Posted on: Thursday, May 22, 2008
Foundation honors 3 Hawaii public school alumni
Advertiser Staff
The Public Schools of Hawai'i Foundation honored three distinguished public school graduates yesterday at its Kulia I Ka Nu'u awards banquet.
The nonprofit foundation is dedicated to strengthening the quality of education by creating opportunities for innovative school-level ideas and supporting programs that benefit students. Last night's Kulia I Ka Nu'u awards — the name means "attaining a high level of achievement" — went to public school graduates who have given back to the community and embrace the goals of the foundation:
Veronica Kaneko, president and managing director of McDonald's Restaurants of Hawaii and a Pearl City High School graduate. Kaneko started as a crew member at McDonald's and worked her way up to store manager and to the company's highest-ranking position in Hawai'i.
Larry Price, radio co-host on KSSK, an award-winning journalist and a Roosevelt High School graduate. Price is a professor in residence for the Master of Business Administration program at Chaminade University of Honolulu. He also founded the State of Hawai'i Sports Hall of Fame Cybermuseum.
Stanley Seki, a retired public school administrator and a graduate of McKinley High School. Seki's career in the public school system began as a special-education teacher at Wai'anae High School. He has served as principal at Waipahu Intermediate School, Leihoku Elementary School, Lanakila Elementary School and McKinley High School. He later served as Leeward deputy district superintendent and state deputy superintendent for the state Department of Education.
The foundation also honored Meadow Gold Dairies of Hawaii as its corporate awardee.
For more information about the Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation, visit www.pshf.org.
