Feb 2020 Echo of Our Song

Echo of Our Song
T H E P O ʻ O K U L A M A G A Z I N E F O R F A C U L T Y & S T A F F
M I D D L E S C H O O L K U M U , M O M I A K A N A A N D N Ā H A U M Ā N A
I S S U E N O . 3 F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 0

A M E S S A G E F R O M Y O U R
Poʻo Kula
Aloha mai kākou,
This issue of Echo of Our Song will highlight the numerous achievements of our haumāna and
their kumu. Over the course of the last six months it is evident that across our campus, haumāna
are exemplifying all areas of E Ola! Learner Outcomes both in and out of the classroom. I would
like to take a moment to highlight a few great achievements.
Beginning with our world-class Performing Arts Department. We are filled with anticipation and
excitement for the 100th annual Song Contest. The mele, composed and performed by students,
capture and commemorate kīpuka aloha ‘āina, helping to define who we are for the next 100
years. In preparing for this event, our haumāna and kumu are epitomizing all of E Ola’s
Productive Courses of Action; Academic Competence, Growth Mindset, Self-Efficacy, Problem
Solving, Innovation & Creativity, Collaboration, and Global Competency.
We also celebrate our student athletes and their coaches. Our Athletics Program brought home
four State Championships this season! Hoʻomaikaʻi to the Girlsʻ soccer team, Girlsʻ Paddling team,
and the Boys & Girls Wrestling Teams! They have demonstrated Kūlia , Alakaʻi lawelawe, and
Collaboration making our Kapālama campus proud!
Our academic programs are world-class as well. We celebrate the achievements of our Honors
Science Students and our Visual Arts students who placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at their respective
competitions. Their work exemplifies Mālama & Kuleana, Kūlia, Academic Competence, Self-
Efficacy, Problem Solving, Innovation & Creativity.
Ua kau i ka hano hāweo.
Reached the peak of honors.
ʻŌlelo Noʻeau #2803
Hau’oli Lā Ho’omaika’i,
Dr. Taran Chun, Poʻo Kula

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I MAU KE ALOHA ‘ĀINA:
100 YEARS OF SONG CONTEST
composed and performed by students, these mele commemorate today’s
kīpuka aloha ‘āina, helping to define who we are for the next 100 years.
As we reflect on a century of
Song Contest, we pause to
celebrate where this beloved
tradition has delivered us
today. From humble beginnings
on the steps of Bishop Hall in
Kaiwi‘ula, much has changed in
100 years, not only in venue but
in value. What originated as an
acapella singing competition in
an increasingly-threatened
native tongue has matured into
a practice of mele and mo‘olelo
in our revitalized ‘ōlelo
makuahine. Song Contest has
brought us – the lāhui – to
renewed understandings of our
cultural identity – an identity
no longer fading, but eager to
thrive in contemporary
contexts.

One hundred years’ worth of
students have sung the songs of
their kūpuna, preserving invaluable
data that has revitalized our people
to our current standing. Those mele
are the pages of our history, kept
alive at the tip of the tongue. On this,
the 100th Song Contest, we realize
that we are kūpuna for the century
to come. We affirm that there are
more pages to our story. And thus, we
know there are more mele to be
written. In doing so, we ensure that
we continue to tell our stories of
today, for tomorrow. What mele will
be sung about us 100 years from now?
Kamehameha high school students
had the opportunity to work with
haku mele to create ten new
compositions
commemorating
important stories of our lāhui today.
These stories are the kīpuka, the
oases, of aloha ‘āina that continue to
grow across our pae ‘āina. These mele,
composed and performed by students
at Song Contest 2020, capture and
commemorate these kīpuka aloha
‘āina, helping to define who we are
for the next 100 years.

Kula Haʻahaʻa Na Mea Hoʻohanohano
Kidʻs Heart Challenge
The KES 40th Annual
Kids Heart Challenge
kick off event,
formerly known as
ʻJump Rope For
Heart.ʻ Last year KES
raised over $75,000
to help the American
Heart Association.
ʻOhana Chapel
KES welcomed Frank DeLima
as a special guest speaker for
our ʻOhana Chapel. He taught
our haumāna the importance of
protecting the special gifts we
receive each day from Ke Akua.
This includes eating healthy
and exercising regularly. He
also took our students on a fun
'Buta (Pig) Hunt' as well as
performed a few of his newest
parodies.
Chess Club
Left to Right: KES second grader, Ashton Martin, pictured with KS
chess instructor Cornelius Rubsamen took third place in the novice
section of the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Scholastic chess
tournament.
Six elementary school Chess Club students participated in the
Martin Luther King Jr. Scholastic Chess Tournament. Pictured on
the right is fourth grader Aaron Lovell who had an exceptionally
strong performance and placed 1st in the novice section!

