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Myron B. Thompson Academy, commonly referred to as Thompson Academy or MBTA, is an e-learning institution operating as a "New Century Public Charter School" under the Hawaiʻi Department of Education. Thompson Academy is the result of a white paper study developed by the school's principal, Diana Oshiro, detailing the feasibility of a school ...
Waikiki (/ ˌwaɪkɪˈkiː /; [1][2] Hawaiian: Waikīkī; Hawaiian: [vɐjˈtiːtiː, wɐjˈkiːkiː]) is a Honolulu neighborhood and its eponymous beach on the south shore of the island of Oʻahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Waikiki Beach is one of six beaches in the district, along with Queen's Beach, Kuhio Beach, Gray's Beach, Fort DeRussy ...
Punaluʻu Beach. Coordinates: 19.136°N 155.504°W. View of the beach. Punaluʻu Beach (also called Black Sand Beach) is a beach between Pāhala and Nāʻālehu on the Big Island of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The beach has black sand made of basalt and created by lava flowing into the ocean which explodes as it reaches the ocean and cools.
Ke Kula o Nawahiokalaniopuu. Coordinates: 19.6056859°N 155.0290675°W. Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu is a Hawaiian language immersion charter school. [1] It serves grades K-12 in Keaʻau, Puna, Hawaii Island, Hawaii. It is the largest Hawaiian immersion school on Hawaii Island. [2]
Kaʻū High & Pāhala Elementary School is a public, co-educational high school, middle school and elementary school of the Hawaii State Department of Education. It serves kindergarten through twelfth grade and was established in 1881. It was the first high school established on the Big Island of Hawaii and the third public high school ...
Niʻihau's owners have offered half-day helicopter and beach tours of the island since 1987, [53] although contact with residents is avoided and no accommodation exists. [54] Since 1992, [ 55 ] hunting safaris provide income from tourists who pay to visit the island to hunt eland , aoudad , and oryx , as well as wild sheep and boars .
Based on the practices of 19th-century Hawaiian-language schools, as well as the Māori language revival kindergartens in New Zealand, the Pūnana Leo was the first indigenous language immersion preschool project in the United States. Graduates from the Pūnana Leo schools have achieved several measures of academic success in later life.
Laʻaloa Bay. Laʻaloa Bay is a popular recreation area in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. Also known as "Magic Sands" or "White Sands Beach", the official name is "Laʻaloa Beach County Park". During calm weather, it is one of the only fine white sandy beaches in the Kailua-Kona area. [1] It is also sometimes called "Disappearing ...