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May 18 2012 Second Grade and the Human Spirit I had the chance to view a video produced by IPA teacher, Lori McGregor and some of our second grade students. (Grade two teachers are Darci...
May 10 2012 Declaring for Democracy Our busy lives too seldom afford us time to read provocative essays and reflect upon them unless that is central to our occupations. So I view...
May 3 2012 Titanic, the Metaphor Faithful readers might track my social life by charting topics about which I write. Often a musical performance or play stimulates active...
Apr 26 2012 Thoughts about Honor What follows is a portion of my remarks at the National Honor Society (NHS) Induction Ceremony held on April 23, 2012 at Island Pacific Academy...
Apr 20 2012 In the Beginning Creation stories reveal much about the way a group makes sense of the world and usually involve heroic first actors on that stage. Religious...
Apr 13 2012 Finishing What One Starts I have been actively involved in the accreditation of elementary and secondary schools in California and Hawaii for twenty years. I served six...
Apr 5 2012 Telling the Truth "You should always tell the truth. That way, you won't have to remember the story you made up." I remember that advice from some...
Mar 30 2012 Civility is Good Medicine I chortled at the pull-out quote in the March 5, 2012 Christian Science Monitor that reinforced, even lent some scientific credibility, to a...
Mar 16 2012 The Sound of Music Robert Sherman died a few weeks back. When I heard the news, I felt like I did when Charles Schulz, the creator of "Peanuts," passed...
Mar 9 2012 Passionate Workmanship What are the character traits that our students develop as a result of watching us as they grow up in our families and our school? An anecdote...
Mar 2 2012 New Ways of Thinking America cheered the courageous effort put forth by former Representative Gabrielle Giffords to recover from severe brain injury caused by a...
Feb 24 2012 It Depends upon your Perspective One day recently, I noted that at 7:48 a.m., cars waiting to drop off IPA students were backed up on to Haumea Street. By 7:55 a.m., there was a...
Feb 17 2012 In Praise of Presidents Monday is President's Day. When I was growing up, we had two school holidays in February honoring Presidents; on February 12 we celebrated...
Feb 10 2012 Transitions On my recent return trip from China, I chuckled when my Sprite, served by a United Airlines flight attendant, sat on a napkin with the phrase...
Feb 3 2012 Religious Literacy and IPA Recently I had the time to read a book given to me by Caprice Avis, IPA Class of 2011. Caprice is now majoring in religious studies at the...
Jan 27 2012 One Day at a Time “One day at a time” has become my mother’s mantra these days. You might recall that she is 91 years old, of lively mind but...
Jan 20 2012 Elect IPA The evening before the New Hampshire, IPA hosted the weekly meeting of the Rotary Club of Kapolei Sunset, the sponsor of our Interact Club....
Jan 13 2012 Memory and Remembrance Judy and I read books together. More often than not, this involves keeping a book in the car from which she reads snippets as long as the time...
Jan 6 2012 In Pursuit of Passions The other night, as we were cleaning up from dinner, Judy and I watched Leslie Wilcox’s PBS Hawaii show, “Long Story Short,”...
Dec 16 2011 Our Emotional Core On my way to a meeting downtown last week, I heard a story on the radio and some commentary. The story took place around this time of year but...
Dec 9 2011 From Where I Stand There is nothing quite like spending time in another culture to stimulate one’s thinking about point of view. Judy and I have been...
Dec 2 2011 The World in Which Our Children Will Live Last Sunday, In Shanghai, China, in a French-owned hotel, I watched the British Broadcasting Company report about the International Robotics...
Nov 23 2011 The Gift of Opportunity Last week, I wrote about giving happiness to others. Have you ever considered that the opportunity to give is a gift in itself? Stories about...
Nov 18 2011 In Celebration of Kupuna Next Wednesday, November 23, is Na Kupuna Day at IPA. The school hosts scores of men and women whose grandchildren and special young friends...
Nov 11 2011 The Price of Civilization The uniqueness of today’s date reminds me of the significance of the number eleven in the First World War. The armistice ending...