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University Laboratory School Alumni Association (ULSAA)

• The Revitalized Second Annual Alumni Basketball game took place on Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Klum Gym. Billed as the Battle of the Jr. Bow Legends, this game turned out to live up to its storied billing and more. Mahalo to Kekoa Tassill '97, Wayne Tong '70, and the rest of the ULSAA Board for putting together a truly memorable event.

• The 2nd Annual ULSAA Bowling Party happened on Saturday, April 16th at `Aiea Bowl : ) Please join us next year for the 3rd Annual Cosmic Bowling Party.

• We had 42 golfers at the 15th Annual Almost Cosmic Golf Party on Thursday, July 7th at Hawaii Kai Golf Course. My game was just as rusty as last year, but the fellowship was outstanding : ) I canna believe it, but I lost more than one ball per hole : (

• The 10th annual ULSAA Ultra Cosmic All-Alumni Dinner took place on Saturday, July 9th in the good old MPB. Our annual FREE dinner for all grads, their spouses/partners/significant others, and their children was beyond cosmic. Mahalo to the Class of 1991 for sponsoring the Bounce House for all the kids (and old kids) : )

• We're hoping to pull off a Cosmic Casino Night sometime this fall, so keep your fingers crossed : )

• Official ULSAA photographer Clinton Inouye '75 has revamped his photo site. You can see many photos from many alumni events over the past years on this site. Mahalo, Clinton! Check it out here: http://clintonsulsaaphotos.multiply.com/photos

  Here's the lastest alumni email news! Check here for the messages sent out to the alumni email list:

  Chronological archive of alumni email messages since 01/10

• Kokua in Kind: You can help ULSAA by donating your car to the cause:
  I donated my car to ULSAA in 2007 through Kokua in Kind on Paiea St, out by the airport. This is actually the fourth car in a row my family has donated there. It's a very easy process. Happily, this brought in over $2000 for our alumni association endowment fund. True, I could have made more had I sold the car myself, and I certainly could have traded it in against a new car. But I wanted to do it this way. And it was nice to get the tax deduction. If you ever decide you want to donate your car (or your truck, motorcycle, moped, sailboat, or jet ski, believe it or not) to ULSAA, just designate the University Lab School Alumni Association. Here's a link to the Kokua in Kind home page:

  http://www.kokuainkind.com/

• Band Director Ira Wong has put up more than 50 videos of Lab School Band performances on YouTube, and he's going to upload more and more and more : ) You can check them out at this link:
  http://www.youtube.com/user/ulsband

• Ira Wong has also come up with a definitive chronology of Jr. Rainbow band directors from the beginning to the present:

Neighbor Island Speech Tournament 1996. Akaka Falls . . . Slowly I turn, step by step, inch by inch . . .

• If you would like to come back and talk to current Lab School students about the "real world" of college and work, contact Bill Teter by email, or call him at 808.956.4925. This is not a "career day" format talk. This is more like, "Hey, I've been through what you're going through right here at the Lab School, and here's what it's been like since I graduated."

  Back when I did college and career counseling, many alumni including Heidi Rian ('66), Gabe Garduque ('71), Gerald Lau ('72), John Shigemura ('72), Nate Fujita ('73), Leighton Wong ('73), Carolyn Kaichi ('74), Ray DeVilla ('85), Maia Forman ('85), Ken Tano ('85), and Cathy Wall ('86) took the time to come and talk to UHS students. The impact is enormous; you can greatly uncloud their thoughts and help them understand much more clearly what college and work are all about. There is nothing better than people who have lived the University High experience talking to students who are living it right now. The students listen very closely to UHS grads because grads have that extra credibility of having escaped from, er, I mean, uh, come from the same "family" : ) These students are a step away from breaking out, so you don't have to sugar-coat anything either. Feel free to tell them all about the good, the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful. They need to hear all of that. Please get in touch with Bill if you can give some of your time back to the family.

ULSAA

ULSAA logo designed by Sandy Hiraoka ('86).

ULSAA By-Laws

ULSAA Articles of Incorporation

IRS 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Status Verification Letter

ULSAA Board Meeting Minutes

Past President and Vice President

It's never too late to send in alumni dues, and your kind donations are always very much appreciated : )

Click here for a list of funded projects and for a link to the alumni dues payment form:

ULSAA Proposal Funding History (since 2004)
&
2011 Alumni Dues and Donation Payment Information

Want to pay dues and make contributions to ULSAA using PayPal? Here it is!

