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Welcome to our 'ohana, Mana
Maoli, the people of Hālau
Kū Māna
Public Charter School (HKM).
Our primary purpose is to provide quality education that is:
- Academically
rigorous
- Culturally
and spiritually grounded
- Community-based
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Hālau Kū Māna
Public
Charter School
is
now
accepting applications for the
2008-2009 school year!
Click on the flier at left to download a copy in Adobe Acrobat format.
Applications may be downloaded HERE in Acrobat format, or available
at the Hālau Kū Māna office. |
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MANA MAOLI DOUBLE-CD!
Available here on this site, at Hālau Kū Māna, and at
various Hawaii
record stores and charter schools! Visit www.halaukumana.org/halekuai
to purchase your copy.
MANA MAOLI DOUBLE-CD!
Vol II – InnoNative
& Vol III – Change is Coming.
A
2-disc set.featuring the collaboration of over
200 student,
backyard, and professional artists, including John and Guy Cruz, Jack Johnson and Paula Fuga, artists from Natural Vibrations, Ooklah the Moc, and much more!
100% of proceeds go to support HKM and Na Lei Na’auao – an
alliance of twelve charter schools that are culture, community, and environment-based.
Available here on this site, at Hālau
Kū Māna,
and at various Hawaii
record stores and charter schools!
Click here to view a
press release of this exciting CD.
Click the red Hale Ku’ai
icon to purchase a CD or T-shirt.
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E 'olu'olu 'oe, invest in success,
invest in pono, and invest
in
the future leaders of our communities.
Your return
will be quite satisfying!
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Since Hālau Kū
Māna was founded, thousands of hours of
volunteer work and in-kind services have made it possible for our school
and our students to achieve far beyond anyone's expectations.
Our continued success is not possible without the kōkua
of both partner organizations and individuals in the community like you.
Click here for a message from our Po'o
(Director).
Click below to see more...
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Ko Kula
Kai
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Ko
Kula Uka
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He‘eia Fishpond
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Kanehunamoku
Sailing and Navigation
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Lo‘i
Malama ‘Aina
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Ola Kino
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Each ‘opio at Hālau
Kū Māna
spends four days per week on Place and Project Based Learning (PPBL). Each
project integrates all core content areas of Language Arts, Math,
Science, Social Studies, Hawaiian Language,
Technology, and one or more of the following: Music, Art, Health,
Career Exploration, and Life Skills. The time spent in the
‘core’ academic subjects is equal to or greater than the
average time spent weekly at mainstream public schools, thus ‘opio receive the equivalent academic credit toward
a high school diploma.
All projects are committed to
meeting and exceeding both academic & cultural standards.
Please
click on one of the projects above for information specific to each
project.
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Hālau Kū Māna students
meet & exceed both
Hawai’i Content & Performance
Standards and our own
Cultural Educational Standards.
In addition to over 20 hours
per week spent on their projects (see box to the left), ‘opio spend 2 hours a week learning Hula and Oli, 3.5 hours a week in small, ability and gender
based literacy groups (in addition to the language arts covered in
projects), and 1.5 hours a week each in Ola
Kino (mental, emotional, and physical health, nutrition, and fitness),
and ‘Playshops’ for elective
credit, which are often community-led and focus on culture, career,
and/or life skills. Examples of Playshops
include Hawaiian Art, Ceramics, Aikido, Malama
Wa’a, Aha Opio
(Student Government), Digital Yearbook and Newsletter, Music
Production, and more.
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