Ka Leo o Nā Hōkū Welowelo The Voice of the Comets

By Kumu Loke Han

Students in Papa 6 Kula Kaiapuni o Kualapuʻu, Kualapuʻu Public Conversion Charter School, are excited to share some of their first quarter adventures ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Please enjoy their articles written to support student learning in and out of the classroom! E ola ka ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.

No Kauikeaouli – Kamehameha III

Aloha mai kakou o wau ‘o Ka’ikena Rawlins-Fernandez. Noho au ma Kaunakakai. ‘O Makena Fernandez ko’u makuakāne a ‘o Keani Rawlins ko’u makuahine. E ha’i ana au iā ‘oe e pili iā Kauikeaouli.  ʻO Kauikeaouli ka Mōʻī ʻekolu ma ka laina ʻo Kamehameha. ʻO kekahi mea nui i hana ia e Kamehameha 3, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka lā Hoʻihoʻi ʻEa ma ka lā 31 o Iulai.  Ua ho’iho’i hou i ke aupuni Hawai’i me ke kokua ‘o ‘Akimalala Pelekānia Richard Thomas. Kekahi mea ea’e i hana a he maika’i, ua kukulu i nā kula. I ke kokoke ‘o Kauikeaouli noho ali’i ‘ana, aia he 423 kula ma Hawai’i nei. Loa’a ‘umikūmālua kaukani a ‘oi keiki.  Ua lilo kona aupuni i “aupuni ho’ona’auao a ma laila nō i hāpai ai ka manaʻo “He ʻAupuni Palapala koʻu.”

Ka Hale Waihona Puke ma Kaunakakai

Welina mai kākou! O ‘au ‘o Kūaolama Ikekuahiwi Kamiloloa Chung Kyu Chin, No Kāwela/Kamiloloa mai ‘au. O ko’u mākuakāne ‘o Steven Keone Chin a ‘o Kelly Ann Kanoelani Wong koʻu makuahine.

E ‘ōlelo ‘au i ka waiwai o ka Hale Waihona Puke Aupuni ma Kaunakakai no ka mea inā o kou punahele paha ʻaʻole paha ka heluhelu ‘ana, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele ma laila a loa’a nui o na mea i hiki ke hana!

O kekahi mea i hiki ke hana ma ka hale waihona puke, hiki ke heluhelu ai‘ole loa’a i ke kaumepiula a hiki ke nana i nā wikio. Inā ʻaʻohe ka puke maʻaneʻi, hiki ke ʻoka i ka puke ma ka punaewele a ma waena o kekahi mau lā, e hoʻea mai ana. Aia nā makazina, na pā CD, nā pā DVD a me nā puke like ʻole. O ka mea kaumaha loa, ‘a’ohe nui ka puke ma ka ʻōlelo Hawai’i! O ke ‘ano o ke kanaka ma ka hale waihona puke he ‘olu’olu loa, a inā  pono ke kōkua e kōkua lākou iā ʻoe!

No laila hele ʻoe i ka Hale Waihona Puke Aupuni ma Kaunakakai! Mahalo.