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High School

High School

Aloha mai kākou!

During these high school years, we prepare our graduates for college and to find their place in the real world. Our kumu seek to teach our haumāna to be self-motivated and grounded in their Hawaiian values as they prepare for graduation. Within these last years, we want our haumāna to find their passions and cherish every moment with their friends and 'ohana at Kanu.    

High School Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students are prepared to:

1. Demonstrate cultural perseverance through oral and visual communication.

2. Value and examine indigenous and global perspectives through leadership and community engagement.

3. Formulate and critically apply the skills necessary to activate positive change in society.

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Early College Program

High school haumāna are provided with opportunity to participate in Kanu’s early college program.

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Senior Capstone

The Senior Capstone is a haumāna-selected exploration of a topic of special interest that they research or an important topic related to the haumāna’s future career or college interests.

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ʻĀina-Based Learning

Inquiry or project-based learning is the preferred instructional strategy because it provides an effective, authentic way for our kumu to simultaneously address nature, place, curricular integration, relationships, relevance, rigor and habits of mind. 

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Community Involvement

The community and surrounding environment become living learning laboratories where haumāna and community work together to create a future that is pono.

Nā Kālai Waʻa

Senior Capstone Highlight:
Voyaging Across a Sea of Stars

ʻAnoʻi Straus, 2016 graduate of Kanu, talks about her dreams of becoming an astronaut and the cultural responsibilities that come with being a kanaka in the twenty-first century. 

Our High School Kumu

Elika Jardine

HS Science Kumu 

elikaj@kalo.org

Nālei Kahakalau​

HS Social Studies Kumu

haloa@kalo.org

Mark Kaplon

HS English Kumu

markk@kalo.org

Pele Kaio

HS Kumu Hula

pele@kalo.org

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Chelsea Lafrance

Early College Coordinator

chelseal@kalo.org

Travis Martinson

MS/HS Math & Capstone Kumu

travism@kalo.org

“What Kanu has taught us is you go out and experience your experience, know where you’re from, but then you come home to feed your people and take care of them and make sure your community grows through everything else.”

 

-Keliko Hurley, Student Alumni

 

Kanu o ka ‘Āina – Kauhale

PO Box 398 Kamuela, HI 96743

64-1043 Hiʻiaka Street Kamuela, HI, 96743

 

7:30am – 4:00pm, Monday – Friday

Phone: ​(808) 890-8144

Fax: (808) 890-8146

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