By Nathan Park n.park@trojantimes.org MHS has teamed up with its main musical competitor, Moanalua High School, to form the Honor Orchestra; an interscholastic music program made up of selected orchestra students. This elite music group has given talented string students a chance to excel and become publicly known. “It is a good opportunity for the [...]

By Jessica Fontenot j.fontenot@trojantimes.org For the week of Jan. 17 to 20, Senior Melinda Sue Chinen, Juniors Marisa Stanley and Jason Burchette, and Sophomore Jocelyn Ebesu applied their musical knowledge by participating in either the Select or Honor Band. The annual Select and Honor Band concert, run by the Oahu Band Director’s Association, held on [...]

By Jessica Fontenot j.fontenot@trojantimes.org Although National History Day (NHD) has come and gone at MHS, students were able to repeat the process with fourth and fifth grade students of Mililani Ike and Kipapa Elementary School three times a week leading up to the Youth District competition for elementary students. The collaboration between the schools led [...]

By Amanda Thomas a.thomas@trojantimes.org On Dec. 10, the MHS orchestra helped to spread some holiday cheer throughout the community by conducting their annual Christmas performance at the Mililani Town Center. Neighborhood members gathered around center stage and started to sing as they heard familiar Christmas medleys being played. “We try to come here annually, it’s [...]

By Kimberly Yamaguchi k.yamaguchi@trojantimes.org   On Nov. 18, students from Kaiyo Academy in Japan visited MHS.  It gave both the MHS and Kaiyo Academy students insight into the differences and similarities between their homes. “I feel that (this) benefits our MHS students because they get better cultural experience, seeing how (the Kaiyo students’) culture is [...]

By Jessica Fontenot j.fontenot@trojantimes.org With the first day of December having passed, the MHS music department hoped to increase the already growing spirit for the coming holidays, and did so at their 37th annual winter concert on Dec. 4. Students from the four ensembles were able to showcase the skills they learned from previous concerts [...]

By Jacquelyn Perreira j.perreira@trojantimes.org   In 2008, the world was hit with the phenomenon that was the first movie in a saga entitled Twilight. One individual who was particularly bitten by the Twi-bug was mother Lori Wright, who is a Co-chair of MHS’ Students and Parents Against Drugs and Alcohol Inc. (SPADA) and, with the [...]

By Reagan Paz r.paz@trojantimes.org  A quiz bowl team from MHS participated for the first time in the taping of the “It’s Academic Hawaii” high school quiz bowl against Mid-Pacific Institute and Punahou Schools on Oct. 29. The competition is a national high school quiz bowl that has aired in other states like Maryland and will [...]

By Amanda Thomas a.thomas@trojantimes.org Looking forward to a night to remember, the class of 2012 boarded buses that transported them to Sea Life Park on Saturday, Nov. 12 for their Senior Luau. The first senior class activity allowed attendees to spend time with their peers, engage in a variety of activities and view the park’s [...]

By Ramil Lorenzo Gonzalez r.gonzalez@trojantimes.org   Loud cheering and mechanical whirring filled the air in the MHS cafeteria on Nov. 12 as the 2011 For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Lego League (FLL) District Tournament got into full swing. The event drew together the robotics teams of several elementary and middle schools [...]

By Jessica Fontenot j.fontenot@trojantimes.org The Kapolei Marching Festival on Nov. 12 marked the end of the marching band season and the “Revolution” that has changed the Trojan marching band’s students and their performance since their beginning in June. The show itself was motivational to the band, won them seven trophies and earned them the Sweepstakes [...]