Here's a sample of what to expect when you follow us on Kaleo's Instagram account: uluponui. 

Uluponui (Kaleo):  Mahalo e nā hoa o @noegk lāua ʻo @iwinchester me na haumāna kulanui no ka naue a mai i Ulupō. E kū ana ka paia! #hikaalani

Noegk (Noe Goodyear Kaopua):  Mahalo no nā moʻolelo a me ka hoʻokipa ʻana mai iā mākou!

Hikino70 (Kinohi Pizarro):  Beautiful!

Uluponui (Kaleo): @hikino17 trying to put what you guys taught us into practice. choke more pohaku to stack until we can get to your guys level.

Pictured below are four menehune caretakers of Maunawila Heiau in Hau'ula who were among the 20 Nā Hopena A'o (HĀ) conference attendees who visited us yesterday at our own menehune-built heiau at Kūkanono. We shared oli kāhea and komo, ate ceremonially (i mea e hoʻokō ai i ka pono), introduced ourselves to the pōhaku kiaʻi and each other, enjoyed a meal prepared from our ʻāina by people of our ʻāina, told Hiʻiaka, Mākālei, and Hika'alani stories, cried a little bit, and turned our hands down in a very successful effort at weeding our pūnāwai and the north-facing wall of Ulupō. 

For those not familiar with Department of Education policy,
"Nā Hopena Aʻo is a framework of outcomes that reflects the DOE's core values and beliefs in action throughout the public educational system of Hawaiʻi. The DOE works together as a system that includes everyone in the broader community to develop the competencies that strengthen a sense of belonging, responsibility, excellence, aloha, total well-being and Hawaii (ʻBreath') in ourselves, students, and others."
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The theme of this year's 250-member summit is "ʻO Hawaiʻi ke kahua o ka hoʻonaʻauao – Hawaiʻi is the foundation of our learning wisdom." Keynote speakers on opening day were Kīhei de Silva, Lilinoe Sterling (Hawaiian Culture teacher and Kaʻōhao School, and Ed Noh (Director of Kaʻōhao School). We talked about how a little mele named "Hanohano Wailea" became the inspiration for the re-naming of Lanikai Elementary School. We call ourselves "do, re, mi") – the three-note keynote – and hope we struck a meaningful chord.

Kanaeokana has produced "ʻO Hawaiʻi ke Kahua o ka Hoʻonaʻauao," a video of the HĀ Summit; it can be viewed here. -- KdS

Hawaiian language immersion students from Kula Kaiaupuni ʻo Waiau's papa 5 & 6 visited ʻAnakala Kaleo at Ulupō on Oct. 7. There is little he loves more than hearing, in the piko of Kailua, the cherished language of our land.  In his words: "Nani lua ole ke lohe i ke keiki e olelo ana i ka kakou olelo oiwi i makee ia, ka olelo hoi o keia aina nei ma ka piko o Kailua." Mahalo iā ʻoe e Kumu Māhealani no ke kipa hou ʻana mai. -- KdS

Kaleomanuʻiwa:  "Punahou came down today to learn about themselves and the kalo process: ʻohi lūʻau, huki kalo, hehihehi lau, waele, kanu, next time ʻai." Mahalo as always to Kaniela Alm and company for their commitment to shifting the paradigms of a Punahou education. 

Manuʻiwa: "He māmalu kēia mau lāʻalo a ʻaneʻane ulupō. Mahalo e ke kula o Mālama Honua no ka hele ʻana mai i kēia lā." If you know what lāʻī is (a contraction of lau kī), then youʻre on your way to figuring out la(uk)alo. We'll leave the poetry of shelter, maturity, and growth to your own imagination. -- KdS

Digital media students from Kailua and Kalāheo high schools came to Ulupō on March 1  to film public service annoiuncements for Hikaʻalani that will be entered in a Windward District CTE competition at the Koʻolau Ballroom on April 2.  When asked if Hikaʻlani would like to be a CTE "client," Kaleo said: sure, but you've got to come and work first; you can't be good storytellers if you don't get hands-on experience. -- KdS