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Teacher Professional Development

Rubric Training

April 20

PIKO

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PIKO Reunion Agenda

4:15 - 4:30 PM Participants Connect with Padlet Introduction and FieldScope Registration 15

4:30 Kaleo Introductions and Oli Kāhea me Oli Komo 5

Introduce the PIKO Project `Ohana

4:35 Rae Keynote: DIVE INTO PIKO 10

4:45 Kaleo Intro - Review the PIKO Rubric 10

4:55 Participant Breakout Session (Rename your ZOOM SCREEN) 30

1 - UNPACK PIKO - ROOM 1 - KALEO

2 - DIVE INTO PIKO - ROOM 2 - RAE

3 - KEEPERS OF PIKO - ROOM 3 - `IWA (community resource)

5:25 Soft Break: Restroom and/or change rooms if you like 5

5:30 Participant Return or Select another Breakout Session (Rename your zoom)

5:40 Whole Group Kūkākūkā Discussion 10

5:45 STEMPlus Events Calendar 5

5:50 Padlet | Mahalo & E Hele Mai | Participant Evaluations 5

6:00 A hui hou! We will stay on for 15 minutes to answer any questions! 15

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Kumu Hula Aunty Leina`ala Kalama Heine

Hawaiian Protocol

Ho`ohanohano = Reverence

Ho`olaha = Announce

Ha`aha`a = Display of Humility

Dr. Richard Kekuni Akana Blaisdell MD

Piko Poʻo / Manawa / Piko ʻĪ - Fontinel

“...Connectivity of the personal uhane or wailua with our ancestors, to all the way back to the beginning of time. So, as long as we think about them, listen to them, talk to them and are guided by them then we are connected.”

Piko Waena / Piko Naʻau / Piko ʻŌ - Navel

“...the gut or na`au is the seat of learning, wisdom and feeling - having a gut feeling refers to that kind of knowledge and feelings - so according to our traditional concepts we haven’t learned anything unless we can feel it and act on it.”

Piko Maʻi / Piko ʻĀ - Reproductive System

“This connects us to our Mamo our descendents after us...we do not live in linear relationships but a true circular one.” “To return to our basic kanaka maoli concepts we only need to care for not only ourselves but for all…Kekahi i Kekahi

What is the PIKO?

How the Kanaka Maoli find balance with self, others, and environment.

“A healthy PIKO is a healthy Hawaiian.”

Ka`anohi Kalama Macomber

What is the PIKO?

Points of Connectivity

Strengths and power to live in Mana

Levels of connection necessary for a balanced life

In 1966, Blaisdell became the first Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Hawai'i School of Medicine.

Director, of the Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Blaisdell served as Interim Director from 1987-1988.

Blaisdell was a pioneer in advocating for accessible and culturally appropriate healthcare for Native Hawaiians. He provided dramatic documentation of worsening Kanaka Maoli health conditions.

Piko Poʻo / Manawa / Piko ʻĪ - Fontinel

Spiritual Connection

This SUCTION of organic and inorganic voices, is unseen; however, we must still acknowledge it and make space to honor it.

Piko Waena / Piko Naʻau / Piko ʻŌ - Navel

Inherited from Family Connection

It is our current connection to the lāhui around us and how we show up. This piko pulls at us, and informs us about our lives through an interaction with our piko ʻī.

Oli Kāhea: Hiki Mai Ka Lā

Hiki mai ka lā i ka honua

Nā moʻolelo, e mau aku ka moʻomeheu ē

Ka leo o nā pua i kaiao

Kū lōʻihi i ka pā ahe o ka makani ē

Translation:

Sun shines over the earth

Stories nurturing the culture

The voice of the children in enlightenment

Waiting here for the cool breeze

Oli Komo: Holu Nape Na Laʻau

Holu nape nā laʻau i ka ʻolu

He mai ke ākea laʻa ē

Aloha mai

E komo mai ē - - ē

Translation:

Trees sunny in cool wind

Meeting on this sacred space

Greetings!

Come in!

