The artwork on the following pages are the winning entries in the annual nengajö, or New Year’s card, design contest for students taking Japanese language. The statewide contest is sponsored by the Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese and is open to the elementary, middle and high school students of teachers who are members of HATJ.
Awards are presented in the categories of most artistic, most original, most comical and “New Year’s in Hawai‘i” for each school level. The entries are judged on its artistic value, as well as on the correct “spelling” of the Japanese words that appear on the card and the form of the Japanese characters.
Alisa Yost, Mililani High School — special award, original, high school.Madisyn Ueyama, Mililani ‘Ike Elementary School — third place, comical, elementary school.Lisa Shirai-Holland, Washington Middle School — first place, Hawai‘i, middle school.Akemi Santiago, Hawaii Baptist Academy — third place, Hawai‘i, high school.Anne Ruedo, Waipahu High School — second place, artistic, high school.Brennen Roylo, Mililani ‘Ike Elementary School — third place, original, elementary school.Jace Ramiscal, Mililani ‘Ike Elementary School — second place, artistic, elementary school.Ashley-Kate Pura, Mililani High School — first place, artistic, high school.Grace Pu, ‘Äina Haina Elementary School — first place, comical, elementary school.Catherine Palmer, Sacred Hearts Academy — second place, original, high school.Jaysee Moore, Roosevelt High School — third place artistic, high school.Mika Montano, Washington Middle School — first place, original, middle school.Eunchong Min, Roosevelt High School — first place, Hawaii, high school.Connor Low, ‘Äina Haina Elementary School — first place, original, elementary school.Jiahui Liao, Roosevelt High School — special award, Hawai‘i, high school.Tatsuo Kim, Washington Middle School — first place, comical, middle school.Hye Lim Kim, Roosevelt High School — first place, original, high school.Jayni Ishikawa, Hawaii Baptist Academy — first place, comical, high school.Jada Inouye, Hawaii Baptist Academy — third place, original, high school.Sarah Ing, Wilson Elementary School — first place, artistic, elementary school.Reanne Inafuku, Hawaii Baptist Academy — third place, comical, high school.Sue Hong, ‘Äina Haina Elementary School — second place, original, elementary school.Tatem Fuller, Wilson Elementary School — third place, Hawai‘i, elementary school.Bryce Hara, Wilson Elementary School — second place, Hawai‘i, elementary school.Hilinai Gilliland, Kamehameha Schools — special award, comical, high school.Brendan Fujimoto, ‘Äina Haina Elementary School — third place, artistic, elementary school.Siena Fernando, Mililani High School — second place, Hawai‘i, high school.Ethan Chun, Mililani ‘Ike Elementary School — second place comical, elementary school.Victoria Brown, ‘Äina Haina Elementary School — first place, Hawai‘i, elementary school.
