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Tom Chun: Science
Layne Richards: Team Leader / Science
Kainoa Sharpe: Mathematics
Eric Stack: Speech / Drama

• A greenhouse will be part of the resources available in the 2007-08 school year.
• The Science and Natural Resources academy has established many partnerships with County, State, and Federal Government agencies who provide speakers, shadowing, and mentorship opportunities to our students.
• Students and classes are allowed to work on projects that benefit Kamehameha Schools Hawai`i and the broader Hawaiian community.

• Interdisciplinary field trips that complement the academy team’s goals.
• Job shadowing and mentoring with experts in the fields of science and natural resources.
• Creating and completing Senior Legacy projects that allow students to learn and share their independent research.
• Mohala Lecture Series affords students an opportunity to share with student peers, faculty, and staff any science based projects they may have participated in or are currently investigating during a once a month lunch lecture. Everyone is invited to join us. This year’s lecture series schedule will be posted soon.
• Pinning and recognition ceremony for students who get endorsed in the academy at the end of the school year.

From left to right: Eric Stack, Tom Chung, Layne Richards, Kainoa Sharpe

Welcome!

We are pleased to welcome you to the Academy of Science and Natural Resources. The S&NR Academy provides students the relevance essential in connecting learning to real life. The view is great from here, come join us.

Overview:

The Academy of Science and Natural Resources enables students to explore learning opportunities and interact with professionals in the fields of:

Human and Cultural Environment
Natural Resource Management
Specialized Sciences

Service Learning Component:

All students will give back to their communities through a service learning project. Projects SNR has completed in the past include:

Keauhou Ranch- Koa reforestation project
Kaho`olawe – PKO Access, pili grass roof thatching, water catchments system.
Punalu’u- Rotating academic stations, beach clean up, park pavilion painting, culture and history of Ka`u, and grounds clean up.
Lapakahi State Pak-
1. Mapping trail distances (math).
2. Wiliwili seed collections and locations with GPS system (science).
3. Koa haole eradication.
4. Kupuna talk story about this special wahi pana.