Composed By:

Aunty Leinaʻala Kalama Heine and her daughter ʻAuliʻi Hirahara

November 5, 2014 for Mele Murals @ Kaimukī High School and the Estria Foundation

Piko Maʻi / Piko ʻĀ - Reproductive System

The Creative and Procreative Connection

The power of this piko teaches us to learn in this present and do what is needed to prepare for the future. Recognize that every decision we are making will inform our future actions and what is to come.

Points of Connectivity

Strengths and power to live in Mana

(Levels of connection necessary for a balanced life)

With manaʻo shared by: Ka`anohi Kalama-Macomber channeling lessons taught by kupuna as well as those shared in

Ke Kumu Honua Mauli Ola & Nā Honua Mauli Ola

Piko Poʻo / Manawa / Piko ʻĪ - fontanel - This represents the most sacred space (it never really closes). It is the opening that is breathing in the unseen. It is our spiritual connection to our ʻaumākua and that which informs our intuition. Our parents are told to protect this piko at birth and to teach us the importance of continuing to protect it. This suction of organic and inorganic voices, is unseen; however, we must still acknowledge it and make space to honor it. It is not supernatural, it is the past and the ideas of creation and nature flowing in and throughout. It is the higher power that speaks into us not at us. How do we allow it to funnel into us? Through the ceremony of our birth and our continued connection to those powers greater than ourselves.

Piko Waena / Piko Naʻau / Piko ʻŌ - navel - This represents our connection to our ʻohana and the ʻāina we interact with. It is the values, actions and tangible products of our `ohana today. This is our connection to our makua through our ʻiewe and the lessons that they teach us. It is our current connection to the lāhui around us and how we show up. This piko pulls at us, and informs us about our lives through an interaction with our piko ʻī. We have control of this tier of our mana. The power is felt in the gut, in controlling our knowledge and emotions.

Piko Maʻi / Piko ʻĀ - reproductive system - This represents our ability to create. WE can do something now to make sure that our future is led in a way that is founded on the values of our kanaka. It is here at this piko that we intentionally set into motion a type of learning that utilizes the guidance of our piko ʻī and the ʻike of our piko ʻō to create opportunities for the future connections, future experiences as well as future generations that we will one day nurture. The power of this piko teaches us to learn in this present and do what is needed to prepare for the future. Recognize that every decision we are making will inform our future actions and what is to come. Allow ourselves to connect to that future and develop necessary relationships and take the necessary steps in order to leave behind a meaningful legacy.

***In acknowledging the role that each of these piko play in our lives and the emphasis they place on the importance of connections, we also acknowledge our role as conduits from the past, through the present and into the future. This is the kuleana that we hold. It is through the recognition of this kuleana as a privilege that we are able to become the best possible versions of ourselves for the collective whole.**

http://mauliolanetwork.com/home/

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`Āina Educators, Scientist and Stewards

Sharon Nelson-Barber

Zanette Johnson

Yvonne Chan

Eric Tong

Kaleo Hanohano

Matt Silberglitt

PIKO: Place-Based Interdisciplinary Knowledge Organizer

Jonathan Boxerman

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1893

Hawaiian Kingdom Overthrown

The illegal overthrow of the Hawaiian sovereign Queen Lili`uokalani and the people of Hawai`i

1896

Hawaiian Language Banned

as medium of instruction in the public education system

1979 - 1986

State Constitutional Convention

(Hawaiian Education committee)

Article X, Section 4:

“The State shall promote the study of Hawaiian culture, history and language…in the public schools.”

“The use of community expertise shall be encouraged as suitable and essential means in the furtherance of the Hawaiian educational program.”

