Participating Schools

Please send the name and location of your school, as well as your grade and class (subject) to hokulea.outreach@gmail.com. You may also include a photo of your students. Mahalo!

Hawai'i

Mrs. Hale's 4th gradersMrs. Hale's 4th graders at Holualoa Elementary, Kona, Hawai'i. "Much like biologists study characteristics of plants and animals, we were studying our physical characteristics to create a class dichotomous key!" (see Education Photos)

Kamehameha preschoolers build their own canoes Twenty 4 and 5 year old students from Nicole Linke's preschool class from Kamehameha Preschool, Haleiwa, Oahu. Students began discussion on the voyage to Japan, followed by lessons on maps and directions and eventually worked on tracking the Hōkūle'a. Students also built their own canoes and listened to a presentation by Makali'i crew member, Mike Manu (see Education Photos).

One of Stevenson Middle School's ELL classesFifty eight students from Naomi O'Sullivan's 6-8 grade ELL classes from Stevenson Middle School, Honolulu, Hawai'i, are learning about Polynesia right now. They will soon be learning about the Hōkūle'a. If given the chance to sail on the canoes, students from Stevenson Middle would bring canned food, napkins, spears, guns, clothes, water, money, rope, and a lamp. [PVS Note: No guns allowed on the canoe.]

Julee Kaiaokamalie's 4th grade students from Kamehameha Schools Maui talking to Hokule'a crewmembers via satellite phoneForty eight 4th grade students from Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus have been using technology to track the Hōkūle’a’s voyage. We studied native plants and animals in Hawai'i and were able to share our Power Point presentations with the world. Using tracking maps, the PVS weblog, and even satellite phone technology to call crew members of the Hōkūle'a, we are learning so much about navigation and other cultures. Our highlight was to have Nohea Kaiaokamalie, a crew member on the first leg, who had joined us via satellite phone, visit our class and present a slideshow of his voyage (see Education Photos).

Student speaking via satellite phoneStudents from Kristen Luning's class at Keeau High School got the chance to speak with
Hōkūle'a crewmembers via satellite phone.

Micronesia

9th grade social studies students at CHS along with several dancers who took part in voyaging work Clark's 9th grade Chuukese social studies class at Chuuk High School, Weno Island, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia. Clark's class used the Hōkūle'a's voyage as a catalyst to install internet and a phone line at their school. They are using the voyage, related resources, and activities (like viewing the film "The Navigators" and a practice sail on a traditional canoe, see Education Photos) to focus on navigation and the importance and value of traditional knowledge.

Japan

Shane Menza & his students at Oominato High School

Shane Menza & Ms. Yamashita's English class, Oominato High School, Mutsu City (northernmost part of Mainland Japan), Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

10th & 11th grade students from Okinawa Fishery High School 10th and 11th grade students from three Okinawan High Schools, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan: Itoman High School (60 students), Tomishiro Minami High School (580 students), and Okinawa Fishery High School (330 students). Students from each school listened to Hōkūle'a crew member Takuji Araki give presentations on voyaging with JET Programme teachers, Chris Madole and Jenna Ishii (see Education Photos).

Mrs. Fred's second grade classWe are students of Bob Hope Primary School. We live in Okinawa, Japan. Our teacher is from Hawai'i. We have been studying and tracking the Hōkūle'a since it left Hawai'i in Jan. We are anxiously awaiting its arrival. We hope the Hōkūle'a will be blessed with good wind and a safe voyage. Aloha from all of us, Mrs. Fred's Second Grade Class. (Mrs. Fred's class visited the Hōkūle'a on 4/26, see Education Photos.)

Stearley Heights Elementary School Students on the Hokule'a in OkinawaWe are second graders at Stearley Heights Elementary School on Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, Japan, and our parents are American military and civilian employees. We have been tracking the Hōkūle'a since she left Hawai'i in January, and were so excited to be able to take a field trip to meet the crew and tour the canoe at Itoman Port. We will continue traveling with the Hōkūle'a until the end of her voyage.