Lifelong Learning General Contact Information The PĀLOLO PIPELINE PROGRAM Kauhane Aipia, SL/programs POLC, 733 8651*3, [email protected] builds on dedicated work & long-established relationships Amanda Amond, student leader, KCC/POLC/ PE, 734 9503, aamond@hawaii.edu Pālolo Pipeline between institutions, groups, & individuals in Pālolo Valley & the three Dahlia Asuega, MHAH Resident Services Manager/POLC/PPP, 733 8651*1; dasuega@mutual- institutions of higher education located around the valley: Kapi‘olani housing.org Community College, Chaminade University, & University of Hawai‘i at David Behlke, Art programs coordinator KCC, 734 9374, [email protected] Mānoa. Our key resources are community members Ryan Blazer, AmeriCorps VISTA/Visioning Hawai‘i, KCC, 734 9503, [email protected] & diverse groups of service-learning students & faculty. Program Henrietta Clemons, SL/tutor coordinator, PE, 733 4700, [email protected] Our goal is to continue to sustain & develop our Lomalinda Duque, MHAH, POLC SL site coordinator, 733 8651*2, [email protected] PIPELINE OF EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT for residents of the urban housing projects in the valley of Pālolo in East Honolulu. Robert Franco, Resource Development/KCC/HIPICC/POLC/PPP, 734 9514 Civic Engagement Umbrella Program [email protected] We work to provide lifelong-learning opportunities, including improving early childhood education & mentoring students through the Eleanor Gonsalves, Principal, JS/PPP, 733 4888, [email protected] Kapiʻolani Community College educational system from home through pre-school & school to Christy Gray, SL/Pālolo Chinese Home, 748 4909, [email protected] institutions of higher education. The Pālolo Pipeline Program serves as Ulla Hasager, Prog. Dir./PPP, Ethnic Studies & Anthropology/UHM/KCC, 956 4218, 330 a model for work in similar low-income areas nationwide. 1276, [email protected], fax 956 9494, http://www2.hawaii.edu/~csssl/ University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Our work has over the years been supported Lorna Hershinow, Celebrating Reading, [email protected] Chaminade University of Hawaiʻi by the partners themselves: the families, individuals, groups, agencies, Shel Hershinow, Celebrating Reading, KCC, 734 9432, [email protected] institutions in the community, & the students, faculty, & participating Milton Hutchison, MAAC Exec. Dir., 737 9633, [email protected] institutions of higher education. In addition, we have received Dean Kaneshiro, SL, JS, Dean_Kaneshiro/JARRET/[email protected] funding from federal, state, & private funders, including the Hawai‘i Pacific Islands Campus Compact/the Noel Kent, SL, Project Citizen/Bridging the Digital Divide, Ethnic Studies, 956 6963, [email protected] Corporation for National & Community Service/Learn & Serve America, the US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development Judi Kirkpatrick, programs/grants/POLC/PPP, English/KCC, 734 9331, [email protected] through its Office of University Partnerships, Jill Matro, Programs & Branch Operations, Big Brothers Big Sisters, 521 3811, the AmeriCorps VISTA program, the Coalition for a Drugfree Hawai‘i, [email protected] the Kellogg Foundation/P-20 Council, & the Castle Foundation. Stephen Maybir, PTA, president. Student leader/PPP, [email protected] Please find enclosed short descriptions of some of our Yvonne Mori, SL/programs POLC, 733 8651*3, [email protected] focus pathways, programs, & projects. Any member of the Melisa Orozco, POLC/IHE program coordinator, health/sustainability, SL Outreach Coord./KCC, team of site coordinators & community, faculty & student leaders listed 734 9503, [email protected], fax: 734 9443, http://kapiolani.hawaii.edu/object/ servicelearning.html in this brochure will be happy to assist you with information. Veronica Ogata, Prof., Pālolo ‘Ohana program/POLC/KCC Coordinator, education & family For service-learning/community research planning & assessment, resources, 734 9833, [email protected] please contact the IHE faculty leaders. Alvina Ohia, SL PE/Pālolo ‘Ohana program/, [email protected] Please consider prioritizing our local community & support the Atina Pascua, Exec./Dir. HIPICC/UHM SL Office, 956 4641, [email protected] educational pipeline in Pālolo: Make Pālolo part of your Geri Pung, Kūlia All Stars, JS, Geri_Pung/JARRET/[email protected] teaching, learning, & community research & engagement. Candice Sakuda, Dir. of SL CUH/PPP, 735 4895, [email protected], http:// www.chaminade.edu/service_learning Coordinators Lavinia Sampaio-Nau, PTA, vice president, JS community liaison, [email protected] Aida San Miguel, Pālolo Head Start/Honolulu Community Action Program/PPP, 732 3677, CENTRAL LEADERSHIP: Dahlia Asuega, Ulla Hasager, [email protected] Eleanor Gonsalves, Veronica Ogata, Candice Sakuda, Ruth Silberstein, Principal, PE/PPP, 733 4700, [email protected] Aida San Miguel, Ruth Silberstein Angela Tanioka, Health/PPP, [email protected] ADMINISTRATORS: Ulla Hasager (Director); Atina Pascua (PI); Robert Franco (Resource Development); Penelope Tom, Principal, KHS, 733 4900 Denise Pierson (Financial Administration); Tanya Renner (Assessment) Michael Viernes, KHS, AVID & after-school program coordinator, 733 4900, [email protected] CAMPUS COORDINATORS: Candice Sakuda (CUH), Evern Williams, ‘Ōlelo, SL/Manager Pālolo/Kaimukī Community Media Center, JS, 737 8803, Melisa Orozco (KCC), Ulla Hasager (UHM) [email protected], http://www.olelo.org/locations_palolo.htm !"