Weaving Traditional Practices Back Into Health Education
Health Education Symposium
Weaving Traditional Practices Back Into Health Education
Health Education Symposium
E Ola Kākou is a gathering of HIDOE staff and community organizations to share and celebrate diverse moʻolelo of health, resilience, and well-being. This Health Education symposium offers a unique opportunity to reimagine Health Education grounded in HĀ and reflect on the practices we want to sustain and nourish for a healthful and thriving Hawaiʻi for all. E ola kākou!
The theme for this school year's E Ola Kākou is "Weaving Traditional Practices Back Into Health Education." The visual theme highlights native and Polynesian-introduced trees.
Symposium sessions support:
Integrating ʻāina-based education
Partnering with family & community
Strengthening student agency
Sustaining cultures & languages
Uplifting names, gifts, & stories
Participants will:
share moʻolelo (stories) of health, resilience, and well-being that lead to a healthful and thriving Hawaiʻi;
experience and learn about strategies and resources to support skills-based Health Education through a lens of HĀ;
consider ways that Health Education can contribute to conditions for thriving in their schools and communities; and
connect with other educators and health-supporting organizations.