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Mālama Honua Wa‘a Talks

December 18, 2014

There were two “Wa‘a Talks” opportunities on the Kamehameha Schools Kapālama campus in early December, as campus seventh graders and teachers from KS, the Department of Education and Punahou found ways to engage with the Mālama Honua voyage.

On December 3, KS Kapālama seventh graders got the opportunity to learn about the voyage from Hōkūle‘a crew members, in person and via a Google Hangout. The group of seventh graders gathered in the learning center and was also able to watch a video to learn more about the voyage as a whole.

The following week, on December 9, Ka'iwakīloumoku hosted a Wa‘a Talks for educators, as teachers from throughout the state came together to learn how KS teachers are incorporating the voyage into their curriculum. 

For information and resources on the voyage, visit http://ksonline.ksbe.edu/malama_honua/.

Kamehameha Schools Cultural Specialist and Hōkūle‘a crew member Mark Ellis talks to seventh graders at KS Kapālama before they start their Google Hangout with crew members in Aotearoa.




The seventh graders ‘oli at the start the Google Hangout with Hōkūle‘a crew members.




Selected students were able to ask questions of the crew members via the Google Hangout technology.




A special moment during the Google Hangout as seventh grader Kalei Froning asks a question of her mother, who is on the voyage in Aotearoa.




Many teachers from KS, the Department of Education and Punahou came together to participate in the Wa‘a Talks at Ka‘iwakīloumoku.




Manuwai Peters speaks to the group of kumu at the Wa‘a Talks at Ka'iwakīloumoku.




Mark Ellis also addresses the group at the Wa‘a Talks for kumu.




Ho‘okahua staff gave all the kumu that attended the Wa‘a Talks some special makana.




KS Hawai‘i teachers spoke about adopting the voyage at one of the breakout sessions.




KS Kapālama fifth grade teachers held one of the breakout sessions to talk about how they are doing their fifth grade play about the Mālama Honua voyage.




KS Kapālama High School teacher ‘Āina Akamu also talked in a breakout session about how they were incorporating the voyage into their curriculum.