1986-2000

1986 - 2000

  • Hawaiian Language Immersion Program (HLIP) established within OIS
  • One State HLIP RT position created (placed with World Languages content area)
  • Ke Au Hou (Initiative to decentralize State office) transferred district level HSP RT positions to the schools
  • District Superintendents (now Complex Area Superintendents) select lead kupuna at each district as HSP District Coordinators for the Kupuna Component (to replace transferred district HSP RT responsibilities)
  • Office of Hawaiian Education (OHE) established within the Division of Learner, Teacher and School Support (DLTSS, formerly OASIS)
  • Positions: Administrator (ESIII), two ESII’s, Administrator Secretary, 3 State HLIP RTS (funded by HLIP), and 3 State HSP RTs (funded by HSP)

2000 - 2021

Lahainaluna School in Lahaina Maui

First School west of the Rocky Mountains

1831

1979 - 1986

  • Hawaiian Studies Program (HSP) established within Office of Instructional Support (OIS)
  • Two components: The Kupuna Component (K-6 grade) and the Secondary Component (focus on Social Studies courses such as, Hawaiian Monarchy (7th grade) and Modern Hawaiian History (grades 9 or 11)
  • Kupuna servicing K-6 grade schools classified for pay as part-time teacher (PTT)
  • State Educational Specialist (ESII) for HSP and two state HSP Resource Teacher (RT) positions create.
  • District level HSP RT positions established to support Hawaiian education at the school level and to in-service the kupuna component at the district level

83 Years

Forbidden to speak & teach Hawaiian Language

4 Generations

without

Hawaiian Language

<2,000 Native speakers

1983

Establishment of the first Punānaleo o Hawai`i total immersion schools for Preschool 2 - 4 years

2001 - 2021

  • Policy 2104 approved
  • OHE name change to Hawaiian Studies and Language Programs Section (HSLPS) due to the Department’s definition of an “Office” in the organizational structure.
  • Policy 2105: Hawaiian Language Immersion Program approved
  • Policy 5101: Hawaiian Language Fluency (re: HLIP) approved
  • HSLPS name changed to Hawaiian Education Programs Section (HEPS) during reorganization of OCISS (renamed to align with policy 2104)
  • Pihana Nā Mamo joined HEPS
  • Policy 2104 amended
  • DOE Kahua Teacher Induction Program joined HEPS (MOA with KS; State office RT position placed in HEPS via MOA; MOA closed in 2013)

The Office of Hawaiian Education

2014 - Policy 2104 and 2105 amended: establishes the Office of Hawaiian Education; HEPS re-organized from OCISS to Office of the Superintendent

2015 - Office of Hawaiian Education​ officially established under the Office of the Superintendent

  • Director of OHE hired
  • E-3 Policy (Nā Hopena A'o​) approved by BOE

2002

NHMO

World Health Organization

Nā Ala `ike

The Cultural Pathways

Nā̄ Honua Maoli Ola

Nā Honua Maoli Ola

He Aupuni Palapala Ko`u

“Mine will be a literate Nation”

Public Education System

Established by King Kamehameha III on Oct. 15, 1840 - 90% of the population in Hawai`i is literate in English and Hawaiian as well as other languages

Reclaiming & Indigenizing

The Hawai`i Public Education System

1840

1820

Hawaiian

Alphabet

1822

Printing Press

Translate the Bible

Men

Women and Children attended schools to read and write in Hawaiian

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DIVE INTO PIKO

with Raechelle Villanueva

Wai`alae School | 3rd Grade Teacher

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Dive Into PIKO-If can, can! One step at a time.

H = Huina

TO JOIN AND TO ALIGN

The Kanaka join and align to the voices of the kupuna (elder). Through intergenerational exchange offering insight and ways of knowing to inform support, protect, and prevent loss. These “people of the land” share simple and radical realities for preservation of the place and of the race.

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Dive Into PIKO-If can, can! One step at a time.

What is Aloha `Āina? How can we be agents of Aloha?

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O = `Oni

TO MOVE SUCCINCTLY

The Kanaka move to understand the ways of the place by touch, smell and taste. Working with `aina reveals answers and seeks to ask many questions. Moving into `aina in practice builds deep relationships with place for place.

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A = A`o

To TEACH & To LEARN

The interaction is reciprocal, coherent, can be explained.

The kanaka live in the 4 dimensions of place at all times. They teach and learn simultaneously - it is a continuum

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K = Ka’a

To Braid

The Kanaka take multiple ideas of varying complexity and braid patterns of understanding around the place. The role of kumu and haumana are blended and sometimes switched to expose how new ideas are braided, woven, plated and felted.

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A = A`o

To TEACH & To LEARN

The interaction is reciprocal, coherent, can be explained.

