"...to provide instruction...in such useful knowledge as may
tend to make good and industrious men and women"
excerpt from Article 13
Will of Bernice Pauahi
Bishop
Kamehameha Schools Campus Programs
With extraordinary foresight, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, last direct descendant
of Ali`i nui Kamehameha
I and sole heir to the vast Kamehameha Lands, created the schools as the sole
beneficiary of her expansive estate. This will allow selected Hawaiian
students to regain control over their social, political and cultural destinies
for generations to come. Deeply concerned by the decline of the Hawaiian
people following Western contact, she believed that a sound, formal education
was the key to survival. In her Will, Ke Ali`i Pauahi established the
Kamehameha Lands as a trust in perpetuity, dedicated to a single purpose:
The founding and continued support of the Kamehameha Schools, the sole
beneficiary, located at Kapälama, O`ahu.
Special Programs and Scholarships
In 1962, KS trustees sought
and received permission from the courts to offer educational programs
away from the Kapälama campus. That enabled Kamehameha Schools to
begin developing ways to reach more Hawaiian students, and during the
summer of 1963, Kamehameha's first summer program enrolled 388 students
at seven locations throughout the state and KS was able to serve thousands
of people per year through 1993 with programs from pre-natal care to adult
education. Some of these outreach programs were funded by the federal
government. In 1995, many of KS's community programs were terminated to
make way for more full-time programs.
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