As co-founder of Hui Ku Maoli Ola and Papahana Kuaola, Matt Kapalikū Schirman ’92 is at the center of a movement to restore native plant species and ahupua‘a management practices.
Punahou is grateful to its volunteer organizations and extends a warm aloha to this year’s presidents of the PAA, PFA, O-Men and Na Wahine Pa‘ani o Punahou.
“Punahou’s sources of continuity transcend leadership changes – they are our mission, vision and the Aims of a Punahou Education.”
For the past two years, children and grandchildren of alumni living away from Hawai‘i have come to campus for a uniquely buff and blue summer experience: ‘Ūlili Ho‘okama o Kapunahou.
With support from Kuaihelani Learning Center, Hawaiian culture now plays a central role in Punahou’s educational philosophy, enriching the experience of its students and faculty.
Punahou was the first school on O‘ahu to have its own swimming “tank”.
A photo essay by senior Gordon Asato ’19 on the 2018 summer social studies Capstone trip to Iceland.
Although she lived thousands of miles from Hawai‘i, Punahou was never far from Frances “Flash” Thompson’s Heart.
With her own radio show on KTUH and as a scholar at the University of Hawai‘i, Paige Okamura ’09 is part of the new wave of Hawaiian language revival.
Grade 4 teacher Kris Schwengel shares insights from his “Schwabbatical,” which focused on project-based learning and the Junior School Learning Commons.