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Kauwela 2026
Kauwela 2026
During her time, Pauahi recognized and lived through great changes impacting the people of Hawaiʻi. Perhaps a glimpse into her thoughts while a student at the Royal School leading us to understand her manaʻo towards her country, the Hawaiian Kingdom.
July 31 1843 Monday
“This day we…all rejoiced. It was raining this morning, we thought it was a bad day. After breakfast, Mr. Cooke told us we might go and get ready, so we did. At ten o’clock we went up to the plain. All the soldiers were there. We went into the house, and all the ladies were there. And by and by, Mr. Cooke came after Mrs. Cooke and Mrs. Judd to go up to the plain. We stayed there a long while. By and by, the King came with the Admiral on the wagon, I suppose. While we were there the soldiers fired their muskets. Afterwards, the boat fired with [a] 21-gun [salute] and the Craysfort, Dublin, Constellation & the Hazard and [on] Punchbowl Hill they all fired twenty-one guns.
Pretty soon they pulled down the English flag and hoisted the Hawaiian flag and we were all rejoicing. This evening the largest children went down to Mrs. Hooper’s and we sang, “God Save the King” and by and by Mr. Ball and Miss Fanny danced and we came home.
– Courtesy of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Archives
Kauluhala Summer Academy is our designated space for high school summer in-person and online learning, with courses offered for credit advancement for high school students seeking to earn required and/or elective credit(s). Using their knowledge and skills, ‘ōiwi learners are guided and empowered to access, explore, and apply ancestral and modern perspectives and practices to today's impacts on Kanaka, Kaiāulu, ‘āina, and the world.
Kauluhala Summer Academy builds and extends upon the ʻike mauli (foundational knowledge) through ways of knowing extended beyond the regular school year and allows students to prepare for what is beyond high school through college, career, and life-learning educational opportunities. The Kula Kiʻekiʻe program creates pathways of learning opportunities upon which a student can travel upon knowing their own ‘ike mauli in setting their course in their high school career. A meheu refers to the trails that were traveled by those before us. A meheu can be smooth, trodden, or beaten – yet it honors those who have come before as both a level of respect and a catalyst to move progressively forward. Kula Kiʻekiʻe courses are designed to help haumāna travel down one or more of these three meheu:
Meheu Poʻokela - Academic Excellence Trail
Meheu ‘Oihana - Experiential Trail
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COURSE MENU FOR KULA KI‘EKI‘E
COURSE MENU FOR KULA KI‘EKI‘E
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Course descriptions are subject to change at the discretion of the instructors. All classes are full-day (8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) except for courses with a “Special” schedule.
Summer Sessions
Four-week June 10 - July 09, 2026
Two-week Session 1 June 10 - June 24, 2026
Two-week Session 2 June 25 - July 09, 2026
Kaunaloa, Credential Course Dates vary
Report Card/ Credit Elective Notificaiton
Report Card/ Credit Elective Notificaiton
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