Pacific and Asian Affairs Council
Travel Program1601 East-West Rd., 4th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96848
tel. (808) 944-7759 fax (808) 944-7785
email: tp@paachawaii.org website: www.paachawaii.org
PRESS RELEASE
February 4, 2003
The Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (PAAC) is pleased to announce that three Hawai’i public high school students have been awarded scholarships from PAAC Board President Frank Boas and the Freeman Foundation to take part in study abroad programs administered by the Wo International Center at Punahou School in the summer of 2003.
Audrey Chihara, a junior at Lahainaluna High School, will receive a full scholarship from the Freeman Foundation to attend the Punahou School study abroad program in Japan this summer. Audrey is a PAAC club member at Lahainaluna High School.
Kenny Dunn, a junior at Radford High School, will receive a full scholarship from Frank Boas to attend the Punahou School study abroad program in France this summer. Kenny is a student in PAAC’s “Upload the World” after-school class at Radford High School.
Christina Grijaldo, a sophomore at Radford High School, will receive a full scholarship from the Freeman Foundation to attend the Punahou School study abroad program in Japan this summer. Christina is a student in PAAC’s “Upload the World” after-school class at Radford High school.
PAAC is a private, non-profit organization that seeks to promote increased awareness of international affairs and U.S. foreign policy, with special emphasis on Asia and the Pacific.
PAAC awards many different scholarships exclusively to public high school students in PAAC clubs and after-school classes statewide.
For more information about PAAC clubs, classes and scholarships for Hawai’i public high school students, please contact Jason Jones, PAAC Travel Program Coordinator, by e-mail at tp@paachawaii.org, or by telephone at 944-7759.