On Campus: The Four “Hales”
Kamalani Academy adopts a medieval school tradition made popular by Harry Potter to help teach Hawaiian values.
It鈥檚 a month into the school year, and the honeymoon period at Kamalani Academy has ended.
The small staff struggles to instill a sense of belonging among their older students, and rolls out a pilot project inspired by fiction鈥檚 most famous school 鈥 J.K. Rowling鈥檚 Hogwarts.
If you鈥檝e heard of Harry Potter, you鈥檝e probably heard of the “House” system: a model where students of all ages are sorted into groups to live, work and compete for end-of-year prizes.
Kamalani is trying out this model, introducing four “Hales” 鈥 meaning house in Hawaiian 鈥 to help build school community and teach Hawaiian values.
That鈥檚 all on Episode 4 of “On Campus,” our new education podcast that follows the first-year turmoils and triumphs of one of Hawaii鈥檚 newest charter schools.
Civil Beat will be tagging along with Kamalani staff on their journey, posting occasional podcasts throughout the school year. Check our On Campus page for updates.
Listen to Episode 4 of 鈥淥n Campus鈥 below, or download it in on .
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