Hiʻiakaikawaiola Class of 2023 alumnus Māhieuʻilani Konanui was the recipient of the alumni Hōkū Welowelo scholarship this year.
Kamehameha Schools' annual workplace giving campaign Hoʻōla i ka Lāhui is on right now for employees of Kamehameha Schools to model the leadership of Ke Aliʻi Pauahi through acts of kahiau, giving without expecting anything back.
Workplace Giving has raised more than $5 million dollars for local nonprofits thanks to the generosity of Kamehameha Schools staff members.
Launched last school year, Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi endowed a scholarship through the Pauahi Foundation called the Hōkū Welowelo Scholarship. Each year, a current graduating KSH senior and a student in college will receive a scholarship from this fund. The fund was created through a number of philanthropy efforts conducted throughout the years, including Pennies, Pledges, and Roses for Pauahi. Scholarship amounts will equal 4% of the value of the fund, so as the fund grows the amount and number of scholarships will continue to grow. This endowed scholarship is named in recognition of Halley's Comet appearing in 1758 at the time of Kamehameha Paiʻea’s birth at Kokoiki, Kohala.
The 2025 recipients of that scholarship, Māhieuʻilani Konanui and Justin Kubojiri, both sent over word of mahalo, expressing their gratitude for those donors who have invested in their educational outcomes.
2025 Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi graduate and Hōkū Welowelo scholarship recipient Justin Kubojiri sends a heartfelt mahalo to all who have contributed to these scholarships and invested in his future, his education and goal of making Hawaiʻi self sustaining by 2045. Justin just began his college journey at the Colorado School of Mines. Watch Justin's message below or on the Kamehameha Schools YouTube channel.
2023 alumna Māhieuʻilani Konanui is currently finishing her degree at the University of Arizona.
Māhieuʻilani shared this heartfelt mahalo for everyone who contributed:
“Iʻm sending this letter to send my utmost aloha for your philanthropy in supporting my educational pursuits. I am in the beginning of my third year in college and despite it being just the beginning, I am involved in undergratudate resarch with Nihi Lab, heading to a club conference in October (Soceity of Women Engineers), and taking upper division courses that are utilizing me with the tools needed to be an effecive and efficient Environmental Engineer post-graduation. These opportunities that I have taken would not have been possible without your generous support.
As a Kamehameha Schools alumni, I would always like to extend my thanks through the will of Ke Aliʻi Pauahi, as what you folks do for students like us is an extension of her vision for her people. I thank you for your never ending support for not just me, but the manay kānaka that will come after.
I will continue this journey post-graduation, carrying on Pauahiʻs legacy, and mahalo nui loa again, for being in support of that.”
Workplace Giving runs through the end of October. KS Employees can donate via the Workplace Giving portal.
Anyone inspired to give, or who would like to give outside of the campaign window can do so directly via any of the partner organizations.
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Kamehameha Schools’ policy is to give preference to applicants of Hawaiian ancestry to the extent permitted by law.
