Summer Programs

ʻAha Lamakū ʻOiaʻiʻo (ALO) is a culturally-responsive leadership development, mentoring, and transition support system for Native Hawaiian and other youth of Pāhoa High School.

Moku:

Hawaiʻi

Grade Level(s):

9-12, Post-high / College

Ahupuaʻa based learning using garden and canoe plants to cultivate pride in Hawaiian values and promot ʻōiwi leadership.

Moku:

Kauaʻi

Grade Level(s):

3-5

Ahupuaʻa based learning using garden and canoe plants to cultivate pride in Hawaiian values and promot ʻōiwi leadership.

Moku:

Kauaʻi

Grade Level(s):

3-5

Ahupuaʻa based learning using garden and canoe plants to cultivate pride in Hawaiian values and promot ʻōiwi leadership.

Moku:

Kauaʻi

Grade Level(s):

6-8

Ahupuaʻa based learning using garden and canoe plants to cultivate pride in Hawaiian values and promot ʻōiwi leadership.

Moku:

Kauaʻi

Grade Level(s):

6-8

The Financial Lo'i program helps Native Hawaiian families provides financial literacy training through the use of cultural concepts and mo'olelo. Participants apply what they learn to achieve financial stability and sustainability.

Moku:

Virtual

Grade Level(s):

Post-high / College, Mākua & Kūpuna

The Future Ancestors program is an introduction to entrepreneurship through the concept of Waiwai (Value Creation). Each exploration will be tailored to highlight the richness found in each community.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Kona

Grade Level(s):

6-8

The Future Ancestors program is an introduction to entrepreneurship through the concept of Waiwai (Value Creation). Each exploration will be tailored to highlight the richness found in each community.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Waiʻanae

Grade Level(s):

6-8

The Future Ancestors Program is an introduction to Entrepreneurship through the concept of Waiwai (Value Creation). It will be tailored to highlight the richness of each community we explore.

Moku:

Oʻahu - ʻEwa

Grade Level(s):

6-8

Hanohano Kalalea is an intersession program that prioritizes Kanaka Maoli methods of self-sufficiency.

Moku:

Kauaʻi

Grade Level(s):

K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Post-high / College, Mākua & Kūpuna

Program include activities relevant to the stewardship of Heʻeia Fishpond. Learners will support existing programs on-site with restoration, education, and resource distribution.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko

Grade Level(s):

Post-high / College, Mākua & Kūpuna

The HoAMa Summer Mentorship Program is a 3-week Hawaiian culture-based education program of huiMAU, which engages keiki in hands-on ʻāina education.

Moku:

Hawaiʻi

Grade Level(s):

K-2, 3-5, 6-8

The Mālama Hāloa 2023 summer program will engage 10 native Hawaiian youth in a summer program that will focus on loʻi restoration, stream maintenance, kalo farming and kuʻi ʻai.

Moku:

Maui

Grade Level(s):

9-12

Haumana (K-8th grade) will be immersed in the moʻolelo and daily practices of our ancestors through hands-on experiences rooted in aloha ʻāina.

Moku:

Molokaʻi, Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko

Grade Level(s):

K-2, 3-5, 6-8

Haumana (K-8th grade) will be immersed in the moʻolelo and daily practices of our ancestors through hands-on experiences rooted in aloha ʻāina.

Moku:

Molokaʻi, Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko

Grade Level(s):

K-2, 3-5, 6-8

This person program will grow ʻōiwi leaders through ʻike kūpuna. Keiki and mākua will increase social capital and access resources while keiki build literacy and STEAM skills.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko

Grade Level(s):

Pre-K

This person program will grow ʻōiwi leaders through ʻike kūpuna. Keiki and mākua will increase social capital and access resources while keiki build literacy and STEAM skills.

