Alaka'i O Kaua'i learner outside with friends with boats near water

Together Tuesdays: Share Your Photos and Stories!

Dear Alaka’i O Kaua’i community, Once a month, we share a new Together Tuesdays video. Click here to submit your photos or short videos for the next edition! Submissions received by the Friday before each edition are eligible to be included.* We can’t wait to see your contributions! If you have any questions, simply reply to st*****@il**********.org.Read more

Alaka'i O Kaua'i learner outside with friends with boats near water

Together Tuesdays: Share Your Photos and Stories!

Dear Alaka’i O Kaua’i community, Once a month, we share a new Together Tuesdays video. Click here to submit your photos or short videos for the next edition! Submissions received by the Friday before each edition are eligible to be included.* We can’t wait to see your contributions! If you have any questions, simply reply to st*****@il**********.org.Read more

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Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School Culture: Components of Social-Emotional Learning — Optimism

Social-emotional learning (SEL) is one of the core elements of the Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School approach to education. Through social-emotional learning, learners understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.  Academic achievement is only one aspect of aRead more

Alaka'i O Kaua'i learner outside with friends with boats near water

Together Tuesdays: Share Your Photos and Stories!

Dear Alaka’i O Kaua’i community, Once a month, we share a new Together Tuesdays video. Click here to submit your photos or short videos for the next edition! Submissions received by the Friday before each edition are eligible to be included.* We can’t wait to see your contributions! If you have any questions, simply reply to st*****@il**********.org.Read more

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Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School Culture: Social Intelligence

In the Alaka’i O Kaua’i approach to project-based learning, which produces well-rounded kids, social intelligence is a key component of whole-child development.  What do we mean by social intelligence? It’s a person’s ability to interact well with others. It’s often simply called people skills, or tact. It isn’t necessarily a natural-born characteristic, but it canRead more

Alaka'i O Kaua'i learner outside with friends with boats near water

Together Tuesdays: Share Your Photos and Stories!

Dear Alaka’i O Kaua’i community, Once a month, we share a new Together Tuesdays video. Click here to submit your photos or short videos for the next edition! Submissions received by the Friday before each edition are eligible to be included.* We can’t wait to see your contributions! If you have any questions, simply reply to st*****@il**********.org.Read more

Alaka'i O Kaua'i learner outside with friends with boats near water

Together Tuesdays: Share Your Photos and Stories!

Dear Alaka’i O Kaua’i community, Once a month, we share a new Together Tuesdays video. Click here to submit your photos or short videos for the next edition! Submissions received by the Friday before each edition are eligible to be included.* We can’t wait to see your contributions! If you have any questions, simply reply to st*****@il**********.org.Read more

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Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School Culture: Whole-Child Development

Last week we introduced the importance of social-emotional learning at Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School. Social-emotional learning is integral to our whole-child educational approach.  A whole-child mind-set means that we are focused on far more than teaching to tests or holding up state standards as the be-all, end-all of education. We believe in focusing onRead more

Alakai O Kauai Social Emotional Learning

Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School Culture: Social-Emotional Learning

In our approach to education at Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School, we emphasize methods that foster learners’ social-emotional learning. Social-emotional learning is the process through which learners understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, and establish and maintain positive relationships to make responsible decisions. We believe it’sRead more

COVID-19 Updates

We will update this page as new information becomes available. Our school is fortunate to have a remote location with expansive outdoor areas plus large classrooms to allow for proper physical distancing. Please email in**@al**********.org or call 808.635.5110 with any questions. Drop-Off Procedure Health Check Procedure Updates 8/11/20: Update from Alakaʻi O Kauaʻi Director DJRead more

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Alakaʻi O Kauaʻi Charter School Culture: Real-World Experiences

Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School emphasizes 21st-century skills and preparing learners for the work world, and tangible experiences help elevate the learning process. Examples include our third graders’ podcast; our DreamUp to Space challenges, where teams of learners come up with scientific research projects that launch to the International Space Station for testing; or ourRead more

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Apply to Join a DreamUp to Space Launch Team!