The kanaka live in the 4 dimensions of place at all times. They teach and learn simultaneously - it is a continuum

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I = `Ike

TO SEE, TO SEARCH, TO KNOW

The Kanaka connect to ancient indigenous wisdom, parallel worldviews, and placing value on the natural world, seasonal change, rotations and patterns to see, search and know place.

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Aloha `Āina and Me

E = `Eleu

To EXECUTE & EMPHASIZE

The Kanaka live in the space of metamorphosis, and identifies the cosmic, esoteric, organic and inorganic, mystic as supernatural and extraordinary. Sacred execution that emphasizes a shared reciprocal relationship with place

L = Lama

Enlightenment

The indigenous values from Lama are La’a, Anu’u, Mai`au and Aloha. Each value acts as a navigational tool.

The Kanaka create torches like these on the pathway so learners can use them as guides on the journey. Formative and summative assessments are seamless interactions with place. Learnrs explore, practice, prepare, and present simultaneously. Like light that bendsand flicker. This is the nature of Lama in each learner.

La`a = The learning has sacred value

`Anu`u = Take it higher, Build it up, be an advocate.

Maiau = Enhanced quality, careful work

Aloha = cherish the learning

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HELUHELU SESSION

10 Minute Quiet Reading Session with Jamboard Activity

OPEN: JAMBOARD ACTIVITY

Jamboard Slide 1

How would you implement some of these into your teaching?

Jamboard Slide 2

What part of the Rubric speaks to you?

Jamboard Slide 3

Share your initial reactions?

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A = A`o

To TEACH & To LEARN

The interaction is reciprocal, coherent, can be explained.

The kanaka live in the 4 dimensions of place at all times. They teach and learn simultaneously - it is a continuum

E = `Eleu

To EXECUTE & EMPHASIZE

The Kanaka live in the space of metamorphosis, and identifies the cosmic, esoteric, organic and inorganic, mystic as supernatural and extraordinary. Sacred execution that emphasizes a shared reciprocal relationship with place

Kanaka

Kanaka Maoli the orginal name for the indigenous people of Hawai`i.

I = `Ike

TO SEE, TO SEARCH, TO KNOW

The Kanaka connect to ancient indigenous wisdom, parallel worldviews, and placing value on the natural world, seasonal change, rotations and patterns to see, search and know place.

ʻAnuʻu

Waena

TEACHER

ASSESS

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O = `Oni

TO MOVE SUCCINCTLY

The Kanaka move to understand the ways of the place by touch, smell and taste. Working with `aina reveals answers and seeks to ask many questions. Moving into `aina in practice builds deep relationships with place for place.

U = Ulu

TO GROW, TO BUD, TO BLOOM

The Kanaka grow via native language, through linguistic exchange. The dialectic tones impart indigenous identity sealed in time. Delivered though sound and optics like seeds that germinate and bud into ways of knowing and bloom into new understandings. Listening to place as it transmits ideas and thoughts.

H = Huina

TO JOIN AND TO ALIGN

The Kanaka join and align to the voices of the kupuna (elder). Through intergenerational exchange offering insight and ways of knowing to inform support, protect, and prevent loss. These “people of the land” share simple and radical realities for preservation of the place and of the race.

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K = Ka’a

To Braid

The Kanaka take multiple ideas of varying complexity and braid patterns of understanding around the place. The role of kumu and haumana are blended and sometimes switched to expose how new ideas are braided, woven, plated and felted.

L = Lama

Enlightenment

The indigenous values from Lama are La’a, Anu’u, Mai`au and Aloha. Each value acts as a navigational tool.

The Kanaka create torches like these on the pathway so learners can use them as guides on the journey. Formative and summative assessments are seamless interactions with place. Learnrs explore, practice, prepare, and present simultaneously. Like light that bendsand flicker. This is the nature of Lama in each learner.

La`a = The learning has sacred value

`Anu`u = Take it higher, Build it up, be an advocate.

