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Mr. Chun with the Hawaii Kai LEO Lions during the 2025 Aloha Assembly. Photo by Sara Kimoto.
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The End of an Era: Gordon Chun Retires After 30 Years of Teaching
Malia Major May 13, 2025

  As the school year comes to a close, seniors won’t be the only ones saying goodbye to Kaiser. Multiple teachers will be leaving our cast of staff, all for different reasons. However, few have as much reputation as Mr. Gordon Chun. All the...

Kaiser Track & Field Stars Shine Bright
Kaiser Track & Field Stars Shine Bright
Andy McCallister, Sports Editor • August 18, 2025
The Kaiser Track Team is ending their season with a blistering finish. As the Varsity Team advances to States this week, some star athletes have risen up during the OIA East Championships...
Swim team after OIA Champs
A Record Breaking Season
David Kunihiro, Staff Writer • April 16, 2025

The Kaiser swim season is now finished, and this record breaking season was a huge success. As a team for Varsity, we placed second in the...

What's All the Racket?
What’s All the Racket?
Andy McCallister, Sports Editor • April 16, 2025
The Kaiser Tennis Team recently competed against the Kahuku Tennis team at the BYU Hawaii campus in a close match. Tavin Lee clutched up in an overtime game, with the final score being 17-15...
A chicken wandering around the Peace & Sustainability Garden
Planting With Care – A Look Into Kaiser High School’s Peace & Sustainability Garden
Cody Nakajima October 1, 2025
Hawai’i happens to be home to a wide variety of species of native Hawaiian plants which you won’t find anywhere else in the world. Located just north of C Building, Kaiser’s Peace & Sustainability Garden is working hard to ensure that these plant species are being well-cared for.
New Faces
September 29, 2025
Hawaii County School Resource Officer Blake Ragocos bonding with students.
HPD In Schools: Ensuring Safety, Building Trust
Tyler Kaneko October 1, 2025

In the past and present school issues have always been a relevant issue. As of September 17, 2025, the Honolulu Police Commission has thought...

Photo taken at Shinjuku Station on June 24, 2024.
Musical Trains – JR East Changes Iconic Departure Melodies On Yamanote Line
Cody Nakajima, Photography Editor • May 5, 2025
Anyone who uses the trains in Tokyo probably knows about the varying departure melodies. For years, the melodies used on the Yamanote Line, arguably the most important of the bunch, remained untouched. However, since March of 2024, things...
Team Conrad Or Team Jeremiah?
October 1, 2025

Recently, “The Summer I Turned Pretty" a coming-of-age romance aired on July 16th 2025, with the season finale coming out on September 18th...

How Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Broke Box Office Records
How Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Broke Box Office Records
Christine Cao, Staff Writer • September 30, 2025

The release of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle marked a major turning point for anime in cinemas worldwide. Its record-breaking...

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