Charles Reed Bishop
Founder's Day
Charles Reed Bishop Founderʻs Day celebrated by our Elementary and Middle School students. Special
guests included Trustees, CEO, members of ʻAha Kūlia, and KSK Campus Leadership. We also want to
recognize students from Punahou and St. Andrews Priory who were also in attendance. These schools
are also beneficiaries of Mr. Bishopʻs generosity and legacy.
Words of wisdom from Mr. Bishop: "So long as we are in the right, we may reasonably trust in God for
His help; let us always try to be in the right."

Lā Kūʻokoʻa
Kula Waena
On November 27 we celebrated Lā
Kūʻokoʻa! Our students paraded through
our Kapālama campus as they waved
flags and singing mele. Lā Kūʻokoʻa is
Hawaiian Independence Day, where
Hawaiʻi was recognized by England and
France as a sovereign nation and
entered the Family of Nations as the
first Non-European country to be invited.
Na Mea Hoʻohanohano
Aloha ʻĀina
On December 5th haumāna from Kumu Akana
and Kumu ʻEhā's classes presented their
projects highlighting their research about
Maunakea on the Big Island. The haumāna
spent many hours learning and understanding
the various sides surrounding Maunakea and
TMT and showcased their work through chant,
dance, and oral narration. Trustee Lance
Wilhelm, CEO Jack Wong, OHA Trustee
Kaleiʻāina Lee, University of Hawaiʻi kumu
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Dr. Kaliko Baker, Dr. Keawe
Lopes, Dr. Maya Saffrey-Wong, Dr. Ipo Wong,
and Poʻo Kula Chun and his Campus
Leadership Team were in attendance.

Onipaʻa March
KS-Kapālama Students, grades 5
through 8 marched from Mauna
ʻala to the State Capital to
commemorate the 1893
overthrow of the Hawaiian
Kingdom.
Opening Day at
the Legislature
Hawaiʻi's legislative session
opened on January 15, 2020. Our
high school haumāna and their
kumu participated in the Hawaiʻi
Rising movement to help bring
awareness to Native Hawaiian
issues from across the state and
throughout the pae ʻāina.

Kula Kiʻekiʻe
The HAIS Distric Science Fair was held on Saturday,
February 15 at Hanalani School. All 10 of the Kapālama
High School students who entered represented our
school with great honor taking home 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
place awards.
Na Mea Hoʻohanohano
Hawaii Association of Independent Schools District Science Fair
First Place: Taylor Moniz, Grade 11 “Ivermectin
Induces Apoptosis, Cell Cycle Arrest, and
Senescence in C4-2 Prostate Cancer Cells”
Second Place: Kāʻeo Kekumano, Grade 12, “Sea
Cucumber Extracts of H. cinerascens Cuvierian
Tubules Decrease HCT-116 Colorectal Cell Viability”
Third Place: Cade Kane, Grade 11, “Isolation and
Characterization of Endophytes from Cordyline
fruticosa”
Taylor and Kāʻeo won all expense-paid trips to the
International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in
Anaheim, California (May 10-15).
Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Warrior Marching
Band & Color Guard representing Hawaiʻi in the 2020
Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
Hawaiʻi Regional Scholastic
Art Competition
Scholastic Art is the largest and most competitive
student art contest in the nation with over 250,000
entries per year. This year, KHS-Kapālama had a
total of 47 art students receive recognition in the
57th Hawai`i Regional Scholastic Competition.
Each state hosts a regional competition where a
panel of professional artists select the award
winners. Gold Key winners then become eligible
for participation in the National Competition which
culminates in an exhibition in New York City in
June. KSK haumāna received 9 Gold Key, 13 Silver
Key and 25 Honorable Mention awards. The Gold
and Silver Key Award winners were honored at an
opening ceremony at the Hawai`i State Art
Museum on February 15.
Gold Key awardees: Anna Ellazar, Rhyan Hioki,
Malaya Lum, Kieren McKee (received 3 Gold Key
Awards), Lily Mitchell, Asia Silva, and Kaimakani
Ulansey.

Athletics
Hoʻomaikaʻi to our Student Athletes
A VERY SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS:
GIRLSʻ SOCCER| GIRLSʻ PADDLING | BOYSʻ AND GIRLSʻ WRESTLING

Christmas Concert
Nu ʻOli, Nu ʻOli, He Nu Kamahaʻo
On December 7th the High School Performing Arts Department presented their annual Christmas
Concert featuring students in grades 9-12.

Founderʻs Day
On December 19, 2019, Kapālama faculty, staff, and students K-12
came together to celebrate and honor the memory of our founder,
Ke Aliʻi Bernice Pauhi Bishop.

