NEWS RELEASE
New KS Maui Summer School applications now available
Posted: January 3, 2017
Applications for Kamehameha Schools Maui’s new summer school program, Hālau ‘o Kapikohānaiāmālama, are now available online at www.ksbe.edu/summer. The deadline to apply is February 15, 2017.
Hālau ‘o Kapikohānaiāmālama opens in the summer of 2017, giving the KS Maui campus its first summer school program since 2008. The program will run from June 14-July 12, in two sessions, for middle school students going into grades 6-8.
Translated to mean “the life source that feeds and nourishes,” Hālau ‘O Kapikohānaiāmālama will empower learners through rigorous and relevant learning experiences that are culturally-connected, ‘āina-based and ‘Ōiwi STEAM-focused.
The full-day program, running from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., will offer courses that range from subject and interest areas such as soil ecology, horticulture and graphic design to video production, culinary arts, app design and entrepreneurship. There will also be courses that have an ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i intensive focus as a commitment to the learning of the Hawaiian language.
Hālau ‘o Kapikohānaiāmālama is a program for KS and non-KS students, which includes snacks, lunch and optional bus transportation.
For more information on this program, along with other Kamehameha School summer programs, visit www.ksbe.edu/summer.
