Celebrating Makahiki 2020 Lonoikamakahiki! Our staff and Hālau Pāheona After School haumāna (students) were blessed on October 16th on the Kaimuki High School campus with warm sunshine as we celebrated the start of the Makahiki season, the time from mid-October...
Summer Program 2020 Honolulu, O‘ahu Our Summer Program for 2020 started with uncertainty, new faces, and an entire revision of our standard in-person programming. However, with increased staff, volunteers, and extra precautions during the COVID19 pandemic, our team...
Our Mele Murals Summer Program finished this last mural in the last week of the program with Uncle Pomai, Uncle Estria, and Hālau Pāheona kumu, Lacey Evans. This mo‘olelo is about King Kakuhihewa, the 15th aliʻi ʻaimoku (ruling chief) of Oʻahu, and the location of his...
Weʻre proud to have finished our third annual Professional Development workshop for Hawai‘i DOE teachers this summer! For four days in July, over 20 teachers joined our “Mele Murals – Integrating Creativity, Collaboration & Critical Thinking”...
Summer fun has started with our Mele Murals Summer Program! Our 40 haumāna (students) have experienced three huaka‘i (fieldtrips)! Their first huaka‘i was hiking up to Waiahila Ridge to learn about our ahupua‘a above our schools and community of Pālolo Valley and...