MY NAME IS JAMESON YALAP. I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY PACIFIC ISLAND STUDENTS WHO HAD THE PRIVELAGE OF GETTING A FULL SCHOLARSHIP TO THE HIGH SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC (HSP). UNFORTUNATELY THE HIGH SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC HAD TO CLOSE DOWN ITS DOORS IN THE JUNE OF 2009 DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING SOURCES FROM JAPAN AND KOREA, THE SCHOOL'S MAIN FUNDERS. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE HIGH SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC IS A PRIVATE NON SECTARIAN COLLEGE PREP HIGH SCHOOL IN KEALAKEKUA, BIG ISLAND, HAWAII, AND WAS FOUNDED BY REV. SUN MYUNG MOON, THE FOUNDER OF THE UNIFICATION CHURCH.
IT'S QUITE A SMALL SCHOOL AND IT CURRENTLY HAD AN ENROLLMENT OF 38 STUDENTS WHOM ARE MOSTLY FROM THE PACIFIC REGION SUCH AS YAP, PALAU, MARSHALL IS., KOSRAE, POHNPEI, TONGA, SOLOMON IS., PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SAMOA AND HAWAII. THE SCHOOL IS STILL WAS FIRST STARTED IN 2004 SO IT IS STILL A VERY NEW SCHOOL. NOT MUCH PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC AND I THINK THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL AND ITS LOCATION ON THE BIG ISLAND. THE SCHOOL LIKE I MENTIONED IS LOCATED IN KEALAKEKUA WHICH IS A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA WITH NOT MUCH BUILDINGS, BUSINESSES AND HOUSES, MAKING IT A VERY PLEASENT ENVIRONMENT FOR A SCHOOL. WE LIVED IN DORMS WHICH WERE LOCATED SEPERATELY.
EACH MORNING WE WOULD WAKE AND SHOWER, DO OUR LAST MINUTE HOMEWORK AND GO TO BREAKFAST AT 7:00AM AND GO TO THE SCHOOL AT 8:00AM OR SOMETIMES 9:00 DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC OR IF THE GIRLS WERE STILL SHOWERING. WE HAVE CLASS STARTING FROM 9:00AM TO 11:00AM AND WE HAVE LUNCH FOR 45 MINUTES AND THEN WE PROCEED AGAIN AFTER LUNCH TILL 3:50PM THEN WE PREPARE TO GO BACK TO THE DORMS. SOMETIMES SOME STUDENTS WOULD STAY AFTER SCHOOL FOR MARTIAL ARTS CLASS OR FOR COLLEGE PREP CLASSES. SCHOOL WAS CHALLENGING MOST OF THE TIMES.
IT WAS HARD TO BALANCE EVERYTHING, BUT YOU END UP FINDING A SOLUTION. BESIDES SCHOOL, WE HAD MANY ACTIVITIES TO DO LIKE GOING TO THE MOVIES, SWIMMING, CAMPING AND MANY MORE. THE BIG ISLAND IS NOT AS HUSTLE AND BUSTLE AND EXCITING AND DOESN'T HAVE MUCH PLACES TO GO TO AS OAHU, BUT OVERALL I LOVE IT IN THE BIG ISLAND BECUASE IT'S COLDER AND A LOT PEACEFUL THAN OAHU. I MISS THOSE GOOD OLD TIMES WITH MY HSP FRIENDS AND I MISS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE BIG ISLAND. I MISS THE WAIMEA, HILO, KONA, KAMUELA, CAPTAIN COOK AND KEALAKEKUA.
I REALLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT SOMEDAY SOON HSP COULD REOPEN ITS DOORS AGAIN BEFORE I FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. SO PLEASE ANYBODY OUT THERE WILLING TO SPONSOR OUR SCHOOL PLEASE
IT'S QUITE A SMALL SCHOOL AND IT CURRENTLY HAD AN ENROLLMENT OF 38 STUDENTS WHOM ARE MOSTLY FROM THE PACIFIC REGION SUCH AS YAP, PALAU, MARSHALL IS., KOSRAE, POHNPEI, TONGA, SOLOMON IS., PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SAMOA AND HAWAII. THE SCHOOL IS STILL WAS FIRST STARTED IN 2004 SO IT IS STILL A VERY NEW SCHOOL. NOT MUCH PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC AND I THINK THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL AND ITS LOCATION ON THE BIG ISLAND. THE SCHOOL LIKE I MENTIONED IS LOCATED IN KEALAKEKUA WHICH IS A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA WITH NOT MUCH BUILDINGS, BUSINESSES AND HOUSES, MAKING IT A VERY PLEASENT ENVIRONMENT FOR A SCHOOL. WE LIVED IN DORMS WHICH WERE LOCATED SEPERATELY.
EACH MORNING WE WOULD WAKE AND SHOWER, DO OUR LAST MINUTE HOMEWORK AND GO TO BREAKFAST AT 7:00AM AND GO TO THE SCHOOL AT 8:00AM OR SOMETIMES 9:00 DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC OR IF THE GIRLS WERE STILL SHOWERING. WE HAVE CLASS STARTING FROM 9:00AM TO 11:00AM AND WE HAVE LUNCH FOR 45 MINUTES AND THEN WE PROCEED AGAIN AFTER LUNCH TILL 3:50PM THEN WE PREPARE TO GO BACK TO THE DORMS. SOMETIMES SOME STUDENTS WOULD STAY AFTER SCHOOL FOR MARTIAL ARTS CLASS OR FOR COLLEGE PREP CLASSES. SCHOOL WAS CHALLENGING MOST OF THE TIMES.
IT WAS HARD TO BALANCE EVERYTHING, BUT YOU END UP FINDING A SOLUTION. BESIDES SCHOOL, WE HAD MANY ACTIVITIES TO DO LIKE GOING TO THE MOVIES, SWIMMING, CAMPING AND MANY MORE. THE BIG ISLAND IS NOT AS HUSTLE AND BUSTLE AND EXCITING AND DOESN'T HAVE MUCH PLACES TO GO TO AS OAHU, BUT OVERALL I LOVE IT IN THE BIG ISLAND BECUASE IT'S COLDER AND A LOT PEACEFUL THAN OAHU. I MISS THOSE GOOD OLD TIMES WITH MY HSP FRIENDS AND I MISS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE BIG ISLAND. I MISS THE WAIMEA, HILO, KONA, KAMUELA, CAPTAIN COOK AND KEALAKEKUA.
I REALLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT SOMEDAY SOON HSP COULD REOPEN ITS DOORS AGAIN BEFORE I FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. SO PLEASE ANYBODY OUT THERE WILLING TO SPONSOR OUR SCHOOL PLEASE