May 7, 2025

Meet our kumu: Cherise Akao — Leading with heart and Hawaiian values

Even though she’s only been teaching for three years, the teacher has learned so much about herself as a kumu and kanaka.

May 7, 2025

Meet our kumu: BJ Peloso — Teaching kindergartners aloha ‘āina in the māla

The kindergarten kumu loves watching haumāna work in their campus māla and connect with ʻāina.

May 6, 2025

Meet our kumu: Kalā Aukai — Empowering growth through connection

The KS Kapālama teacher turned learning specialist was inspired to become a kumu by a college internship at an after-school tutoring center for at-risk youth in Los Angeles.