• ULSAA BUSINESS:

  Aloha to all graduates and friends. Here is the current University Laboratory School Alumni Association Board of Directors:

  Ed Aquino '92, through 07/13
  Chelsea Castillo '03, through 07/14
  Lise Ditzel-Ma '77, through 07/12
  Keoni Jeremiah '89, Principal
  Kevin Mann '72, through 07/13
  Ian Robertson '98, through 07/14
  Pauline Sato '81, Treasurer, through 07/13
  Jennifer Seki '96, President, through 07/12
  Richie-anne Titcomb '05, through 07/14
  Kekoa Tassill '97, through 07/12
  Bruce Yamashita '74, through 07/12

  The original honored board members at inception in 2001:
  Robbie Alm '69
  Sandy Hiraoka '86
  Loretta Krause, former Principal
  Lanning Lee '72, co-founder of ULSAA and first Vice President
  Rhonda Nagao, former UHS faculty member
  Warren Nishimoto '67
  Kawehi Sellers '92
  Dana Takahara-Dias '84
  Pam Toguchi '89
  Leighton Wong '73, co-founder of ULSAA and first Treasurer
  Scott Yamashita '76, co-founder of ULSAA and first President and past Treasurer

  Honored former board members who have served since 2001:
  Danny Alvarez '88, past President
  Fred Birkett, former Principal
  Jane Burke, former Principal
  Peter Estomago, former Principal
  Grace Kusuhara '53
  Rhegan Liwanag-Luat '01, past Vice President
  Reverend Allison Mark '96
  Melvina Chang Nakao '69
  Krista Stanfill '98
  Nylen Takahashi '77, past Secretary
  Wayne Tong '70, past Secretary
  Darren Yoshioka '86
  Julia West '98
  Thurston Wong '81, past Treasurer
  

• Become a member of ULSAA! Click here for a printable membership form.

• Mahalo nui loa to everyone who contributed to the ULSAA fire fund. Please click here to see the list of purchases made using ULSAA fire fund donations.

THE CLASSES

• The ten latest additions to the alumni class lists, most recent first:
  Harriet Kaimimoku-Soto '78
  Kathi Steiger Marciniak '74
  David Hoang '03
  Andrea (In) Heid '65
  Aulii Stone Graf '81
  Lani Stone Kaaa '82
  The Class of 2011
  Tina Kristin Pak '97
  Joan Smith DeVillier '52
  Gail Everly Brooks '62
  

• The ten most recently updated email addresses:
  Dan Forman '88
  Duke Akioka '83
  Kawehi Anderson '92
  Melissa Garcia '02
  Norm Villapando '89
  Melvin Choy '63
  Aileen Kishaba '65
  Melvin Ching '53
  Tuan La '01
  Kurt Cefra '04
  

• Note: If a person has an email button next to his/her name, click on that button to send an email message. If a person's name is highlighted, click on the name to view his/her home page or a website bearing information about that grad. A date in parentheses (xx/xx) at the end of an entry indicates how recently the info was updated. If there is no date at the end of the entry, the info might still be excellent. It just means there is no recent contact info change. I wish I could guarantee that all contact info is current, but I can't. People do move, or take new jobs, or switch email addresses, I've found. Please keep me updated as your own contact info changes. Mahalo ( :

Honored Friends & Other Grads:

Cary Miyashiro . . . email . . . 1658 Ua Dr, Honolulu HI 96816 . . . (w) 808. 534.4347 (12/05)

If you do not have your own electronic address, I'd be happy to list your mailing address and/or phone number. Please let me know your name (including last name before marriage if changed) and your graduation year.

• This is a happy list of UHS alumni marriages--both partners being grads:
  • Cheryl and Jim Harstad (Yes, this one definitely counts. Honorary grads. If not for UHS . . . :)
  • George and Shirley Iwahiro
  • Doug Watson and Tammi Arakaki
  • Lisa Enomoto and James Sereno
  • George and Rina Kawelo
  • Carl Racuya and Anita Kunihisa
  • Erinn Graulty and Scott Kawamura
  • Dennis and Patsy Irie
  • Margo and Bill Baist
  • Lyann Kahookele and Gabe Garduque
  • Lynn Yuen and Scott Yamashita
  • Claire Oasa and Michael Muraoka
  • Eleanor Ventula and Darryl Honda
  • JoAnn Hironaga and Milton Hino
  • Junior Atisanoe and April Stevens
  • Vernon Yang and Diane Sugihara
  • Gerald Fujita and Kathy Kamo
  • Oren Chikamoto and Beryl Morimoto
  • Koki Akamine and Joanne Hamada
  • Dianne Tashima and Dennis Sugihara
  • Melvin Miyamoto and Susan Kajikawa
  • Deanna Nakamura and Gerard Sakamoto
  • Donald Hosaka and Helen Fujiki
  • David McComas and JoAnne Harper
  • Michael Crossley and Marie Pahk
  • Kimo Leong and Nani Tamara
  • Linda Davis and John Macdonald
  • Stanley Naguwa and Janice Mitsuzawa
  • Ellsworth Hew and Sandra Leong
  • Malisa Evans and Romeo Gampong (10/26/02)
  • Marisol Pabo and Ken Peters (08/21/04)
  • Allison Chang and Michael Hirakami (05/20/07)
  • Kendys Ko and Richard Min (08/09/08)
  • Mandy Yoshizu and Shane Osaki (06/21/09)
  • Leah Tau and Kekoa Tassill (04/24/10) -- Yes, this one counts too : )

  Hey, Michael and Marie, you would not believe how many people emailed me about you--phone calls, even. You are truly well remembered by grads. Any others?

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