Team School

Logo Design Contest: Students from Olomana School and Kailua High School participated in a logo design contest to help us find a logo to represent this work.

Kailua Intermediate Risk and Resilience Profile: Our team collected 139 surveys from students at Kailua Intermediate School in April 2025. This survey assessed student 30-day drug use, drug offers, resistance skill use, prosocial activity involvement, and access to drugs. Data from this survey was used to develop a school-specific risk and resilience profile that will be used by both school administration and our project. You can view both this research PSA and thank you video that our team distributed to students at Kailua Intermediate school throughout the data collection process. The risk and resilience profile and infographic are also available.

Hoʻokahua Summer Program: Our team partnered with Kailua Intermediate School to engage students in their Hoʻokahua summer program (June 9th - June 27th, 2025). We worked with students for 4 sessions. During these sessions, our goal was to expose students to the Hoʻouna Pono substance use prevention program and gather feedback on the applicability to their lives. To do this, we are partnered with Education Incubator and Kailua Intermediate School to deliver two Hoʻouna Pono lessons, teach and engage students in various research activities, and learn more about different methods of storytelling. 

Watch this video recording (or slideshow) to learn more about our time with students during the summer program! You can also view the Hoʻokahua Summer Program Workbook for an overview of session topics and activities.

Hoʻouna Pono Substance Use Prevention Lessons: We are continuing our partnership with Kailua Intermediate School and Education Incubator for the 2025-2026 school year! Students will be learning Hoʻouna Pono’s substance use prevention curriculum, and participating in activities and group discussions with opportunities to share their thoughts and experiences. Our team is actively recruiting interested students at Kailua Intermediate School and we encourage families to learn more about our project. For more information, please see this infographic addressing some questions families might have about what their keiki’s participation might look like: Mohala Na Pua postcard.