KALANIANA'OLE ELEMENTARY AND INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Where: 27-330 Mamalahoa Highway, Big Island, Hawai'i elementary district

Grade span: Kindergarten through eighth grade

Enrollment: 300 students

Race/ethnicity enrollment: Hawaiian and part-Hawaiian, 24 percent; Filipino, 23 percent; other, 53 percent

Free and reduced-price lunch eligible: 71 percent

Special-education students: 10 percent

Computers on campus: Each classroom has two computers, and there is a computer lab with 30 computers, a Learning Lab with 10 laptops and two mobile labs with 20 Alpha Smarts per lab.

Principal: Joyce Iwashita

School nickname: Cougars

School colors: Green and white

What are you most proud of? "Our Non-School Hours program," Iwashita said. "We received a grant last school year that enabled us to have two semester sessions. A student survey helped us create a menu of classes for students to select from. The classes include hula, 'ukulele, culinary arts, technology, agriculture, drawing and painting, Filipino culture and language, and tutoring."

What is your biggest challenge? "Making Adequate Yearly Progress with limited funds, resources and staff," Iwashita said.

Special events: The Non-School Hours Program; Kalaniana'ole Bazaar, which featured local produce and goods for sale and helped raise money for Non-School Hours; Showcase of Excellence, where students in kindergarten through eighth grade present their best work during an evening performance, portfolio and praise; End of the Year Celebration for students who meet their grade level reading goals for the school year.

History: The school was established in 1884 as a one-room schoolhouse known as Papa'ikou School. It was less than a mile from the present location on Old Mamalahoa Highway. The school moved to its current site in 1925 when the main building was constructed. It was renamed Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana'ole School in honor of the prince, who was Hawai'i's delegate to Congress in the 1920s. It serves the community of Honomu, Hakalau, Wailea, Pepe'ekeo, Papa'ikou and Honoli'i.

Web address: http://power2.k12.hi.us/index.cfm?section=welcome&siteID=199

Phone: 808-964-9700