Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 5, 1 May 1999 — MĀIAMAIAMA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]
MĀIAMAIAMA
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0f the more than 1,600 students currently enrolled in the Hawaiian immer- j sion program
statewide, the five pictured above are the first from Ke Kula 'o Nāwahīokalani'ōpu'u in Kea'au,
-īawai'i, to be educated in the D.O.E.'s k K - 12 curriculum entirely in Hawaiian.
Along with fellow graduates from Ke Kula Kaiapuni 'o Ānuenue in Pālolo,
hkO'ahu, the lead class of talented f seniors will receive diplomas this year, proving the naysayers wrong.
w"' See story on page 4.