The graduating class of Ke Ana La`ahana 2008 offered their own drawing for this year's class design. Representing the koa leaves, the wake behind a wa`a in the water, and the Hoaka moon, the images symbolize these keiki and their experiences in life. Our design layout by Kuha`o offers a look at the koa leaves in a large graphic presentation. Alongside the images by the keiki, we offer the true koa leaves and the petioles (crescent shape phyllodes) of the koa. The name is a play on the plant design and the layout. The students are the young warriors, standing at the edge, ready to graduate, with their eyes wide open, looking at everything.

The Punahoa is an updated version of the Oe coin purse. It measures in just a smidge bigger at 5.38" long X 4" tall and features top stitching along the edges as well as a streamlined zippered closure. Toss in the essentials: credit cards, a few dollar bills, perhaps some change for the meter or that tube of lipstick! Great for brightening up your purse ... and your day. Punahoa is a small `ahupua`a that runs from Hilo bay front to Kuku`au `ili.