Hawaii : Getting to know your roots

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


The Star Online



Getting to know your roots



State-funded immersion schools have given native Hawaiians an
opportunity to reconnect with their culture, language and history.



CARING for the taro patch (a tropical plant with edible starchy corms
and fleshy leaves, grown as a staple in the Pacific) is an integral
part of studies at the Anueneu Immersion School in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Native Hawaiians believe that the taro represents the essence of the
family, hence its importance in the school curriculum.



Other subjects you wouldn't find in a regular curriculum are genealogy
and hula dance as well as native Hawaiian music and traditional
medicine.

Anueneu is just one of the success stories of the Hawaiian Language
Immersion Programme, which was first introduced by the state of Hawaii
in the United States in 1987.



Full story:

http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2007/12/9/education/19694239

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