Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 35, Number 9, 1 September 2018 — Kauanoe Kamana [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Kauanoe Kamana

"Nāwahī is a model 1 for indigI e n o u s I language and aea-

demic success with over 85 percent of its students continuing on to higher education," explains Kauanoe Kamanā, faculty at Ka Haka 'Ula O Ke'elikōlani and director of Ke Kula 'O Nāwahīokalani 'ōpu'u. "Nāwahī is designed for families, teachers and staff who have chosen to speak Hawaiian as the first and main language of the home, and also for those who are in the process of establishing Hawaiian as the dominant language of the home. Academics and global learning are developed and applied through eeonomie, social and cultural interaction with the broader world." ■