#$#$ %&"'()(*+,&(-&'+!"#$%&'(!%&()*+&'(",(!%&(-"#!%(*.(!%&($"//#.*!-( Abbreviation Key 0.1(23*14&'(!%&(405(2&!6&&.(4&.&30!*".'(!%3"#4%(+03*"#'(0$!*+*!*&'!" ‣ CUH: Chaminade University of Hawai‘i ‣ MHAH: Mutual Housing Association For specific details, ‣ HIPICC: Hawai‘i Pacific Islands ‣ PE: Pālolo Elementary School Campus Compact ‣ POLC: Pālolo ‘Ohana Learning Center ‣ HUD: US Dept. of Housing & Urban ‣ PTA: Pālolo Tenants Association current schedules, & registration Development ‣ SL: Service Learning ‣ IHE: Institutions of Higher Education ‣ PPP: The Pālolo Pipeline Program ‣ JS: Jarrett Middle School ‣ UHM: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa please visit: ‣ KCC: Kapi‘olani Community College (through the College of Social ‣ KHS: Kaimuki High School Sciences /Ethnic Studies Dept.) http://www2.hawaii.edu/~csssl/pages/pipeline.html Pālolo ʻOhana Learning Center Other Key Programs The new state of the art center is a multi-activity facility Pālolo Elementary in the middle of the Pālolo Housing area Pālolo Preschool Jarrett Middle Kaimuki High made possible through funding from HUD, MHAH, the Pālolo Preschool/Head Start Tutoring & varying special programs. Honolulu City & County, & other sources. is a comprehensive child 2705 Kaimuki Ave., It houses a computer center, rich media opportunities, development program that serves Honolulu, HI 96816 health room, music room & kitchen. The daily activities of the center are children, ages 3-5 years old, Site contact & Faculty contacts: supervised by MHAH staff. The many programs & activities are created & their families. It focuses on Ulla Hasager & Candice Sakuda & maintained in close cooperation with the PTA, residents, students, increasing the school readiness For special programs: faculty, & administrators through the PPP from participating IHE. of young children in low-income Shel & Lorna Hershinow KCC plays a leading role at this site. POLC is primarily used by families. Four sites. (Reading circles) residents in the housing, including recently immigrated families from the One class focuses on children of & Noel Kent (Project Citizen) Pacific Islands & South East Asia. recent immigrants from The POLC welcomes ideas, initiatives, & projects. Micronesian countries. ‣ Duties: Tutoring & other in- & after- school activities, including 2170 Ahe St, Honolulu,Hi 96816 2106 10th Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816 tutoring skills to support the AVID Site contacts: Kauhane Aipia, Yvonne Mori, Dahlia Asuega (report to C-4) program. & Linda Duque Site contacts: Aida San Miguel ‣ Days & times: MTWR 2-5pm. Faculty contact: Judith Kirkpatrick & Ulla Hasager (all sites) ‣ Requirements: TB clearance, Faculty Contact: Veronica Ogata ‣ Duties: Tutor computer literacy, (including financial literacy, tax criminal background check, preparation), help with homework, & create & implement learning ‣ Duties: Assist teachers with mandatory orientation/training. activities (ie. workshops) for all ages. lessons & activities for preschool- ‣ Special programs: CELEBRATING ‣ Days & times: Flexible. M-F 2-6pm for working with children. Several aged children. An after-school tutoring program The school needs help to assist READING program (also !"#$%&'()*+%&,-%.*/0%"01*2'$,'*3&4')5()*designed!"#$%&'()()%*(+,+-#'./%,+-#++01% to provide students its students in their learning additional evening & morning programs include the Pālolo ‘Ohana ‣ Days & times: There are four independent reading circles at JS with extra help they need to during the school day & through Program, which gathers families across ethnic groups on a weekly weekday programs between & Kaimuki Middle School) succeed in school. Participating the after-school basis for food, fun, serious talks, & activities. hours of 7am-5pm. Reading circles give participants ‣ Training/orientation: On an students are in kindergarten through Kūlia All Stars program, which an incentive to enter book worlds POLC developed out of a computer tech program, originally housed in individual basis. grade 5, who either solicit help extends support in homework & hold dialogue about book, the little portable house, the Hale, across the street. The Hale is now ‣ Requirements: TB clearance, on their own, or have been ask. completion, academic achievement, whose authors they have a being developed into a Science Discovery Center related to our effort to training & reporting. Some in-school & outreach & enrichment activities, including chance to meet at