Trustee Doug Ing, who has served eleven years as a Trustee for Kamehameha Schools, will be ending his term on December 31st. He took some time yesterday to visit our campus as a trustee for the last time. It was a special day indeed.
Trustee Ing was greeted and welcomed to our campus by students from each division, elementary, middle and high school, along with operations staff and administrators in a traditional hoʻokipa. Kumu Silva’s papa ʻeha provided a few mele along with “Ke Lei Maila” as Trustee Ing was bedecked with lei of aloha and all who attended had an opportunity to honi Trustee Ing.
Following the hoʻokipa, Trustee Ing spent some time with papa ʻelima students who prepared and asked some great questions. “How did you become a trustee?” “What do you like the most about being a trustee?” “What is your legacy as you leave Kamehameha” Wow, wonderful questions. His anwsers were poignant and the students paid close attention. His hope for the future of Kamehameha schools is to reach more native Hawaiian children beyond the campues. His advice to papa ʻelima – “make good, sound choices and live by the values that you are taught”.
Click the Animoto show below for Trustee Ing’s day at our campus!