Students help the Hawaiian community POSTED: Sunday, November
30, 2008 Service learning has nearly become a tradition for
Kamehameha Schools Hawaii students. Every year, and beginning as
early as middle school, students are required to complete a
project with their class that will benefit the Hawaiian
community. The purpose of service learning is to make as much of
a positive impact for the community as possible. Therefore,
projects are usually done for places in Puna with cultural
significance, or where people commonly gather. "We're helping
Hawaiian communities so students are able to see the value of
working," said biology teacher Layne Richards. "The benefit is
mutual." Students are involved in service projects that range
from beach cleanups to reforestation projects all over the Big
Island, and sometimes on neighboring islands. For KSH eighth-
graders an annual service learning project takes them to the
island of Molokai for a few days. While there they engage in
several different service projects. In hig