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The Student News Site of Mililani High School

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The Student News Site of Mililani High School

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A glimpse into the sights of Itsukushima Shrine, junior Ryley Agsalda sits on the lookout of Miyajima Island’s torri gates off of the Hiroshima prefecture. Students were able to walk out to the torri gates since the island was at low tide; if it was high tide the gate would appear as if it was floating on top of the ocean.
Life Overseas: AP Research Goes To Japan
Madison Choo, Writer • April 20, 2024
During the Oahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) Championship finals of the women’s 100 yard butterfly, Belise Swartwood takes home first place with a time of 56.56 seconds. This was one of four first place titles that Swartwood earned during the championship.
Belise Swartwood Breaks Records
Gianna Brown, Writer • April 10, 2024
Everyday, students face calls into the office for dress code flagged in halls and classrooms alike. Debate between students, teachers and staff has since ensued on the contents of the dress code and whether its fair protocol.
Opinion: Fit Check Cancelled
Jullia Young, Copy Editor • April 10, 2024

Elementary Science Olympiad

By Harlan Rose
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Elementary students from 10 schools around the island were able to experience the process of creating a science project through the Elementary Science Olympiad (ESO) competition held at MHS on April 11. The students were able to choose a scientific field in which they were interested in, complete a project and compete against teams from other schools.

“(ESO) is a competition in which students either take a test in one of 30 (plus) STEM areas or they build a device meeting meticulous standards and test that device against other schools,” explained MHS Science Olympiad adviser Matthew Capps. “The neatest thing about Olympiad is it is doing science. This isn’t some classroom where you are sitting there being bored out of you mind, it is learning and using new principles of science that are not typically taught in today’s science classrooms.”

While MHS Science Olympiad students did not get involved in the ESO competition, Capps hopes to see this change in the future despite his leaving. “We have amazing students that participate in Science Olympiad and robotics that would love to help area schools in those programs but the hard part is getting the area schools to accept the help,” said Capps. “I think that many times the schedules just don’t match up and as teachers we are not really used to accepting outside help.”

A smaller, mini-invitational ESO competition will be held at MHS on May 23.

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