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A partnership between the state Department of Education and Nā Kama Kai, a nonprofit educating keiki on how to connect and respect the ʻāina and ocean, is teaching swimming skills, ocean safety, and the basics of wayfinding.

Kapua Chandler, principal of Namahana School on Kauaʻi, spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender a few months after opening day.

Three of the students behind the podcast “Waves & Wisdom” spoke to HPR’s DW Gibson about being placed in the Top 10 of NPR’s annual student podcast challenge.

This recent recovery was the operation’s fifth mission since it began in 2020, and it has recovered more than 40 young people in the past five years.

Paula Adams of the Hawaiʻi Afterschool Alliance spoke to HPR’s DW Gibson about the need for more after-school care across the islands.

Three of the minds behind the Symphony of the Hawaiʻi Seas, Takuma Itoh, Beth Lenz, and Kalilinoe Detwiler, spoke with HPR’s Maddie Bender about the free musical and visual performance showcasing Hawaiʻi’s oceans later this month.

Artist and musician Benjamin Fairfield spoke to HPR’s Maddie Bender about his new book, “Kani Ka ʻŌpala: How Can Garbage Sing?"

After a lengthy selection process, a final site to rebuild Lahaina’s King Kamehameha III Elementary School has been chosen at a 14-acre Kuʻia site below the Lahaina Bypass.

A charter school on Hawaiʻi Island is expanding its footprint. It’s not your typical charter school — in fact, clowning around is encouraged at its Puna district campus. Hawaii’s Volcano Circus Executive Director Morgan Langham spoke with The Conversation about what the unconventional school has in mind and how the community has responded.

Nanea TV is a locally-made 3D animation YouTube channel promoting ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi educational videos to connect keiki and their ʻohana across the world. It is the only one on the platform to combine the Hawaiian language with 3D animation.