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Letters to the Editors
Write letters to your community newspaper(s) to express your support of Kamehameha Schools. Please keep in mind that most papers have a word count limit, prohibit personal attacks and require the writer’s name, address and phone number for verification purposes.

Here are some possible key points for Letters to the Editors:

The policy of preference is essential to fulfilling Kamehameha Schools’ mission.
The schools were founded by Princess Pauahi to enhance the capability and well-being of the Hawaiian people through education. Hawaiian students still face higher educational risk-factors than do non-Hawaiian students. The preference policy allows us to help Hawaiian children overcome those risks and make the most of their potential.

Kamehameha Schools’ preference policy helps to remedy past injustices suffered by Hawaiians.
The history of the oppression and deprivation of Hawaiians, an indigenous people who suffered greatly in their once-sovereign homeland, and the compelling need to remedy past injustices, are well-established. By utilizing Kamehameha’s resources to educate Hawaiians first, we help Hawaiians continue to elevate and heal themselves.

Using the resources of Princess Pauahi’s estate, Kamehameha Schools has been a leader in educating Hawaiians and preserving our indigenous culture.
KS provides educational opportunities that help contribute to better lives for students and their families. KS Hawaiian cultural education reconnects Hawaiian children with their ancestral values, pride and dignity, and helps reawaken and build upon the innate strengths of their cultural foundations.

The preference policy does not EXCLUDE any particular ethnicity.
Kamehameha’s preference policy does not exist to exclude any particular ethnicity, but rather to benefit a group of students who have been shown to face higher educational risks than others. If we can enhance the capability and well-being of the Hawaiian people, everyone in the state – Hawaiian and non-Hawaiian – will benefit.

Kamehameha Schools’ Impact on me/my family/my community/others
Personalize your letter to demonstrate the educational value Kamehameha has contributed to Hawaiians and the broader community.

The Honolulu Advertiser
Letters to the Editor
P.O. Box 3110
Honolulu, HI 96802
FAX: (808)535-2415
E-mail: letters@honoluluadvertiser.com
200 words maximum; in good taste on any topic; must include writer’s true name, address and telephone number for verification purposes; limited to one per writer per month.

The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
7 Waterfront Plaza
500 Ala Moana Blvd., Ste. 210
Honolulu, HI 96813
FAX: (808) 529-4750
E-Mail: letters@starbulletin.com
150-200 words maximum; no personal attacks; must be signed and include a daytime telephone number for verification purposes.

The Garden Island
The Forum
P.O. Box 231
Lihe`e, HI 96766
FAX: (808)245-5286
E-Mail: ginews@aloha.net
Approximately 300 words maximum; Letters should be to the point, and no personal attacks will be published; must be signed and include writer’s full name, address and a daytime phone number for verification purposes only.

Hawai`i Tribune Herald
Letters to the Editor
P.O. Box 767
Hilo, HI 96721
FAX: (808)969-9100
E-Mail: letters@hawaiitribune-herald.com

The Maui News
Letters, The Maui News
100 Mahalani St.
Wailuku, HI 96793
FAX: (808)242-9087
E-Mail: letters@mauinews.com
Letters on subjects of general interest; must include the writer’s name, address and telephone number; shorter letters are given priority, no poetry is accepted. Call (808)242-6347 with questions.

West Hawai`i Today
Letters to the Editor
P.O. Box 789
Kailua-Kona, HI 96745-0789
FAX: (808)329-4860
E-Mail: wht@aloha.net
No longer than 300 words; letters must be signed and include telephone number for verification. E-mail letters must contain a postal address and telephone number. Longer viewpoint articles are welcome, but writers should check with editor; endorsement letters will not be published.

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