
Caring for our earth and cultivating the mind of the navigator.
Caring for our earth and cultivating the mind of the navigator.
Inspired by Polynesian voyaging and founded by Nainoa Thompson and Robert Witt in 2014, our school uses project based learning to infuse our students with the ‘mind of the navigator’ and instill the desire to mālama honua - care for the earth. Our native Hawaiian values-based learning environment emphasizes learning with and from the ʻāina, with rigorous instruction in core content and application of knowledge. GIVE
Spotlight

Preparing our 8th graders for their final year at Mālama Honua with reflection and strengthening pilina with each other and Kānehūnāmoku.
- Papa 8 Sail

Already busy at work and learning. Our kindergarteners are stamping with apples learning about the letter A during the first week of school.
- Papa Hōkū

Our very FIRST K-8 class to Puka Kula! So proud of each of them and canʻt wait to see what their bright futures hold.
- Puka Kula 2023

Screening of Hawaiian Soul at WHHA was an opportunity for the community to come together in and learn from a community panel of experts about history and the importance of aloha ʻāina.
- Movie Night with MHPCS

Kumu Charlani Kalama guided Papa 8 haumana to complete a puniu. From husking their own nui to making sennit, to cleaning their nui, to preparing their kala skin & sewing it all together. She made sure each of them completed so they could dance at puka kula.
- Papa 8

From the papa and pohaku they made with their own hands, our haumana feed our guests, their peers, and their ʻohana.
- Papa and Pohaku

Papa 7 started their school year with First Aide, CPR, and Jr. Life guard training.
- Papa ʻEhiku Water Safety

Hoʻopaʻa ke kahua - Our first kinder class recognizing their foundation laid by their time at MHPCS during a week of reflection and sailing with KVA.
- Papa ʻEwalu Waʻa Camp

Sending off our second graduating class to high school. So proud of our young navigators.
- Puka Kula 2022

"...their pilina with each other-- embodied Mālama Honua."
- Kumu Kanoho

Reflecting on their Mind of a Navigator skills, they successfully passed their 5th grade defense. .
- Kihei Ceremony- Papa 5

3 amazing sunrises and 4 amazing days tacking across Kaneohe Bay.
- 6th Grade Sail 2022

Plankton research at night- from the water to the lab, a night to remember.
- Papa 6 Mokuoloe

Their first college course at METC as a part of the Kailua HS Mālama Honua cohort.
- Mālama Honua Kailua HS

Our first graduating class. Hoʻomaikaʻi! Wishing them all the best as they head to high school.
- Puka Kula 2021

Celebrating the conclusion of sail with the kihei ceremony that they missed due to COVID.
- Papa 6 Kihei Ceremony

So proud of our 5th graders- they passed defense and were recognized during their kihei ceremony.
- Papa 5 Kihei Ceremony

Our quiet crew grew in confidence over the course of their long awaited COVID delayed KVA sail.
- 7th Grade Sail May 24-26

Sunny warm days, windy afternoons, and a quickly passing squall at the conclusion of the sail made their 4 day sail unforgettable.
- 6th Grade Sail May 2021