MidWeek Central - June 30, 2021

FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 30, 2021
DRIVE FOR SUPPLIES
Wahiawā Lions Club will collect items for keiki in need during July events. SEE PAGE 5
CENTRAL SENSATION
A singer-songwriter from Mililani releases a single. SEE PAGE 7
Wahiawā School Seizes Opportunity
A PUBLICATION OF
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Students Trevor Wing (left) and Giovanni Fielder enjoy each other’s company at Ho‘ala School in Wahiawā. PHOTO COURTESY HO‘ALA SCHOOL
ABY DON ROBBINS
lthough this past year has been one of uncertainty for many across the globe, Ho‘ala School on California
Avenue in Wahiawā has successfully maneu- vered through it and come out on top.
The private school for students in kinder- garten through eighth grade and its families first tackled online virtual learning, then blended learning models, and finally in-per- son classes, explains director of marketing and admissions Darlene Dela Cruz.
“Every day, parents, students and teach- ers were also filled with certainty that while students are here, they are learning, they are heard, and they are cared for in a safe and stimulating environment,” Dela Cruz adds. “Students, parents and teachers have learned as they navigated the ups and downs of a pandemic, they’ve created new opportuni- ties to care for and nurture one another, to be more flexible, and to be extremely resilient.”
Dela Cruz shares that on one recent day, a Ho‘ala School kindergartener named Kaima- na poked his masked face out of the truck to
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