"Hey batter, batter...Hey batter, batter...Hey batter, batter...SWING!" On Wednesday, September 8, 2010, all of the students and teachers at Highlands Intermediate School gathered outside their classrooms with posters and banners, cameras in hand, high spirits and plenty of anticipation for the super fun and totally sporty parade that was coming their way! What parade was that, you ask? The Little League World Series Homecoming Parade here at Highlands Intermediate, of course! It was to welcome back our very own LLWS U.S. Championship team team members #18 Tyler Kushima, #20 Dane Kaneshiro, and #17 Shiloh Baniaga! We were so proud of our boys for representing Highlands Intermediate -- and all of Hawaii -- in the LLWS that we thought we would throw a super awesome parade.... just for them!
This was the second LLWS Homecoming Parade here at Highlands and it was better than ever! With the Highlands Student Government kids leading the way carrying a beautiful banner to pump up the crowd, they were made a huge entrance! Next, it was the boys themselves, riding along in two totally decked out "floats" driven by Mr. White (Student Activities Coordinator) and Mr. Anbe (Vice-Principal), waving and high fiving their pumped-up peers! Finally, their proud parents strolled along behind it all with a smiles that said, "That's my boy!"
