MA‘O Intermediate School Programs
‘Ai Pohaku Workshop
‘Ai Pohaku Workshop is a hands-on, culturally based, and social studies standards aligned curriculum that nurtures and instructs all Wai‘anae Intermediate (WIS) 7th graders through ‘aina (land) based activities including cultivation and harvesting of organic food crops, making pa‘i‘ai (cooked and mashed taro), carving traditional implements, and the sharing of research information from classroom instruction, assigned readings, and lectures. It is a mini-immersion into Pacific Island culture. Students and teachers share information, food and work in an outdoor atmosphere in a half-acre organic garden.
AKE (‘Aipo and Kalo Explorations)
AKE is a three-week afterschool program open to all students at WIS. Students participate in five activities: making pa‘i‘ai after school, working in the organic garden at WIS & MA‘O Organic Farms, visiting Makaha Valley and Stream, visiting the Waiahole Mauka Lo‘i, and the Family Night Dinner and Sharing. The AKE program will be adding on a family garden day as well. AKE aims to continue to create a unique opportunity for students and their families to connect more deeply with each other and the ‘aina.
Summer Garden Club
This club runs for seven weeks of summer and consists of a hand-picked youth crew from Wai‘anae Intermediate and High school. And it’s all about food! They meet one day a week from 7am-3pm and grow and eat food, study organic farming and learn Hawaiian cultural practices. The students are currently exploring healthy musubis. The Summer Garden club ends each Summer with a big Family Night Dinner.
‘Ai Pohaku staff Mele, `Anela, Char, Lono and Kumu Vince “Kana‘i” Dodge pose in the bountiful garden at WIS.
Support ‘Ai Pohaku by purchasing a student hand-carved ulu maika. More information!
Upcoming Events!
Students will be preparing healthy garden snacks for their 1100 classmates who will be taking the HSA tests starting April 7th!
WISʻ Garden Club leads an innovative workshop on launching healthy “Garden Wraps” in your school at the Hoea Ea Food Sovereignty Conference in Hilo, June `07.
The ‘Aipo Kalo Explorations (AKE) program immerses our students in the lo`i, like Wai‘ahole, deepening their understanding and protection of our local food sources.
Past Events
ʻAi Pohaku hosted a successful `Opio Garden Day with Music - Connecting Roots with Roots on February 17, 2008 at WIS. Photo Gallery
