Ka Na Hou Maikai Newsletter-1st Quarter

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Open House
(continued from page 1)
Experienced teachers and staff know how crucial this
event can be, and on August 25th, they worked diligently
to make this night a success. Syllabi were on standby for
parents to peruse, and classrooms showcased the
students’ latest work or bulletin boards relevant to the
subjects being taught. Mrs. Mariano’s Choir performed
and flaunted their bell skills, and the Senior Praise Band
opened the evening by praising the Lord through songs.
All in all, the event was a success. When interviewed, parents appreciated the opportunity to
connect with the teachers, and especially with the new ones. Some commented on the school
setting and size as being a positive advantage to learning, and others, enjoyed Principal Denham’s
corny math jokes. One parent even “loved how it was very family oriented.”
An anonymous parent requested for the next school year that the school gets “a cafeteria with a
lunch program, and maybe change the outside building color to match the school ones.” Maybe
for next school year’s first impressions?
Lady Warriors SET up for success
By Charissa Bigornia
First Sports of the Season
Our Lady Warrior volleyball team won the first three games in the season. In these first few games,
we saw our hard work and commitment pay off. Our season started at the beginning of the
summer when Coach Tish called us to practice almost every morning. Those hard morning
practices were the ones that set the foundation for our team and helped us become disciplined.
They also helped our team grow into the tight knit family that we are. In our second game when
we tied with our opponents, Coach Tish encouraged us to work hard as if we wanted to win, and
because of this mindset, we were able to. We’re now seeing the rewards and hope to keep our
steady lead. This however is not something that we glory in ourselves. Giving all glory to God, we
are determined to play our best with good attitudes, and while having fun.
Aloha
Mrs. Lucas
By Noah Shon
Mrs. Lucas was born in the small town of La Ciotat
on the French Riviera (southern France), and spent
most of her upbringing on the beach. At the age of
16, she was sent to the United States for an entire
year, with the intent of learning English as she
aspired to be an English teacher. “Teaching was
always a passion. I remember getting a blackboard
from my grandmother and a box of chalk, and I
would spend many hours teaching my stuffed
animals how to read.”
Her trip to the United States proved to be fruitful,
and Mrs. Lucas graduated from the College of Aixen-Provence
with a Master’s in English. However,
her heart stayed in America, and in 2001, she
decided to go to the University of Utah where she
obtained a Masters’ of Arts in Teaching with English
and French as majors. There, she continued her
education, and finished her PhD. studies in Applied
Linguistics.
Before coming to Lanakila Baptist, Mrs. Lucas was a
college professor in Utah and San Diego. But after
teaching college for almost twenty years, she
moved to Hawaii, and joined our school staff to
teach World Lit, American Lit, English Lit, French 1,
French 2, and Journalism.
Although she has many years under her belt, Mrs.
Lucas admits that teaching in High School is a
different ball game. “I had to adjust to a different
level of maturity and change my academic
expectations a little bit. And the students had to
adjust to my teaching style and expectations as
well. It is a team effort.”
Mrs. Lucas has many hopes and goals for her
students this year, but her primary focus is to
prepare them academically for college.
Aloha
Mr. Lagua
By Charissa Bigornia
Mr. Lagua grew up and spent most of his life here
on Oahu. In 1989, he graduated from the Oregon
Institute of Technology, earned his Bachelor’s
degree in Mechanical Engineering, and immediately
started working as a Boeing engineer for Boeing’s
commercial division. “My passion for engineering
started when I was a young boy and I saw the jet
planes and I thought ‘that’s so awesome’”. His work
consisted of designing Boeing aircrafts’ interior
panels, from preliminary drawings to the finishing
product.
In 2017, however, God had a different plan in mind
for Mr Lagua, and called him to teach and share his
passion with the students of Lanakila Baptist High
School. Though he may be inexperienced in the
teaching field, he tries his best to share his
knowledge, and admits he is learning as he goes. “I
might not ‘hit it on the head’ but working and
teaching is two totally different things. Being a
teacher has more responsibility, because we are
training the children to be responsible adults.”
Mr. Lagua chose to teach at Lanakila Baptist for its
Christian foundation as it allows him the freedom to
pray. He hopes his students can learn as much as
they can this year, work on organization, be
courteous to teachers, and be prepared for future
classes.