The 10th Annual Foundation Dinner
Save The Date
Saturday March 17, 2012
4:30 TO 8:30 PM
Stay tuned to the foundation website: http://www.kaimukihsfoundation.org/
10th Annual KHS Foundation Dinner coming up March 17, 2012
January 16th, 2012What a Trip!
October 21st, 2007It was an intimate gathering of 50 classmates and their guests who came from the different islands of Hawaii as well as California, Arizona, Washington, and Nevada. Some had been friends since small kid time, others never crossed paths until reunion night. In October 2007, Kaimuki’s class of 1977 came together again in dazzling Las Vegas for its 30th reunion.
Party Central: Las Vegas Social Club, Mainstreet Hotel
Early in the week, Bulldogs arrived in Las Vegas with great anticipation. On Thursday, classmates gathered at the Social Club to help assemble favors, door prizes and name tags. Thanks to a fund-raiser, reunion reserve, and many monetary donations made by classmates, each attendee received a door prize that contained at least $40. Mahalo to the classmates who gave so generously to the occasion!
Paul and Bucky lend a hand. Paul put bags of printed M&Ms and music CDs in favor boxes and Bucky folded programs.
Wendy and Aldene work the assembly line.
There were pre-reunion activities to kick-start the fun. First stop, the Tournament of Kings show at the Excalibur Hotel. All aboard!
The shuttle bus that took classmates to the hotel was noisier than a flock of mynah birds!
The chicken dinner at Tournament of Kings was finger-lickin’ good. Why? Classmates had to eat with their hands! Go, go, geev ‘um, king from Norway!
Of course, every Bulldog wanted to get lucky and many of them did!
Paul, Keith, Joe and Buzzy at the slot machines.
Shopping was also a favorite pastime!
Sweets for the sweethearts – Georgette, Teresa and Dell at the M&Ms Store. Check out their cool class t-shirts!
Three Dog Night was in town the week of the reunion. A few classmates took in the concert and were invited to meet the band backstage. Joy to the world!
Laura and Walter
On reunion night, everyone was greeted at the door with a hug and Mardi Gras beads in green and gold. Let the good times roll!
Tyler, Keith, John, Glenn, Aldene, Teresa, Carol, and Paul
Pam and Leonard were naturals as Masters of Ceremony. Pam sang the invocation in Hawaiian. It was beautiful!
Nancy and Buzzy gave a delightful speech that took us back to a simpler time when kids got dirty lickins for acting up in school and moms set their hair with Orange Exchange juice cans as curlers.
After the delicious prime rib meal, the games began!
Marie and Dean jan ken po their way to the motherlode of cash.
Daniel, basketball superstar, is still at the top of his game.
Lena, Kauilani and Marie look as young as they did 30 years ago. Timeless!
Say cheese! Classmates had the opportunity to take professional photos with their elementary and intermediate school buddies. Here’s a shot of the kids from Jarrett Intermediate,
Washington Intermediate,
and Kaimuki Intermediate.
There was a raffle drawing and door prizes. Buzzy danced the hula and received a rousing hana hou.
View the slideshow that was played. (the file is large; give it some time to appear)
The evening at the Social Club ended all too soon.
Classmates held each other close, sang and swayed to Kaimuki’s alma mater
The alma mater was played on a slideshow that featured the beautiful artwork of our talented classmate Jocelyn Cheng! Music teacher, Kealani Kekoa, played the accompaniment.
Israel Kamakawiwoole’s version of “Hawaii Aloha” closed the curtains on the reunion.
`Oli ê! `Oli ê! The evening couldn’t have played out more perfectly.
The Bulldogs weren’t ready to end the evening just yet! They packed up and moved over to Main Street Hotel’s 777 Brewery, where they rearranged the restaurant’s furniture so that they could be one and make the moment last.
Kurt, Raena, Aldene, Lena, and Arlene enjoy good times together.
The Kaimuki class of ’77 reunion in Las Vegas was an event that will stay with classmates for years to come. Many thanks to those who trekked the miles to attend. Deepest gratitude to Bulldogs who gave generously of their time and resources. The reunion would not have been the success that it was without their presence and support.
Stay tuned right here for more information regarding the 50th Birthday Bash reunion in Las Vegas for 1977 classmates from all Hawaii schools, happening in September 2009! You won’t want to miss it!
Thank you for the fond memories. Kaimuki no ka oi! Your reunion committee: Baron, Dell, Mingy, Donna, Aldene, Laura, Nancy, Pam, Wendy and Eddie
Photo credits: Teresa, Baron, John, Donna, Buzzy, Warren and Wendy
Good Times Together
October 6th, 2007The KHS class of ’77 30th year reunion is over and it was incredible! Enjoy the group photo. More stories and pictures to come.
