Waihee Elementary School 4th- and 5th-graders, including 4th-grader Deja Nakamura (foreground), perform “Haleakala Hula” on Thursday.

WAILUKU — Paia School grades 4 and 5 were named the overall winner of the 37th annual Na Mele O Maui Song Competition on Thursday. Paia singers won for their renditions of a competition song, “Haleakala Hula,” and their choice song, “Ka Uahi O Kula.” Twenty-two classes from kindergarden to grade 12 competed in the Hawaiian song contest held at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. In the event’s student art competition, Kamehameha Schools Maui 10th-grader Bridgette Ige won best-of-show honors for her ceramic “opihi.” The theme of both events was “Mai Uka A Kai,” or “From the Mountains to the Sea.” Other winners of the song portion of the competition, in order of ranking, were: * Division I (grades K-1): Ke Kula Kaiapuni O Pa‘ia; Kahului School. * Division II (grades 2-3): Paia School; Kahului School. * Division III (grades 4-5): Paia Elementary; Kamehameha Maui. * Division IV (grades 6-8): Kamehameha Maui; Kula Kaiapuni O Kulalapu‘u. * Opio Division (grades 9-12): Kamehameha Maui.