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Next, on HIKI NŌ, stories from across our island chain.
Closing in on the century mark, a Kaua'i taro farmer still works the land, rain or shine.
Even if it rains, I still work eight hours a day.
I am good at my age of ninety-eight.
Plus, a successful ocean photographer gives back to the community and the environment.
Learn how to properly assemble a fashion accessory that, once strictly for men, is now embraced
by women as well.
See how women are also embracing and excelling in STEM.
Learn what makes a single dad bodybuilder tick.
And find out how a mother appreciates her son's musical performances, even though she
can't hear them.
You'll also learn about some of the special trees that adorn the schools in this episode
of the nation's first statewide student news network, HIKI NŌ!
Can do!
We're here on the campus of Kapa'a Middle School in the eastern district of Kaua'i.
I'm under one of the many beautiful trees on our school campus.
This tree is a puakenikeni tree, locally known for its fragrant
scent and long-lasting flowers.
Most commonly used to make lei, puakenikeni translates to ten-cent
flower, referring to the price of the lei made from puakenikeni flowers in the past.
On our campus, you will often see students with these flowers
displayed in their hair, spreading the exotic scent and a beautiful
appearance.
Our first story from the students of Kapa'a Middle School features a dedicated taro farmer
from Kaua'i's north shore of Hanalei, Mr. Ishikawa, who
has been spreading his agricultural knowledge for nearly an
entire century.
Even if it rains, I still work eight hours a day.
I am good at my age of ninety-eight.
At ninety-eight years old, Mr. Kinichi Ishikawa spends his days loving and caring for the
taro fields on Kaua'i's north shore.
I'm just a plain farmer, working eight hours a day and until now, I haven't changed too
much.
For Mr. Ishikawa, farming isn't just a job.
It's a lifelong passion, and a longtime home.
He's been providing for himself and others on Waikoko
Farms since he was a boy.
I've been living all by myself since I was fourteen years old.
I've never depend on anybody.
I did everything on my own to make a living.
Mr. Ishikawa's agricultural knowledge and nurturing character greatly influences those
around him, including the farms' owners.
He has taught me how to cook taro his way, which is by boiling it a long time, all day.
He has taught me how to pull taro.
He's taught me how to weed taro patches.
He has taught me how to open a jabong with a sharp knife.
Mr. Ishikawa took a break from farming to serve in the 442nd Battalion during World
War II.
But he eventually returned to Hanalei and his love
of agriculture.
That love endured through the decades, even as his hometown transformed with an influx
of development and technology.
Most of the companies, they hire all the educated people, more than just the high school graduates.
In my case, I just went to grammar school, that's
all.
I never went to high school.
Despite a lack of formal education, Mr. Ishikawa stays true to the values and lessons cultivated
from life on the farm.
He's taught me about long-term planning.
The decisions that I make today don't just impact what
happens tomorrow, but it impacts a week from now, a year from now, and twenty years from
now.
And I always feel like when I'm around Kinichi,
I always leave enriched, and I always leave with more than I
came.
Family always comes first, family is most important.
And hard work is good for you, and will make you
live longer.
Humble and hardworking, Mr. Ishikawa says he'll continue to care for the land and the
people around him, no matter what.
See, the branch is facing that way, so you've got to pull it away from the branch.
M-hm.
This one is fresh.
Thank you.
This is Ella Beck from Kapa'a Middle School, for HIKI NŌ.
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We're here on the campus of Saint Francis School in the Manoa District of the island
of O'ahu.
Behind me is the most significant tree on our campus.
It is located in the prestigious senior courtyard.
This keawe tree has been on these grounds for decades.
In the early 1930s, the Sisters of Saint Francis held
prayer sessions around this tree to decide if they should purchase the land, build a
school and a retirement home for the Sisters.
This tree is also dedicated to Auntie Maiki Aiu Lake, a graduate of Saint Francis
School in the 1940s.
She is one of the most recognized kumu hula of the 20th century.
She trained many of the most respected kumu hula who teach
and practice today.
Auntie Maiki is known as the mother of the Hawaiian renaissance.
Our next story by the HIKI NŌ students at Saint Francis is about a professional photographer
who created his own organization to inspire youth artists
with his passion.
When I moved to Hawaii and started doing ocean photography, I bought my first housing, I
just absolutely fell in love with it, and have
never looked back.
It's just been the biggest part of my art now.
The saying goes: Pictures are worth a thousand words.
