Pearl City City Highlands Elementary School held their ND Annual Ho'ike 2012 on Friday, May 18 on the school campus grounds. The theme for this year's Ho'ike was the "Wonderful World of Disney". PEACHES students from Pre-School through Grade 6 performed to classic Disney tunes along with creative and colorful hand crafted costumes and props.
PEACHES Ohana packed the school grounds from 8:00am to get a front row seat. Attendance actually swelled from last year's inaugural Ho'ike. "We parked over two-hundred cars on the school grounds today," said PEACHES Principal, Mr. Michael Nakasato as he addressed the crowd to open Ho'ike 2012. "There are so many people who worked hard to make this day a success. Without them it would never have happened. Thank you."
It was a lot of fun enjoying all the wonderful performances by the PEACHES student body. The students put in hours upon hours of practice leading up to Friday's Ho'ike.
Ho'ike 2012 also celebrated the school being recognized as the #5 overall ranked elementary school in the DOE, statewide as reported in the May 2012 edition of Honolulu Magazine. Congratulations!
I would like to say Mahalo to PEACHES for the reserved parking, Hospitality room refreshments, special guest seating, beautiful lei, and thank you cards.
A special Mahalo to the terrific students who took good care of all the invited guests throughout the event!
Ho'ike 2012 Program
School Chant …………………………………….Grades 4, 5, and 6
Hawai'i Pono'i……………………………………..Kira Yoda
Introduction of guests…………………………..Mr. Nakasato
Pre-School………………………………….Mickey Mouse March
Kindergarten……………………………….Sea Cruise
Grade 2………………………………………Under the Sea
Grade 4………………………………………He Mele No Lilo
Grade 1………………………………………I Just Can't Wait to be King
Grade 5……………………………………..True to your Heart
Grade 3……………………………………..Mickey's Got the Beat
Grade 3 (May Pole)……………………..Mickey Medley
Grade 6……………………………………..Beauty and the Beast
Whole School………………….Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Hawai'i Aloha………………………………..Kira Yoda
Special Guests
Senator David Ige
Representative Roy Takumi
Ms. Carlyn Fujimoto, Principal, Pearl City High School
Mr. Joseph Halfman, Vice Principal, Pearl City High School
Dr. Susan Hirokane, Principal, Pearl City Elementary School
Mr. Warren Hiromoto, President, Pearl City Community Asociation
Mr. Breene Harimoto, President, Pearl City Foundation
Mr. James Pickard, Chairman, Pearl City Neighborhood Board
Mr. Todd Ohira, President, PEACHES Kokua Hui
Mrs. Karrie Maeda, 1st Vice President, PEACHES Kokua Hui
Mr. & Mrs. Matsuda, Secretary, PEACHES Kokua Hui
Barry Villamil, MyPearlcity.com
Mrs. Ellen Fujino, Vice Principal, Highlands Intermediate
Mr. Leroy Ching, former PEACHES Principal
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Special invited guests enjoyed the luxury of front row reserved seating (in the shade) during Friday's Ho'ike 2012 program.
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Grade 5 students cool off while waiting for their turn to perform to Disney's "True to Your Heart".
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PEACHES teacher, Nathan Young showed off his hula skills as he performed with the 4th Grade class to He Mele No Lilo.