First Row:
Raena, Carol, Teresa, Mingy, Dell, Nancy, Pamela, Laura, Aldene, Eddie
Second Row:
Merle, Jocelyn, Donna, Marie, Kauilani, Lena, Arlene, Eleanor, Vanessa, Wendy, Joseph
Third Row:
John, Daniel, Paul, Michael, Bucky, Dexter, Grant, Kurt
Fourth Row:
Glenn, Tyler, Leonard, Dean, Rodney, Garrick, Keith, Baron, Buzzy
Las Vegas photos by Baron
October 6th, 2007
Click on the image above for a web gallery of some images from Las Vegas (and a couple from Honolulu). Some things don’t stay in Vegas when you have a camera.
Boogie Knights
October 5th, 2007
Bulldogs at the Excalibur. After seeing knights and kings jousting and fighting at the Excalibur’s show. We had some winners tonight, hopefully what’s won in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas.
Getting ready, getting set….
October 4th, 2007
Prepping goodies for the reunion dinner at the Main Street Station social club.
If you aren’t here you’re gonna miss out.
Leonard
September 29th, 2007In high school, Leonard was a jack of all trades. He was a jock on the varsity baseball team, a band geek who played a mean saxophone, and a photographer for The Bulldog. Leonard continues to live a full life today.
Leonard has been married for 17 and has two kids, a girl (10) and boy (13). They’ve been in Mililani since 1995 and presently reside in Mililani Mauka.
Len worked his way up from an employee at Holiday Mart, to teaching, and to his present career as a loan manager with Central Pacific Home Loans.
He continues to enjoy all sports and still plays baseball and tennis on a regular basis. He also loves playing cards and since the boom in Texas Hold ‘em, he’s been active in tournament play. He’s also a proud dad and manager of his son’s youth baseball team. Life has been good to Leonard for he’s been blessed with an awesome family and rewarding career in mortgage banking.
Jocelyn
September 24th, 2007It’s not a big surprise that Jocelyn is a nurse today. Ever since small kid time, she was the one with the compassionate heart and gentle soul. But did you know that Jos is also a very talented artist? Visit her website and enjoy the beauty of her work!
After graduating from Kaimuki High School, Jocelyn went to KCC then UH Manoa and received a Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 1982. She married a 1976 Kaimuki alumni who continues to make her laugh till this day. Fly Hawaiian Airlines interisland and you might have him as your pilot. Jocelyn and her husband have been married 24 years and have 3 sons who are all in college.
For the past 20 years, Jocelyn worked for The Queens Medical Center as a registered nurse caring for medical and cancer patients. In 2001, Jocelyn decided to pursue an art and watercolor painting interest. Most of her paintings are of landscapes, flowers and botanical subjects. Living in Kaneohe has been an inspiration for her art. She now has artwork in many local galleries around Oahu and recently built an art studio. The artwork has turned into a little business that she manages to do along with nursing for Castle Home Care.
Pam
September 23rd, 2007Pamela shares her name with a Baywatch movie star but that’s where the similarity ends. Pam has been an active member of the various Kaimuki ’77 reunion committees and we have her to thank for rallying classmates together for good times throughout the years.
Both of Pam’s parents are Kaimuki alumni of the 1950′s. There in Kaimuki, they raised Pam and her ten siblings!
Pam has been married to her husband for 27 years. They have two children, a daughter who graduated from McKinley and is a junior at UH in the TIM program and son who is a senior at Kamehameha Kapalama.
Pam began her second career as a certified occupational therapist and is currently in the acute medical surgery/physical disablities division at Queens. She is active with the Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii and is on the education committee. She resides as the Honolulu representative for the State Board of OTs.
Pam enjoys volleyball, a good movie premiere, karaoke, and “midlife” with the love of her life.
The airplane is a clue to Pam’s first career. Discover what she did in her previous life at the reunion!
Marie
September 16th, 2007She went from Kaimuki High to Hollywood! Read all about the exciting life of fellow classmate, Marie.
After graduating from Kaimuki High School in 1977, Marie attended KCC and graduated with a Hotel Management Degree while working at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel in Room Reservations. She transferred to the UH and graduated with a B.A. in Communications, and moved to Los Angeles in 1985 to pursue her interest in Television Production. She has worked as a Production Supervisor and Script Supervisor for such shows as In Living Color, The Chevy Chase Show, The Suzanne Somers Show, The Roseanne Show, Comic Relief, Cedric the Entertainer Presents, Will & Grace, The American Idol Christmas Special with Kelly, Ruben and Fantasia, The Bachelor and all 8 seasons of Big Brother. One of the highlights in her career was when she worked on the Disney Presidential Inauguration Event for Bill Clinton in D.C. in January of 1993. Marie got to meet and shake hands with the President prior to his Inauguration.
Another highlight in Marie’s life is that she married her best friend, Randall, in May ’98. He proposed to her in ‘97 at the Ritz Hotel in Paris. Randall is a composer and the V.P. of Business Affairs at Rondor Music, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.
Marie & Randall love to travel in their spare time, and have been to many places around the world including the U.K., France, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Australia, Costa Rica, St. Thomas, St. John’s, the Bahamas, the Hawaiian Islands and across the Continental U.S.