What if your classroom stretched across the Pacific?

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Before representing Kamehameha Schools at the INIHKD 2026 RIEL for Future Generations Youth Forum in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, selected haumāna will participate in an intensive one-week ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi immersion designed to prepare them as Alaukawai co-researchers, cultural ambassadors.

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Using the ʻŌiwi Edge Innovation Process, you'll investigate a question that matters deeply to our kauhale: What helps a language flourish?

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Through collaborative inquiry, cultural preparation, and meaningful use of ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, you will:

• Strengthen your ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi through authentic communication

• Learn the ʻŌiwi Edge Innovation Process as a youth researcher

• Explore how Indigenous communities sustain and revitalize their languages

• Prepare to represent Hawaiʻi alongside Indigenous youth from across Oceania

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Then you'll put it all into practice in Rarotonga.

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Because when Indigenous youth gather across Moananuiākea, we aren't meeting for the first time. We're remembering that we've always been connected.

Dates:

Workshop Days: Oct 5–9, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM–3:00 PM
Grade Levels: 9–12
Max Participants: 12