Lahainaluna High School Health Pathway students practice CPR.

LAHAINA — Although the Lahaina After School Tutoring Project ended in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lahaina Complex Education Foundation continued to actively provide funds to support Lahaina public schools.

Funds to Lahainaluna High School include:

School Year 2021 — $5,120 to continue the Ho’oko algebra and geometry after school tutoring program, Math Department (Michelle Abad, coordinator); and $13,000 for operational expenses, Health Pathway Programs (Malia Shimomura, advisor);

School Year 2022 — $12,000 given as $1,000 to 12 tutors in the Health Pathway Programs (Malia Shimomura, advisor);

School Year 2022-23 — $4,000 given as $1,000 for four scholarships to outstanding Health Pathway students; and $4,675 operational funds to the Ho’oko math after school tutoring program;

School Year 2023 — $1,000 to Ho’oko math program Outstanding Tutor (Michelle Abad, coordinator).

Funds to Princess Nahienaena Elementary School include:

School Year 2021-22 — $6,515 Yearbook and Hawaiian history tour grant, Dr. Rebecca Winkie, principal; Funds to Lahaina Intermediate School include:

School Year 2022-23 — $1,600 media grant for competition in Long Beach, CA (Lori Koyama, coordinator);

School Year 2022-2023 — $5,000 donation to the library in gratitude to former Librarian Paul Jensen and former Principal Marsha Nakamura for outstanding support of the LCEF’s After-school Tutor Project;

School Year 2022-2023 — $2,500 to the Math Department in gratitude to Krystle Dunn for her dedicated support of the LCEF’s After-school Tutor Project;

School Year 2022-23 — $1,110 For Grade 8 Science Field Trip to Ka’Ehu, (Laura Sakamoto, teacher);

After 23 years of support to the Lahaina public schools, the LCEF officers and board directors (Pat and Richard Endsley, Barbara Potts, Robert Kawahara, Althea Viernes, Linda Quinn and Terry Warwick) credit their successful efforts to the following major donors: Susan Bendon; Barbara Potts, president of People for Educational Equality (PFEE); Maui County mayors and County Councilmembers; the Lahaina Rotary Clubs; The Ritz-Carlton and Hyatt Regency resorts, and the many Lahaina restaurants, individuals and group donors; the school administrators, staff, parents and students who participated in the tutor programs; the hundreds of adult tutor volunteers and LHS reading and math tutors; Lorraine Tamaribuchi and the Hawaii Community Foundation for assisting in obtaining grants to initiate the grades 3-12 tutoring programs; Mark Vieth, editor of the Lahaina News; and all of the generous individuals who donated funds to keep the project operating.

Without this network of cooperation, the LCEF could not have functioned for 23 years.

LCEF will continue to accept Pat and Richard Endsley grant proposals until May 30, 2023. Please e-mail proposals to Grant Coordinator Marsha Nakamura at NakamuraMarsha@gmail.com.

Beginning June 1, 2023, LCEF will partner with the Hawaii Community Foundation.

Grant proposals may be sent to Inger Tully, Maui Community Foundation director, at itully@hcf-hawaii.org.

The mission of the LCEF is to provide financial support to the Lahaina Complex schools to enable all students, with emphasis on the under-represented students, to reach their potential.

Partnering with HCF will enable the four Lahaina public schools to continue receiving financial aid to improve the quality of instructional services to students.