"If it wasn't for Ho‛ōla, I would not be here talking about school, and I wouldn't have had the confidence to be recording myself without makeup...Now I really enjoy coming to school and actually learning about things knowing that my teachers would not give up on me..."
"Ho‛ōla taught me to have your mind set on something that you're passionate about and to always push yourself through the hard times and strive for bigger and better opportunities"
3 words to describe Ho‛ōla: Family, Passionate, & Loyal
"We rise as leaders, we study our environment, we get to learn about our foods, our native plants, why it's so important to us, and the importance of our place and our presence in this moment..."
"It was an adventure and always some kind of journey...I found a sense of belonging and responsibility to be there...the multiple classes I was offered with everything from the history of Hawaii, to global history, plants, leadership, taxes, costs of houses..."