Teaching & Learning Innovations
From Left to Right: CEO Jack Wong, Kumus: Gretchen Mall, Jennifer Baum, Jenna Teruya, Hannah
Spencer, and Poʻo Kula Dr. Taran Chun. Missing from photograph: Kumu Nathan Nishimura.
E Hoʻomaikaʻi new National Board Certified Kumu! Achieving National Board certification is the most
respected professional certification available to educators K-12. Certification is designed to develop, retain,
and recognize accomplished teachers as well as generate ongoing improvement in schools nationwide. Here at
Kamehameha Schools our vision is the same. We know that through our E Ola! Learner Outcomes our kumu
help our haumāna build a strong foundation through their Native Hawaiian identity. As educators our goal is to
develop each learner’s academic competence, growth mindset, self-efficacy and problem solving skills, helping
each one to think creatively and collaboratively.
National Board Certified Teachers
Five Kapālama teachers earned this certification and were recognized at a special ceremony at the State
Capitol on Wednesday, January 22.
E Ola! Professional Learning
Learning is part of our everyday work here at Kapālama and our kumu have engaged with experts in the field of
education! Kapālama kumu learned alongside Dr. Mike Mattos, an expert in professional learning communities and
student support. We acknowledge the powerful structure of professional learning communities as a means to help us as
we advance E Ola! learning for our students. As we deepen our understanding of E Ola! and design new instructional
approaches to our outcomes, we highlight the three mana’o nui from our professional learning community work:
Acknowledging learning as our fundamental purpose;
Committing to building a collaborative culture and collective responsibility through high performing teams;
Assessing effectiveness on the basis of results.
In a separate opportunity, Dr. TraceyTokuhama-Espinosa shared ideas and and strategies for differentiation, backward
design, and the 6 principles and 21 tenants of mind-brain education in thecontext of E Ola!.
By learning as a campus, within our schools, departments, in our collaborative learning teams, and individually we
model the ʻike of our kūpuna and learn by doing...Ma ka hana ka ʻike.

Student Support Services
Mike Mattos: Response to
Intervention Training
Mr. Mike Mattos with Poʻo Kumu Kula Gaughen-Haiʻli and Kula Waena at the Piko
On January 6-7, Kapālama K-12 faculty and staff,
attended a 2-day training with internationally
recognized author, presenter, and practitioner,
Mike Mattos. Mr. Mattos specializes in uniting
teachers, administrators, and support staff with
the goal of transforming schools by implementing
Response To Intervention (RTI) and Professional
Learning Communities (PLC). RTI focuses on
learning for all students, empowering teachers to
create a timely, targeted, and systematic
intervention program. Results-driven RTI
provides focused instruction at all tiers of
intervention.
At the end of his stay Mr. Mattos expressed his
sincere gratitude to the Student Support Services
team for their hospitality. Specifically, he was
thankful for being able to learn and experience
"the true aloha spirit" through his time spent on
our campus.
Spending time with counselors and administrators
in breakout sessions on Day 2 of the RTI training

Boarding
Aliʻi Sunday Honoring
King William Charles Lunalilo
Submitted by: Mike Peloso, Dormitory Advisor
On Sunday, January 26, 2020, Lunalilo and Kekāuluohi
Dormitories spent the morning at the historic Kawaiahaʻo
Church. We attended their Aliʻi Sunday service to celebrate
the life and the 185th birthday of King William Charles Lunalilo
(1835-1874). This has been a 16-year tradition for Lunalilo
Dormitory to honor our namesake and a 10-year tradition for
Kekāuluohi Dormitory whose namesake is Lunalilo’s mother,
Miriam Anuhea Kekāuluohi (1794-1845).
Haumāna prepared for the activity by learning about Lunalilo’s
life and his legacy. Lunalilo was a popular aliʻi who sadly passed
away after just one year on the throne. Lunalilo’s most
significant legacy is being the first Hawaiian aliʻi to leave his
personal lands to establish a charitable trust. This led to the
development of Lunalilo Home. Lunalilo Home was founded in
1883, “…to accommodate the poor, destitute, and infirmed
people of Hawaiian blood…”. This important Hawaiian Aliʻi
Trust is still doing amazing work for the kūpuna of Hawaiʻi
from their site in Maunalua, Oʻahu (www.lunalilo.org).
At Kawaiahaʻo Church, our two
dormitories attended the church service
led by Kahu Ken Makuakane (KS ’73) that
included a speech by Lunalilo Home CEO
Diane Paloma (KS ’91). Following the
church service, the haumāna entered
Lunalilo’s tomb to offer student made and
led ho’okupu to Lunalilo and his father,
Charles Kanaʻina. Many haumāna shared
that it was special to be “in the presence of
our aliʻi.” We concluded the morning in
fellowship with Kawaiaha’o church
members and with a walking tour of the
ʻIolani Palace grounds. The young men
and women did an excellent job
representing their dormitories, the
Boarding Program, and Kamehameha.

High School Boarders
Volunteer at the
Hawaiʻi Food Bank
Submitted by: Renee Villanueva, Dormitory Advisor
Some of our KSK High School Boarding
haumāna volunteered their time sorting food
donations at the Hawaiʻi Food Bank. During
each visit, our haumāna were given a tour of
the main warehouse and learned how the
Hawaiʻi Food Bank helps the
community. Our task was to sort and salvage
through daily food donations the Food Bank
receives. At our first visit, we sorted 2654 lbs.
of food, which was equivalent to 2089 meals.
On our second visit, we sorted 2610 lbs. of
food, equivalent to 2055 meals.