HONK HONK!

These are my friends Melody and Malia. The reason we look so happy is because Mel and I have just completed our run after practice. Our JV blue coach, Keahi Kahana, is a firm believer in conditioning and training. He even rides his moped and honks at us as we run up the hill. For the past 5 running days, we have been running Keku loop fartleks. This running before practice is an example of kinematics. Kinematics is the study of motion. In class, we have learned about speed, velocity, distance and displacement. Every running day, we run 8 Keku loop fartleks. Distance is defined as the space between two points. The total distance of 8 fartleks is approximately 1.5 miles. Displacement is defined as change in position. The total displacement of our run is 0 miles. Although the total distance is 1.5 miles, the displacement is 0 miles because we return to the same place that we started after every lap.

clap Clap CLap CLAp CLAP

This is a picture that my friend, Megan Quinabo took at this years convocation. During Dr. Michael Chun's last annual speech at the start of school assembly, he did not only speak, he also had everyone partake in a demonstration/activity. The demonstration started with him, clapping, all by himself. Then, he had the administration join in with him clapping. Next, the faculty joined in. Finally, the students began to clap. The relationship between the amount of people and the volume of the claps in the gym was directly related. As more people began to clap, the louder the clapping sound was. By the end of the demonstration, the clapping was powerful and thunderous and gave me chicken skin feeling the unity in the place.

My Introduction

My name is Allie Yamashiro and I have been going to Kamehameha Schools since kindergarten. I have 2 younger brothers (8 and 13) and a maltese and live in Ewa. I enjoy watching NBA and UH volleyball games (men and women) and enjoy playing volleyball. I am not sure yet what college I want to go or what I want to be when I grow up but a possibility is becoming a PE teacher. In elementary I had Mrs. Kutsunai and Mr. Scarlet as my science teachers then in middle school I had Mr. Snow and Mrs. Harbottle. Freshman year i took Biology with Mr. Hutchison and sophomore year I had Chemistry with Mr. Kim. The math that I am currently in is Honors Pre-Calculus. What I hope to obtain as a result of completing this course is to learn what physics is and to have enjoyed learning about it. The reason I picked shave ice as the picture that represents me is because it is something that reminds me of Hawaii. Not only do I love eating shave ice from Hawaii but I also love living here in the islands with all of my family and friends.