Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 8, 1 August 2006 — Mele o Maui grant [ARTICLE]

Mele o Maui grant

On June 27, the nonprofit group Nā Mele o Maui awarded Leialoha Pīkake Louis of Kamehameha Schools' Maui Campus a $1,000 scholarship to attend Maui Community See BRIEFS on page 09

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CantinuEd fram page 05 College, where she will study Hawaiian language and eulture. Nā Mele o Maui is a nonprofit organization established to perpetuate Hawaiian culture. Every year, it awards a grant, the Nā Mele o Maui Hawaiian Studies Scholarship, to a Maui County high school senior who pursues a major in Hawaiian Studies/Pacific Island Studies or another field with an emphasis on Hawaiian culture at a college or university in Hawai'i. Louis, who aspires to be a

Hawaiian immersion teacher one day, is fluent in Hawaiian and is a member of Hālau Ke'alaokamaile. She will be honored on Dec. 8 at the annual Nā Mele o Maui Student Song Competition at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa.