{"id":19,"date":"2026-01-26T08:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:19:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T21:19:53","slug":"hawaiian-immersion-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/enrolling-in-school\/hawaiian-immersion-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Ka Papahana Kaiapuni"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ka Papahana Kaiapuni<\/strong> offers a comprehensive K-12 education program in the Hawaiian language through the Hawai\u02bbi public education system. Whether students enter kula Kaiapuni<\/a> with English as their first language or with some proficiency in Hawaiian, Kaiapuni graduates will possess a unique set of skills to engage locally and globally for self, familial, and community self-determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grounded in Hawaiian language, history, cultural understandings, and ways of being, the Kaiapuni educational experience fosters a learning environment where learning is designed to incorporate and build from existing student experiences and knowledge frameworks. Learning is guided and facilitated without isolating and alienating students from their “home” culture, or without the forced assimilation to “campus” culture. Instead, learning happens within the cultural context of the students, and makes the transition from content-learning to the application and demonstration of learning easier; especially when drawing from familiar cultural values and perspectives. This type of learning environment empowers students to develop and apply proficiency in Hawaiian language literacy, rooted in knowledge that deepens their connections to people, place, and purpose (i.e., \u2018ike kupuna, \u2018ike Hawai\u02bbi, ma ka hana ka \u2018ike).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u02bb\u014clelo Nu\u02bbukia<\/strong>
Vision<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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He oia mau n\u014d ka pono o ka l\u0101hui kanakai ka na\u02bbauao Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ala Nu\u02bbuika<\/strong>
Mission<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ka Papahana Kaiapuni mission is to:\u2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(1) provide a culturally rich and dynamic learning environment;\u2028
(2) ensure excellence in the Hawaiian language, culture, history, and ways of knowing;\u2028
(3) empower students to self-determine success and stewardship in community and family<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nu\u02bbukia Haum\u0101na Kaiapuni<\/strong>
Vision of a Kaiapuni Graduate<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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