Maiau = Enhanced quality, careful work

Aloha = cherish the learning

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Breakout Room Session

ROOM #1 - UNPACK PIKO - KUMU KALEO

If you are NEW to the PIKO Rubric

Those who are seeing the PIKO for the first time

ROOM #2 - DIVE INTO PIKO - KUMU RAE

If you are on the PIKO Journey

Those who would like to meet teachers who are on their journey

ROOM #3 - KEEPERS OF PIKO - KUMU `IWA

(community resource)

If you are EXTENDING your HORIZON with PIKO

Let’s share resources, lessons, classroom strategies and contacts

Quick Steps:

1

Select a Room from the menu.

2

Type your selection into the chat box.

3

Join the breakout room.

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UNPACK PIKO RUBRIC

with Kaleo Hanohano

Breakout Room 1

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Kahuku High & Intermediate School

Kaimuki High School

  • Located two miles from Waikiki Honolulu (South O`ahu)
  • Organized as smaller learning communities and academies & early college on campus (K2C)
  • Grades 9 - 12
  • Established in 1943; The school is 78 Years old!

Comparative Demographics

Kaimuki High School

Kahuku High & Intermediate School

Total number of students enrolled

702

1381

Eligible for Free or Reduced-price lunch

59%

45%

Multilingual Learner

18%

3%

Native Hawaiian, Pacifika including Oceania

51%

66%

Asian

34%

24%

White, Black, Latinx

15%

10%

Special Education Services

20%

13%

  • Located on the North Shore of O`ahu.
  • Organized by customized grade level experiences. Hawaiian immersion program
  • Grades 7 - 12
  • Established in 1897; The school is 124 Years old!

Strive High School Performance Report 2018-2019 http://bit.ly/strivehighsystem

SY 2018-2019

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He Mele no Kāne:

(No Kaua‘i mai kēia mele)

He ui, he nīnau:

E ui aku ana au iā ‘oe,

Aia i hea ka Wai a Kāne?

Aia i ka hikina a ka Lā,

Puka i Ha‘eha‘e,

Aia i laila ka Wai a Kāne.

E ui aku ana au iā ‘oe,

Aia i hea ka Wai a Kāne?

Aia i Kaulana a ka lā

I ka pae ‘ōpua i ke kai,

Ea mai ana ma Nihoa

Ma ka mole mai ‘o Lehua

Aia i laila ka Wai a Kāne.

E ui aku ana au iā ‘oe,

Aia i hea ka Wai a Kāne?

Aia i ke kuahiwi,

I ke kualono,

I ke awāwa,

I ke kahawai;

Aia i laila ka Wai a Kāne.

E ui aku ana au iā ‘oe,

Aia i hea ka Wai a Kāne?

Aia i kai, i ka moana,

I ke Kualau, i ke ānuenue

I ka pūnohu, i ka ua koko

I ka ‘ālewalewa;

Aia i laila ka Wai a Kāne.

E ui aku ana au iā ‘oe,

Aia i hea ka Wai a Kāne?

Aia i luna ka Wai a Kāne.

I ke ouli, i ke ao ‘ele‘ele,

I ke ao panopano

I ke ao pōpolo hua mea a Kāne la, e!

Aia i laila ka Wai a Kāne.

E ui aku ana au iā ‘oe,

Aia i hea ka Wai a Kāne?

Aia i lalo, i ka honua, i ka wai hū,

I ka wai kau a Kāne me Kanaloa –

He waipuna, he wai e inu,

He wai e mana, he wai e ola,

E ola nō, ea!

Note: Copy the Nane with Hawaiian and English for your students. Encourage language interaction through text and chant

The Place-Based Introductory Lesson: Welina Mānoa Ho`okahe Wai Ho`oulu `Āina

C

L6 - The Kanaka awaken diverse representations of culture and scientific reasoning. These are woven as values that inform daily life beyond school

Students connect with the scientific approach to measuring the biodiversity while also engaged in oli practices, at the kūahu (sacred gathering place) where we offer mahalo for this place and the genealogy that connects us to this sacred space.

Student learn that they need to be mākaukau (ready) - gear up and suit up for the activity. Students learn kilo (observe) this new space. Students learn the outside realm of environment is sacred and has mana (spiritual powers). They begin to share space with all elements and have Hōʻihi respect for the lifeways of all who thrive in the river.

