February 21, 2020

Watch Lamakū 2019 - Kula Haʻahaʻa's annual speech festival

The 2020 Speech Festival is right around the corner, but you can watch the 2019 offering to get ready. See story »

February 10, 2020

Hawaiian language projects posted to honor Princess Ruth on her lā hānau

Three different pāhana ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi were posted this weekend in honor of Princess Ruth's birthday of February 9. See story »

February 10, 2020

Hōʻike Apparel Orders Due Feb. 14

The Hōʻike committee and the Kamoanianilehua Club are taking orders for Hō`ike merchandise. Order by Feb. 14! See story »

January 2, 2020

Registration now open for Hālau Kupukupu Summer 2020

Answer the call to recognize and honor our ancestral spaces from Hawaiʻi to the far pillars of Kahiki this summer with Hālau Kupukupu 2020! See story »

December 27, 2019

Alumni Presence: Kanaloa alumni star in Hawaiian language musical for keiki

2018 alumni Kuʻuhiapo Jeong and Jameson Sato star in “Moʻo Huelo: The Tale of a Tail”. Watch their performance from the 2019 KEAKA Hawaiian Language Theater Festival. See story »

December 17, 2019

Watch the 2019 Founder's Day Ceremony on Lehua TV

Lehua TV will live broadcast the 2019 Founder's Day Ceremony on Dec. 19 at 9 a.m. See story »

November 7, 2019

Check out a sneak peek of Hōʻike 2020

A rap in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi will be a part of the opening of Hōʻike 2020, honoring Princess Ruth Keʻelikōlani See story »

August 29, 2019

Aloha ʻĀina Talks give haumāna a chance to explore Kanaka Maoli politics

Kula Kiʻekiʻe will provide a safe space for haumāna to discuss issues of Hawaiian importance. See story »

July 9, 2019

KS and Bishop Museum to host free family event celebrating Hawaiian language and culture

Kamehameha Schools staff are invited to bring their families to Bishop Museum’s Great Lawn on Saturday, July 27 from 4 to 9 p.m. for Ua Ao Kaiwi‘ula: Celebrating Hawaiian Language, Wayfinding and Culture. See story »

June 20, 2019

KS Maui haumāna connect with kūpuna through nūpepa

This past school year, fifth graders from Kamehameha Schools Maui were challenged with projects that explored the writings of our ancestors in nūpepa kahiko (old newspaper) printed in ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i. See story »

June 17, 2019

Bond between Native Hawaiians and Alaskans continues to flourish at Ho‘oilina Conference [VIDEO]

In 1990, as a result of a decline in koa, Sealaska, a corporation owned by the Tlingit, Haida and Tshimshian tribes of Southeast Alaska, gifted two 200-foot Sitka spruce logs to Hawai‘i to help construct Polynesian Voyaging Society’s wa‘a Hawai‘iloa. See story »

June 5, 2019

Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi Kula Waena presents See story »

June 4, 2019

Keaka Hawaiian Language Theatre Festival to feature The Battle of Kuamoʻo

The Hawaiian opera about the transformative conflict following the death of Kamehameha I will be on stage at UH Hilo Performing Arts Center on June 15. See story »

June 3, 2019

KS develops high-tech ‘virtual huaka‘i’ for educational field trip to Makalawena

Haumāna and kumu globally can engage, explore, connect and learn about this significant place in West Hawai‘i See story »

May 29, 2019

Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi Kula Haʻahaʻa presented See story »

May 29, 2019

Innovation and creativity on display at Ed Tech Conference

“Innovation and Creativity” are key facets of the E Ola! Learner Outcomes at Kamehameha Schools, and kumu at KS Kapālama have collaborated with members of the Education Technology Services team to design and implement projects incorporating learner foundations including Aloha ʻĀina (love for the land and its people), ʻIke Kūpuna (ancestral knowledge), and Kūpono (honorable character). See story »

May 20, 2019

“UNTOLD” music collaboration receives Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award nomination

The “UNTOLD” music collaboration produced at the commercial level by students from Kamehameha Schools Kapālama is in the running for a golden record trophy on Saturday at the 2019 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards, which is regarded as the local music industry’s equivalent of the Grammys. See story »

May 17, 2019

Busby – Father of Aotearoa’s voyaging community – passes away

Renowned Māori canoe-builder and master navigator Sir Hekenukumai Ngaiwi Busby has passed away. He will forever be celebrated as the father of Aotearoa’s voyaging community and the builder of the double-hulled canoe Te Aurere, which revived traditional navigation for Aotearoa in the same way Hōkūle‘a did for Hawai‘i, the Pacific and the world. See story »

May 2, 2019

KS Maui ‘Aha Mele to be livestreamed on May 3

Kamehameha Schools Maui High School haumāna will come together after months of preparation to share mele and hula at the campus’ 17th Annual ‘Aha Mele this Friday, May 3, at Ka‘ulaheanuiokamoku Gymnasium. See story »

April 26, 2019

Animating the Kumulipo

For their annual Merrie Monarch video, haumāna chose to animate the first 28 lines of this sacred chant that connects kanaka to ʻāina. See story »

April 24, 2019

KS alumni to showcase hula on a worldwide stage at 2019 Merrie Monarch Festival

Nā pua a Pauahi are among the participating kumu hula and Miss Aloha Hula contestants at this year’s renown hula competition. See story »

April 17, 2019

KS partners with Kanaeokana and the MACC for free screening of “Moana” ma ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i on Maui

Kamehameha Schools' Maui Campus and Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi Regional Office teamed up with Kanaeokana and the Maui Arts & Cultural Center to offer a free public screening of Disney’s “Moana” in ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i on Thursday, April 18, at 6:30 p.m. See story »

April 15, 2019

Hawaiian opera to be presented at ʻImiloa Astronomy Center

The traveling cast of See story »

April 11, 2019

Community invited to Mālama Hāloa Festival in Punalu‘u

Ka Papa Lo‘i ‘o Kānewai has partnered with Kamehameha Schools to host the family-friendly Mālama Hāloa Festival on Saturday, April 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Punalu‘u Ahupua‘a Farms across the street from See story »

April 5, 2019

NIUHI-Shark opens at the East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center

KS Hawaiʻi kumu Carl Pao and Kawika Eyre's exhibit celebrating Kamehameha ʻEkahi moves to the East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center in April. See story »