Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 12, 1 December 1999 — Page 16 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

We Want To Hear FromYou.

Share your hopes and vision with us as we shape a strategic plan for the future.

Over the next twelve months we will be meeting and talking with the Kamehameha Schools Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate 'ohana and the Hawaiian community about priorities for educating Hawaiians and what role we should play in that worthwhile | endeavor. Your participation in this process is vital-you are affected by what we do and we'd like to hear your ideas. Learn From Our Past An important preparation for planning is to review where we have been and what we have done. In Kamehameha's 112-year history, Bernice Pauahi Bishop's Will has been the guiding force in all that we have done and continues to lead us as we look ahead. Significant decisions have been made about how to serve Hawaiian students. The graph at far right captures KSBE's Strategic Milestones and gives you a context for the planning that lies ahead. Kamehameha Today Kamehameha's educational programs today span five islands and serve nearly 13,000 Hawaiian youth. Programs we are committed to include: • K-12 college preparatory campus at Kapālama • Parent education • K-12 East Hawai'i campus • Statewide preschools • K-8 Maui campus • Summer Programs • K-3 reading partnership with DOE • Preschool through college financial aid KSBE's programs are funded solely through the endowment left by Ke Ali'i Pauahi. Help Shape Our Future Your input is important to us, so we have designed several ways to solicit your ideas about the important educational needs of Hawaiians and KSBE's role in helping to meet these needs. Attend the Community Meetings Come to the KSBE Strategic Planning Presentations and bring your ideas. These meetings are scheduled statewide and others are planned. See the schedule at left for the meetings most convenient for you. Watch the KSBE Strategic Planning Presentation on TV Tune in to your loeal cable station in December to watch the KSBE Strategic Planning Presentation. See the schedule at left for showings. Contact Us You ean contact us without even leaving your home! Here's how: • Call toll-free 1(877) KS-KOKUA (1-877-575-6582) and leave a message. • Fax: 1(808) 842-8170 • E-mail: ksbeplan@ksbe.edu • Website: http://www.ksbe.edu (eliek on Strategic Plan) • Write tO US: Strategic Planning, Kamehameha Schools, 1887 Makuakāne St., Honolulu, Hī 96817 • Fill out and return the accompanying survey. Make a Positive Difference Your input, along with our own internal assessment, the best educational research nationwide and KSBE's commitment to providing quality educational services to Hawaiians in perpetuity, will be considered in the formation of a preliminary plan. Then you'll have a ehanee to respond to the plan, its decisions and rationale. It is our hope that this process will encourage broad and diverse input, and result in a plan that will positively influence the educational achievement of future generations of Hawaiian children. %