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See what learning will look like in school year 2021-22, the principles that guide our decisions and actions, and the school experience we can expect for our keiki.

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The 600-acre hillside campus, on the island of O‘ahu, provides an environment conducive to learning. The spacious campus has more than 70 buildings, an Olympic-size swimming pool, tennis courts, and a new athletic complex with a football/soccer field, track and seating for 3,000. This campus offers a residential life program, designed to help students attain high academic performance, positive self-esteem, and personal and community responsibility. The Kapālama campus is currently home to 3,192 students, grades K-12.

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KS Kapālama
1887 Makuakāne St.
Honolulu, HI 96817
(808) 842-8211

KS Kapālama stories

January 24, 2022
Charles Reed Bishop: Advocate of the Lāhui
January 25 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Reed Bishop, husband of Ke Ali‘i Bernice Pauahi Bishop, and the driving force in the creation of the Kamehameha Schools.
January 21, 2022
Weekly devotional: No need to be afraid
KS Maui Kahu Kalani Wong KSK’74 and Jameson Sato KSH’18 draw a comparison between Isaish 41:13 and the manaʻo from Kalaupapa patient Auntie Winnie in that there’s no need to live in fear and be afraid for ke Akua has his way of assuring us that everything will be ok.
January 19, 2022
Kūkahekahe: The overthrow of Queen Lili‘uokalani
Examining the extraordinary fortitude in the days surrounding the event and the queen’s aloha for her people.
January 14, 2022
Weekly devotional: Carrying is caring
In honor of January being named Kalaupapa Month, KS Maui Kahu Kalani Wong KSK’74 reflects on a yearly trip with haumāna to help care for the patients afflicted with Hansen’s Disease. He shares, however, that in the end it was the patients who provided them with care by opening their hearts and teaching the group the importance of carrying another’s heavy load.
January 12, 2022
‘Help Keep Our Schools Open’ programs re-air this weekend
The programs emphasize the importance of in-person learning and its positive impacts on haumāna and kumu.

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Honolulu, HI 96813
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Honolulu, HI 96817
(808) 842-8211

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Pukalani, HI 96768
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