April 26, 2023 | #808Reads 2023 Summer Reading Challenge Video Production
On April 26, 2023, in the Honouliuli Middle School library, the Pacific Literacy Consortium’s production crew filmed the #808Reads 2023 Summer Reading Challenge Launch Party promotional video. PLC produced this video in partnership with the Hawai‘i Department of...
April 25, 2023 | PLC Convenes Sparx Music Finalists for Professional Music Recording at Four Seasons Ko Olina Resort
From February 1, 2023 to April 25, 2023, PLC orchestrated and executed the second annual Sparx Music Mentor Entrepreneurship program (MME). This PLC initiative pairs middle and high school students from Kaʻū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa Complex Area with accomplished performing...
January 27, 2023 | Ka‘ū-Kea‘au-Pāhoa Complex Area Education Summit is a PLC Supported Joint Event
Convening the 2023 KKP Education Summit is one of PLC's ‘Aha Lamaku ‘Oia‘i‘o project (ALO) professional development activities. This year's summit assembled educational thought leaders from the public and private sector to engage with KKP educators in large and small...
November 26, 2022 | PLC Partners with Jarrett Middle School to Offer After-School Ukulele Lessons
PLC provides Jarrett Middle School students with the opportunity to participate in an after-school performance-based music program called Sparx JUKE (Jarrett Ukulele Ensemble). Sparx JUKE is one of many PLC extended learning opportunities supported by PLC's ALO and...
October 29, 2022 | Barnes & Noble Invite Dunn and Subedi to Book Signing Featuring PLC Product, Kaha‘i’s Journey
Barnes & Noble Ala Moana invited Hugh Dunn and Lilette Subedi to share their co-authored book, Kaha‘i’s Journey. The story is an expression of Dunn's and Subedi's collective experiences, insights, and research. They had a wonderful time reading passages from the...
August 1–2, 2022 | HDOE Statewide Hawai‘i School Library Conference Conference: Literacy Today and Tomorrow
PLC partnered with the Hawai‘i Department of Education's School Library Media Services to deliver major components of the 2022 Statewide School Library Conference held at the Prince Hotel on August 1–2. The conference featured live in-person presentations by Donalyn...
May 11, 2022 | Summer 2022 #808Reads Summer Reading Challenge
For the third consecutive summer, PLC teamed with the HIDOE Library Media Services (LMS) to produce and launch the HIDOE’s statewide #808Reads summer challenge. PLC and LMS continue to leverage Beanstack’s technical platform, which is an online commercial application...
May 1, 2022 | KKP Secondary Schools Select 16 Finalists for SPARX Music Talent Contest
Visit Sparxhi.com to see the music contest entries of the 16 student contestants (four from each secondary school site within the Kaʻū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa Complex Area) who were selected by their peers to proceed to the final phase of the SPARX Hawai‘i musical talent search....
PLC Releases Multicultural Publication, Kaha‘i’s Journey
Vibrantly illustrated and content-rich, Kaha‘i’s Journey is a picture book that takes readers on a path of self-discovery. Within the genre of realistic fiction, the story addresses critical environmental issues and emphasizes the importance of developing children's...
PLC’s ʻAha Lamakū ʻOiaʻiʻo (ALO) Project Partners with HI Sessions to Launch the Sparx HI Music Contest
The SPARX Hawai‘i Music Contest is one of several educational outreach components of the ‘Aha Lamakū ‘Oia‘i‘o (ALO) federal grant (Project No. S362A210096) administered by the Pacific Literacy Consortium, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Mānoa. The ALO...
March 1, 2022 to April 4, 2022 | PLC Engages Kea‘au High School in Art- and Culture-Based Expanded Learning Opporutnity
PLC’s ‘Aha Lamakū ‘Oia‘i‘o (ALO) and ʻAha Lamakū ʻOiaʻiʻo-Hoʻoikaika Aʻe (ALO-HA) project staff partnered with the Ka‘ū-Kea‘au-Pāhoa Complex Area (KKP) and The Estria Foundation (TEF) to guide and mentor Kea‘au High School students in a two-week (March 1, 2022 to...
November 25, 2022 | PLC Launches Virtual Library System—Ke Ala ‘Imi Na‘aua
On November 25, 2022, PLC launched a virtual library system, Ke Ala ‘Imi Na‘auau, for the benefit of the four ʻAha Lamakū ʻOiaʻiʻo (ALO) project sties. The virtual library hub provides Ka‘ū-Kea‘au-Pāhoa Complex Area (KKP) students and teachers with a single point of...