{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hirono.senate.gov/news/sen-mazie-hirono-tours-molokai-middle-school-today", "Sen. Mazie Hirono tours Molokai Middle School today", "2013-12-02", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Mazie Hirono", "H001042", "www.hirono.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Sen. Mazie Hirono tours Molokai Middle School today\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                \r\n                \r\n                \r\n            Monday, December 2, 2013\r\n            \n\t\n\r\n            \r\n            In her only scheduled stop on Molokai, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono visited Molokai Middle School today as part of her continuing effort to champion Hawaii\u2019s voice in Washington, D.C.\r\nSen. Hirono arrived at MMS shortly after 1 p.m. with the intent of seeing the school\u2019s gardening program and its accomplishments in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), according to school Principal Gary Davidson.\r\n\u201cWe put all our best people on this,\u201d said Davidson. Student council representatives led Hirono on a guided tour of the school, including several STEM presentations.\r\nDuring the tour, Hirono asked about the various garden beds and greenhouses throughout the campus. The garden beds and greenhouse, as well as the recently-built school halau, were established through many partnerships that MMS has formed with the larger community, according to Kelly Kawa\u2019a Richardson, the school\u2019s registrar and student activities coordinator, who helped organize the Hirono visit.\r\nOne of those partnerships that has just taken shape this year at MMS is with Sust\u2019ainable Molokai, a local non-profit that created the Molokai School Garden Network. This network, supported by the\u00a0Foodcorps program, now includes Molokai High School and Maunaloa Elementary School as well as MMS.\r\nAlso playing an important role in the development of the student gardens and STEM programs are the many teachers who have written grants, added Richardson. She also mentioned that teachers at the school have exposed students to STEM career opportunities during field trips.\r\nRead the entire piece here:\u00a0http://themolokainews.com/2013/12/02/sen-mazie-hirono-tours-molokai-middle-school-today/", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hirono.senate.gov/news/sen-mazie-hirono-tours-molokai-middle-school-today"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4583691954612732, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}