Kamehameha Schools has served the Waiʻanae Coast with educational programs for more than 40 years and remains committed to support the community’s efforts in education. One of the ways that KS is working in the community is through the establishment of community learning centers.
The newly opened Early Learning Complex at the Community Learning Center at Mā‘ili (CLC-M) includes an Early Learning Kauhale, which will be a space where the community can access to a wide range of services and educational opportunities. The kauhale will provide operational, office and meeting spaces for early learning organizations that have long served the Wai‘anae Coast and are now centrally located in the learning center.
In addition to many of the providers with classroom space in the complex, the kauhale will provide office space for organizations such as ASSETS School, the Parent Child Development Corporation (through the Wai‘anae Coast Early Childhood Services), Learning Disabilities of Hawai‘i and Read to Me International. Those organizations will provide valuable early learning screening and assessments which will help families identify strategies to build upon strengths and address learning weaknesses for their children.
In addition to serving as a one-stop shop for early education needs, Kamehameha Schools is moving some of its services previously provided at its Community Learning Center at Nānākuli Center to the new Māʻili facility to widen its service area to meet the needs of the entire coast.
Starting in January, Wai‘anae Coast ‘ohana will find a range of programming and services at the kauhale, including:
Free Adult Computer Classes
Learn valuable personal and professional skills. Topics range from computer basics to Microsoft Office. Classes will be offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. or 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Free Early Childhood Family Education Program
The Hi‘ilani program is a series of small group classes that promote preschool readiness through positive parent-child interactions. Classes include baby massage, baby milestones, floor time, child guidance, socialization and transition to preschool for families with keiki ages newborn to 36 months of age. For more information on class schedules, call 534-8261.
Site visits and tours of CLC-M
CLC-M will offer tours of the new center on Wednesdays in January (7, 14, 21 and 28) from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. or 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Please RSVP for these tours by contacting Malia Ka‘anoi or calling 668-1517. Kamehameha Schools staffers will also have an opportunity to take a look at the site on December 22 through a special huaka‘i and brunch activity. RSVP for this huaka‘i here.
Both the Huliko‘a Kaiāulu scholar speaker series and Community Learning Exchange ‘Ohana series will now also take place at CLC-M.
CLCN, which has supported the community at its Farrington Hwy. location for the last 10 years, will continue to be an educational space and resource center for assistance with KS programs and applications, open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information or to utilize the space an educational organization, please call 668-1517.
CLC-M is located at 87-790 Kulauku St. in Mā‘ili near Sea Country. From Farrington Hwy., turn mauka onto Kaukama Rd. and take the first left onto Kulauku St. Continue to the end. Call 620-2045 for more information.
The 2nd annual Preschool Readiness Day and CLC-M Grand Opening will be held on January 24 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This free community event helps families enroll their keiki in developmentally appropriate early learning classes, providing 1one-to-one application assistance, financial aid workshops and more.
Staff Huaka‘i to CLC-M
A special brunch and huaka‘i to the Community Learning Center at Mā‘ili is planned for KS staff on December 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
RSVP to attend.
The Community Learning Center at Nānākuli will still serve as a one-stop-shop and resource center for families on the coast.
The two-story early learning kauhale will host many of the classes and services previously offered at CLCN.
Hi‘ilani early childhood family education programs will be offered at Mā‘ili.
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