Kalakaua Middle School

Turning public school campuses into money makers Bills to redevelop public school campuses advance in the State Legislature.

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.

HONOLULU MARATHON KAMA'AINA SPECIAL: Hawaii residents only through January 4! Early registration for Honolulu Marathon is open at only $1 per mile. Go to:
http://bit.ly/ThjcJn.

EARLY VOTING UNTIL NOVEMBER 3:

No matter who you're supporting, get to the polls and make your voice heard. The future of our communities depend on who we send to speak for us in our neighborhoods, in city hall, in the state Capitol and Washington.

For early voting sites in Hawaii: http://1.usa.gov/TAWefU. Bring photo ID.

Photo: Linda Lingle walks to Honolulu Hale to vote.

Not a fan of the vog controlling Hawaii weather this week? Vog is the result of sulfur dioxide emitted from a volcano, about 2,000 tons per day coming out of Kilauea, mixing with oxygen and moisture in the atmosphere to produce aerosols. Photo: Bishop Museum.

Rice Fest Hawaii is on Saturday, September 29 from 11 am to 7 pm at Ward Centers. Admission is FREE!

WATCH LIVE RIGHT NOW! Check out the livestream of the annual traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony for Season 3 of Hawaii Five-O. Begins at 9:30 a.m. Pacific, 11:30 a.m., Central, 12:30 p.m. Eastern.

Live Stream of Hawaii Five-O Blessing Ceremony

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.

Keep Kindergarten Hawaii On Tuesday, June 7, Hawaii Department of Education Superintendent Kathy Matayoshi presented a series of proposed cuts to student services in order to save the public school system's money. One of her more outrageous memo items is the consideration of cutting kindergarten!

Kalakaua Middle School offering summer programs The DOE announced that 37 public schools will offer regular summer school courses to all interested students. Kalakaua Middle School is the only school offering summer programs in the Metro Oahu area.