Heluhelu Quiz Bowl Team
Haʻaheo was honored to participate again this year in the 4th annual Heluhelu Bowl, an offshoot of the original Newbery Award Competition.This year Haʻaheo fielded two teams, Da Jawdroppas and Nā Koaʻe Akamai. Our two teams went head to head with 13 others teams, tackling tough trivia pulled from the 30 books. Our own local author, award-winner Kristiana Kahakauwila emceed the event, and each competitor took home a signed copy of her new book, Clairboyance! (and a bag of candy!) We are so proud of our awesome Heluhelu teams!
Da Jawdroppas- Rolen Shiro (captain), Ridge Wamar, Zander Pound, Daniel Armstrong-Gerber, Zane Santos
Nā Koaʻe Akamai- Zoe Pound (captain), Meleana Han, Sylvan Dubuclet, Hiwa Van de Mark, Henry Armstrong-Gerber
Alternates- Ualani Ortiz, Surya Reddy, Piper Burns, Sequoia Youngblood
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In April our amazing Heluhelu Teams competed in the 4th annual Heluhelu Bowl! Haʻaheo fielded two excellent teams this year, the Titles and Nā Honu Akamai. This yearʻs host was two-time Newbery Honoree Christina Soontornvat, author of the novels "A Wish in the Dark" and "All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boyʻs Soccer Team". At the end of the competition each participant received a signed and dedicated copy of Ms. Soontornvatʻs latest release, the graphic novel "The Tryout", as well as a gift certificate to our local bookstore Basically Books. Both of our teams scored many points and placed well in the final tally. It was a wonderful experience, and we are so proud of our Haʻaheo students, who held their own in this fast-paced, challenging competition!
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The Heluhelu Quiz Bowl competition is an annual reading competition open to grades 4-7, and was created to promote literacy and diversity in young adult literature. Each year the students are provided a list of 30 books, and they spend the year reading and collaborating to prepare themselves for the annual Quiz Bowl, which is hosted by an esteemed author of one of the selected titles.
Our 24/25 Quiz Bowl team has started their practices with weekly lunch meetings! Practices will continue into the spring, when they will compete at the 2025 Heluhelu Quiz Bowl held at Kamehameha Schools. This yearʻs Quiz Master will be Christina Soontornvat, a 3-time Newbery Honor recipient and the author of the Last Mapmaker, All Thirteen, and A Wish in the Dark.
The 2024 QuizMaster was Jerry Craft, New York Times bestselling author of the very popular books "New Kid", "Class Act", and his most recent graphic novel "Class Trip". Haʻaheo fielded two teams this year, Haʻaheo ʻEkahi and Haʻaheo Koaʻe- both teams held their own and did an amazing job!
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Our 22/23 Heluhelu Bowl Team competed at the second annual HeluHelu Bowl, featuring New York Times bestseller Meg Medina, author of the Newbery Award winning book "Merci Suarez Changes Gears".
