Our Mission
Nurturing lifelong learners and passionate community leaders by cultivating an enriching environment of academic excellence grounded in Hawaiian culture and values.
Our Vision
Ke Kula ʻO Piʻilani is committed to providing an enriched and modern education that nurtures fluency in traditional Hawaiian wisdom.
Our Values
Ke Kula ʻO Piʻilani seeks to encourage our community of learners to become the living manifestations of these three values -
Aloha (kindness, compassion, charity, sincere regard and affection for all) Kuleana (responsibility, authority, privilege tempered by care and concern), and ʻImi ʻIke (seeking awareness and understanding, a thirst for knowledge, a lifelong journey of learning).
School Information
Strategic Plan: Ke Ao Mālamalama
A Visionary Look Into the Future of Ke Kula ʻO Piʻilani
MISSION STATEMENT/ʻōlelo pahuhopu
Aia ka lupalupa mai o ke keiki a mahi pono ʻia kona wahi e hoʻonaʻauao ʻia ai. Pēia e mau ai kona ʻimi naʻauao ʻana me ka hialaʻai a lilo ai hoʻi ʻo ia i mea nāna e alakaʻi i ke kaiāulu ma ke ala e paʻa mau ai ka ʻike a me nā loina o ko Hawaiʻi.
(Nurturing lifelong learners and passionate community leaders by cultivating an enriching environment of academic excellence grounded in Hawaiian culture and values.)
VISION/NUʻuKIA
ʻO ka nuʻu a Ke Kula ʻo Piʻilani e kūlia aku nei, ʻo ia ke kūlana paʻa o ka naʻauao o kēia au i nā haumāna a pau me ka mālama pū ʻana i ka naʻauao o ke au i hala.
(Ke Kula ʻO Piʻilani is committed to providing an enriched and modern education that nurtures fluency in traditional Hawaiian wisdom.)
We are both grounded in our ancestral wisdom and steadfast in the 21st century. Our curriculum is extremely progressive and adaptive. We excel at infusing Hawaiian cultural practices into every facet of our school.
5 YEAR PLAN
1) Ke kūlia ʻana o nā papa mai ka Mālaaʻo a i ka Papa ʻEono i ke kūlana poʻokela ma ia mea he naʻauao (Achieve academic excellence for grades K-6)
2) Ka ʻimi ʻana i kahua e kū paʻa ai ke kula (Secure a long-term school site)
3) Ke kūlia ʻana i kūlana ʻaeʻoia (Ensure financial independence)
10 YEAR PLAN
1) Ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kula kamaliʻi (Establish a preschool program)
2) Ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kula waena (Establish a middle school program)
3) Ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kula kiʻekiʻe (Establish a high school program)
OUR INSPIRATION
Me ka nui mahalo i Ke Aliʻi Piʻilani, eia nō ko mākou hui ke hoʻolako nei i kā mākou poʻe haumāna, a me ko lākou mau ʻohana, i nā kumuwaiwai a me nā ʻike e hōʻea aku ai i ka pahuhopu, ʻo ka hoʻonaʻauao kūʻokoʻa ʻia ʻana. ʻO kā mākou, ʻo ia ka hoʻoulu mai, i loko o nā haumāna, i ke ʻano alakaʻi, laulima, kuʻikahi, ikaika, a me ka ʻike e mālama ai i kēia hoʻoilina waiwai o Maui i nā kau a kau.
Inspired by Ke Aliʻi Piʻilani, our organization is also motivated to connect our students and their families to resources and knowledge by journeying together on the road of independent education. We strive to instill qualities of leadership, collaboration, unification, strength, and vision in our students to uphold this powerful Maui legacy for generations to come.
Our Past News Articles
7 Aukake (August 7, 2023) - Star advertiser
Classes geared to participants age 16 and older are held weekly from August through May. Instruction is supplemented by a handful of workshops throughout the year that typically bring in cultural practitioners specializing in ocean studies, lunar cycles, use of papa and pōhaku kuʻi ʻai (poi pounding stones and board), and other traditional knowledge, Robinson said.
21 Iune (June 21, 2023) - Maui now
Independent Hawaiian culture and language immersion school Ke Kula ʻO Piʻilani today announced a grant award totaling $77,700 that will support the Native Hawaiian community through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Community Research Grant.
July 2022 - First Nations / Read Full Article
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FEBRUARY 2021
The school implements a conceptual understanding, place-based approach to learning through a variety of applied practitioner led courses which provide an experiential learning environment with ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi at the helm.
Maui Now / Read Full Article
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FEBRUARY 2021
“The grant (from First Nations Development Institute) also allows for creation of traditional food-making implements for incoming families through the school’s Hanai ʻAi project, which provides students and their families with tools and resources to manufacture papa and pōhaku kuʻi ʻai.”
Maui Now/ Read Full Article
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February 2020
“Pi’ilani strives to inspire a life long love of learning by cultivating an enriching environment in which diverse students grow to be united, confident and globally competitive servant leaders, who think critically and creatively to contribute to the betterment of Maui, Hawai’i and the world.”
Kahu Kekai Robinson - Maui Now/ Read Full Article
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OCTOBER 2019
“Our goal is to ensure our students can be successful in anything they choose to be in the future because of the solid and well-rounded Hawaiian culture and language foundation that connects them to each other and to these lands.”
Kahu Kekai Robinson - Maui Now/ Read Full Article
Our Previous Newsletters
7 pepeluali (FEBRUARY 7, 2021)
Learn about our Ka Piko Kaiao digital library and our First Nations Native Language Immersion Initiative.
2 malaki (March 2, 2021)
Take a look at our exciting practitioner programs for Pōʻalima Kupuohi (Enrichment Friday).
14 APELILA (April 14, 2021)
Read about the COVID-19 vaccine clinic held on campus for our culture keepers and community members.
14 MEI (MEI 14, 2021)
Learn about all of the fun we had during Pule Leʻaleʻa and what our plans are for Hōʻike.