Keaukaha Elementary School
Keaukaha Elementary School (KES), founded in September 1930, provides K-6 regular education and special educational services. KES also houses the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program, Ka `Umeke Ka`eo Public Charter School (formerly known as Kula Kaiapuni o Keaukaha.)
More than ninety percent of KES students are of Hawaiian ancestry. KES is located in the heart of Hawaiian Homestead Lands. The Keaukaha community is one of the first two Hawaiian Homestead Lands established by the Hawaiian Home Commission Act by Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana`ole.
Na Makau (Fishing Hooks) ~ Working Towards Sustainability:
Na Makau (The Three Fishing Hooks) symbolize the connection to Keaukaha as an ocean community. It establishes a sense of sustainability for individuals, families, and community members as the ocean has provided this community with life. As a group of three, it signifies a relational triangle of balance in different ways of learning -- the student, family, and school; the grandparent, parent, and child. The hipu`u, or tie of the aho (rope) to the makau (fishing hook) establishes the bond to knowledge passed from one generation to another.
