MEDB Ke Alahele Education Fund Awardees

2023-2024 Awardees

Friends of Maui Waena
Project Name: STN 2023
Project Description: Maui Waena students enhance media production skills through the Student Television Network competition.

Kaunakakai Elementary School
Project Name: Team 11516 "Full Volume"
Project Description: Students apply robotics and teamwork skills in VEX IQ competitions.

Lahainaluna High School
Project Name: FIRST Robotics
Project Description: Students design, build, and program competitive robots for the FIRST Robotics competition.

Maui High School
Project Name: “Crescendo” Robotics Growth
Project Description: Robotics students apply STEM concepts in the 2024 FIRST Robotics Challenge.

Pukalani Elementary School
Project Name: STEMimagineers Robotics Team
Project Description: Students engage in robotics competitions and STEM career exploration.

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2022-2023 Awardees

Ka Ipu Kukui
Project Name: KIK Alumni Program
Project Description: Engaging alumni through professional development and mentorship opportunities to foster growth and leadership.

Lānaʻi High & Elementary School
Project Name: Digital Portfolios
Project Description: Providing students with a platform to showcase their academic journey for future opportunities.

Maui High Robotics
Project Name: “ReBoot from COVID”
Project Description: FIRST/VEX Robotics challenges engage students and mentors in problem-solving and STEM learning.

Maui Hui Malama
Project Name: Maui Hui Makeke
Project Description: Teaching at-risk youth entrepreneurship through product creation and hands-on business skills.

Pukalani STEMimagineers
Project Name: Exploring STEM Careers Through Robotics
Project Description: Students use the engineering design process in robotics competitions while exploring STEM careers.

Waihe‘e Elementary School
Project Name: We Eat What We Grow!
Project Description: Expanding a garden program with an outdoor kitchen for hands-on food preparation and STEM learning.

Friends of Maui Waena
Project Name: VEX IQ State Championships
Project Description: Supporting travel for student teams to the State Robotics Championship in Hilo.

Kaunakakai Robotics
Project Name: Beyond Moloka‘i
Project Description: Funding student travel to regional and national robotics tournaments.

Kihei High School
Project Name: STEM & Robotics Resource
Project Description: Preparing students for engineering and tech careers through hands-on robotics and STEM opportunities.

Lahainaluna High School
Project Name: FIRST Robotics
Project Description: Designing, building, and programming competitive robots for the FIRST Robotics competition.

Maui High School Robotics
Project Name: “Charged Up” Robotics Growth
Project Description: Students apply STEM concepts in the international 2023 FIRST Robotics Challenge.

Moloka‘i High School
Project Name: Robotics for Education
Project Description: Inspiring students to pursue STEM careers through competitive, hands-on robotics projects.

Moloka‘i Middle School
Project Name: Aviation Careers in STEM
Project Description: Expanding the STEM Drones Program into aviation through Civil Air Patrol partnerships.

Pukalani School
Project Name: STEMimagineers Robotics Team
Project Description: Students compete in robotics competitions and participate in STEM-focused field trips.

Kalama Intermediate STEMworks
Project Name: Robotics Travel to World Competition
Project Description: Supporting student travel to robotics competitions at state and national levels.

2020-2021 Awardees

‘Iao Intermediate School
Project Name: Let's Race
Project Description: School-wide initiative introducing engineering concepts to 'Iao School students through engaging hands-on activities.

‘Iao School
Project Name: Let Us Grow
Project Description: A community project integrating agriculture and project-based learning to engage students and build enthusiasm for education.

‘Iao School
Project Name: Na Wai 'Eha & Kahakuloa Inquiries
Project Description: Students explore inquiry learning and stewardship focused on Na Wai 'Eha and Kahakuloa ecosystems.

Kihei Charter School
Project Name: Imagine + Plan + Fabricate + Evaluate = Activate Learning Ownership
Project Description: Introducing modern manufacturing methods with 3D printing tools to help students turn ideas into tangible creations.

Kihei Elementary School
Project Name: Kihei Elementary School Robotics Club
Project Description: Relaunching the robotics club with updated mentoring and equipment to prepare for the VEX IQ season.

King Kekaulike High School
Project Name: Final Cut Pro
Project Description: Enhancing student post-production editing skills in the evolving world of digital media.

Moloka‘i High School
Project Name: Tools Promoting Active Learning and Thinking
Project Description: Teaching active and inquiry-based learning to help students develop critical thinking skills.

Moloka‘i High School Robotics
Project Name: Moloka‘i High School Robotics
Project Description: Year-round program teaching students STEM concepts and teamwork through competitive robotics.

Moloka‘i Middle School
Project Name: Combating Invasive Gorilla Ogo
Project Description: Students learn science by addressing invasive ogo that threatens local fishponds and ecosystems.

Moloka‘i Middle School
Project Name: Hoʻolaha I Nā ʻOihana Kūkulu A Mahiʻai
Project Description: Teaching life skills like driving and operating farm, construction, and aerial vehicles.

Moloka‘i Middle School
Project Name: Ka Hoʻokūkū Manu: Teams 434 to Drones National Championship
Project Description: Supporting student travel to the CREATE U.S. Robotics–Drone Challenge National Championship.

St. Anthony School
Project Name: St. Anthony Digital Media Program
Project Description: Equipping students with tools and resources to learn video production through hands-on opportunities.

St. Anthony School
Project Name: Trojan Innovation Station
Project Description: Providing a creative space with up-to-date tools for STEM exploration and hands-on learning.

Waihe‘e Elementary School
Project Name: Improving and Advancing STEM
Project Description: Offering updated technology to improve STEM lessons and engage students in hands-on activities.