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The program is a community based progressive alternative school focusing on lessons in character, education, moral values, life-coping skills, and responsible citizenship.
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. The academy engages students through the inquiry-based curriculum with its “hands-on, minds-on” experiential activities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). STARBASE – Hawaii has developed a robust robotics program and has a competitive robotics team.
The program primarily focuses on fifth graders with the goal to motivate them to explore STEM opportunities throughout their education. The program serves students that are historically under-represented in STEM programs who are socio-economically disadvantaged, have poor academic performance or have a disability.
The program strives to increase the advancement, through academic excellence, of underserved students in the fields of STEM, reaching out to Native Hawaiian, Polynesian, Alaska Native, and Native American pre-college, community college, undergraduate, and graduate students.
The John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence (NHCOE) seeks to improve the health of Native Hawaiians through education, research, and community initiatives that includes educating the community on health issues of Native Hawaiians.
Research is a major focus and includes a study of health disparities that disproportionately affects the Native Hawaiian population.
The School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa is a world-class research and academic institution focused on informing solutions to some of the world’s most vexing problems; including water, energy and mineral resource overexploitation, geohazards, and environmental and climate change.
SOEST is dedicated to serving society through the acquisition and dissemination of new knowledge about the ocean, Earth, and planets, and to enhance the quality of life in the state of Hawai’i and in the nation by providing world-class education, contributing to a high-tech economy, and promoting sustainable use of the environment.
The College of Arts, Language & Letters anchors liberal arts at the University of Hawai’i- Mānoa, and encompasses the study of arts, humanities, languages and area studies on a global scale. The College of Arts, Language, and Letters’ mission is to deliver high quality education.
Interdisciplinary efforts to understand the workings of the human mind center around the college’s Language Analysis and Experimentation Laboratories. Two special strengths of the department include its focus on the issue of language sustainability and diversity in the Pacific and Asia, and its commitment to the study of language through the tools of contemporary science in addition to more traditional analytic techniques.
Searider Productions at Wai’anae High School (SPWHS) is a collection of teachers, students and programs dedicated to helping students of the Wai’anae complex succeed in all their endeavors.
The mission of Searider Productions is to provide students with the skills, attitude and knowledge needed for success in both the global and local communities. They aim to create an integrated program where media present and future creatively converge in celebration of stories, culture and community.
Kūlaniākea is a Hawaiian medium early childhood education preschool is founded on Hawaiian values and focuses on both the child and ohana (family). Learning encompasses academics, cultural identity, critical thinking, accountability, global citizenship, and cultivating relationships with the natural environment.
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The mission of Partners in Development Foundation is to inspire and equip families and communities for success and service using timeless native Hawaiian values and traditions.
Pili A Paʻa was originally an education project created to address critical difficulties in reading, math, and science for native Hawaiian students on the island of Hawaiʻi. It has since grown to include a community school model and mentoring for high school youth.
Kupa ‘Aina is committed to healthy communities and healthy families by developing sustainable food production models and providing cultural ʻāina-based experiential learning. Kupa ʻAina is rediscovering and practicing the art of feeding families while caring for the land that sustains them through natural farming practices that include traditional Hawaiian agricultural methods.
Tūtū and Me Traveling Preschool targets Native Hawaiian families with keiki ages birth to five in underserved communities on the five major islands in Hawaiʻi. The goal of Tūtū and Me is to meet the educational and emotional needs of families so that keiki will enter school ready to learn and succeed. Some aspects emphasized at Tūtū and Me include cognitive, social, and linguistic learning as well as parenting tips.
Friends of Waimanalo focuses on workforce development within the community. Consisting of three main trade academies: Build & Trades, Hawaiian Culture an Multi Media, they strive to inspire, educate and train future generations and at-risk community members.
Their mission is to uplift the community using traditional Hawaiian practices in various academies that empower residents through mutual collaboration, workforce development and community service.
Ho’omāhua Foundation nurtures learning environments where teachers, students and communities thrive.
The mission of the Ho’omāhua Foundation is to collaboratively create and foster meaningful authentic teaching and learning experiences. They strive to accomplish this through place-based learning and community engagement.
Access to nature and the outdoors, in communities where people live, is a matter of health, equity, and justice. The Trust for Public Land is driven by four commitments: equity, health, climate, and community. Their mission is to create parks and protect public land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come.
The Hawai’i Youth Opera Chorus offers a full spectrum of music education fostering the performing arts through choral music with an emphasis on Native Hawaiian culture.
Their mission is to build a core nurturing and firm cultural and musical foundation for youth in their lifelong pursuit of excellence in choral music and other performing arts, fostering leadership in the performing arts for future generations.
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA) is a Native Community Development Financial Institution that provides access to capital, financial education and individualized financial counseling services with a focus on low and moderate-income families. Their mission is to enhance the cultural, economic, political, and community development of Native Hawaiians.
The Hawaiian Trades Academy was launched in 2019 to provide workforce development for economically and socially disadvantaged communities. Participants learn and develop trade skills, gain mentoring, and leave the program with numerous certifications including CDL licenses, OSHA-10 certification, respiratory and/or First Aid training.
Entrepreneurship and education play big roles in economic growth for individuals and communities. The mission of Kūkolu is to draw strength from the past so that it may unleash the power within indigenous peoples and stimulate economic growth and social economic status toward abundance for the community. Through access to education, mentors, advisors, sponsored entrepreneurial and leadership speaker events, training workshops and work sessions, Kūkolu aims to build a coalition for collective success while honoring culture, creativity and connections.
Hui Mahi’ai ‘Aina is committed to improving the quality of life for those in need and the houseless in the Waimanalo community. Their vision is to offer housing and culturally appropriate best practices, to assist the houseless in the Waimanalo community to become self-sufficient, employable and independent through collective management of their land and it’s resources.
Ka Houpo Paʻa (The Filled Belly), is an educational enrichment program between multiple partners in the Hawaiian language community to create a model for strengthening Hawaiian language immersion instruction in the state of Hawai’i.
The mission of Kauluwao Inc. Inc is to promote empowerment grounded in language; educate teachers empowered by language.
The project aims to bridge the gap between those working in the schools with the University and other community partners who are involved in the work of teacher preparation.
The mission of the Department of Social Work is to provide educational excellence that advances social work with its focus on social Justice. The principal responsibility is the generation, transmission, and application of knowledge for the global enterprise with special attention to Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, and Asian populations in our state and region.
The mission of the Office of Public Health Studies is to advance the health of the peoples of Hawaiʻi, the nation, and the Asia-Pacific region through knowledge, discovery, innovation, engagement, inclusion, and leadership.
The mission of Center of Aging is to enhance the well-being of older adults through interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts in research as well as educational programs and service to the community. The Center is a research center focused on applied, translational, and community engaged research with attention on the diverse populations of Hawaii and the Asia Pacific region.