Our Hikaʻalani team (Kaleo, Maya, Ryan, Kaʻolu, and Kīhei) hosted teachers and administrators of the Department of Ed's Kailua-Kalāheo Complex at Ulupō yesterday as part of a DOE initiative (HĀ, Nā Hopena Aʻo) to establish six core values as foundational to all DOE instruction statewide. What this translates to, from the Hikaʻalani point of view, is aloha ʻāina education. So we ate ceremonial food, spoke humbly to the heiau, talked Hiʻiaka-Hauwahine-Mākālei-Hikaʻalani stories, and turned our hands down to mālama Hāloa. Because "pilialoha" was the watchword of the day, pilialoha was the kalo i kanu ʻia, and pilialoha with our community schools was what we hoped to further. Mahalo nui to KS for terrific coordinating-facilitating and to Hale Kealoha-Ai Pono, as always, for ʻai pono, ʻai kamahaʻo. – KdS
Photos: Kīhei de Silva
