Kua O Ka La

Saturday, April 19th from 10-2pm. Come join us! Enjoy music and food for our fundraising event, as well as games, a silent auction, plant sales, student crafts, and much more. All proceeds are for funding class and student projects.

We are excited to share some wonderful news! Kua O Ka Lā has been given the opportunity to distribute free boxes of local produce and protein to our community. This program is made possible through the generosity of Ho‘ōla Farms, in partnership with Hawaii Food Hub Hui and the DOE.

Boxes will be distributed on alternating Thursdays, beginning on February 6 through May 22, 2025 from 1:30-3pm at our Nani Mau Campus. Priority will be given to community members residing in Kea’au, Mountain View, Pahoa, and Volcano.

Feel free to share this amazing opportunity with your family and friends who reside in these priority areas, as well. Please note that an adult must be present at pick-up to sign for the boxes. Therefore, we are unable to send boxes home with students on the bus.

School destroyed by 2018 Kīlauea eruption trying to raise $2 million for permanent location | Big Island Now After losing their school during the 2018 lava flow, Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter School is looking to raise $2 million to buy land and stabilize their new campus at Nani Mau Gardens in Hilo.

Throwing a ‘SHAKA’: Alameda encourages students to ‘Save Hawai‘i and keep aloha’ | Big Island Now Kimo Alameda, who is perhaps now best known for being the lead for the Hawai‘i Island Fentanyl Task Force and speaking about the fentanyl epidemic, visited three schools before the end of the 2022-23 school year to spread the message of aloha and accepting diversity.

Food is available this summer to children who are 18 years old and under. Currently, food is available at the schools listed on the DOE website