Moku:

Oʻahu - ʻEwa

Grade Level(s):

Pre-K

This program is meant for students who have come through our other programs and shown an interest and developed some skill that will allow them to take on more complex tech/innovation projects.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Kona, Virtual

Grade Level(s):

6-8, 9-12

Hands on ʻāina immersion program for students to connect to their wahi and familiarize themselves with place-based practices and values.

Moku:

Maui

Grade Level(s):

All ages

Ka Pahuhopu O Kawainui engages ʻōpio in aloha ʻāina practices including haʻi moʻolelo, huli ka lima i lalo, komo i ka ʻāina, and hanai.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko

Grade Level(s):

3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Kapu ka Hāloa 2023 is a six-week ʻohana mālama ʻāina intensive program that focuses on empowering Koʻolauloa families with knowledge of Hawaiʻi food systems, and tools to cultivate their own.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolauloa

Grade Level(s):

All ages

Providing summer programming ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Preference is given to haumāna attending Kawaikini.

Moku:

Kauaʻi

Grade Level(s):

K-2, 3-5, 6-8

Hui Mālama O Ke Kai’s afterschool programs (5th-12th grades) provide youth with homework help, healthy snacks, cultural protocols, and culturally grounded kai- and `āina-based activities.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko

Grade Level(s):

3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Moku:

Hawaiʻi

Grade Level(s):

All ages

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Moku:

Molokaʻi

Grade Level(s):

All ages

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko

Grade Level(s):

All ages

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Moku:

Oʻahu - ʻEwa

Grade Level(s):

All ages

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Kona

Grade Level(s):

All ages

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Moku:

Maui

Grade Level(s):

All ages

Kupu Ola aims inspire each youth and family members, to improve and sustain their health and well-being. We do this by imparting our best practices found within our Hawaiian healing methods.

Moku:

Kauaʻi

Grade Level(s):

All ages

Engage in culture/place-based lessons on daily huakaʻi to: Apply ʻike Hawaiʻi, critical thinking & communication skills to serve as alakaʻi for community. Embrace learning & discover passions.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko

Grade Level(s):

K-2, 3-5

This program will focus on Mahi’ai Kalo, planting, fertilizing and prepping kalo to eat.

Moku:

Kauaʻi

Grade Level(s):

K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Post-high / College

Makapuʻu Bodyboarding Club
In the Water, Off the Streets

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolauloa

Grade Level(s):

6-8, 9-12, Post-high / College, Mākua & Kūpuna

We educate keiki and community in ocean safety, knowledge skills and practices. We help in saving lives by educating and training participants in risk assessment skills and ocean safety techniques.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Waiʻanae

Grade Level(s):

3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Learners will connect to their culture through moʻolelo, hoe waʻa, kilo, and hana noʻeau at Keʻehi. They will participate in a reef walk huakaʻi with a DAR marine biologist.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Kona

Grade Level(s):

6-8, 9-12

Summer is a 5-week experiential learning program that engages keiki in authentic Hawaiian culture, Aloha ‘Aina and the arts with the intent of inspiring future generations of ‘õiwi leaders.

Moku:

Hawaiʻi, Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu - Kona

Grade Level(s):

3-5

Summer is a 5-week experiential learning program that engages keiki in authentic Hawaiian culture, Aloha ‘Aina and the arts with the intent of inspiring future generations of ‘õiwi leaders.

Moku:

Hawaiʻi, Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu - Kona

Grade Level(s):

3-5

Nā Kilo o Miloliʻi Summer Enrichment Program is a ʻāina and project based enrichment program focused on assessing the natural and cultural resources of the ahupuaʻa of Miloliʻi, Kauaʻi.

Moku:

Kauaʻi

Grade Level(s):

9-12

In Summer 2023, Kalanihale will host its 13th annual Lawaiʻa ʻOhana Camp in which Apprentices and Junior Apprentices will showcase their learnings.

Moku:

Hawaiʻi

Grade Level(s):

All ages

huiMAU’s Mālama ʻĀina Camp is a 4-day immersive overnight program, which seeks to mentor Hawaiʻi ʻōpio in Hawaiian culture-based values and practices of ʻohana, kuleana, and aloha ʻāina.

