Waipahu Wayfinders
Summer program
The 2020-2021 school year will be a journey into the unknown. The Waipahu Wayfinders program was an opportunity for EL teachers and students to explore the future of school and chart a course for success in an online environment. Over the span of four weeks, students learned the ropes and gained the skills they will need to navigate online school, such as how to use Google Classroom, how to send a professional email, and how to create, share, and organize files in Google Drive. Then they raised their sails and set out on their own, exploring online tools and building personal websites to showcase their new skills.
As a final project, students made multilingual websites and screencast tutorials to share what they learned with their peers. These websites and tutorials have been shared with schools across Oahu and in the Philippines and Marshall Islands. Teachers gained experience leading online classes and learned alongside the students. Twenty-three students were in the 100% online cohort and eighteen students were in the hybrid cohorts that met in-person one or two days a week.
Resources by waipahu wayfinders
Waipahu High School Multilingual Tech Support Page
Website Links
Student Quotes
I used to think I was unprepared to be an online student, but now I feel I am well prepared after coming into this 100% online school.
-Kcjalani Francis, 9th grade
I used to think it was hard to be an online student, but I have learned a lot and I feel ready for next school year.
-Raby Jorlanin, 12th grade
I am proud of being part of the Waipahu Wayfinders because this program helped me to gain more knowledge and be able to share my knowledge to some students. My skills became so strong to do something that I did not do before.
-Leigh Anne Ibanez, 12th grade
I'm really proud to be a Waipahu Wayfinder because joining the program really helped me and taught me many different useful tools I can use now and then.
-Minna Maijon, 12th grade
I am proud that some of us participated in this program so that when school starts we can help some students who aren't used to online class.
-Ann Marie Clement, 12th grade
I'm proud of being a part of the Wayfinder program, I learned a lot of stuff that will help me be an expert online student.
-Pulumataala Vaesau, 12th grade
Yes, it was so challenging for me, but now I am more confident than when I just came in. I thought everything we would be doing was going to be hard, but with such helpful teachers it was really like a piece of cake to me.
-Kcjalani Francis, 9th grade
It was kind of hard the first day I entered the Wayfinders program at school, but now I know a lot from my teachers, such as how to do everything online and communicate with my peers online.
-Elisa Simi, 11th grade
Resources and translations by Waipahu Wayfinders
Website By: Kellie Yoshihara, MEdT