For Honolulu-based professional ocean photographer and artist Greg Champion, pictures
are much more than words.
They're his passion.
If I have a choice between going surfing now or just driving over to Sandy's and take some
pictures of the waves, I'm going to Sandy's all the time.
It's really just kinda taken over all the passion that I have for
photography.
Along his photographic journey, Greg started a local nonprofit organization called Decency,
which provides funding and guidance for local youth
photographers.
Decency started as a way for me to sell my art, and then has slowly grown into a pretty
cool organization that focuses on cultural sustainability efforts.
I slowly evolved that into partnering with local nonprofits
like Sustainable Coastlines Hawai'i, and becoming brand ambassadors for them to where I can
raise money through art sales, and just donate it
to them for a good cause.
Now, we're actually fully focusing on the youth artists.
I want to create sort of more networks for the sport or the art itself, and it starts
with some of these youth artists that we work with
and help them along the way, sort of passing the baton.
In addition to having an eye for photography, Greg also sees what the arts can do for people's
lives.
It gives him purpose, knowing that his passion
is bringing meaning to those who appreciate his work and
giving way to something that goes beyond pictures.
Decency means the world to me.
My family is extremely supportive of my passion, especially for
photography, but as well as for Decency.
And it's a lot of time commitment.
I get up at 5 a.m., and I'm going out to the beach and I'm gone for quite
a bit, editing film late into the night.
I think people underestimate how much work actually goes
into starting an organization.
But then, opportunities come up, and one minute you're just so tired and
you want to give up.
The next day, something great happens, and you're doing some really cool cause or
you're out working with other community members and
you're just driving your organization, like Decency, to the next level, and it's just
super-rewarding.
Nothing worth having comes without effort and hard work.
Greg Champion's long days and late nights for him are worth the legacy he wants to leave
behind long after he captures his last wave.
This is Ciara Ratum from Saint Francis School, for HIKI
NŌ.
We're here on the campus of Lahaina Intermediate School in the Canoe District of Maui.
Next to me is the most famous tree at our school.
This tree is commonly called the Hong Kong Orchid.
It was planted as a memorial for Ms. Pollyann Van Zweden,
who was a social studies teacher at our school.
Mr. Hayase, our school counselor, describes her as a friendly,
caring, helpful and kind woman.
On May 31, 1996, Ms. Van Zweden died in a five-car collision caused
by a drunk driver.
Many of her students and co-workers went to her funeral.
She was loved by many.
There is a memorial plaque on a rock next to her tree as a
reminder of what a special person she was.
Now, two of the students in our media production class have produced the following franchise
piece showing how to tie a necktie.
Over time, fashion evolves.
Traditionally, a necktie has been a male accessory.
But lately, it has grown popular with women.
Obviously, wearing a tie requires knowing how to tie one.
But don't get frustrated, because we will teach you.
Here is a Windsor Knot.
To tie a Windsor Knot, place the tie over your neck like this.
The wider side should be twice as long as the smaller side.
Then cross the wide side over the small side, while keeping it
close to your neck, and fold under and over.
Next, you have to twist the part you've just folded over around the shorter side of the
tie, then fold over and tighten.
You would then repeat an earlier step of folding the wider piece around and over the main knot.
Don't forget to keep it loose.
It should look like this.
After that, have the wider piece go through the part of the knot that you just folded
around.
To tighten the tie, pull down the skinnier end while holding
the knot.
And there you go!
You've just tied a Windsor knot.
Good job!
This is Taryn Cabingas from Lahaina Intermediate School, for HIKI NŌ.
From women in neckties, we take you to women in welding masks, as Maui High School reports
on how female students are breaking through gender
bias career stereotypes.
[INDISTINCT]
[CHUCKLE]
Sophomore Bristyl Dempsey really enjoys school, especially when it comes to her friends.
[INDISTINCT]
But this fifteen-year-old has a special fiery skill up in her sleeves ... welding.
I first started out welding because all the other boys were doing it, and it sounded like
something not a lot of people could do.
As I started learning how to weld, it became a passion, and it really grew on me.
This passion led her to become the only female welder for Maui High School's robotics team.
To be the only female welder is pretty intimidating at times.
But her fear does not stop her from making an impression.
She's a perfectionist and she's very tenacious in doing things the right way -- and correctly.
She doesn't accept anything other than her best.
Bristyl shows a great deal of perseverance and grit by scorching the stereotypes.
However, many girls have difficulty overcoming their insecurities
to take part in a STEM-related field.
