School Year Wrap-Up

As we near the end of the 07-08 school year, it is important to salute the uniqueness of Mililani's CTE. What other high school in the state has grown their CTE program to levels reached at MHS.
- 158 seniors completing programs of studies
- Competition winners
- Innovative integrated classes
- Successful business & community partnerships
- Annual workshops that enrich and encourage
But how do you measure the success of a program? How do you continue the success of the past years into the future? Perhaps, all we can do is extend a whole-hearted invitation to join us next school year in one of our classes and see for yourself what the CTE experience can do for you.

Thank you, students and teachers for a great year and best wishes for an even better one next year!

Congratulations to 158 CTE Cord Seniors!

Follow your Career Pathway and get a graduation cord!

The Class of 2008 will have 158 seniors marching proudly at graduation ceremonies on June 1, 2008 wearing a CTE graduation cord. These students have successfully completed the 1st and 2nd program of study courses along with the required academic course. Many have completed 2 or even 3 programs of study during their 4 years in CTE classes.

Mililani's CTE department offers 20 programs of study to meet students' wide range of career interests.

Click on this checklist or call the CTE office at 627-7339 and start planning for your CTE graduation cord next year!

Mililani CTE Dominates in 2008

Congratulations to our students & teachers for the great effort in class and in competitions. We're so proud of you!

Click on the attached for a full listing of this year's CTE achievers.

Thank you for your support, Junior Achievement!

MHS business student, Shannen Hirata and teacher, Janise Kinoshita were speakers at the Junior Achievement dinner on Friday, March 7, 2008 at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Four distinguished laureates John de Mello, Joseph Ferraro, Peter Kim and Richard Ha were inducted into the Hall of Fame. But it was a toss-up as to who was more impressive behind the podium - the four honored businessmen or our two representatives from Mililani High School.
Great job, Shannen & Ms. Kinoshita!

Middle School Mentor Days

To help with the transition into high school, 75 eighth graders from the middle school, during the off-track periods, were hosted for a day on campus by a Career & Technical Education student. The CTE students were specially selected to match the course interests of their proteges and spent the day showing them how to navigate high school life.

KUPONO TRACK - Friday, April 25, 2008
LAULIMA TRACK - Friday, May 2, 2008
MALAMA TRACK – Thursday, May 15, 2008

"She talked to me as an equal... and made me feel important as a person" Laulima student

"It's hard, but not as stressful as I thought. High school's difficulty is based a lot on your decisions." Kupono student

"I felt I made a difference..." High School Mentor

"Watch who you hang out with... your friends have a heavy impact on you." High School Mentor

Thank you to our volunteer mentors!
And to the soon-to-be freshmen...see you soon!

AIGA Design LAB Workshop

"Get Out the Vote" was this years' topic for the AIGA Design LAB (Learn And Become) workshop on February 23 & 24. The 35 students attending the weekend workshop, hosted at Mililani High School, were hand-picked by graphic design teachers at seven schools - Mililani, Campbell, Kaimuki, Kapolei, Radford, Waialua and Waianae. For two days students worked closely with volunteer professional graphic designers to create thought-provoking posters that encourage participation in this year's elections. Posters and photos from the workshop can be seen at Ryan Hirata, MHS Alumni & AIGA facilitator's homepage.

http://homepage.mac.com/tactics.rh/LAB/

Thank you to all the AIGA volunteers, our sponsors, HonBlue/Electric Pencil and HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union and the students & teachers who spent all weekend LEARNING AND BECOMING.

Posters will be on display at Kahala Mall from Monday, May 19 - Sunday, May 25. Stop by to view the outstanding work of our student graphic designers.

Groundhog Job Shadow Day

On February 1, Mililani High School students left behind schoolwork for a day to experience the real, full-time business environment at host companies. Every first friday in February, National Groundhog Job Shadow day arrives. Students visit a wide range of businesses (from Pacific Beach Hotel to Coca Cola to Kapiolani Hospital) with their classes or parents, friends or relatives. This year, with the support of Junior Achievement, classes were able to visit State Farm Insurance, Hawaii Foodbank and River of Life Mission, Oceanit/Hoana Medical and Castle & Cooke Hawaii's new "green" self-storage building in Mililani Mauka. KHNL news coverage of the Castle & Cooke visit can be viewed online at http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=8195283

Thank you to State Farm Insurance, River of Life, Foodbank, Oceanit, Hoana Medical, Castle & Cooke Hawaii, Junior Achievement of Hawaii and all of the very supportive businesses for welcoming our students.