ʻŌlelo Community Media’s
2024-2025 Youth Xchange
Statewide Student Video Competition
FINALISTS
CREATING PEACE
Elementary:
Be The I in Kind – Mayor Joseph J. Fern Elementary
Choosing Peace Every Day – Makakilo Elementary
Together We Stand – Nānākuli Elementary
Middle:
A Home of Peace – President George Washington Middle
Don’t Hesitate – Highlands Intermediate
Peace – Lahaina Intermediate
High:
Peace Within the ‘Āina – Kamehameha Schools Maui
Hands in Harmony – Moanalua High
Peace Cookies – Moanalua High
CHAMPION CIVIC ACTION
Elementary:
Learning About the LIONS Club – Honowai Elementary
Power of Aloha – Waipahu Elementary
The Pantry – Mayor Joseph J. Fern Elementary
Middle:
DMS Partners With Hawai‘i Food Bank – Gov. Sanford B. Dole Middle
Rebuilding The Future – Kamehameha Schools Maui
Seed of Change – Highlands Intermediate
High:
Growing A Future, One Plant at A Time – Kamehameha Schools Maui
Kūpa‘a i ka ‘Āina – Kamehameha Schools Maui
Tides of Changes: Pale ‘a‘a – Kealakehe High
IMPROVING TESTING FOR ALL STUDENTS
Elementary:
3 Deep Breaths – Honowai Elementary
Reduce Test Stress – ‘Āina Haina Elementary
Rock It! – Mayor Joseph J. Fern Elementary
Middle:
Level Up! – Moanalua Middle
The Testing Helper – Moanalua Middle
Ways to Improve Tests for All Students – Kaimukī Middle
High:
Don’t Stress Be Prepared – Waiakea High
Healthy Grindz to Succeed – ‘Aiea High
Jake’s Test – Moanalua High
MO’ VEGGIES, MO’ BETTA
Elementary:
Gotta Eat ‘Em All – Major Joseph J. Fern Elementary
Healthy Choices – Pearl City Highlands Elementary
Let’s Talk: Mo’ Healthy Choices! – Waipahu Elementary
Middle:
Eat Right Feel Bright – Highlands Intermediate
Eating Healthy Vlog – Moanalua Middle
Growing the Future – Kamehameha Schools Maui
High:
Fuel Your Body the Right Way The Nerves Will Go Away – Kealakehe High
Harvesting A Better Tomorrow – Kealakehe High
Holomua Begins with You – Kamehameha Schools Maui
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Elementary:
Click Bait, Too Good to Be True! – Waipahu Elementary
Help, Hawai‘i – Moanalua Elementary
Showing Aloha – Honowai Elementary
Middle:
Animal Spa – Hawai‘i Baptist Academy
Don’t Be Trashy – Moanalua Middle
If AI Does it All, What Are We Here For? – Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle
High:
Burning Memories – Kaua‘i High
Keep the Beach Clean – Wai‘anae High
Your Words Have an Effect – Moanalua High
SHORT
Elementary:
Build Back-Up: Positivity – Waipahu Elementary
Super Healthy Bros – Mayor Joseph J. Fern Elementary
This Little Fire Ant – Pearl City Highlands Elementary
Middle:
Embracing the Silence – Kamehameha Schools Maui
Peer Pressure – Kamehameha Schools Maui
The Truth About Fast Fashion – Moanalua Middle
High:
Kai Ola Summer Program – Mililani High
Maui Huliau Foundation: Promoting Environmental Education Through Youth
Advocacy – Maui High
‘Ōlelo: ka Pu‘uwai o Ka Po‘e – Kaua‘i High
SHOW ME YOUR PREPAREDNESS SUPERPOWERS!
Elementary:
Always Be Prepared – Alvah A Scott Elementary
Go Now, Prepare Now! – Waipahu Elementary
Stay Prepared – Kīpapa Elementary
Middle:
Never Fear, Prepare Woman is Here! – Mid-Pacific Institute
Prepare NOW! – Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle
The Superpowers in Preparing – Moanalua Middle
High:
Emergency Preparedness – Waiʻanae High
Natural Disaster Preparation – Moanalua High
Secure Today, Survive Tomorrow – Moanalua High
YEAR OF OUR COMMUNITY FORESTS
Elementary:
Growing Honowai Elemen“Trees” Urban Forest – Honowai Elementary
Our Monkey Pod Tree, Our WES Community – Waipahu Elementary
Perfect Plant Producers: Producing the IPES Orchard – Iroquois Point Elementary
Middle:
E ola nā mea kanu ‘ōiwi – Ke Kula ‘O Nāwahīokalani‘ōpu‘u Iki
Power Tree Lucky Tree – Moanalua Middle
Rooted in Nature – Highlands Intermediate
High:
Help Protect Our Native Forests – Mililani Community and Wai‘anae Watershed
Program – Mililani High
More Than a Tree – Kamehameha Schools Maui
Rooted in Koloko – Kealakehe High
JUNIOR EXPERT
Middle:
Finding Your Passion – Honouliuli Middle
Unlocked – Honouliuli Middle
What If…– Highlands Intermediate
EXPERT
High:
Legend of the Searider – Wai‘anae High
Leihana – Mid-Pacific Institute
Two Worlds Apart – Mid-Pacific Institute