5/21/21: Blaise Swartwood competed against the very best of STEM students across the globe in this year's virtual International Science and Engineering Fair. Through his hard work and brilliance, he was awarded the Third Award (of $1000) in the category of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics with his project "High Accuracy Classification of Myopathy Electromyography Signals Using a ResNet50 Neural Network".
5/1/21: The Mililani Army JROTC Pacific Drill Championships were held on April 30, and the Mililani High Trojan Battalion won the overall Drill Meet. This competition was against 27 other JROTC Programs (Navy, Air Force, USMC, and Army) from all islands and the Hawaii Youth Challenge Academy.
4/30/21: Teacher Charlie Buenafe and student Armaan Needles will represent Hawaii this summer at the second annual Sacrifice for Freedom: World War II in the Pacific Student & Teacher Institute. Needles and Buenafe make up one of only 16 teams from across the country. You can read about the complete story here:
https://buff.ly/2P5MtdV
4/27/21: Mililani High Librarian Betty Arai received the 2021 Golden Key Award for the Hawaii Association of School Librarians. The Golden Key Award was established in 1979 to recognize a school librarian who has made significant professional contributions to the profession in Hawaii and given notable service to the organization.
https://haslhawaii.weebly.com/awards.html
4/26/21: Hawaii History Day State Winners & National Qualifiers
PROJECT FINALIST
1st Place Senior Paper: Tokyo Rose and the American Media: Communicating Nationalism
Student: Annabelle Ink (National Qualifier) Teacher: Jason Duncan
2nd Place Senior Paper: 1891 Lynching of Italians: How Newspapers Communicated a Negative Understanding of Immigrants
Student: Kyle Walker (National Qualifier) Teacher: Jason Duncan
1st Place Senior Group Website: Easing Disease: The Communication of Louis Pasteur’s Revolutionary Discoveries that Facilitated the Understand of Germ Theory https://98059612.NHDWebCentral.org
Student: Breanne Acoba & Brielle Acoba (National Qualifiers) Teacher: Jason Duncan
2nd Place Senior Group Website: Cracked Communication: The Secret Doe Breaking Woman https://75845470.nhdwebcentral.org/
Student: Erin Hikiji & Emmeline Ink (National Qualifiers) Teacher: Jason Duncan & Sean Wagner
1st Place Senior Individual Website: Communication During the Suez Crisis: The United Nations Use of Diplomacy to Foster Understanding & Peace https://48794674.nhdwebcentral.org/
Student: Ty Wakahiro (National Qualifier) Teacher: Kim Lauzon
2nd Place Senior Individual Documentary: Mary Kawena Pukui Communicates Endangered Hawaiian Language and Cultural Practices for Future Understanding and Revival https://www.wevideo.com/view/2130447605
Student: Mandy Kim-Fu (National Qualifier) Teacher: Amy Boehning
3rd Place Senior Group Documentary: Dr. Seuss: Communication through WWII Propaganda to Children’s Books https://www.wevideo.com/view/2130477201
Student: Willow Otaka & Kiana Burnette Teacher: Jason Duncan
1st Place Senior Individual Performance: Mathew Brady: Communication Through Photojournalism and the Comprehension of War https://www.wevideo.com/view/2132032281
Student: Yasmine Mustafa (National Qualifier) Teacher: Jason Duncan
2nd Place Senior Individual Performance: Communicating the Horrors of War: Understanding Walter Cronkite’s Vietnam Broadcasts https://www.wevideo.com/view/2051938694
Student: Veronica Guiney (National Qualifier) Teacher: Jason Duncan
3rd Place Senior Individual Performance: The Communication of the Camp David Accords and Middle Eastern Politics https://www.wevideo.com/view/2132181828
Student: Armaan Needles Teacher: Jason Duncan & Amy Boehning
1st Place Senior Group Performance: Patsy Mink: The Understanding of the Communication Against Sex Discrimination in Educational Programs https://www.wevideo.com/view/2131437760
Student: Quincy Coullahan & Jasmine Smith (National Qualifiers) Teacher: Genevieve Matsumura
2nd Place Senior Group Performance: Shakespeare and Communicating Through Four Centuries: Interpreting Messages https://www.wevideo.com/view/2130705685
Student: Samatha Ito & Kyle Corley (National Qualifiers) Teacher: Genevieve Matsumura
3rd Place Senior Group Performance: The Communication of Women's Rights at the Seneca Falls Convention https://www.wevideo.com/view/2130713773
Student: Krystal Luna & Alyssa Lamarca (National Qualifiers) Teacher: Jason Duncan
4/20/21: FCCLA Medalists this School Year
