Pact mission: ‘Restore our people’

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Island School’s Head of School Shannon Graves and Kamehameha Schools CEO Jack Wong sign a memorandum of agreement Friday at the Frear Hall on the Island School campus in Puhi.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Kamehameha Schools CEO Jack Wong accepts a take-apart wa‘a ho‘okupu from kumu Sabra Kauka and Steve Soltysik Friday following the signing of a memorandum of agreement in the Ho‘oulu I Ke Ola o Na Pua, or “to enrich lives of the children” program site, at Frear Hall on the Island School campus in Puhi.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Island School Head of School Shannon Graves and Kamehameha Schools CEO Jack Wong shake hands on the partnership that allows opportunities for Native Hawaiian children and families to attend Island School, Friday following the signing of the memorandum of agreement at Frear Hall on the Island School campus in Puhi.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Kumu Sabra Kauka and her Hawaiiana students listen to remarks about the memorandum of agreement that is a planned collaboration to assist Native Hawaiian students the opportunity to attend Island School Friday at Frear Hall on the Island School campus in Puhi.

PUHI — Native Hawaiian students took a step toward access to private school education when officials from Kamehameha Schools and Island School signed a memorandum of agreement Friday.

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