Nā Limahana Kula o ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna- School Staff

Pualani Colburn – Kumu Papa M – 2

Aloha mai kākou. ʻO au ʻo Pualani Colburn, ke kumu papa mālaaʻo a i ka ʻelua ma ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna. He ʻapanalele mākou i ke Kula o Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Iki. Noho au ma Puʻukapu me kaʻu ʻohana. ʻO ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi i nā wahi a pau, i nā kānaka a pau, a me i nā manawa a pau ka pahuhopu nui o ko kākou papa i kēia makahiki kula. E alu like kākou!

Aloha. I am Pualani Colburn, the kindergarten to second grade teacher at ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna. We are a satellite school of Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Iki. I live at Puʻukapu with my family. Speaking Hawaiian to everyone, in all places, at all times is our over-all (collective) classroom goal this school year. Letʻs do it!

Kalāokahaku Akima-Akau – Kumu Papa 3 – 4

Aloha , ʻo Kalāokahaku Akima-Akau koʻu inoa. ʻO Kahaluʻu ka ʻāina malu o nā Koʻolau kuʻu ʻāina hānau. ʻO ka ʻāina o nā koa Kipuʻupuʻu kuʻu ʻāina hānai. ʻO wau ka pua mua  a Lorna lāua ʻo Willy Akima. ʻElua oʻu kaikunāne, hoʻokahi oʻu kaikaina.  ʻO Eddie Akau kuʻu ipo. ʻEkolu a māua  keiki, ʻEkolu a māua moʻopuna. ʻUmikūmākolu aʻu makahiki e aʻo aku nei ma ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna. Puni wau i ka hoe waʻa Eʻana.  Ola!
Aloha my name is Kalāokahaku Akima-Akau. Kahaluʻu that sits in the calm of the Koʻolau mountains is my birth place. The land of the brave Kipuʻupuʻu warriors is my adopted home. I am the eldest child of Lorna and Willy Akima. I have two brothers and a sister. My sweetheart  is Eddie Akau. We have three keiki and three grandchildren. I have been at ʻAlo Kēhau for 13 years. I love to paddle canoe.  Ola!

Pōmaikaʻi Ravey – Kumu Papa 5 – 10

ʻO wau ʻo Pōmaikaʻi Ravey, ke kumu ma ka pae kualua ma ke kula ʻo ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna.  Ua hoʻomaka au i loko o kēia papahana ma ke kulanui o Hilo ma ka makahiki 2009.  ʻElua aʻu keiki. Aia ka hiapo i ka papa ʻeiwa ma Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu a aia ka muli ma ka papa ʻehā ma ʻAlo Kēhau.

I am Pōmaikaʻi Ravey, the secondary teacher at ʻAlo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna.  I started in the Hawaiian language revitalization program at UH Hilo in 2009.  I have two children. My oldest is in papa ʻeiwa at Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, and my youngest is in papa ʻehā at ʻAlo Kēhau.

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