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Pāhoa High & Intermediate School

'Aha Lamakū ʻOiaʻiʻo (Fall)

Pāhoa, Hawaiʻi

Fall 2022

Grades:

9-12

Program Information:

ʻAha Lamakū ʻOiaʻiʻo (ALO) is a culturally-responsive leadership development, mentoring, and transition support system for Native Hawaiian and other youth of Pāhoa High School. We have a total of 40 students in this cohort (ten from each grade level), and will be working with them through their high school careers. ALO is partnering with multiple community non-profit organizations and leaders (such as Keone Kalawe, Men of PAʻA, Nā Maka Hāloa O Waipiʻo, and Pōhaku Pelemaka) to provide ʻāina-based service learning opportunities and culturally-relevant leadership training.

 

*** NOTE: Participants must be eligible students of Pāhoa High & Intermediate School. ***

 

What we do:

  • One-to-one and small group classroom settings

  • Field trips (huaka‘i), ʻāina-based learning

  • Mentorship and college/career planning

  • Community service

  • Retreats

  • Paid internships

  • College tours

  • Employment training


Haumāna Goals:

  • Be successful in high school (Strengthened Sense of Responsibility)

  • Transition into post-secondary programs (Strengthened Sense of Excellence)

  • Make meaningful connections to important people, places, practices, and resources of Puna makai and Hawaiʻi nei (Strengthened Sense of Belonging, Strengthened Sense of Hawai‘i)

  • Find their own path in life and be prepared to travel it (Strengthened Sense of Aloha, Strengthened Sense of Total Well-being)


Strategies:

  • Systematic transition supports

  • Academic and social-emotional supports

  • Culturally-responsive leadership development and mentoring

  • Family and community engagement activities and events


Staffing:

  • Trained transition advisor who liaises between students, schools, families, community partners, and the project

  • Support staff who assists with program implementation and supervision


After School Program: 2:00-5:00 PM @ Pāhoa High & Intermediate School

  • Wednesdays - Life & Career Planning

  • Thursdays - Community Cultural Education

  • Fridays - Papa Heʻe Hōlua Project


Ongoing School Service:

  • Fall: Makahiki Season Events

  • Spring: Project Hoʻonani (Campus Beautification)

  • Fall Intersession: Kahuwai Camping Trip (Oct 4 - 6, 2022)

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