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Oct. 13, 2022

Every Friday the Fashion of Our Kūpuna Comes Back to Life

The Puʻu Muʻumuʻu Project, started by Kumu Hulali DeLima, has grown into a massive collection of aloha wear thanks to local designers like Sig Zane, Manuhealiʻi, Kealopiko and community donations. Every Friday, haumāna connect with their kūpuna by wearing the clothes they wore.

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Sept. 29, 2022

Reviving Traditional Place Names One Sign at a Time

Kamehameha Schools Maui haumāna helped bless a new ahupaʻa sign that identifies the traditional name of the land where the school resides. For years KS Maui has worked to help revive the use of ʻAʻapueo as the place name of our community.

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Sept. 22, 2022

ʻĀina-Based Learning Helps Haumāna Grow Deep Roots to the Land

Alexis Kageyama joins Māhele Lalo as the new science kumu and hopes to tie in ʻāina-based learning with her overall science curriculum. Kageyama’s move to this new position is part of a much larger campus-wide focus on ʻāina-based learning.

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Sept. 8, 2022

For Kumu, By Kumu: Designing Hawaiian Culture-Based Professional Development

Kaʻaikuahiwi is a multi-year initiative geared toward giving kumu the tools that they need to make Hawaiian Culture-Based Education a reality in every classroom. A group of kumu are designing professional development courses to support our kumu’s mission to nurture ʻōiwi leaders.

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Sept. 1, 2022

Haumāna Remember Hawaiʻi’s Last Reigning Aliʻi

Haumāna from across the KS Maui campus wrote letters to Queen Liliʻuokalani in honor of her 184th birthday that will be delivered to ʻIolani Palace. Haumāna at Māhele Lalo (K-5) will hold a celebration of mele and hula in her honor, as will the haumāna at Māhele Luna (6-8).

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Aug. 31, 2022

Five KS Maui Seniors Receive National College Board Recognition

Five Kamehameha Schools Maui seniors have earned academic recognition from the College Board National Recognition Programs, which grant underrepresented students honors for their academic achievement and success on college assessments.

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Aug. 24, 2022

New College & Career Counselors Span Every Grade Level

In an ambitious push by KS Maui to boost college readiness, college and career counselors spanning kindergarten through senior year will be working with haumāna and their ʻohana in preparing them for every aspect of life after KS Maui.

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Aug. 11, 2022

Hālau ʻŌiwi: A personalized & experiential approach to kula

Hālau ʻŌiwi, a pilot learning model for KS Maui's sixth-graders, involves content area teachers working as a hui to make their specific subjects come alive through the same experiential, hands-on projects.

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Aug. 4, 2022

Haumāna Breathe New Life Into Traditional Moʻolelo

Moʻolelo Mondays, a project led by KS Maui haumāna in advance of the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE) in Australia, offers audiences a chance to hear traditional moʻolelo from Mary Kawena Pukui’s famed classic He Mau Kaʻao Hawaiʻi: Folktales of Hawaiʻi.

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