Principals of two local elementary schools were delighted to learn their schools will receive a blooming orchid every month of the school year from the Hilo Orchid Society.
Principals of two local elementary schools were delighted to learn their schools will receive a blooming orchid every month of the school year from the Hilo Orchid Society.
The orchids are part of a community outreach program by the orchid society in recognition of the number of students in the two schools who made use of free family tickets to the 2016 Hilo Orchid Show.
The society’s Dorothea Fendentz presented a Grammatophyllum orchid to Dennis O’Brien, principal of E.B. de Silva Elementary School, the school with the largest number of students who attended the orchid show.
Fendentz presented another Grammatophyllum orchid to Kelley Lacks, principal of Malamalama Waldorf School, which had the highest percentage of students attending the show.
For more information about the Hilo Orchid Society, visit www.hiloorchidsociety.org or email lkuekes@me.com.