Weaving the Lei — Kawaikini's curricular strands
Culturally Relevant Assessment Project
Kawaikini is one of seventeen Hawaiian Focused Charter Schools participating in the Culturally Relevant Assessment (CRA) project through Kanaeokana that cascades from the Vision of the Graduate. Project objectives include cultural competency, readiness for the next level, and academic growth. Three working groups developed tools that explore the following research question:
What is the evidence of the HFCS Vision of the Graduate?
HFCS VISION OF THE GRADUATE
Cultural Knowledge, Responsibility to ʻOhana, Community and Environment:
Demonstrate, understand, apply Hawaiian values, respect and honor genealogy, recognize and accept leadership roles to manifest cultural knowledge, know a place (history, resources) as a piko and a foundation for making larger connections, understand the importance of reciprocal relationships and responsibilities in a cultural context
College and Career Readiness:
Communicate effectively (verbal, oral, technologies), a lifelong learner for future competence, able to plan to attain current and future goals, provide adequately for self and family
