{"id":225887,"date":"2025-11-21T15:44:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=225887"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:44:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T01:44:38","slug":"keiki-manoa-education-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/21\/keiki-manoa-education-day\/","title":{"rendered":"1,200 keiki pack 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa for Education Day, Rainbow Wahine basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Elementary students had the opportunity to visit the 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Approximately 1,200 young haum\u0101na (students) from elementary schools throughout Oʻahu<\/span> visited the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> campus on November 21, to learn more about college life and even got to witness front and center a 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Rainbow Wahine basketball<\/a> game.<\/p>\n

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The keiki cheered on Rainbow Wahine basketball team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The visit began at 8:30 a.m., at Andrews Amphitheater where the keiki were introduced to campus and split into groups for morning tours. 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa student guides led groups through classrooms, labs and notable campus spots, introducing the haum\u0101na to academic programs and campus life while mixing in fun facts that kept the tours engaging.<\/p>\n

Then at 11 a.m., the keiki headed to Bankoh Arena at Stan Sheriff Center to cheer on the Rainbow Wahine in the opening game of the Bank of Hawaiʻi<\/span> Classic against Loyola Marymount. They brought a ton of energy to help propel the Rainbow Wahine to a 55-51 victory.<\/p>\n

“Our students, for some of them, this is their first time at the Stan Sheriff or even just kind of touring the campus\u2014just being exposed to what\u2019s across the street from us,” said Preston Pires, Mid-Pacific Institute elementary PE<\/abbr> teacher. “A lot of our students, they like following University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> athletics, and they kind of get to see their idols in action.”<\/p>\n

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Nahe Amimoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mid-Pacific Institute 5th<\/abbr> grade student Nahe Amimoto expressed his excitement for exploring the 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus, from the facilities to the arena.<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019d be a really nice school to go to,” said Amimoto.<\/p>\n

“It helps the campus, it helps athletics and it helps women\u2019s basketball,” said 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Athletics Director of Marketing and Fan Experience Eric Mathews, also known as “Captain Fun.” “It does so many positive things when you have this age group and kids here seeing campus for the first time, maybe seeing a game for the first time. They’re getting so many cool experiences.”<\/p>\n

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The Rainbow Wahine earned a 55-51 victory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prior to the game, all keiki were given swag bags with gifts courtesy of Bank of Hawaiʻi<\/span>, Raising Cane\u2019s, Coke and Sodexo. The haum\u0101na were from K\u016bh\u012bo, H\u014dk\u016blani, M\u014dkapu, Ala Wai, Lincoln, Hoʻokele<\/span>, Hahaʻione<\/span>, Queen Kaʻahumanu<\/span>, and Lunalilo Elementary Schools, and from neighboring Mid-Pacific Institute.<\/p>\n

This opportunity was made possible by a collaboration of multiple units across the 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus, including the athletics department, admissions office, campus operations and facilities, President\u2019s office and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elementary school students visited the 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus on November 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":225897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[58,82,204,9,550],"class_list":["post-225887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-education","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/manoa-keiki-education-day-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225887"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225912,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225887\/revisions\/225912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}