LAMA

Enlightenment

Welina Manoa: Aia I Hea Ka Wai A Kāne

What does the water need from us?

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What’s the best thing about your job?

I get paid to do what I love. I learn or see new things everytime I go into the field, get to travel to many of the main Hawaiian Islands, hike to areas that are often untouched or unseen by many other people, and swim in streams that are clean and have high numbers of native freshwater species.

http://thewildclassroom.com/biomes/scientistprofile/streams.html

Students are taught about the stream and the stream animals

Sept.

2019

Training Session

Meet The Scientist

A = A`o

To TEACH & To LEARN

The interaction is receiprical, coherent, can be explained.

The kanaka live in the 4 dimensions of place at all times. They teach and learn simultaneously it is continuum.

L1 - Kanaka are formative, using indigenous songs, chants and stories as assessment tools for learning rather than about learning.

Cory Yap, scientist that inserviced students preparing them to become citizen scientist and stewards of their place. A river is located on the school grounds, and the natural enviroment as they grasp new knowledge about the biodiversity of their place

L2 - Kanaka engage learners in building meaningful relationships among students, community members, ancestors, places, land, history, etc.

Cory Yap teaches the pa`epa`e method of catching invasive catfish safely , while also eradicating the invasive fish offering opportunities for students to build relationships with both the `o`opua kupuna and others. This is a beginning of conversations and discourse about the bio-balance of Kanewai stream at our location.

Cory Yap

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L4 Students connect the results of their own work to concerns and values of their community.

L8 Ground learning in real community questions, allowing students to demonstrate their knowledge in a variety of ways, and for real-world purposes.

Students demonstrated this at World Earth Day - Nā Wai `Ekolu - Māmala Aloha `Āina.

L3 - Kanaka inspire learners with ways to take ownership.

Learners ho`ike (showcase) their abilities to be stewards and their (knowledge of the `o`opu) or Kū`ana`ike with others. Learners live in this place as Kaikua`ana me Kaikaina relationships where older sibling shelter and guide younger sibling.

L5 - The kanaka look back to inform the next steps or the next cycle of instructional choices.

L7 - The Kanaka reflect on both teaching and learning

What did you learn? How is this helping to understand what water needs from us? Who benefits and who does not? Is the water flowing and does the earth thrive at our region of Kānewai stream? Who is responsible for protection of the water?

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`Ai Have A Dream

Partnership with Kahuku High School | ʻĀina-Informatics | FieldScope | The Indigenous Mapping Project

Protecting My Beloved Kaiāʻulu

Why are we doing this place-based research?

1.

Collecting evidence that is meaningful and relevant to us today, and everyday.

2.

Connecting our learning to the issues and problems we are faced with today.

3.

Gain access to the knowledge from experts, elders and kūpuna who guide our place-based study.

4.

Practice the research steps to collecting data for later review and for use in our learning portfolios.

Does the GMO papaya contribute to a more just, healthy and beloved community in Koʻolauloa?

He ali`i ka `aina, he kauwa ke kanaka

The land is the chief and man it’s servant.

Strengthened Sense of Hawai‘i

‘O Hawai‘i ku‘u ‘āina kilohana *

Hawai‘i is my prized place

Hō‘ike au i ke aloha a me ka mahalo no ko‘u ‘āina kilohana ‘o Hawai‘i nei.

Nā Hopena A`o

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Students map their neighborhoods, identify safety issues and observe what foods are in their agroforest.

Students map a location and provide a juxtaposition of the place.

Students gather papaya leaves from their agroforest and document location, site, and place.

Students KILO or observe a papaya tree and collect specific data. They select a leaf, monitor roots, trunk, fruits flowers.

