This past Thursday, I attended Kahuku High & Intermediate School's graduation ceremony for the Class of 2007. I was totally initiated! Like many other things I'm experiencing in Hawaii, it was a unique mix of Western and Polynesian. Students wore the traditional gown and mortarboard, but the ceremony included singing, dancing, and Polynesian drumming. Afterwards, parents set up tents outside the gym with lavish buffet tables of traditional Hawaiian food. No graduate left for the evening without a lei around his or her neck - and more likely they left with five or ten. Among the graduates were seven students of the ELL program. Yay! Check out the pics of the evening, but don't miss video of the unique dance performance by the ENTIRE senior class.
Saturday, June 02, 2007
High School Graduation - Kahuku Style
This past Thursday, I attended Kahuku High & Intermediate School's graduation ceremony for the Class of 2007. I was totally initiated! Like many other things I'm experiencing in Hawaii, it was a unique mix of Western and Polynesian. Students wore the traditional gown and mortarboard, but the ceremony included singing, dancing, and Polynesian drumming. Afterwards, parents set up tents outside the gym with lavish buffet tables of traditional Hawaiian food. No graduate left for the evening without a lei around his or her neck - and more likely they left with five or ten. Among the graduates were seven students of the ELL program. Yay! Check out the pics of the evening, but don't miss video of the unique dance performance by the ENTIRE senior class.
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Graduation looks like more fun than Ladue.
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