Mauli L\u0101hui (community well-being) on Hawai\u02bbi island is a connection – through culture – to \u02bb\u0101ina, to people, and to ancestral excellence. We also have a kuleana to ensure local and global citizens and servant leaders who value agency of self and the l\u0101hui. Community members across the island highlighted this at Strategic Plan 2020 outreach events. Lessons learned by KS programs and partners along with the insights of the community reaffirmed the needs and hopes of our communities around aloha \u02bb\u0101ina, \u02bb\u014dlelo Hawai\u02bbi, and ho\u02bb\u014dla l\u0101hui.<\/p>\n
EARLY LEARNING<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n H\u0101nai P\u016bnua<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Early learning is an early adoption focus area for the East Hawai\u2019i Region. We believe that connection to \u02bbohana, \u02bb\u0101ina and culture from a young age are important factors to academic success, overall well-being, and fostering a growth mindset. \u00a0The children of today, become the elders of tomorrow and by engaging \u02bbohana and keiki from birth, through the ways of our k\u016bpuna, we strive to increase those connections across generations. \u00a0To meet this task, we will prioritize system changes providing more opportunities for \u2018Ohana Engagement and early childhood learning across the region through collaborations and partnerships to collectively serve our youth and their many needs with short term outcomes in early learning participation.<\/p>\n K-12 EDUCATION<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Connecting Cultural Resources<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Our focus is multi-fold and includes traditional cultural site identification and Hawaiian Leadership development. Connecting the multitude of vibrant cultural resources in East Hawai\u2019i is an important element in advancing the East Hawai\u02bbi region. \u00a0As po\u02bbe Hawai\u02bbi, we have deep physical, spiritual, and genealogical connections to \u2018\u0101ina and place. \u00a0In order to normalize this connection, we need to identify, assess, and categorize the different significant sites in East Hawai\u02bbi, primarily in the wao kanaka, that we should care for and access through our educational and cultural efforts.<\/p>\n By capitalizing on the richness of knowledge that already exists here, we can help cultivate a generation of youth who exemplify \u201cE Ho\u02bbokanaka\u201d with a mental model of excellence grounded and connected to \u02bb\u0101ina and culture. These youth become the makua and leaders of our future who are engaged in our community locally and globally. These system outcomes, we believe will produce haum\u0101na ready for the current measures of achievement through high school completion.<\/p>\n COLLEGE AND CAREER<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n East Hawai\u02bbi has a unique opportunity to offer varied postsecondary opportunities in traditional high education and technical training. In the heart of Hilo, the University of Hawai\u02bbi system houses a four year and a two your campus for postsecondary education. By maximizing our resources to impact effective change in the lives of kanaka through collaborations and innovated projects, postsecondary learners have options to gain the necessary skills and training that connect learners to culturally aligned opportunities.<\/p>\n \u02bb\u0100INA AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Building Community<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>By utilizing the \u2018\u0101ina in the ways it shows us it is ready for, we can make the connections to our learners and our communities that will strengthen connection to place and foster the fulfillment of kuleana to our \u2018\u0101ina on a larger scale. \u00a0We strive to utilize our lands in ways that are respectful, sustainable, and culturally appropriate, and listen when the \u2018\u0101ina tells us that we should not be there. \u00a0We will utilize our various sites as they directly relate to the tasks or lessons at hand so that we act appropriately according to our cultural norms, and not those of the Western perspectives. \u00a0Our focus areas in the next five years include enhancing the Natural Resource Management at Keauhou, Kap\u0101pala, Ka\u02bb\u016b, growing the Agriculture Industry at H\u0101m\u0101kua, and establishing the Kumuola Education Center at Honohononui , Wai\u0101kea, Hilo. \u00a0Keauhou, Ka\u02bb\u016b Natural Resource Management will include a new model for tiered experiences that offer relevant curriculum and appropriate access to sensitive environments. Kumuola Education Center will explore models for economically viable and sustainable coastal resource management, incubate innovation as a model 21st century Hawaiian learning environment and serve as a system of support and engagement for the campus, \u2018ohana and community.<\/p>\n Maximizing impact and resources are crucial to effecting change in the East Hawai\u02bbi Region. Our key focus areas in Ho\u02bboulu Kai\u0101ulu<\/em> are Keaukaha and Early Childhood Learning community k\u012bpuka. \u00a0Collaborative campaigns and shared projects that support Hawaiian focused schools will create synergy and alignment in these two areas that work towards catalyzing collective impact.<\/p>\n In order to demonstrate early success and establish proof points for future partners and investors, Keaukaha was chosen as an initial geographic community k\u012bpuka. \u00a0Existing partnerships and a high concentration of Native Hawaiian families makes Keaukaha an ideal starting point. \u00a0Projects in this area will work toward empowering our community partners and \u02bbohana.<\/p>\n Mauli L\u0101hui (community well-being) on Hawai\u02bbi island is a connection – through culture – to \u02bb\u0101ina, to people, and to ancestral excellence. We also have a kuleana to ensure local and global citizens and servant leaders who value agency of … Continue reading \n
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