Moku:

Hawaiʻi

Grade Level(s):

6-8, 9-12

huiMAU’s Mālama ʻĀina Camp is a 4-day immersive overnight program, which seeks to mentor Hawaiʻi ʻōpio in Hawaiian culture-based values and practices of ʻohana, kuleana, and aloha ʻāina.

Moku:

Hawaiʻi

Grade Level(s):

6-8, 9-12

Mōhala i Ka Wai aims to address the overall health and well-being of a given ahupuaʻa. This specific project focuses on Ahupuaʻa ʻo Hauʻula and Ahupuaʻa ʻo Kahana.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolauloa

Grade Level(s):

6-8

Keiki will learn about farming systems and Hawaiian culture based education through hands-on activities.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Waiʻanae

Grade Level(s):

K-2, 3-5

This is an 'Aina Based Program meant to focus on the mea ko'iko'i/ waiwai (special and unique) to Haleleʻa and particularly Ha'ena people both historically and currently.

Moku:

Kauaʻi

Grade Level(s):

Pre-K, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Mālama Loko ea Foundation will to engage Kindergarten to high school students and, specifically native Hawaiian students, from the moku of Waialua of O‘ahu, to learn about the ʻāina momona of Waialua

Moku:

Oʻahu - Waialua, Oʻahu - Koʻolauloa

Grade Level(s):

Pre-K, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Post-high / College, Mākua & Kūpuna, All ages

Nā Kula Kaiapuni Kauwela provides official DOE Hawaiian Immersion summer school programs at 8 elementary sites and 1 secondary site across 4 islands.

Moku:

Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu - Kona, Oʻahu - Koʻolauloa

Grade Level(s):

K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

This program will be an intensive dive into the many youth programs Ke Kula Nui O Waimanalo offers, some activities include lawaia, hana noeau, aloha aina, and leadership training.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko

Grade Level(s):

Pre-K, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Post-high / College

Ola i ka ʻĀina - Mohala Nā Pua is a leadership development program grounded in ʻike kupuna and ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi preparing individuals, primarily youth, to be aloha ʻāina leaders.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko, Virtual

Grade Level(s):

6-8, 9-12, Post-high / College, Mākua & Kūpuna

The Papahana Puakahinano Summer Series seeks to build ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi skills and vocabulary, and cultural practitioners through ʻāina, wahi pana, and ʻike Hawaiʻi hands-on experiences.

Moku:

Hawaiʻi

Grade Level(s):

Pre-K, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Piʻina is an internship program for high school students that focuses on leadership and field experience in Native Hawaiian practices and ‘āina-based learning.

Moku:

Oʻahu - ʻEwa, Oʻahu - Waiʻanae

Grade Level(s):

9-12

Piʻina is an internship program for high school students that focuses on leadership and field experience in Native Hawaiian practices and ‘āina-based learning.

Moku:

Oʻahu - ʻEwa, Oʻahu - Waiʻanae

Grade Level(s):

9-12

An internship for 25 high schoolers, 8 college students and 5 kumu for Waianae, with the goal of providing aina-based learning that connect them through historical, cultural and environmental lenses.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Waiʻanae

Grade Level(s):

9-12, Post-high / College

Summer program for Academic and Hawaiian Cultural Enrichment and Enhancement:

Moku:

Molokaʻi

Grade Level(s):

K-2, 3-5, 6-8

Strengthening pilina with the Waimānalo kaiāulu, Waimānalo Aloha ʻĀina summer programs provide the kahua for haumāna to fulfill their kuleana of addressing the most pressing local and global issues.

Moku:

Oʻahu - Koʻolaupoko

Grade Level(s):

All ages

YWKC will empower participants via activities in and around the ocean that increase their self-confidence, sense of well-being and their belief in the power to shape their future.

Moku:

Maui

Grade Level(s):

6-8, 9-12, Mākua & Kūpuna