Entrepreneurship - Kassandra Morse - Gold Medal
Baking & Pastry - Joshua Ishizaka - Silver Medal
Baking & Pastry - Maria Bongiorno - Bronze Medal
Baking & Pastry - Zain Sasaki - Bronze Medal
4/19/21: 2021 Virtual Hawaii Science and Engineering Fair Results
- Ashlynn Carney– 2nd Place Earth & Environmental Sciences category, $500 Alexander & Baldwin award, $100 Hawaii Association of Environmental Professionals award, NOAA Senior Honorable Mention
- Kai Roshto – 2nd Place Environmental Engineering category, $1000 McInerny Scholarship award, $250 American Water Works Association award, $100 Hawaii Water Environment Association award
- Makoa DeAlmeida - $200 American Water Works Association
- Jacqueline Kirkpatrick – 25 Exemplary Chemistry Project, $100 2021 Regional Stockholm Junior Water Prize, $100 Hawaii Water Environment Association award
- Aaron Ross - $50 Illumination Engineering Society award
- Colby Suzuki – 2nd Place Energy Sustainable Materials & Design, $50 Illumination Engineering Society award
- Blaise Swartwood – 2nd Place Translational Medicine category, $600 National Security Agency award, $500 Queen’s Health Systems award
- Alexis Dimaya – 2nd Place Biochemistry category
- Teah Takahata – 2nd Place Plant Sciences category; was chosen for the Top 16 Finalist projects
Other participants: Ariel Woodman, Collin Horiuchi, Trevan Murakami, Jaelyn Tang, Kylie Onizuka
4/19/21: Mililani Winterguard places in the top 10 as a Finalist in the Scholastic Open Division at this year's WGI Virtual Championships with the program "Turn to Stone." Students involved include: Adriana Bulay, Aiden Miarecki, Alyssa Rabanal, Amber Tamondong, Anthony Tom, Caitlyn Aoki, Denali Dealmeida, Elizabeth Yoshino, Isabella Gismundo-Hook, Jade McMillan-Chau, Jaden Mattison, Jenna Kim, Maria Bongiorno, Paige Thomas, Rory Pasion, Rylie Wakamoto, Shaina Souza, Tasha Amhara, Taylor Navares
3/30/21: SkillsUSA Medalists this School Year
Internetworking - Ethan Ibanez - Gold
Internetworking - Micah Nishihara - Silver
Mobile Robotics - Zachary Boston & Mark Budiao - Gold
Mobile Robotics - Jade Engstrom & Korie Takamoto - Silver
Television Production - Elizabeth Johnson & Kobelyn Guerrero - Gold
3/22/21: Japan Wizards Winners: Eugene Kim, Kamryn Lapinid, and Keenan Yoshizawa won the public school division and a trip to Japan.
2/19/21: DECA Medalists @ CTSO this year
Trophy Winners and National Qualifiers:
Financial Services Annabelle Ink & Kirah Evile - 1st Place
Travel & Tourism Evelyn Carillo-Cobian & Zoey Vinoray - 2nd Place
Sports & Entertainment Marketing Jaime Cortez & Ila Nako - 2nd Place Written Exam Top Score
Entrepreneurship Isaiah Nabea - 1st Place Financial Services Annabelle Ink - 1st Place Finalist-Medallion Winners (top 4-6 in each competitive category)
Retail Merchandising Isaiah Nabea
Entrepreneurship Aaron Komatsu
Financial Services Annabelle Ink & Kirah Evile
Travel & Tourism Evelyn Carillo-Cobian & Zoey Vinoray Rain Hashimoto & Elise Norris Emma Pratt & Ariel Woodman
Sports & Entertainment Marketing Jaime Cortez & Ila Nako Armaan Needles & Ivan Lee
2/16/21: 58th Annual Scholastic Art Awards Contest
Gold Key (4 awards)
- Aaron Iha Gr. 12 Photography 3 (2x)
- Tiare Tonaki Gr. 12 Photography 4
- Storey Welch Gr. 11 Photography 3
Silver Key (8 awards)
- Tanner Aoki Gr. 11 Photography 3
- Makoa DeAlmeida Gr. 12 Photography 2
- Sharlynn Lactaoen Gr. 11 Photography 3
- Michael Rayray Gr. 11 Photography 3 (2x)
- Tiare Tonaki Gr. 12 Photography 4 (2x)
- Storey Welch Gr. 11 Photography 3
12/20/20: Two chemistry students, Noelle Shimabukuro and YeLyn Won, took first and second place, respectively, in their interpretation of the theme "Sticking with Chemistry" via illustrated poems submitted to the American Chemical Society, Hawaii Section.
10/22/20:
152 Mililani students who were awarded one of the AP Scholar awards Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams, 8 students earned the AP Capstone Diploma granted to students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research and on 4 additional AP Exams of their choosing and 4 Mililani students earned the AP National Scholar Award granted to students who average at least a score of 4 in all the AP exams they take and score 4 or more in at least 8 of these exams.
- Cameron Frey, 4.55 average score, 11 AP exams taken
- Hayley R. LaBonte, 4.33 average score, 9 AP exams taken
- Emmett K. Miyahara, 4.7 average score, 10 AP exams taken
- Brea A. Swartwood, 4.67 average score, 12 AP exams taken.