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Kamehameha Schools Hawai‘i
Founder’s Day ceremony

Monday, December 19
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. HST
Koai‘a Gym*
* invitation only, tickets required to attend in-person


Celebrate the birth of our beloved founder, Ke Ali‘i Pauahi, as we return to our beautiful tradition of coming together as a K-12 ‘ohana and join in mele, oli, ha‘i ‘ōlelo, and hula on this day of rememberance and say, “Mahalo Pauahi.”

This year’s Founder’s Day Ceremony is invitation-only to attend in person. However, the full program will be livestreamed on our Kamehameha Schools YouTube channel.


The program of this year's Founder's Day Ceremony can be downloaded at https://bit.ly/kshfounders22. An abbreviated version is also below:

Processional
Class of 2023 - Hiʻiakaikawaiola

Kani Ka Pū

Oli Aloha  
ʻApoleihikiula Carvalho

Pule Wehe
Caleb Schoen

Hoʻonani

Oli Moʻokūʻauhau No Ke Aliʻi Bernice Pauahi Pākī
Nā Papa ʻEhā me ʻElima

Hoʻokupu

Nākolokolo Ka Lani, Ka Honua, Ke Ao
High School Boys

Excerpts from the Will and Codicils of Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Tia Tanimoto

Nā Solomona(Proverbs) 31:10-31
ʻApoleihikiula Carvalho and Siddalee Amaral

He Inoa No Pauahi
K-12 sing

ʻŌlelo Hoʻomaikaʻi (Statement of Appreciation) 
Cheyenne Sato

Pauahi Ke Aliʻi
Senior Class

Pua o Ka Mākāhala
KSAA East Hawaiʻi Alumni Choir and High School Concert Glee; Hula by ʻŌhuʻohukeaʻauikalikolehua

Poem for Pauahi and Rose Presentation
Papa Mālaaʻo

Pauahi Nona Ka Lei
Kula Haʻahaʻa

Eia Ke Ala
Kula Waena

Pauahi ʻO Kalani
Kula Kiʻekiʻe

For All the Saints
All Sing

Aloha Pauahi
Senior Women

Sons of Hawaiʻi
All Sing

Pule Hoʻokuʻu
Kamauokealoha Beaudet

Kani Ka Pū

Recessional
Class of 2023 - Hiʻiakaikawaiola


ALUMNI FOUNDER'S DAY

For Kamehameha Schools alumni interested in participating in Founder's Day festivities, the Kamehameha Schools Alumni Association will also be presenting an Alumni Founder's Day Ceremony that evening, and all KS alumni are invited.

Monday, December 19
6:00 p.m.
William Charles Lunalilo Center 

Visit www.ksaaeasthawaii.org for more information. 


Until that time, watch the video from last year’s pre-recorded celebration below: