Class of 2023 Candidates
Class of 2023 President
Villamil Solano, Brianna
Do you have any previous leadership experience? If so, please explain. If not, please explain why.
I was part of my 8th grade student council ,I completed the tasks I was put in charge of and completed the year.
What function does Kealakehe ASB serve on our campus?
ASB serves our school in many ways one of the main parts they do is representing each individual student body along with planning events for the student body to participate in.
Why do you want to be in ASB? What skills, talents, or qualifications do you have that would contribute to ASB?
I want to be apart of student council to take part of improving this school in anyway possible. Some things about me that I would contribute are : teamwork, problem solving and good communication skills
Share a challenge that you have faced (big or small). How did you handle the challenge? How did you grow from it?
I faced the challenge of unexpectedly having panic attacks in class I handled the situation by explaining to my teacher what was going on and together we came up with a signal that would let me take a 5 minute breather to calm down. I grew from that by learining how to better communicate when struggling
Rosabia, Jaden Joy
Do you have any previous leadership experience? If so, please explain. If not, please explain why.
Yes, I have a multitude of previous leadership experience. I am currently this year's class of 2023 president. Furthermore, I am apart of Kealakehe's Key Club council as the 2022 vice president, and the 2023 secretary. I created the Bahay Pinoy Club as a way to share my culture to students on campus, and last but not least, I am a member of the Hawaii Youth Food Council.
What function does Kealakehe ASB serve on our campus?
I firmly believe that Kealakehe's ASB is an opportunity to have student's voices to be heard, as well as a group that plans activities for everyone on our campus to enjoy. ASB brings our students, teachers, and staff together through the activities that they hold.
Why do you want to be in ASB? What skills, talents, or qualifications do you have that would contribute to ASB?
ASB is an opportunity for students' voices to be heard within our campus, and being able to advocate for those who want to be heard is the primary reason why I want to be apart of the 2023 ASB. I am responsible, organized, and open-minded to ideas, and these qualifications will open for more ideas, more thoroughly planned and organized activities, and tons of fun within our campus.
Share a challenge that you have faced (big or small). How did you handle the challenge? How did you grow from it?
One challenge that I have faced is my father having cancer. I think that this being such a shocker for me I felt lost and confused, but I made sure to surround myself with people who will be there for me and support me. My dad is now cancer free and because of this challenge, I have grown to love and hold people close to me, because we never know what could happen. And I give back to my friends by assuring them that I am here to support them as well!
Class of 2023 Vice President
Alford, Cici
Do you have any previous leadership experience? If so, please explain. If not, please explain why.
Yes, this previous year I was in Mr.Young leadership course as class of 2023 VP.
What function does Kealakehe ASB serve on our campus?
ASB directs and creates the fun activities we are able to do on campus, such as spirit week and school dances. We are also the voice of the students and put in input from them
Why do you want to be in ASB? What skills, talents, or qualifications do you have that would contribute to ASB?
Since school activites are a big contribution to our school and students look forward to this part of school, i think its important for us to make it has joyful as possible. I think with me being in ASB i can put in good student feedback and create fun ideas that we can do for this school.
Share a challenge that you have faced (big or small). How did you handle the challenge? How did you grow from it?
Throughout my high school experience I have realized that i am a very big procrastinator when it comes to projects and the night before the project was due I had to stay up until 3am to finish it. From this I learned its better to just work on small bits of the project each day so it doesn't feel so overwhelming trying to finish it in one sitting and i have gotten better at managing my time for projects/homework
Class of 2023 Secretary
Ordona, Jahnea
Do you have any previous leadership experience? If so, please explain. If not, please explain why.
I participated and won first place in our state for the SkillsUSA competition, which teaches and spreads leadership values for youths. I constantly lead in group projects within my classes from minor class projects to student-led opportunities such as the AEC Tiny House project. I helped co-create the Bahay Pinoy Club to share filipino culture and appreciation throughout our whole school. Last but not least, I lead our chairman's team in our robotics club.
What function does Kealakehe ASB serve on our campus?
To me, ASB is a wonderful opportunity for students not only to learn important leadership, cooperation, and other skills valuable for students to learn before entering higher education or the workforce, but also to allow student voices to be heard in a community that helps shape their lives. It shows youths that we have the power to change and make breakthroughs to benefit our own education.
Why do you want to be in ASB? What skills, talents, or qualifications do you have that would contribute to ASB?
I want to be in ASB because I firmly believe that my skills in organization, documentation, cooperation and more will help bring stability and encourage open-minding thinking and discussion within the council and help generate better ideas and innovation for students now and in the future.
Share a challenge that you have faced (big or small). How did you handle the challenge? How did you grow from it?
One challenge I faced was working on the Chairman's portion of our robotics club. This part of robotics deals with documenting and describing important achievements and innovations within our robotics team, and how we spread the message of being "more than robots." This includes writing an essay, manufacturing a video, and talking to judges in order to convince them to support us. At first, leading Chairmans was a difficult ordeal -- we were barely prepared and was not provided with much direction, leading into a half-baked presentation. However, in the next two following regionals, my team and I worked tirelessly to improve our presentation, documents, and more in order to win. Although we did not win the Chairman's award by the end of our last regional, our hard work and effort put into this project helped build a final result that we, and especially I, were proud of.
Class of 2023 Treasurer
Simmons, Kennedy
Do you have any previous leadership experience? If so, please explain. If not, please explain why.
Yes, I am the Class of 2023 student body Treasurer as of the year 2022
What function does Kealakehe ASB serve on our campus?
School Activities
Why do you want to be in ASB? What skills, talents, or qualifications do you have that would contribute to ASB?
I want to be in ASB because I want to help support my class and the people in my school
Share a challenge that you have faced (big or small). How did you handle the challenge? How did you grow from it?
I struggled with miscommunication in the school clubs that I am in but since then I have grown from that and have worked on my communication skills in order to keep myself and the people around me on track with their responsibilities