# **Nalukai Fall Program**

**Our 2026 Fall program** will be held from October 5-10 in Hilo. Stay tuned for application details and deadlines.

## **2026 Nalukai Fall Program Details**

- October 5-10, 2026

- Hilo, Hawai’i (final location TBD)

- 6-hour sessions held daily 9:30am-3:30pm

- All program supplies and materials are provided, including lunch

- **All participants will receive a brand-new laptop that they may keep upon completion of program**

Open to current East Hawaiʻi Island high school students, including those at Keaʻau High School, Pāhoa High School, Kamehameha Schools Keaʻau Campus, Waiakea High School, Hilo High School, Ke Kula ʻO Nāwahīokalani'ōpuʻu, Ka ʻŪmeke Kāʻeo, Kua o Ka Lā, and Laupāhoehoe Community Public Charter School.

Our Fall program offers East Hawaiʻi Island high school students a **free introduction to social entrepreneurship** focusing on leadership, innovative stewardship and effective communication. Over 6 days of engaging workshops, students will work with local industry experts, cultural practitioners, and community leaders to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges facing our island, collaborate to develop products, services, and campaigns to remedy them, then pitch their solutions to the community.

#### **Innovative Stewardship**

#### **Leadership**

#### **Effective Communication**

Over 6 consecutive days, student Founders will identify and research significant local issues, engage with the community to ideate and validate potential solutions, and pitch their ventures to a live Hōʻike audience.

Students can expect to gain an introduction to entrepreneurship and grow their leadership skills while learning how to serve their unique East Hawai’i communities.

Utilizing the Nā Hopena Aʻo framework’s structure and outcomes as its foundation, Nalukai Academy Fall provides students with a uniquely compelling introduction to Design Thinking and Lean Startup practices contextualized by the moʻolelo, values and challenges of their communities.

**Day 1: Team Building and Leadership**

Nā Hopena Aʻo: Belonging

**Day 2: Problem Identification and Research**

Nā Hopena Aʻo: Responsibility

**Day 3: Service and Solution Ideation**

Nā Hopena Aʻo: Excellence

**Day 4: Iterative Development**

Nā Hopena Aʻo: Aloha

**Day 5: Effective Communication**

Nā Hopena Aʻo: Total well-being

**Day 6: Hōʻike and Next Steps**

Nā Hopena Aʻo: Hawaiʻi

## **Mahalo to our partners**