Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 5, Number 8, 1 August 1988 — Kamehameha Student is Hawaiʻi Essay Winner [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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Kamehameha Student is Hawaiʻi Essay Winner

< Jared Redulla, Kamehameha School sophomore, was the Hawai'i winner in the statecompetition of the first National Peaee Essay Contest sponsored by the United States Institute of Peaee. His l,500-word essay, entitled "Rallying People for World Peaee," focuses on the human rights section of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. It was submitted for judging directly to the Institute of Peaee in Washington, D. C. He won a $250 college scholarship and a trip to Washington where he and other state winners were honored at a special program June 17-18. The students met with officials at the White House, Congress, the State Department and the Institute of Peaee. Winner of the national competition received a $5,000 college scholarship.

Jared Redulla