Kamehameha High School - Ka Nai Aupuni Yearbook (Honolulu, HI)

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Aia i ka ulu Ia'au Ku kilakila ka '6hi'a Kohu like me ka pali i ka makani Pa'a pono i ka honua Ho'oheno ka 'ie 'ie i ka '6hi'a Like me ke keiki i ka makualiine Me ka 'olu o ka maile Ke 'ala puia o na akua Hiki mai ana na manu E inu i ka wai lehua O na pua i mohala 'ia :No ke ola ka 'ono. 'I 1 tw,-N. M , There in the ancient forest Stands the maiestic '6hi'a As a bulwark in the wind Anchored to mother earth. The 'ie 'ie caresses the '6hi'a Clinging like a child to its mother With the suppleness of the maile The permeating fragrance of the gods The birds light on the limbs To sip of the lehua nectar From the blossoming flowers Which provide sustenance essential for life. lehua Manic. Yellow Lehua. Plwomgraplwrf Karen Ka'upu.

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any times I took for granted the ings which are so preciousql if l iver realized how important they ere until they were gone and it was ne to leave them behind. Such is e case with being a senior. This rar I got to wear a silk lei for Ing Contest, sit on they floor area :ring Founcler's Day assembly, visit auna'aIa. and sit on the senior rnch. For threeyears l've waited idlsutfvived thellunderclasstltten I I rtures in order to finally becomeja LNIDR, and' now I'muslt'look'lforward a different future: college. a ' i ireer, a family. In August I , vuldn't believe I was asenior, in ctober the feeling started to sink y . by January, seniorityishitd over- I une me, and by May,fIwI1enQl,fwas ally getting into it, it lwoiilllhle go, Eorlever. No more greent no ore alllyouycan eat fries at 'Akahi, t more free Warrior ,gaifnesiort pep- semblies. no more battles 'for the -irit Spear el no mcirelkamehameha. :ter all the rush of senior I tivities, I finally got to sit down minute and settle everythingyin my nd. I had this urge to see the old l kahi again, so l walked down there rough the dorms. lt was locked: I f A ,dnft been there since its was turned' tola Continuing,lEducation,building e. I rremembereydg the, ice machine ri could envision what itfhad beelnjlf y V y y 'l116' inany iexfperien that always ran outof ice when I wasthirsty. the portrait of our Princess Pauahi above the flower tableil remembered putting up my campaigntpostyer on the walls Junior year. AlncI Aunty' Theresa sneaking us dessert, sitting down and telling us about her tamily.5She's gone now, too, Standing there alone, I thought I could actually see people walking down to the conveyer belt to empty their platesg It was kind of spooky after ajewhilei so I Ieft,,l began to wal,kyfan,dfended up ony the hill above AdIBqildl'yhgy. Thoughts of daysipastt asyatflfiwiqlittjeiiclasstttan ran through my headlgfl-s't homecomings, proms. Song C0l'l'I,E5f5'.'Vi3l2ljI'll1BS Dances. and especially'Sophomore yearLiAll the things lttahadwlooketl forwlarcl to and thought were so importantiwere now just memories. Imfnot ready. I y thought. I'm not ready to leave all the familiar sightsg rett sounds:-and' ' ' l1at1goutls,i.lfin still a sophomore at heartlfor threewot thefymost important Yl?Hfl5Jl6ff',l'l1Y- life, l've been hereg high above the rest of the city. Above the traffic. the city streetst catered Noland protected. What happens when I'm alone? Maybe l'll never see mygyfriends again. 5 What if I neyvertjfatne to Kamehameha at,3aII2y Wheytfggwouldyl be? I do V I iknbwl ithatifml 'waist here have iven YNY by 8 ces. lessons. v s ftnally