presents
Fall Immersives
October 05–9, 2026
What are the Fall Immersives?
Fall Immersives offer all-day immersive pathways in technology, filmmaking, ʻāina, language, and related fields, giving haumāna focused opportunities to build skills and explore areas of interest.
ʻŌiwi Actor’s Bootcamp
Ever wish you could watch shows in ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi? This 4-day workshop trains you to help make that real. Learn acting for camera, stage, and voiceover with Ioane Goodhue from Chief of War in a supportive space. Practice voice, pronunciation, movement, and scene work with coaching. Leave confident with a filmed piece to share with ʻohana and community.
Designing Worlds from Moʻolelo: D&D Edition
Build a Hawaiian RPG from scratch in 3 days—creating characters, rules, and storylines rooted in moʻolelo, ʻike kupuna, and loina Hawaiʻi. With guidance from Keawe Goodhue and Solomon Enos, you’ll test-play your system and leave with a playable game framework.
.jpg)
Developing Sensors for ʻĀina Stewardship
What happens when ʻāina stewardship meets tech? In this three-day immersive with Dr. Josiah Hester of Georgia Tech’s Ka Moamoa Lab, you’ll build a solar-powered sensing and water-management system at Kumuola ma Uka while getting hands-on with coding, circuits, sensors, data, and AI. Build real skills. Solve real challenges. Support ʻāina.
ʻŌiwi Builders:
From Idea to App
What if the next app built for our lāhui was built by you? In this hands-on workshop with Jaden Kapali of Purple Maiʻa Foundation, you’ll turn a real community need into a working app, game, or digital tool using AI. No coding experience needed—just an idea worth building. Learn to prompt, prototype, test, and launch something of your own.
Ola Nō Ia Kini: An ʻĀina Immersive in Mahiʻai, Leadership, And Collective Sustenance
Ever looked at an area of ʻāina and wondered what it takes to help it thrive? In this hands-on immersive with mahiʻai Kaʻiana Runnels, you’ll work directly at Kumuola Ma Uka—learning kilo, mālama ʻāina, tool skills, and how to respond to real needs of the land. Get your hands in the soil, make an impact, and grow your skills as an ʻŌiwi leader.
In the Producer’s Chair: How Stories Become Film
What does it take to turn an idea into a film? A producer. In this hands-on workshop with documentary filmmaker and producer Alison Week, you’ll learn how stories move from concept to screen through planning, collaboration, problem-solving, and production. Then put it all into practice by producing a short nonfiction film with your team.
KEALAIKAHIKI:
Voyaging Afar to Awaken Hawaiʻi Within
What if your classroom stretched across the Pacific? In this one-week ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi immersion, selected haumāna will prepare to represent Kamehameha Schools at the INIHKD 2026 RIEL for Future Generations Youth Forum in Rarotonga. Strengthen your ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, explore how Indigenous communities sustain language, and build the skills to step into your role as a youth researcher and cultural ambassador.
ʻĀina Intelligence Lab Workshop
The ʻĀina Intelligence Lab is back for a select cohort of returning haumāna. Working with Senior Compute Engineer Daniel Matsui and the ʻŌiwi Edge Innovation Process, they’ll design and launch software tools that respond to real needs across our kula and community. Built by ʻŌiwi students, for the people and places they care about.