Investment in Kauai,
Maui, Lanai’s most
promising teens
starts paying off

Bank of Hawaii lauds 16 students
who gain its college scholarship

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Star-Bulletin staff

Sixteen Kauai, Maui and Lanai high school students who took part in an innovative, statewide $5 million educational program were honored this past weekend for being among its first graduating class.

They are among 100 students to graduate this year while participating in the Bank of Hawaii 2nd Century Scholars program, a seven-year program launched in 1998. Bank of Hawaii selected 100 of Hawaii's most promising high school freshmen to be a part of the program, which will pay their way through college. Ceremonies for the remaining scholars on Oahu and the Big Island will be held in early June.

From Maui, graduates include Noelle Arausa, home-schooled; Joseph Bustillos Jr., Josephine del Castillo and Allyson Higa of Maui High; Maximilian Eisenburger and Victor Pamplona of Baldwin; Alika Hopkins of Seabury Hall; and Shannon Kiek and Thomas Radford of Lahainaluna High.

Kristi Alboro attended Lanai High.

From Kauai, graduates include Jasmin Badua, Stacie Hirota and Christine Michaud of Kauai High; David Solomon, home-schooled; and Haytin Logan, Paul Quereto and Royce Rapozo of Kapaa High.

Ninety-three students will attend four-year colleges or universities in Hawaii and on the mainland. They will each receive tuition scholarships of up to $10,000 per year for four years.

Over the last three years, the program provided leadership training, life skills, test preparation, writing instruction, tutorial services, college prep courses and community service programs. In addition, volunteer mentors from Bank of Hawaii and the community worked with each student.