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4 APRIL 12, 2023
Hawaiian Immersion School In Kāne‘ohe Attends United Nations Conference
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gates and to negotiate.
“It helped me gain experi- ence if I ever want to get into politics,” Velez shares. “The conference went well, I made new friendships and got our country’s solutions on the
her country’s viewpoints on global issues such as space exploration, equality for ru- ral women, and fostering a culture of peace and under- standing while engaging with other delegates from around the world.
was once blazed by their an- cestors,” adds Kelling. “For many, this trip is an oppor- tunity of a lifetime. It is im- portant for our students to ex- perience what their ancestors went through, so they can take the lessons learned and use them throughout their lives.”
nomic and Social Council of the UN.
erty, see a performance of Harry Potter on Broadway, bowl and visit the Museum of Modern Art.
Kaipoʻi Kelling says the con- ference was a success.
Besides the conference, the students and families also got to do some other activi- ties, such as a visit to the 9/11 Memorial, tour the UN prop-
“I believed the kids learned that they can com- municate and compete with their peers on a global level, based upon their founda- tion of ancestral knowledge gained at the local level,” Kelling notes. “To be honest with themselves, and to learn a new system of meeting and providing solutions to global problems in a grand setting such as New York City and succeed, tells them that any- thing is possible.”
resolutions.”
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One of the school’s stu- dents who attended the conference, eighth-grader Kealoha Velez, learned to make allies with other dele-
Students in sixth, seventh and eighth grades represent- ed Canada, Spain, Jamaica and the Philippines in the el- ementary and middle school divisions.
In 1843, chief Timoteo Haʻalilio, William Richards and George Simpson creat- ed treaties with France, En- gland, and Belgium and an agreement with the United States of America.
MMUN, whose mission is to inspire and empower youth, is a division of Youth For a Better World, a non- profit organization recog- nized as a nongovernmental organization in special con- sultative status with the Eco-
ticipating students dressed in professional attire at the Kāne‘ohe school’s campus at 46-500 Kuneki St. to share their selected countries’ posi- tion papers.
According to school offi- cials, in 1823, Kamehameha II and Boki Kamaʻuleʻule were Hawaiʻi’s first interna- tional delegates who made treaties and relationships with Great Britain and Brazil.
The estimated cost per stu- dent to attend was $3,500. Funding was given by Kame- hameha Schools, Kapono Foundation, ʻohana of each student and other fundraising efforts.
Each delegate was tasked with learning about his or
“By attending the MMUN conference, we are showing our students the trail that
(Left) Kealoha Velez (left) and Kahanu Wong from Ke Kula ‘o Samuel M. Kamakau, Laboratory Public Charter School participate in a Montessori Model United Nations committee session. (Below) Students of the school attend a United Nations tour. PHOTOS COURTESY KE KULA ‘O SAMUEL M. KAMAKAU, LABORATORY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
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