Conceptions still exist in our society in which people think girls shouldn't play with
power tools, girls should only play with dolls.
These attitudes hinder the opportunities for girls to have hands-on exposure
to tools, playing with blocks, all opportunities to help develop their spatial awareness, a
skill that's critical in many STEM careers.
Having role models of women currently working in STEM jobs can also have a huge positive
effect.
Having positive role models and more exposure to STEM will help build girls' self-confidence
in their potential and in their abilities.
Adding gender diversity also leads to an increase in creativity.
I think diversity in any field is important, whether it's STEM, whether it's in politics,
whether it's in business.
Why?
Because when a field of endeavor brings a lot of people with diverse backgrounds and
information, I think that leads to more creativity, more dialogue, more progress.
That's how I look at it.
And frankly, diversity represents our country.
Clearly, Hawai'i, we're very diverse.
Leads to a much richer experience for everyone who participates.
According to a University of Maryland and Columbia Business joint study, gender diversity
at the management level leads to a $42 million increase
in value of S&P 500 firms.
Women could do anything they want and we gotta keep telling our future generations and our
kids -- and our little sisters and our older sisters that.
That way, more women won't be afraid or discouraged to join
STEM.
This is Axl Daguio from Maui High School, for HIKI NŌ.
We're here on the campus of H.P. Baldwin High School in Wailuku, Maui.
In the center of campus is the historic banyan tree.
It is over sixty years old and predates most of the buildings on campus.
It is also over three stories tall and covers an area
of about half an acre.
Our next story from HIKI NŌ students at H.P. Baldwin High School is about a teacher who
is also a professional bodybuilder, who tries to inspire
others to achieve their dreams.
I'm a teacher.
I've been here at Baldwin High School for the past fourteen years, teaching in the travel
academy for the past ten or eleven years.
And lastly, I got back into bodybuilding.
Sometimes, the most inspiring people come from unexpected places.
Being the academy teacher here at Baldwin High School, that requires a lot of time for
me outside of class, as well as planning trips, fundraisers,
activities.
Being a single parent, one of the obstacles I had to
overcome was making the time commitment that you need to have in order to be successful
at bodybuilding.
In high school, I was super skinny.
I graduated in '98 at a hundred thirty-five pounds.
So, when I got to that age where I could start
lifting, and seeing the difference it could make in my life, it was
more for, I guess, my protection.
So, I just tried it, and kinda fell in love with the sport.
So, off-season is when you train and you try to do heavy, and you're trying to build more
muscles, so you're not worried about the cuts, you're
not worried about how you look in front of the mirror
necessarily.
You're just trying to put on as much muscle as you can where you need it.
And then, when you're in-season, that's when you start dieting,
you start doing more cardio, and then you can start seeing
the shape come in.
My meals consist of chicken, tuna, eggs, brown rice, vegetables, protein drinks.
For the mental aspect of bodybuilding, going in for a workout, you
know, you gotta mentally prepare what you're gonna get done.
But then, when you're on a diet, you have no energy, but yet, you're thinking to yourself,
the other guy that's gonna be standing next to you on stage
is working out right now, and he's getting better than you.
One of Toda's most recent accomplishments was at the 2016 Ka Po I Ka Po'okela competition,
where he placed first and took the title of overall
bodybuilding champion.
Balancing my time was definitely one of the harder things for me to do as a single parent.
It being one of my goals from my past, something that I really
wanted to get back into and kinda to show my kids that if
you have the goal, just do whatever you can to get to it, and it can become true.
As Travis continues his bodybuilding journey, he finds ways to inspire those around him.
So, in the future, I really look forward to helping many students or especially my children
achieve any goals that they might have.
If it comes to bodybuilding, my son will be awesome.
This is Kalila Philips from H.P. Baldwin High School, for HIKI NŌ.
Aloha.
Welcome to Nānākuli High and Intermediate School, the home of the Golden Hawks, located
on the Leeward Coast on the island of O'ahu.
Behind me is the most famous tree at our school.
The Tree of Knowledge is a sculpture made out of bronze
and copper, created by artist Satoru Abe.
The sculpture, designed in 1971, represents the graduating
seniors leaving their knowledge behind for the
underclassmen.
During the school year, the tree remains bare, with no leaves or flowers.
But on graduation day, the graduating seniors, after
their ceremony, walk up to A Building from the football field
and place their leis and flowers on the tree.
Today, every year, seniors still put leis and flowers on the
tree on graduation day.
