Registration for adult school ends Friday
Registration for the summer term at Waipahu Community School for Adults Hilo campus ends Friday, June 14.
Students can register from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. today and Friday in Room P27 at Waiakea High School, 155 W. Kawili St., in Hilo.
Call the school at 974-4100 or visit WCSAHawaii.org for additional information.
Keaukaha store offers scholarships
Keaukaha General Store, in partnership with Hawaii Rise Foundation, will award two $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors.
The general store created the Holomua Scholarship to encourage students to holomua, or improve, progress and move forward. This will be the forth year Keaukaha General Store offers the scholarship.
Kealani Gangwes also is again sponsoring a scholarship offered by Hawaii Rise Foundation.
Born in Ka‘u and now a registered nurse in obstetrics at Hilo Medical Center, Gangwes is an active community member and has taught first-aid instruction to local youth on the Big Island with Hawaii Rise Foundation. This scholarship is in memory of her sister, Rachel, who was born with Trisomy 18 syndrome (Edwards syndrome), a disorder of human chromosomes that occurs in about 1 in 7,000 live born infants.
Despite having a life expectancy of 1 year old, Rachel thrived and lived until she was 18. The Rachel Leilani Gangwes Scholarship honors Rachel, her life and her heart.
Students will be asked to write an essay. As graduating high school seniors, it is important for them to look at issues in their communities and consider ways of helping to one day give back and improve where they come from.
To be considered, an applicant must be a resident of the Big Island and a high school senior and be enrolled in an undergraduate program or be enrolling for the upcoming fall semester. There is no minimum GPA is required.
Applications can be picked up at the general store or online at hawaiirisefoundation.com or keaukahageneralstore.com. They also can be requested by emailing contact@hawaiiriseclasses.com.
Applications must be turned in no later than June 30. Late applications will not be accepted.
Applications will be read and rated on a 1-5 scale, judged on style, structure and content. Two winners will be announced no later than July 15, and the scholarships will be disbursed to the enrolled university.
For more information, call Breeani Lee at 969-1169, ext. 3, or email contact@hawaiiriseclasses.com.