Alaka’i O Kaua’i learners in grades 5 and up are invited to apply to join one of two DreamUp to Space Launch Teams, featuring experiments designed by learners in our network! Deadline to apply: September 25, 2020. Selected team members will run experiments in preparation for the actual experiments that will launch to space toRead more

Together Tuesdays: Share Your Photos and Stories!

Greetings, Alaka’i O Kaua’i community, Last spring, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced our learning communities to physically distance, we launched a weekly campaign with the goal to reunite our facilitators and families and lift their spirits. Every week, a new Together Tuesday video featured photos of families, learners, and staff throughout the iLEAD nation —Read more

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Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School Culture: Building 21st-Century Skills

At Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School, what’s important is not only ensuring learners are receiving an academically well-rounded education but also that they have the tools they need to succeed in an ever-changing world. That’s why we place a high priority on 21st-century skills. These skills are essential in a worldwide market that’s moving fasterRead more

Together Tuesdays: Share Your Photos and Stories!

Greetings, Alaka’i O Kaua’i community, Last spring, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced our learning communities to physically distance, we launched a weekly campaign with the goal to reunite our facilitators and families and lift their spirits. Every week, a new Together Tuesday video featured photos of families, learners, and staff throughout the iLEAD nation —Read more

Alakai O Kauai Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Click here for the School Calendar Click here for the Community Calendar August 11-14: Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School Orientation Days continue Tuesday, August 11: Grades 4 and 6 Wednesday, August 12: Grades 1 and 3 Thursday, August 13: Grades 2 and 5 Friday, August 14: Kindergarten Please remember to bring your lunch and snacks! Quick Links Fall OpeningRead more

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Director’s Message

Aloha to the good people in the Alaka’i O Kaua’i learning community and hope this message finds you in good health and happiness. We greatly appreciate your support of the Alaka’i O Kaua’i Orientation Days and are proud to share that we are the only public school in the state of Hawai’i that welcomed studentsRead more

Alaka'i O Kaua'i Charter School

Director’s Message

Aloha to the good people in the Alaka’i O Kaua’i learning community and hope this message finds you in good health and happiness. Hopefully Hurricane Douglas decided to leave your family alone, and we were appreciative to have minimal impact on campus. We did enjoy maximum impact on campus with all the great work selflesslyRead more

Alakai O Kauai Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Click here for the School Calendar Click here for the Community Calendar 8/4-14: Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School Orientation Days Tuesdays, 8/4 & 8/11: Grades 4 & 6 Wednesdays, 8/5 & 8/12: Grades 1 & 3 Thursdays, 8/6 & 8/13: Grades 2 & 5 Fridays, 8/7 & 8/14: Kindergarten Please remember to bring your lunchRead more

Alakai O Kauai Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Click here for the School Calendar Click here for the Community Calendar August 4: 2020-2021 School Year Begins August 4-14: Half days on campus for learners August 17: Full days begin for learners  

Alaka'i O Kaua'i Charter School

Director’s Message

Aloha to the good people in the Alaka’i O Kaua’i Charter School learning community, and hope this message finds you in good health and happiness. We now find ourselves moving quickly toward school opening as the dedicated facilitators return to campus officially this week, although they have spent much of their summer preparing for theRead more

Alakai O Kauai Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Click here for the School Calendar Click here for the Community Calendar August 4: 2020-2021 School Year Begins August 4-14: Half days on campus for learners August 17: Full days begin for learners  

Alaka'i O Kaua'i Charter School

Director’s Message

Aloha to the good people in the Alaka’i O Kaua’i learning community, and hope this message finds you happy and healthy during your summer. As we turn the calendar over to the month of July, it is important to share our plans for the start of school in August. First off, it is my honorRead more

Director’s Message

“Project-based learning (PBL) is an inquiry-based process designed around important questions or problems that need to be answered or solved. Throughout the process, students are compelled to acquire core knowledge and other information necessary to answer the questions or solve the problems. The overall process leads to deeper learning and enduring understanding.” – Thom Markham,Read more

Upcoming Events

Click here for the School Calendar Click here for the Community Calendar Click here for the most current information regarding modified operations, including meal services. Monday, May 25: Memorial Day – No School Thursday, May 28: Last Day of School Year