ABOUT US
Project Hoʻokuʻi helps high school freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors to meet the academic qualifications to participate and succeed in the Running Start, Jump Start, Early Admission, and Manoa Academy programs. Running Start, Jump Start, Early Admission, and Manoa Academy are statewide partnerships between the Hawaiʻi Department of Education (HIDOE), and the University of Hawaiʻi System that provides an opportunity for academically qualified high school students to begin their post-secondary education while still in high school.
Project Hoʻokuʻi provides support services to ensure project participants will have the tools necessary to be successful on their journey. We provide financial aid, mentoring, tutoring, and competitive internship programs through the project.
Project Hoʻokuʻi provides financial support for those who have the ability to successfully complete a college class. We work with the students to improve their academic skills, abilities, discover career paths, and help build their confidence. When the individual student participant is ready to engage in a college course, we support the student through the process.
One of our goals is to create college-bound communities, while simultaneously honoring the culture and traditions of this ʻaina. We do this through place-based and culture-based learning, involving the ‘ohana, and the wisdom of the kupuna. The project is closely aligned with Na Hopena Aʻo – HĀ, to malama the entire student.
PROJECT TEAM
Kenika Lorenzo-Elarco
Project Coordinator and Native Hawaiian Liaison, UH Hilo & UHCCS kenika.lorenzo-elarco@hawaii.edu
Kealiʻi Troy Kukahiko, Ph.D
Evaluator
PROJECT PARTNERS
Jon Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio, Ph.D.
Dean of Hawaiʻinuiākea School
of Hawaiian Knowledge, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Willy Kauai, Ph.D.
Director of Native Hawaiian Student Services (NHSS), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
PROJECT RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
ALL STUDENT PARTICIPANTS
STUDENT PARTICIPANTS INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN INTERN OR UHM HOʻOKUʻI SCHOLAR
STUDENT PARTICIPANTS
SELECTED AS INTERN
- H5 BROCHURE
Informational brochure - HOʻOKUʻI PRE-SURVEY
To be taken only 1 time while a project participant - HOʻOKUʻI POST-SURVEY
To be taken after each semester - HOʻOKUʻI HĀ – BREATH SURVEY
To be taken once - FORMS TO COMPLETE
WH-1 Form (All participants)
Adult Student Consent to Participate Form (Participants age 18+)
Minor Student Assent Form (Participants under age of 18)
Parent Consent Form (Parent/guardian of student, under the age of 18)
- INTERNSHIP PRE-SURVEY
To be taken by intern before internship starts - INTERNSHIP POST-SURVEY
To be taken by intern at end of internship - INTERNSHIP SUPERVISOR REVIEW
To be taken by internship supervisor at end of internship
