KS Kapālama HS Makahiki and Food Drive

November 16, 2016

The Kamehameha Schools Kapālama High School Character and Christian Education and Athletics departments recently teamed up to produce the biggest Makahiki games and canned food drive in the history of the campus! Freshman and seniors brought canned goods to donate to the Hawaii Food Bank. The goal was to collect 2,017 pounds of food to honor this year's graduating class and to send a powerful message that KS cares about the community. After all the food was weighed, haumāna learned that they surpassed their goal and actually donated 2,381 pounds of food to feed Hawai‘i's hungry!

After a brief assembly in Kekūhaupi‘o Gym the students headed up to the campus stadium for the Makahiki games. Freshman and senior homerooms were paired up to form new hui, or teams. Traditionally Makahiki is a time of rest, renewal and rejuvenation. This Makahiki was also a time to cultivate friendships and strengthen the bonds between fellow students.

KS photographer Michael Young was on hand to capture the highlights of the events.

Nine hundred students walk up from Kekūhaupi‘o Gym to the campus stadium, Kūnuiākea.

Hawaiian pride is always on display at KS events.

PE teacher Wanda Fountain helped direct students to their events.

Runners take off at the start of the heihei kūkini, relay races.

Department Head of Character and Christian Education Kale Kaui directed students to their respective events.

Students are given instructions before the hukihuki, tug-of-war.

Students struggle to pull their opponents across the marker to the other side.

Spears once intended to be used in battle are thrown into banana stalks in the game of ‘ō‘ō Ihe, spear throwing.

Players slid wood darts between two stakes in the game of moa pāhe‘e.

Students try to push each other out of the ring while holding up one leg in the game of hākā moa or chicken fighting.

In a similar game, the players keep both feet on the ground but try to win by pushing or pulling the opponent off balance.

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