The Moanalua High School (MoHS) Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) invites you to spend a moonlit night in Moanalua at our 10thAnnual Kina‘ole Awards Banquet and Silent Auction to be held on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Honolulu Country Club. The Kina’ole Awards Banquet recognizes the outstanding contributions of individuals who have excelled both professionally and in service to our community.
Our 2014 honorees are Amy Stone Murai, a Supervisor of Clinical Research at Kaiser Permanente, who served over 15 years on the MoHS School Community Council and volunteered in numerous positions to help MoHS, Steven Onoue, MoHS Class of 1976, who served as President of the Moanalua Valley Community Association for 13 years as well as being active on the Moanalua Gardens Foundation Board and Moanalua Lions Club to name a few, and Senator Glenn Wakai, State Senator and pivotal supporter of MoHS who was key in getting funding for the new Music Building.
Our annual gala includes a dinner and silent auction, with proceeds providing supplementary funds for equipment, supplies and campus programs. In 2013, the PTSA was able to provide post-high school scholarships, teacher and staff appreciation gifts, student breakfast on the school’s unique ACT Testing day, training for MeneMAC students, sponsorship for the school’s excellent May Day assembly (by the Hawaiian Club), travel assistance for the various student clubs and organizations representing Hawaii in national competition on the mainland and much needed air conditioners for the hot classrooms.
About the Menehune Kina‘ole Award
Hawaiian lore attributes many great deeds to the legendary menehune, including the building of fishponds, roads, temples and other magnificent structures over the course of a single, miraculous moonlit night. From our first graduating class in 1975, Moanalua High School, like its nickname, has built an impressive tradition of excellence and service to the community in a short period of time.
To celebrate the accomplishments of its graduates, and to express our gratitude to community supporters and friends, Moanalua High School established the "Menehune Kina‘ole Award". The concept of kina‘ole is best described as "flawlessness" and this award honors one who has done the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason – the first time.
