Summer activities for youth and family are just around the corner! From camps to summer school, there are plenty of places to let kids develop and grow new skills and make new friends.
In 1986, Kīʻope Raymond was asked to join the board of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo to found the first private, nonprofit pre-school in Hawaiian language on Maui. There are now three ‘Aha Pūnana Leo schools on Maui and pathways enabling Hawaiian immersion language students to receive instruction and graduate from Lahainaluna, Hāna, and King Kekaulike high schools. Maui Now writer Gary Kubota interviewed Raymond as part of this People of Maui series.
State lawmakers have passed a resolution apologizing to the Native Hawaiian people for banning the use of Hawaiian language in state schools for 90 years.