E Ola! Endorsements: Innovation & Creativity

To innovate and generate new ideas processes, activities, and solutions.

To complete an endorsement, students must take between 3.0 to 4.0 credits of classes that are aligned with an endorsement’s concentration and receive a grade of B or above in each class. For more information, please contact your grade-level counselor.

Concentration: MOʻOLELO

Storytelling through creative expression

Foundational Courses

Required courses:

  • Intro to Visual Arts (0.5)*
  • Hawaiian History ʻElua (0.5) OR Honors Hawaiian History ‘Elua (0.5)
  • Any prerequisites* required for FOCUS courses (1.0)

*DC option available.

NOTE: Prerequisites are required for some courses listed.

Focus Courses

Must complete minimum of 2.0 credits from the following:

  • Advanced Hawaiian Crafts (.5) OR Adv. Wood Working (.5)
  • Fiction Writing (0.5)
  • Hana Hei (.5) OR Ma Ka Hana Ka ʻIke
  • Honors Interpretation & Public Speaking (.5)
  • Ka ‘Oihana Lawai’a (1.0)
  • Kamehameha Dance Co. 3 (.5)
  • Ka Mōʻī (1.0) OR Ka Na’i Aupuni (1.0)
  • Media Communications & Tech (.5)*
  • Music & Technology (1.0)
  • Social Justice & Advocacy (.5)
  • Studio Production (.5)
  • Theater Performance (.5)
  • Visual Communication (.5)
  • Video 2 (.5)
  • Video 3 (.5)
  • Visual Communication (.5)
  • World Poetry Seminar (.5)
  • Any Level 2 Visual Arts Course
  • Any Independent Study Course (with approval)

*DC option available.

Hōʻike Examples

Ma ka hana ka ʻike, through doing one learns.

By engaging students in hands-on experiences and reflection, they are better able to connect theories and knowledge learned in the classroom.

Haumāna may select their own hands-on experiences.

Possible hōʻike experiences may include:

  • Lamakū reflection
  • Hula performance or competition
  • Hoʻokani pila performance or competition

Concentration: PROBLEM SOLVING

Identifying a problem and finding creative and innovative solutions.

Foundational Courses

Required courses:

  • Intro to Visual Arts (0.5)
  • Hawaiian History ʻElua (0.5) OR Honors Hawaiian History ‘Elua (0.5)
  • Any prerequisites required for FOCUS courses (1.0)

NOTE: Prerequisites are required for some courses listed.

Focus Courses

Must complete minimum of 2.0 credits from the following:

  • ‘Āina-based Engineering (1.0)*
  • ‘Āina-based STEM (1.0)*
  • AP Computer Science Principles (1.0) OR Adv. Algebra w/Financial Applications (1.0) OR AP Statistics (1.0)
  • Advanced Robotics (1.0)
  • Arch Design & Drafting (.5)
  • Automotive Tech 2 (.5)
  • Automotive Tech 3 (.5)
  • CAD 2 (1.0)
  • CAD 3 (.5)
  • Honors Argumentation/Debate (.5) OR Honors Interpretation and Public Speaking (.5)
  • Honors Science Research (1.0) OR AP Environmental Science (1.0)
  • Play Production (.5)
  • Principles of Entrepreneurship (.5)
  • Social Justice & Advocacy (.5)
  • Studio Production (.5)

*DC option available.

Hoʻike Examples

Ma ka hana ka ʻike, through doing one learns.

By engaging students in hands-on experiences and reflection, they are better able to connect theories and knowledge learned in the classroom.

Haumāna may select their own hands-on experiences.

Possible hōʻike experiences may include:

  • Lamakū reflection
  • Science fair or other related competition
  • Presentation to industry leaders and/or peers