He au hou kēia o kākou, e Hawaiʻi, e noho nei. ʻO ko kākou noho ʻana o ka wā i hala, ua hala. Ua kūpono ke kūkulu hou ʻana. Aia nō naʻe ia kūkulu hou ʻana ma luna o ke kahua paʻa pono, e like me ke aʻo kaulana o kūpuna. No laila mai ka mākia o kēia makahiki kula 2021-2022, “E paepae hou ʻia ka pōhaku.” I paʻa maila ko kākou kahua hale hou. A maluhia nā pua i ka lulu mālie o ka naʻauao. E ala e nā kini, i mua a loaʻa ka lei o ka lanakila. People of Hawaiʻi, we find ourselves living in a new era. Our lifestyle of the past has passed. It is time to rebuild. We must, however, reconstruct our lives on a solid foundation, just as it is said in that famous teaching of our kūpuna. That is where our motto for the 2021-2022 school year comes from. “E paepae hou ʻia ka pōhaku.” Re-set the stones, so that our home’s foundation is solid. That is how our future generations will be able to enjoy the peaceful serenity of knowledge. Rise up, and move forward to secure the garlands of victory. Na Pāʻani Kelson

ʻO ka lau i haku ʻia e Nā Mākua Original Hawaiian Designs, he lau hoʻi e kū hōʻailona ai i kēia ʻōlelo mākia o kēia makahiki kula. ʻO nā pōhaku i paepae ʻia ma nā pūʻulu 3 ma lalo o ka lau, ʻo ia hoʻi nā honua e hoʻoulu ʻia ai ka mauli Hawaiʻi o kākou: ʻo ka honua ʻiewe, ka honua kīpuka, a me ka honua ao holoʻokoʻa. ʻO nā huinakolu o luna ka hale e hōʻike ana i ko kākou mau piko ʻekolu: ʻo ka piko ʻĪ, ʻo ka piko ʻŌ, a me ka piko ʻĀ, ʻo ia hoʻi ka pilina akua i ka lāhui, ka pilina i nā kūpuna me nā mākua, a me ka pilina i nā hana a kākou me nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. This design that was created by Nā Mākua Original Hawaiian Designs represents the essence of our theme for this school year. The interlocking pōhaku shown in three groups of triangles on the bottom represent the places where our mauli is expressed: the close ties to our family, the extended protected environment, and the entire world. The triangular lines firmly supported by the pōhaku form the hale which is embodied by our three connecting centers of our mauli: the spiritual ties to our fontanel, the navel that connects us to our ancestors, and the reproductive area which represent the future generations and all that we create and establish.