It still serves as a reminder of the wisdom that past students have left behind for
the future generations on The Tree of Knowledge.
Our story from Nānākuli High and Intermediate School focuses on a student whose passion
is music and performing arts, but that cannot be shared
with his number one supporter.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
For Nānākuli High and Intermediate School sophomore, Malachi Keohuloa has a life like
most students.
He goes to class, interacts with friends and does homework.
But his passion is the performing arts, where he spends ten hours after school a week with
the Nānākuli High and Intermediate School Performing Arts
Center.
[MUSIC]
However, Malachi cannot share that passion with his biggest supporter, his mother.
As his mother, Yvette Ibarra, is deaf.
I was born deaf.
While my mom was pregnant with me, she had German Measles Rubella, and so, when I
grew up, I was very positive about being deaf.
It wasn't a hardship.
For Malachi, joining the performing arts was a natural thing for him to do.
I realized that my son had a passion.
He really loves to dance.
He really loves music.
[MUSIC]
I'm just really fond of music, and I thought that maybe joining a performing arts center
would probably help me go more in depth with my passion for
music and dancing, singing, and now, I guess I like acting.
Some psychiatrists say that people [INDISTINCT].
I guess they're right.
I guess sometimes, it's a little disheartening when your deaf mother is in a crowd at your
show, and she can't hear a word you're saying or singing.
So, I guess you have to, like, really bring your emotions out
when you're on stage.
So, I just enjoy watching his performances.
Most of the time, I do understand, because it's all based on
expression, body language or the feeling.
And so, it's beautiful, and it touches my heart.
Their relationship is no different because of her disability.
I feel like you shouldn't treat your parent any different from other parents just because
they have a disability.
So, I don't treat my mom any different, but I do sometimes keep in mind that she's deaf.
But being deaf is like you can feel the world without hearing sound, and I feel the world
with my heart.
[SINGING]
This is Desiree Kanui from Nānākuli High and Intermediate School, for HIKI NŌ.
Stay tuned after the show to find out what students who worked on this story learned
from their HIKI NŌ experience.
Well, we've come to the end of this episode of HIKI NŌ.
Remember, all of these stories were written, shot and edited by students like us.
We hope you've enjoyed watching them, as much as we've enjoyed sharing them with you.
Stay tuned after the episode to find out what some students learned about working on the
show.
More proof that Hawaii's students HIKI NŌ ...
Can do!
[AFTER CREDITS, THE CAPTIONING CONTINUES FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEGMENT WITH
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS SHARING "WHAT I LEARNED."]
On the story "Silent Passion," I was the director, co-editor, writer and interpreter voice.
I was the camera person and the co-editor.
So "Silent Passion" is about Malachi Keoholua, who is a sophomore at Nānākuli High and
Intermediate School, and his passion is music and performing
arts.
But his mother, his number one supporter, is deaf.
I think the biggest challenge for the students was more in terms of integrating the feedback
from our mentor.
The HIKI NŌ process of working with a mentor, for our team, was a bit challenging at times
because in the beginning we would do like everything
she told us.
We would correct things, we would color correct, we would fix rough jump cuts or anything that
she would say.
But then sometimes I think we got a little confused.
We were like - wait, what did she say?
Does she mean this or this?
So it's kinda frustrating at times because it's like you feel like you did everything
she said, but then like she changes her mind.
So it's kinda like balancing out and trying to keep doing it until we get it right and
the story is at the strongest it can be.
It helped them to reflect because, to be honest, they didn't always agree with the feedback,
and we would have to have those hard discussions and try
to get them to step back and say, Okay, why do you think
she's asking you to do this?
How does it improve the story?
In the end, I think what she said did make our video a lot stronger.
We couldn't see it at times, but after we kind of did it and we kind of fixed what
she said we needed to fix, we watched it and said, Okay that
makes a lot more sense.
You have to keep trying to do things to get it right.
You can't just get things right on the first try.
You have to keep building it up to make it better.
One of the things I saw the students learn is this ownership.
Realizing even though they own the story, you know, having outside eyes give you feedback,
you need to kind of really take in those suggestions.
When I heard that our story was approved and it was done, I was really proud and I was
very happy because we had worked like three to four months
on it.
So hearing that it was finally approved made me
feel really proud that we accomplished it and we finished it.
That's what I love about this whole HIKI NŌ process.
It's real.
It's project-based.
It's not just for a teacher, but the skills they learn in producing
a video are skills that will carry them throughout their life.
[END] Hiki No 821
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