La Gioia di Imparare, with Sarah DeLuca

Sarah DeLuca, Hanahau‘oli School Kukunaokalā Teacher, was featured on the February 5, 2024 episode of The What School Could Be Podcast, in an episode that beautifully captures her devotion to the process of learning and growing, and her deep respect for the young child. Listen as she shares about her recent sabbatical study of Reggio Emilia practices in Italy, and her teaching practices at Hanahau‘oli, where she has been a teacher since 2009.

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Listen to Dr. Makaiau's Recent Interview with Carl Ackerman on ThinkTech Hawaii's Journeys of the Mind

Interested in learning more about Hanahau‘oli School’s long history of progressive education, and our robust partnership with the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa for teacher professional development? Learn about that and more in this ThinkTech Hawaii web broadcast, titled “Journeys of the Mind: Teachers, Teaching, and Philosophy”, with host Carl Ackerman.

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The Human Restoration Project features Hanahau'oli School in their podcast series, Pedagogy in the Hawaiian Islands

In the summer of 2023, Noah Ranz-Lind, an intern at the Human Restoration Project (HRP) spent time at Hanahau'oli School to learn more about progressive education. A visiting scholar with the school's Professional Development Center, he conducted and recorded interviews for a HRP podcast episode about the school. The podcast he produced is now a resource for growing progressive education, showcasing Hanahau‘oli School as an example of progressive education in practice. The podcast is housed and made available to the public on the HRP website, other streaming services (e.g. Spotify and Apple Music), and the Hanahau‘oli School website.

Pedagogy in the Hawaiian islands, feat. Hanahau‘oli School

The Human Restoration Project

The Innovation Playlist: Media Messages and Young Learners

Listen as Hanahau‘oli School Librarian, Ms. Gabrielle Ahuliʻi Ferreira Holt, shares insights about the importance of meeting children where they are socially and emotionally to help them process what they hear in the media, on the What School Could Be Podcast’s Innovation Playlist.

Social-Emotional Learning and Expression Through the Creative Arts

Check out this educational film produced by the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools featuring Hanahau ‘oli School Counselor John Kim, Art Teacher Lauren Okano, and Music Teacher Leah Abbe Bloem, to learn more about ways we integrate social-emotional learning across the JK to 6th Grade spiraling curriculum.

Storytelling in the Classroom with Ms. Gabby

Meet Hanahau‘oli School Librarian and alumna, Ms. Gabrielle Ahuli‘i Ferreira Holt, who shares about her journey as a storyteller and how she employs storytelling to build cultural literacy, social-emotional development, inquiry, and more in her work and life. Click here to view the recording.

The Importance of Play With Maile Ostrem

Hear from retired Hanahau‘oli teacher, Maile Ostrem, as she reflects on the importance of play and how she made it central to her teaching approach at Hanahau‘oli, for the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools’ Early Childhood Learning Workshop Series in 2019.

Developing Executive Function Skills in Early Childhood

Check out this educational film produced by the Hawaii Association of Independent Schools as part of their Early Education Series of films. Hear from Terry Lock of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and view examples of practices that support executive function skills in the Hanahau'oli School Junior Kindergarten classroom.

Mrs. Toyama INSPIRES STUDENTS TO Jump For Joy!

Jewel Toyama, Hanahau‘oli School PE Teacher, chats with Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America CEO Stephanie Morris about her Jump For Joy school-wide event benefiting children and pre-service teachers supported by University of Hawa‘i at Mānoa’s Department of Kinesiology and Rehabilitation Science’s P.L.A.Y for All program.

The Hanahau'oli PDC on What School Could Be In Hawai'i

Hear from Dr. Amber Strong Makaiau and Josh Reppun of @MLTSinHawaii in his podcast series, What School Could Be in Hawai’i. In this episode, Dr. Makaiau makes the case for bringing the critical technology issues of this 21st century to young students.

S1:OTR9 A Progressives Progressive: Amber Makaiau

Josh Reppun

The First Ever Progressive Education Symposium in Hawaii

Hanahau'oli School and the University of Hawaii at Manoa presented the first-ever Progressive Education Symposium on April 6, 2019. Leading educators joined Mr. Cohn in a panel discussion about why more than ever students must learn to ask questions and think for themselves.

Check out a preview of the symposium by local media OC-16 below. To view a recording of the Symposium event, please email multimedia@hanahauoli.org to request a password for access, then click on the images of Alfie Cohn below to view the recording.

View a recording of the Hanahau‘oli School Centennial Progressive Education Symposium with a keynote by author Alfie Cohn and panel discussion with members of the education community. Please email multimedia@hanahauoli.org to request a password to view this recording.

A Design+Build For The Manoa Heritage Center By Hanahau'oli Students

Learn about the unique work conducted by Hanahau‘oli Po‘e Ka‘ahele students for the Manoa Heritage Center in this video featured on local station Spectrum OC16.