PAPA mAHIʻAi/KUʻI KALO

Papa Kuʻi Kalo & Kuʻi Paʻi ʻAi (Poi-Pounding Class) is taught by Kumu Lani Eckart-Dodd of Ola Mau Farms. Haumāna learn how to kilo, grow, harvest, prep and clean kalo, and how to use the traditional implements of a papa and pōhaku kuʻi ʻai in order to make poi and paʻiʻai for their families. The keiki also learn how to oli Moʻokū ʻauhau No Hāloanakalaukapalili, along with the traditional protocol and procedure to pounding poi.

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Lani Eckart-Dodd

Papa Mele/HULA/OLI

In this class, professional musicians teach the keiki oli and mele Hawaiʻi throughout the course of the year. Kumu Kalani wrote our school song and will be teaching it to our keiki while Kumu Leimana focuses on introducing hula basics. The pair will collaborate as the keiki work on memorizing hula and oli for our yearly hoʻike.

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Kahu Kekai Robinson

Kalani Librando-Souza

Kahiwa Vendiola

Papa Kālai Pōhaku & Papa Kālai Lāʻau

This course is a Hawaiian traditional arts class focused on fundamental utilitarian art of our Hawaiian ancestors and (when appropriate and available) utilizing traditional materials and tools resourced and gathered in a traditional manner. Kālai Pōhaku master artist, Hoaka Delos Reyes, shares the fundamental values of carving using a variety of mediums and both traditional and contemporary methods of carving. Kalei Olsen

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Hoaka Delos Reyes

PAPA Kapa

In this course, the students learn to clean and prepare ground to plant wauke, to prepare and clean wauke stalks, to beat kapa, interact with kapa making implements and immerse themselves in the overall learning about kapa-making protocol and traditions.

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Lahela Mata-Goldmann

Papa ʻEnehana

In this program the haumāna are introduced to keyboarding, coding, digital story-telling, animation, and the basics of video production. They work with iMacs to play Minecraft ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi with their kumu and learn the essentials of digital citizenship. The introduction of our 1:1 iPad program has also allowed for a number of apps to be introduced to our keiki in order to provide freedom of expression when it comes to project based learning (i.e. Make It!, BookCreator, PicCollage, LEGO MovieMaker, Seesaw, Khan Academy, Sumdog, Zoom, etc).

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Leah Santos

PAPA HOʻoIKAIKA Kino - polyfit

Inspired by the dances of the Polynesian Islands, PolyFit® incorporates easy traditional & modern dance movements to the sounds of traditional Polynesian drum beats fused with Polynesian techno, ancient Hawaiian (Kahiko), modern hula (‘Auana), contemporary Tokelau and Samoan music - resulting in a fun and effective workout for the keiki.

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Kuʻulei and Kauʻi Pridgen