Kimberly Tangaro, a 7th grade science teacher and science department head at Kailua Intermediate School, is partnering with DOFAW to develop a curriculum for "place-based learning, STE(A)M projects, and malama 'aina" (the newly added A, thank goodness, is for Arts). She asked if we could recommend a cultural specialist from Kailua to help teach about Kailua, and she hoped that this person would be able to join her at Hamakua Marsh and host a learning station for six teams of 130 students each, with each team scheduled to visit Hamakua on one of six Fridays --beginning on Aug. 26. It took us all of 2 seconds to come up with our recommendation: KALEO WONG.
Hereʻs a shot of the first 130 kids in their various learning stations along the wetlands. Weʻre not sure which station belonged to Kaleo, but we can be sure that his lessons included the following Info: the old name for this place is not Hamakua; this is Kawainui Stream and it runs through the lands of Paheehee and Kaelepulu, and right here, where we are now, was once planted entirely in kalo.
– Kihei de Silva
Hereʻs a shot of the first 130 kids in their various learning stations along the wetlands. Weʻre not sure which station belonged to Kaleo, but we can be sure that his lessons included the following Info: the old name for this place is not Hamakua; this is Kawainui Stream and it runs through the lands of Paheehee and Kaelepulu, and right here, where we are now, was once planted entirely in kalo.
– Kihei de Silva
