MidWeek West - Oct 19, 2022

FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 19, 2022
SHARING ALOHA
Rotary Club of ‘Ewa Beach spreads positivity within the community.
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COMMUNITY UPDATE
State Sen. Mike Gabbard provides news about West O‘ahu. SEE PAGE 6
West O‘ahu Teacher Makes A Difference
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READY, SET, EAT!
Wet’n’Wild Hawai‘i recently held its second annual banana lumpia eating contest, and this year’s winner is ‘Ewa Beach’s defending champion, Mario Wong (center), who ate a dozen banana lumpia in three minutes. Second place went to Shanlynn Sofa (right) of Wai‘anae, and Travis Purser of ‘Ewa Beach took third. PHOTO COURTESY WET’N’WILD HAWAI‘I
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way to a brighter future for students and teachers in the Campbell-Kapolei area and beyond.
BY ELLISE KAKAZU
wa resident Jessica Kato deserves a gold star of her own. The out- standing teacher is leading the
Kato has taught English since 2002 and undoubtedly made a great impact on stu- dents’ ability to read and write over the past two decades. But she took on a role in 2018 that allowed her to promote literacy on an- other level.
“I am the literacy resource teacher for the Campbell-Kapolei Complex Area, which means that I support all of our 18 schools’ literacy development, but my role with CLSD (Comprehensive Literacy State De- velopment) is a major portion of my job,” states Kato.
Her role as one of the literacy coordina- tors for the Campbell-Kapolei CLSD grant is a dream come true. According to Kato, the state Department of Education received close to $50 million dollars under the grant
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