Hello 'Ilima HAPPY WINTER BREAK 'ILIMA! With this being the last school week of 2024, I am jumping up an down in joy. To say we had a lot of work this week would be a LIE! The biggest thing we had this week was a simple science test and crossword puzzles. Besides that, it was all free time and I was really soaking in the last couple days of school. But the only thing that was going to throw a wrench into my otherwise peaceful week would be the Winter Fair. On the last day of school, all of Leadership was preparing the A101 booth. We would be selling spam bowls, fried noodles, ice cream, and drinks. During my Leadership period, me and the rest of the period had to set up the outside tables and assist in making the food. Things went smoothly and once we were done with everything, we got to watch Mr. Ing make fried noodles. Their was a very distinct process where he first add the vegetables and spam. Then we would add the fried noodles and flavor packets. I couldn't give justi...

 Hello 'Ilima Man, so much has happened. This second quarter has felt like one of the longest periods of time in my whole life. I have a couple of explanations for this later on but for on, let’s do the big recap of this quarter. There was a ton of different events that went on during this quarter. We had the last couple Family Nites, the first Recognition Night, a lot of ISA Events, a bunch of Intramurals, and the first Talent Show in years. If I were to rank these events, 1. Playable ISAs (Cornhole and Bowling), 2. Talent Show, 3. Recognition Night, 4. Family Nite, 5. Boys Volleyball and Girls Basketball, 6. Intramurals (Cornhole and Turkey Trot). Starting with the bottom, we find the two intramurals. Now, this ranking is more about one than the other. Turkey Trot was pretty decent. Cornhole, however, is a totally different story. To illustrate what I would otherwise rant about, would you rather spend 1 hour outside doing something that nobody involved wants to do or literally an...

Hello 'Ilima What's up bowlers and ballers! One more week of school left and I couldn't be more excited! During this week of school, we had two big events. The first of these was the 8-3 Field Trip which was on Wednesday. We were going to Pearl Harbor to learn about the different submarines and the history behind them. Arriving at Pearl Harbor, all of 8-3 was brought to a circle full of chairs where some adults explained what we would be doing. We were then divided into groups and sent out to the museum. My group began by listening to some people who were running booths. The first one was from a guy explaining how you can clean saltwater. The other booth had a submarine model that was in a tank that would fill up with water. It was pretty cool to see and there was other cool exhibits inside the museum. Our group then went to the USS Bowfin and we got to actually walk in and explore the ship. It was so awesome seeing so many antiques and exhibitions of the past. We got to se...

 Hello 'Ilima We are entering the homestretch! Just two more weeks of school before winter break and I couldn’t be more excited. I am tired and exhausted, but let’s cover what has happened this week. The biggest thing from this week was the first talent show in 7 years. We were finally able to get enough people to sign up and there was many preparations to the show. I’m pretty sure I mentioned this in an earlier blog but I had helped set up a group’s equipment a couple weeks ago. On the night of the talent show, the different contestants were given some time to practice what they were going to be doing. The variety of talents weren’t that diverse, mainly singing and dancing, but the performers did a really good job in their own ways. My favorite performances would have to be Blackout and Riselle’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea performance. Blackout was the band of 7th graders and they played 3 songs, Everlong, 505, and a third one that I forgot. They did really good and I especiall...

 Hello 'Ilima HAPPY 50 BLOGS!!! This has been a long time coming and I have grown so much over the course of these blogs. My format has changed, my style has changed, and so much more. I am so grateful for all the people who read this and I can't wait for the future milestones. This week of school was shortened because of the Harvest Banquet but it still had some stuff to it. The biggest event from this week was the Turkey Trot. For this year, there was no race because apparently kids were getting hurt. My job was also different this year as I was helping with attendance and not being a human cone. A decent amount of classes came and they were mostly behaved well. I brought my pilgrim hat from last year just to bring some holiday spirit. Another thing from this week was the evacuation drill. We had learned a bit about the evacuation the week beforehand and Monday was the day of the drill. I actually didn't know it was gonna happen Monday, and I especially didn't expect ...