Pat Quilter ’64 made a transformational gift to Punahou, supporting the Mary Kawena Pukui Learning Commons and Voyaging Program
Punahou School will name its newest learning facility, the Mary Kawena Pukui Learning Commons, after the important and revered Hawaiian educator, scholar, composer and author: Mary Kawena Pukui (1895-1986)
This Spring, students in Cheryl Durso’s sixth grade English class undertook a multidisciplinary project – Picture Book Unit – which blended classic story telling with elements of design thinking
Punahou welcomed Barry Kudrowitz, a noted expert on creativity from the University of Minnesota, for a day of workshops focused on unlocking creative potential through play and humor
Design thinking, rapid prototyping, robotics, coding and more
Examples of exciting projects and lessons in second and third grade
Students were tasked with ideating and prototyping a new, indoor version of a game
Sixth graders are hooked on woodworking
How Punahou is preparing students to tackle the complex challenges of tomorrow in a rapidly changing world
Punahou ninth graders partnered with a community living on Earth’s second most northerly town: Qaanaaq, Greenland
Middle schoolers embark on design challenges using Lego robotics kits
Design thinking, technical abilities and so much more come together in Punahou’s K – 12 Design Technology and Engineering curriculum