Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 5, 1 Mei 1999 — MĀIAMAIAMA [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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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.