Fern Elementary School

ENGLISH CLASS: A teacher asked the students to punctuate the following sentence, "A woman without her man is nothing." The boys in the class wrote, "A woman, without her man, is nothing." The girls in the class wrote, "A woman: without her, man is nothing." Punctuation is powerful.

Great vintage film from Richard Sullivan of the ones who survived celebrating peace, a peace that did not come without the ultimate sacrifice of many. Please remember the fallen on this Memorial Day.

Honolulu on VJ Day in 1945 65 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender.

Fern Elementary students heading to D.C. Kirk Matthews gives a special shout out to his friends from Fern Elementary.

We have alumni all around the world from Fern Elementary School. New York City, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Pago Pago, Auckland, Hong Kong, Dubai and all points in between! Where are you?

Photos of Fern Elementary School by Alan Okami for his Honolulu Advertiser blog, Kaleo O Kalihi.