a festival at continue to deepen students’ understanding of environmental, energy ‣ Academic potential: Students in help also needed. music, art & fitness. UHM every spring semester. and health challenges, as well as math, science, engineering, & early childhood education/special 2106 10th Ave., Honolulu, HI 96816 See: http://jarrett.k12.hi.us PROJECT CITIZEN which gives technology career opportunities - so they can redesign their education, & working with young Site contacts: Henrietta Clemons Site contacts: Dean Kaneshiro students a chance to explore communities & their futures. This project is linked to our first STEM/ children with special needs & their & Alvina Ohia (during school tutoring), Geri Pung identity, advocacy, & citizenship Calculus Readiness Summer Institute (organized by KCC, UHM, & families; liberal arts students. Faculty contact: Veronica Ogata (after school Kūlia All Stars) issues. Windward Community College) for rising 7th graders from the & Ulla Hasager Faculty contact: Ulla Hasager ‣ Academic potential: Students POLC summer program to take place during June 2011. & Veronica Ogata interested in elementary ‣ Duties: Tutor in various academic education, social work, subjects & reading; Help with ‣ Duties: Assist with the two types counseling, or liberal arts. Also cultural activities/event preparation; of activities. supports multiple disciplines, Parent involvement. ‣ Days & times: M-F during school including psychology, sociology, ‣ Days & times: Flexible during school & MTRF 2:15-5:30 pm. anthropology, speech, library hours; MTRF 2:15-3:30pm, ‣ Requirements: TB clearance, science, journalism, pre-med, pre- W 1:15-2:30pm. Spring & summer orientation/training. law, & education. Developing programs. ‣ Academic potential: Students leadership & reasoning skills in ‣ Requirements: TB clearance, interested in secondary college students & in teenage criminal background check, education, English/writing/literacy mentors of younger readers. MANDATORY orientation/training. courses, or liberal arts. MAAC ‣ Academic potential: Students Mutual Association Assistance interested in elementary education, Big Brothers & Big Sisters social work, counseling, Center is located at the 2nd floor of This site-based mentoring program !"#$#$%&'"()*)+%,')-'(%.*('/-$(%."0#*"%123'+"% the Pālolo Valley District Park gym. or liberal arts. !"#$%&'()#$**+,%-+)(%.$$%!"#"$%"&'(')*+!',!*-'&)+."/)'0+$."&'*,')1"'2(3*3*'4"(!/$/0'5"/)"!' at PE & JS matches elementary & !"#$%&'()*%(!(+$,-$./0".$&(!#$#'"'%/&#$",/1'$'2%#$3%.(#'/&($"02%(*(3(&'4 !"0+3(!36')"3"%$&".'785&'9!*0!(-:' It provides technology training, middle school students with caring & computer-aided educational Health Promotion responsible mentors, who provide Additional Sites & Programs programs & tutoring for Including the AIDS/HIV peer students with educational support, Ali‘iolani Elementary School both children & adults. education program, health fairs, & creative opportunities, friendship, Financial Literacy & College Preparedness projects 2007 Pālolo Ave., general health promotion & health guidance, & encouragement. Honolulu, HI 96816 science education. An annual HCAP - Honolulu Community Action Program Site contact: Jill Matro If the door downstairs is locked, Spring health fair focuses on the Faculty contact: Veronica Ogata Ke Kula Kaiapuni ‘O Ānuenue (Immersion School) please call 737 9633 health of children. This material is based upon work Site contact: Milton Hutchison ‣ Duties: Mentor & tutor elementary Keiki o ka ‘Āina Preschool, Pālolo Several sites in Pālolo coordinated supported by the Corporation for Faculty contact: Ulla Hasager & middle school students. Mālama I Nā Ahupuaʼa Cultural-Environmental SL program through outreach from KCC. ‣ Days & times: Varies with specific National & Community Service under ‣ Duties: Tutoring, program Site/Faculty contact: Melisa Orozco Learn & Serve America: Micronesians United / Micronesians Community Network / programs. building. Higher Education Grant No. Micronesians Health Advisory Coalition ‣ Duties, schedule, requirements, & ‣ Requirements: Intake/screening ‣ Days & times: Varies. training: Depends on the specific process, criminal history/ 06LHHHI001. Opinions or points of ʻOlelo Community Media ‣ Training: individual basis. project undertaken. reference check, orientation/ view expressed in this document are Pālolo Chinese Home for elderly ‣ Requirements: TB clearance. ‣ Academic potential: Students in training. those of the authors & do not ‣ Academic potential: For students ‣ Academic potential: Students necessarily reflect the official position Pālolo Valley District Park Gym any science & health discipline, in the social sciences, ESL, social work, counseling, or any interested in elementary of the Corporation or the Project Dana education, languages & computer liberal arts. education, social work, Learn & Serve America Program. science. please email [email protected] for additional information counseling, or liberal arts.