(Courtesy photo | Jesse Cruz)

(Courtesy photo | Jesse Cruz)

Hawaiian students on cultural exchange help Trail Mix

Students from Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, traveled to Juneau.

Courtesy photo | Jesse Cruz

Students from Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, traveled to Juneau for two weeks on a cultural exchange class. They have been all over town and on Wednesday helped Trail Mix Inc. with trail restoration project on Switzer Creek Trail. Juneau students, who participated in the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation High School Academy, visited this group of students on Punahou’s campus in early June.

From left, pictured in the front row are Kyle Tien, Michael Tamashiro, Hunter Wilson, Alexsa Loo, Jade Hagihara, Torie Hoshide, Kayla Meisenzahl, Abby Matsumoto. From left, pictured in the back row are Kyle Fujimoto faculty member from Punahou, Frank Coenraad, Jesse Cruz with Goldbelt Heritage Foundation, Alannah Collat faculty member from Punahou, Malia Ariyoshi, Caden Katada, Kelsey Shintaku, Brandon Yee, Colin Rose, Aukina Hunt, Bailey Wong, Chase Fukuda, Ty Okazaki, Ryan O’Shaughnessy the Project Manager for Trail Mix, and Hunter Runge the Crew Leader of Trail Mix.

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