KAPA‘A — Daniel Hamada accepted his first community gift as principal for Kapa‘a High School and Kukui‘ula Development Company made its first of four planned contributions to Kaua‘i schools, Wednesday. Initiated by a letter from Gilmore Youn, who retired as
KAPA‘A — Daniel Hamada accepted his first community gift as principal for Kapa‘a High School and Kukui‘ula Development Company made its first of four planned contributions to Kaua‘i schools, Wednesday.
Initiated by a letter from Gilmore Youn, who retired as principal of Kapa‘a High School, the Kukui‘ula Development Company — represented by its community outreach officer Gini Kapali, and Scott Sato, a Kapa‘a High School alumni — presented Hamada and Takara Kunioka, the Kapa‘a High School Student Body president, with a check for $2,000 earmarked toward helping the school’s Senior Project and General Learner Outcome programs.
During their senior year at Kapa‘a High School, all students are provided with the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in an area of his/her own interest by completing a Senior Project, Youn said in his letter of explanation to Kukui‘ula.
The goal of the Senior Project is to develop proficiency in the attainment of the six GLO which includes Self-Directed Learner, Community Contributor, Complex Thinker, Quality Producer, Effective Communicator, Effective and Ethical Use of Technology.
Youn also said Kapa‘a High School hosts two major GLO assemblies in the school year where students who have attained GLOs are recognized and rewarded with incentives.
“These skills learned in the Senior Project are so important to the students who leave high school and enter the world,” Kapali said. “Scott is here because he was involved in a Senior Project.”
Kapali said the GLO skills learned by the students will serve them well in a highly-competitive world, noting that when Kukui‘ula opened 40 positions, there were more than 650 applicants for those employment spots.
“The Senior Project is really critical, and every student will do a project,” Hamada said. “It demonstrates to themselves as well as the community what they can do.”
Kapali said Kukui‘ula is committed to the island, indicating there are plans to distribute similar contributions to Waimea High School, Kaua‘i High School and Island School.
“It takes a village to raise a child is one of the sayings,” Hamada said. “Kukui‘ula has always demonstrated and proved it is a good community partner. They’ve always walked the talk.”
