boast their own company called “Foxtrot” – fine-tune their leadership and physical fitness skills during practice drills, ceremony exercises and competition training.  The SLS cadets also engage in numerous community service events, including the annual Aloha Aina Recycling Drive and the Relay for Life benefitting the American Cancer Society.  The

Punahou program cadets, headed by Lt. Col. Robert Takao and Command Sergeant Major Gary Mobley, also engage in leadership, competition and drills training. This year, they have benefited from guest speakers, including active duty United States Navy SEALs; family members of the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment; and Lt. Col. (Ret.) David Pound, father of senior Cadet Hallie Pound, who shared his inspirations for serving in the United States Army and the ideals of “Duty, Honor and Country.” College Counselor Randy Fong remarked, “Military service after graduation is not a requirement for JROTC participation, and it is a valuable activity for college and scholarships consideration. I urge students to research the benefits of serving as a cadet.

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Sacred Hearts Academy Raises $10,700 for Aloha United Way

Aina Katsikas, Heather Maggini-Mackay, Cindy Adams, Remee Tam, Elyse Glaser.

The Academy was pleased to present  Executive Director of Aloha United Way, Cindy Adams, a check for $10,700 at the conclusion of  another successful fundraising campaign.

The Student Councils sponsored events such as Dress Up/Dress Down Day, and a Costume for A Cause Halloween activity in October. To add fun to the challenges, the high school also offered Teacher Fund Me challenges, which earned over $300.00 for Aloha United Way. The winning challenge, a dance performance done by the Spanish teachers Senor Rist and Senorita Cestare, was performed at the Halloween Pep Rally. In the meantime, the lower school raided their piggy banks for Coins for A Cause. The students also teamed with parents to sponsor a very successful Bake and snack sale which earned over $3,500 dollars.

Overall, it was a fundraising drive, and students noted that they enjoyed having a new variety of fundraising activities.

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Both CyberLancer Teams Progress to Gold Tier Competition

Friday's Team
Leeyannah Santos, Angelyn Tabalba, Kristen Tumacder, and Mary Kay Zhang

**1/15/15 CyberLancers Update: Our CyberLancers team will be hard at work on Saturday morning. The 6-hour Regional Round will keep them busy diagnosing and securing a Windows 8.1 machine, a Windows 2008 Server, an Ubuntu 12 machine, working a Cisco networking quiz, and building and being quizzed on networks through Packet Tracer. ** 

The CyberPatriot competition was conceived by the Air Force Association to inspire high school students toward careers in cybersecurity or other STEM fields. Practice rounds and qualification rounds ran from October through November, nationally. 

Both of our CyberLancer teams have made it to the Gold Tier of competition for the State. The State Round is a 6 hour competition with 3 computer images and a networking

Sunday's Team
Stephanie Chun, Chloe Huang, Janelle Inao, and Gaby Kim

quiz. The State Rounds will be held this week. Due to scheduling conflicts, the CyberLancers-Gold team must compete between 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, December 5th. Team members are Leeyannah Santos, Angelyn Tabalba, Kristen Tumacder, and Mary Kay Zhang. Our second team will be competing on Sunday, December 7, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Team members are Stephanie Chun, Chloe Huang, Janelle Inao, and Gaby Kim.

The teams have worked very hard to progress to this level. Let's support them through this weekend's State Rounds! 

For more information about the CyberPatriot Competition, visit their website: https://www.uscyberpatriot.org/competition/Competition-Overview/how-the-competition-works/. 

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Sacred Hearts Academy's Dance Department presents "The Nutcracker"

Celebrate with Sugar Plums and Mice! [11/18 Blog]

Maya and Jillian at KHON

The Dance Department has been busy rehearsing for this year's classic holiday performances of The Nutcracker. They have made appearances on KITV and KHON and have another appearance scheduled on Hawaii News Now. Tune into Hawaii News Now on Thursday, December 4, at approximately 8 AM to see Megan and Angel treat the viewers to a preview of Friday and Saturday evening's performances at Mamiya Theatre [Google Map].

Reserved seating is available at http://www.sacredhearts.org/tickets/.

Friday, December 5 at 7 PM
Saturday, December 6 at 6 PM 

Below is a clip from the KITV appearance.

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Leo Club at Liliha-Palama Christmas Parade

Leos and Lions began the Christmas season on Friday, Nov. 28 at the Liliha-Palama Christmas Parade. The parade, sponsored by the Kamehameha Lions Club, brought a lot of cheer to residents of the area and featured lion dances, dancing by Academy graduate Kaena Kekoa and her 'ohana, Santa, and a trolley full of Leos and Lions tossing candy to spectators. It was a wonderful night! The Sacred Hearts Academy Leos would like to wish everyone a safe, fun, and blessed holiday season!

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