2020-2021 School Year

Distance Learning

Kahuku High and Intermediate School

CDC COVID Restrictions

State of Hawai`i DOE Distance Learning Restrictions

March 2020 - March 2021

Themes:

My Beloved Kaiāʻulu

ʻAi Have a Dream

Food Security, Food Safety, Food Sovereignty & Sustainability

`Aina Informatics

Place-Based Curriculum

PIKO Rubric Deep Dive

Indigenous Mapping

Collect Data on Papaya DNA

Interact with students in DL

interdisciplinary Collaboration

Experts in the Field

Strengthened Sense of Responsibility

Ma ka hana ka ‘ike, ma ka ‘imi ka loa‘a *

Strengthened Sense of Belonging

He pili wehena ‘ole *

(A relationship that cannot be undone)

Strengthened

Sense of Excellence

‘A‘ohe ‘ulu e loa‘a i ka pōkole o ka lou *

There is no success without preparation

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Monday

What is GMO papaya and where can you find it in Koʻolauloa moku?

  • How was the Hawaiian GMO papaya made?

  • Who grows GMO papaya in Koʻolauloa and why?

Wednesday

Papaya CSI: How do we use genetic tools to detect unseen genetic modification?

  • How do we get the DNA out of the leaf cells?

Friday

Papaya CSI Part 2: Are our papaya leaf samples GMO or are they kūlohelohe (natural)?

  • Live virtual lab with Kumu ʻIwa for the test results.

  • With the new knowledge of the results, revisit our central question.

Roots & Representation // GMO Papaya Virtual Lab

The central question of this mini-project is:

Does the GMO papaya contribute to a more just, healthy and beloved community in Koʻolauloa?

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Results summary

Round 1

8 GMO out of 14 total conclusive = 57.1% of all papayas tested were GMO.

Round 2

15 GMO out of 28 total conclusive = 53.6% of all papayas tested after both rounds were GMO.

Name

GMO?

Kalapana

Yes

Zealand

Yes

Mitchell

Yes

Talia

No

Emma

Yes

Kingston

No

Papanuʻumealani

Yes

Skyler

No

Name

GMO?

Rachael

No

Loren

Inconclusive

Nāleo

Yes

Charles

No

Mel

Yes

Pele

Yes

Marley

No

Name

GMO?

Loren

Yes

Laʻakeamaikalani

No

Brody

No

Haevinn

No

Kaimana

No

Tia

Yes

Malachi

Yes

Name

GMO?

Zion

Yes

Nita

No

Emma

Yes

Benjamin

Yes

Charles

Yes

Zealand

No

Naiah

No

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Roots & Representation // GMO Moratorium Bill

The Central Question of this mini-project is:

Does the GMO papaya contribute to a more just, healthy and beloved community in Koʻolauloa?

GMO Papaya Results

Watch the live Zoom session for the GMO results and discussion

Video recordings:

Kumu ʻIwa’s slides:

Questions for Kumu ʻIwa?

Record them in Flipgrid:

Kauleo! Stand Up and Be Heard

Advocate for your community’s best interests when it comes to biotechnology.

  • Visit the GMO Moratorium Bill Activity

slides to read about the 2014 bill which

would have banned GMOs in Maui County.

  • There, you will find readings to guide your research and instructions on how to interview your community.

  • Using your research, interviews and GMO

papaya results, your haʻawina is to prepare

testimony in favor or against the bill.

Bill Testimony Flipgrid:

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KEEPERS OF PIKO

with `Iwakeli`i Tong

Breakout Room 3

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Nā Kumuwaiwai Nā Loea Nā Palapala

Share Your Pūʻolo

PIKO Resource Library

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Upcoming STEMplus Events

  • STEMplus: Preserving our Watersheds with the C&C of Honolulu Division of Storm Water Quality
    • Hosted by Nā Wai ʻEkolu
    • Date: Tuesday, May 4
    • Time: 4:30-6:00pm on Zoom
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Mahalo nui loa! E hele mai!

Please ask your friends and fellow colleagues how they might use the PIKO Rubric to guide their practice?

For more information, please contact us

SharonNelson-Barber

snelson@wested.org

Jon Boxerman

jboxerm@wested.org,

Yvonne Chan

ychan@iolani.org

Eric `Iwakeli’’i Tong

etong@iolani.org

Kaleo Hanohano

jkaleo@hawaii.edu

Raechelle Villanueva

rvillanueva@waialae.edu