Hoʻolauna
Aloha kākou! ʻO au ʻo Koleka Haia Taaca, kekahi kumu ʻuo mamo me ka mākau ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi o ka papa ʻelima. Aʻo pū au i ka i ka pilikanaka i nā papa ʻelima a me ka ʻeono. ʻO Lualualei, Waiʻanae kuʻu one hānau a kahi a mākou i hoʻi ai ma hope o ka puka ʻana mai ke kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Hilo ma ka makahiki 2010. Ua neʻe kaʻu ʻohana i ʻaneʻi ma ka makahiki 2013 a ʻo kēia ka makahiki ʻelima o koʻu aʻo ʻana ma Nāwahī. He kumu kaʻu kāne ʻo Keone ma Nāwahī Nui a ʻelua a māua keiki. ʻO Hokuola ka hiapo a aia ʻo ia ma ka papa ʻelua a Kumu Kēhau. ʻO Sanoe ka muli a he haumāna papa mālaaʻo ʻo ia na Kumu Nāʻilima.
Aloha kākou! I am Koleka Haia Taaca, a 5th grade teacher. I teach Hawaiian language arts to my 5th grade ʻuo mamo class. I also teach social studies to both the 5th and 6th grade classes. I am originally from Waiʻanae in the ahupuaʻa Lualualei where we returned after graduating from UH Hilo in 2010. My husband and I decided to move our family back to Hawaiʻi island in 2013. This is my 5th year teaching at Nāwahī. My husband also works at Nāwahī as a 8-11 grade kumu at Nāwahī Nui. We have two children here at Nāwahī. Our oldest is Hokuola and he is in Kumu Kēhau's 2nd grade class. Our youngest, Sanoe, is in Kumu Nāʻilima's kindergarten class.
Nui koʻu hoihoi i ka pilikanaka a ma o ke aʻo ʻana aku i kā ʻoukou mau keiki e hiki ai iaʻu ke hoʻonui hou aku i koʻu ʻike no ka pilikanaka kekahi. Mahalo nui ke kipa ʻana mai i koʻu ʻaoʻao. Inā he nīnau kāu no kekahi o kaʻu mau papa, e leka uila mai! I makahiki kula keu a ka maikaʻi no kākou! ALOHA!
Social studies is a very interesting subject for me and I love that I have the opportunity to continue to learn news things, even while teaching your keiki throughout the year. Mahalo for visiting my pages. If you have any questions about your keiki's class, please feel free to send me an e-mail. Here's to a great school year for us all! ALOHA!
