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7 Aukake (August 7, 2023) - Star advertiser
Classes geared to participants age 16 and older are held weekly from August through May. Instruction is supplemented by a handful of workshops throughout the year that typically bring in cultural practitioners specializing in ocean studies, lunar cycles, use of papa and pōhaku kuʻi ʻai (poi pounding stones and board), and other traditional knowledge, Robinson said.
21 Iune (June 21, 2023) - Maui now
Independent Hawaiian culture and language immersion school Ke Kula ʻO Piʻilani today announced a grant award totaling $77,700 that will support the Native Hawaiian community through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Community Research Grant.
Our Previous News Articles
JULY 2022
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APRIL 2021
Ke Kula ʻo Piʻilani is so great. I really enjoy the outdoor enriching environment that my child gets to learn in everyday.”
Mākua - 5 years at Ke Kula ʻo Piʻilani
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FEBRUARY 2021
The school implements a conceptual understanding, place-based approach to learning through a variety of applied practitioner led courses which provide an experiential learning environment with ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi at the helm.
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FEBRUARY 2021
“The grant (from First Nations Development Institute) also allows for creation of traditional food-making implements for incoming families through the school’s Hanai ʻAi project, which provides students and their families with tools and resources to manufacture papa and pōhaku kuʻi ʻai.”
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february 2020
“Pi’ilani strives to inspire a life long love of learning by cultivating an enriching environment in which diverse students grow to be united, confident and globally competitive servant leaders, who think critically and creatively to contribute to the betterment of Maui, Hawai’i and the world.”
Kahu Kekai Robinson - Maui Now/ Read Full Article
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OCTOBER 2019
“Our goal is to ensure our students can be successful in anything they choose to be in the future because of the solid and well-rounded Hawaiian culture and language foundation that connects them to each other and to these lands.”
Kahu Kekai Robinson - Maui Now/ Read Full Article
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september 2018
“Here they are teaching students to kilo—to deeply observe the weather, the river, the plants and surrounding environment—and to show respect through oli, protocol, and mālama ‘āina.”
Maui Mama/ Read Full Article