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Kapālama campus ushers in the new school year

August 14, 2015

More than 3,000 K-12 students including middle and high school boarders converged on Kamehameha Schools Kapālama this week for the start of the new school year. For some it was a brand new experience while for others it was like returning home.

KS Photographer Michael Young roamed the campus to capture some of the highlights of the week from comprehending complex class schedules to reviewing playground rules.

KSK Elementary School Vice Principal Maile Bellosi welcomes students back to school as they disembark from their school buses.




A dad gives his son a hug before leaving, on the first day of kindergarten.




Mom Mahealani Fontanilla put her kindergarten daughter on the bus in Nānākuli then drove to campus to greet her on the first day of school.




Elementary students get to play before the bell rings signaling the start of the school day.




Kindergarten teacher Mary Pittman gets started with her new class of students on the first day of school.




Over at middle school the seventh grade students get some help from veteran eighth graders on learning their class schedules.




KSK Middle School English teacher Gay Murakami, sports a humorous headdress while helping some students who have questions about their schedules.




Freshman high school students and new KS invitees got a jump on the new school year by coming to campus a day early for an orientation.




KSK High School Principal Sheena Alaiasa welcomes the new students and introduces her staff.




New high school students head off to find their classes after an assembly in Kekūhaupiʻo Gym.




Back at the elementary campus, Kindergarten Teacher Loke Melchor (far right), takes her students on a campus tour and drops by Art Teacher Kathy Chock’s classroom.




The kindergarten walking tour included a visit to the elementary school health room.




Students meet Outreach Counselor Ryder Maeda on their walking tour.




First Grade Teacher Faith Bode leads her students through some stretching exercises before starting class.




Third Grade Teacher Julie George and her students head out to the playground where students will have a review of the playground rules.




Fourth Grade Teacher Leah Nelson leads a "roll call" to have students introduce themselves.