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Serena Wong, staff writer

Serena Wong, Staff Writer

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Edward Case, the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district, stands beside Clara Wu (11) and her artwork entitled "Bubblegum Chums" which won a top art prize on May 4. Photo courtesy of James Mosher.

Wu wins top Congressional Art prize!

Serena Wong, Student Life
May 21, 2019
Serena Wong (12) graduates this year from Kalani High School and plans to study at Kapiolani Community College in the Fall. Photo by Ka Leo Staff 2019.

Letter to my freshman self

Serena Wong, Student Life
May 15, 2019
Microphone. Wiki commons 2019.

Falcons on Fire!

Serena Wong, News
April 1, 2019
Cherise Horita (12), last year's Kalani Female Athlete of the Year as a junior, heads into the 2019 softball season as the team's go-to hitter and pitcher. She signed to play NCAA Division II softball at California State University San Marcos on Thursday, Feb. 28. Photo by Serena Wong 2019.

Horita swings for San Marcos

Serena Wong, Sports
March 12, 2019
Kalani's JV volleyball team watches from the bleachers as Senior Keoni Thiim spikes a ball against Kailua in Varsity's season opener. Photo by Serena Wong 2019.

Boys Volleyball wins season opener!

Serena Wong, Sports
March 5, 2019
Christopher “Kaiko” Decker dives into the pool at the State Champsionship meet and swims hard to capture the 50 Freestyle title. Photo by M. Otani 2019.

Decker wins gold

Serena Wong, Sports
March 1, 2019
Kalani Principal Mitchell Otani stands beside Lauren Horita (12), student body president, during the lion-dance ceremony to dedicate the new girls’ locker room facility on Feb. 20. Photo by S. Wong.

Girls’ locker room opens to athletes!

Serena Wong, Student Life
March 1, 2019
C. Horita (12) hammers the ball left-center for a home run in the 4th inning. Despite their 16-0 victory, this was the only home run of the game. Photo by Serena Wong 2019.

Kalani Wallops McKinley in Softball Scrimmage

Serena Wong, Photojournalism
February 6, 2019
Javan Montiho lays up the ball for two. "Senior Night means a lot because we can thank the people who come out to support us," he said. Photo by Serena Wong 2019.

Kalani Boys Dominate Farrington on Senior Night

Serena Wong, Photojournalism
February 1, 2019
Senior Shelby McDaniel takes two at the free throw line during the 4th quarter against McKinley on Senior Night. Photo by Serena Wong 2019.

A Night for Seniors to Shine

Serena Wong, Sports
January 31, 2019
Kalani Senior Edilburto Salinas won the OIA boys diving eastern championship last Saturday, Jan.19. He will be competing for the OIA championship this Saturday, Jan. 26 at the K. Mark Takai Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center. Photo by V. Ruelas 2018.

Senior Dives to Victory at Easterns

Serena Wong, Sports
January 23, 2019
Isaiah Lee out-jumped Kalaheo's Ryan Pardini for the three at the end of the fourth quarter in Kalani's Friday night nailbiter. Lee finished the game with 21 points and his final free throw put Kalani at 61 over Kalaheo's 58 at the end of the second overtime. Photo by Serena Wong 2018.

Varsity Boys Thrill With Double OT Win

Serena Wong, Photojournalism
January 19, 2019
Freshman Jacob Shibuya drove past a Kalaheo player during the second half of Friday's game but his skills weren't enough to secure the win. Kalani lost 44-41. Photo by Serena Wong 2018.

JV Boys Can’t Fight Off the Mustangs

Serena Wong, Photojournalism
January 19, 2019
Kandyce Woods (12) lunges for the rebound in Kalani's Dec. 27 game against Kaiser. Woods scored 10 points from inside the paint and Kalani won 82-57. Photo by Serena Wong 2018.

Kalani soars above Kaiser

Serena Wong, Sports
December 28, 2018
Kamalu Kamakawiwa'ole (12) drives to the basket in the final minutes of the fourth quarter in the Lady Falcons game against Castle on Dec. 12 at Kalani High School. The Falcons won 75-47 in a hard-fought game against the Knights. Kamakawiwa'ole led with 19 points, followed by Kalena Halunajan (10) with 17 and Heidi Kishaba (12) with 13 points. It was a physical game between the two schools. Kalani got into foul trouble early in the 2nd quarter but ended up winning by 28 points. Photo by Serena Wong 2018.

Girls Basketball battles for victory

Serena Wong, Sports
December 13, 2018
Kalani’s Creative Dance class had their first concert of the year to celebrate the winter season at the cafeteria on Friday Dec. 7. Photo courtesy of Danielle Terawaki-Doble 2018.

Creative Dance celebrates the holidays

Serena Wong, Photojournalism
December 10, 2018
Kayttie Nakamura (center) won a world championship in the double mini-competition at this year’s World Age Group Competition (WAGC) in St. Petersburg, Russia Nov. 11-16. To her right is U.S. teammate Sydney Senter, who placed 2nd in the Double Mini, and to her left is Russian Elizabeta Galtsova, who earned 3rd place. Photo courtesy of K. Nakamura 2018.

Kayttie Nakamura takes gold

Serena Wong, Sports Profile
November 30, 2018
After placing fourth for the last three years, Kalani’s own Kayttie Nakamura is the new 15-16 age group Double Mini world champion. Nakamura represents Team USA in the 2018 World Age Group Competition in St. Petersburg, Russia. Sydney Senter from Hawai’i Baptist Academy placed second and Elizaveta Galtsova from Russia placed third. Nakamura will be competing in the individual trampoline on Saturday, Nov. 17 and synchronized trampoline on Nov. 18. Photo courtesy of Kayttie Nakamura 2018.

Kayttie Nakamura is a World Champion

Serena Wong, Photojournalism
November 15, 2018
Kamalu Kamakawiwo’ole tipped off the ball for the Falcons against Kamehameha in the Black and Gold Classic tournament at McKinley last night. Falcons were defeated 69-65, making their preseason record 1-1. Photo by Serena Wong 2018.

Falcons challenged by Warriors

Serena Wong, Photojournalism
November 10, 2018
Kamakawiwoʻole goes up for an easy basket against Campbell in Kalani Girl's Basketball first pre-season game. The Falcons went over to win the game 83 to 17. Photo by Serena Wong 2018.

Spotlight: Kamalu Kamakawiwo’ole

Serena Wong, Features
November 7, 2018
Photo by Serena Wong 2018.

Marching Band Scores at First Tourney

Serena Wong, Photojournalism
November 4, 2018

[Video] Kahala fire leaves two dead

Kenneth Wong, News
October 17, 2018
Senior Powder Puff players cheer on their teammates. From left to righ: Kandyce Woods, Ariel Wang, Heidi Kishabi, Jade Robinson, and Daesha Viela. Staff photo 2018.

Seniors repeat Powder Puff win

Serena Wong, Student Life
September 23, 2018
Ka Leo staff image 2016.

Powder Puff: Who’s it gonna be?

Serena Wong, Student Life
September 6, 2018
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