#Punahou School

Maui Health announced that Dr. Anna Eckart-Dodd, a dedicated Maui hospitalist, has been selected as the next Chief Medical Director for Maui Health.

ʻĪao United Church of Christ marks its 130th anniversary and celebrates the installation of its new minister on Sunday, April 27, 2025.

American Savings Bank awarded $135,000 to nine winning student teams as part of its seventh annual Bank for Education KeikiCo Business Plan Competition. Students in grades 3 through 12 submitted business plans for ideas that support Hawaiʻi’s resilience and growth, including sustainable bedding for the homeless and a device that prevents dehydration.

The Maui Arts & Cultural Center will host a free President’s Day concert featuring Hawai‘i Youth Symphony’s top orchestra, Youth Symphony I, on Monday, Feb. 17, at 4 p.m. in the Castle Theater. The event is open to the public, but pre-registration is required online.

Thirty-nine Hawaii students have earned nominations to US military service academies for the Class of 2029, announced US Sen. Mazie K. Hirono on Friday. The nominees will advance for consideration by each academy’s director of admissions.

Maui’s Chanel Higa, of H.P. Baldwin High School, and Harmony Powers, of Seabury Hall, were among 10 Hawaiʻi high school graduates to receive the Fukunaga Scholarship for the 2024-2025 academic year, announced the Fukunaga Scholarship Foundation on Monday.

US Congressman Ed Case (D-HI) announced the winners of his 2024 Congressional Art Competition during an awards ceremony at the Bishop Museum, where entries have been on public display.

Hawai‘i’s fourth Youth Poet Laureate designation was presented to Miya Peterson, a high school senior at O‘ahu’s Punahou School, during a live stream event at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Thursday.

The US military service academy nominees include two students from Maui: Kaleikaumaka Roback (Kamehameha Schools Maui) and Chandler Tumaneng (Baldwin High School and US Naval Academy Preparatory School).

US Senator Mazie K. Hirono of Hawaiʻi announced the nominations of Hawaiʻi students to the U.S. military service academies for the class of 2025. The academies now consider the students’ applications for final selections.

A bill has been introduced seeking the placement of historical markers, honoring significant Hawai‘i sites in the life of former President Barack Obama.

Maui High School won 4th place at the 26th Annual Hawaiʻi Science Bowl, competing with 20 teams representing 14 different high schools statewide.

Renny Richmond of Seabury Hall and Danielle Jefferies of Maui Prep Academy claimed gold medals at Saturday’s finals of the Hawaii High School State Swimming & Diving Championships.

A house committee is considering a resolution that would give President Barack Obama’s former Punahou apartment designation as a national historic place. Obama lived in the Punahou Circle apartment with his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, while attending the nearby Punahou School from 1971 to 1979. Dunham rented the 10th floor unit for 41 years before she […]

MAUI DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S SPECIAL GATHERING TO WATCH THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA There will be a number of celebrations on Maui on Tuesday to mark the inauguration Celebration for President-elect Barack Obama.  The Democratic Party of Maui begins the day with an inauguration viewing party at 6:30 a.m. at Charley’s Saloon & Restaurant in Paia.  Interested […]