Ka Leo o Nä Koa
Volume V
Issue 4
May 14, 2010
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Faculty, staff restore Olowalu By ALEXANDRIA AGDEPPA, staff writer
Over 200 people of Kamehameha Schools Maui’s faculty and staff helped restore Olowalu Cultural Reserve on April 26. They cleared land, managed taro patches, and removed invasive plants, weeds and debris to give service to the community. This was the second year of an all-staff annual community service project. See how the students at KSM stack up when it comes to community service Community Service Chart Page A5 Luana Kawaÿa, Hawaiian protocol facilitator of Kamehameha Schools Maui, proposed the idea “to take out all faculty and staff on an allday huakaÿi and give them an opportunity to do servicelearning and practice aloha and mälama ÿäina,” said Kawaÿa. Through service they can obtain knowledge. Kyle Nishimitsu, Kame-
hameha Schools Maui sixth grade mathematics teacher, cleared area in the reserve along hillsides and ditches using tools such as picks, chainsaws, and digging sticks. “I think they require us to do In-Service Day because it gives us cultural awareness, lets us give back to the ÿäina, and lets us learn about the surrounding land,” said Nishimitsu. Kawaÿa formed a Hawaiian cultural steering committee called Hui Hoÿokele to think of creative ways to offer more Hawaiian language and culture to the staff. The steering committee consists of volunteers from KSM’s employees “who enjoy Hawaiian language and culture and would like to see more of it on campus” said Kawaÿa. “There was talk about having Teacher-In-Service Day on a Friday and not on a Monday because we’re not getting any younger and I know that some of us will be
Photo by ALEXANDRIA AGDEPPA
Kumu Luana Kawaÿa and other Kamehameha staff clean kalo at the second annual all-staff community service huakaÿi to Olowalu Cultural Reserve.
hurting in school tomorrow,” said Nishimitsu, “But the food is great and there were lots of drinks, and they had lots of snacks for us.” He said he enjoyed this one because “it gave us a chance to get out and not sit
in a chair all day listening to somebody talk and we get to socialize with fellow teachers that we don’t get to see on different campuses.” Kawaÿa chose the reserve
INDEX NEWS
A1
FUN
B1
LIFE
C1
SPORTS
D1
EDITORIAL/OPINION
E1
`Aha Mele A4
Regatta A9
Judo D1 Track D4
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