Exploration Diverse Voices
A Community for
Opportunities Buildings that Teach Laughter Lifelong Learning Taking Risks Friendship Discovering Yourself Wonder The Joy of Learning Authentic Solutions Imagination Finding Your Passion
Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Community for Grades 2 – 5
at Punahou School
A Community for
All of us
4 Studio Classrooms 8 The Great Outdoors 10 Learning Through Play 12 Learning Commons 14 Creative Expression 18 Sustainability 20 Introduction
A Community for
All of Us
The Sidney and Minnie Kosasa Community for Grades 2 - 5 represents Punahou’s educational philosophy for the 21st century. It incorporates the latest research about the neurology of learning into an instructional vision based on personalization and flexibility to create learning that is relevant and enduring.
 Rather than focusing primarily on transmission of content, children are developing skills necessary for success in today’s world, including: inquiry, creativity, communication, collaboration, innovation, critical thinking, problem-solving, entrepreneurship, empathy and resilience.
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The Future of Education is Here
“The world that our children live in and will move into is one that will continue to change. Knowledge is everywhere. It’s important to us that we engage with kids beyond content.” – Paris Priore-Kim ’76, Junior School Principal 5
A Community for
The Joy of Learning
A Day at Kosasa Community
Learning. Playing. Laughing.
What a day! Experience Punahou’s newest learning environment through the eyes of our students. 6
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A Community for
Personalized Learning
The new facilities enable learning that is personalized, relevant and enduring. This means that instruction is designed to harness children’s innate curiosity, ignite their passions and develop their capacity to address authentic, real-world questions and challenges. This allows teachers to design a curriculum around the individual learning profile of each student.
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Studio Classrooms “The idea that things are personalized means that every aspect of the building needs to be flexible enough to accommodate anything that comes up in a child’s mind. The classroom studios have moveable walls and the furniture is flexible so that the teachers can configure the space in lots of different ways to support all kinds of learners.” – John Nagel ’90, Grades 2 – 5 Dean
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A Community for
Exploration
Kosasa Community is alive with running, laughing, climbing, exploring children. In the same way that the indoor environments are designed to facilitate as many types of learning experiences as possible, the diverse outdoor environments run the gamut from open, grassy lawns for running freely, to quiet corners for reflection, to the adventure of exploring a native forest environment or the adrenaline of kinetic play structures.
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» Native Hawaiian plants throughout Kosasa Community play a vital role in Hawaiian Studies curriculum. Thirdgraders plant, tend and harvest ‘ulu (breadfruit), mai‘a (banana) and ‘uala (sweet potato) for their annual Lu‘au.
» From outdoor art projects to understanding the purpose of Hawaiian plants, students are immersed in engaging learning opportunities from the moment they arrive to campus.
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A Community for
Imagination
On Barwick playground at Kosasa Community, there’s more going on than meets the eye. In fact, playgrounds and play structures themselves, with their physical- and social-skill-building opportunities, are learning environments all their own. The diversity of outdoor spaces – from quiet nooks to active play areas – embraces learning that is experiential and fueled by children’s innate curiosity.
Learning Through Play
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» Kinetic play structures like the “Explorer Dome” or “Galaxy Swing” appeal to students of multiple ages and varied skill levels. Students can jump, swing, spin, climb or lie underneath and gaze at the sky. There is no wrong way to play.
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A Community for
Innovation
In the Learning Commons, students will have access to innovative spaces and resources – technological, creative and human – to transform their questions into meaningful work that addresses authentic challenges and audiences. Students and teachers from different grades and disciplines will gather and collaborate in purposeful learning.
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» The Learning Commons will offer a multiplicity of spaces with different functions: quiet areas for study and research; fabrication studios for inventing, prototyping and building; visual and performing art spaces; media labs for creative production; meeting rooms, social spaces and exhibit areas for sharing one’s work.
Junior School Learning Commons Designing solutions to problems will be a hallmark of the K – 12 Learning Commons. The brand new D. Kenneth Richardson ’48 Learning Lab in the Mamiya Science Center is a design and fabrication lab where students of all ages have access to high-tech equipment, enabling them to create rapid prototypes of their designs as part of the design thinking process. Watch this video for a peek at this innovative new space. 15
A Community for
Authentic Solutions
Education today is at a crossroads; our children face an unpredictable and fluid future of great challenge and greater possibility. Hear from five trailblazing alumni who have found success on its frontiers, and learn how Punahou is pioneering a new approach to 21st-century education.
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“We need to teach our kids the skills that machines can't do. How to be creative, how to be great innovators of ideas.” Steve Case ’76
“Whether you are an artist or an engineer or an educator, cultivating creativity and the instinct for collaboration is incredibly important.” Bridgit Antoinette Evans ’89
“I see education as the most important lever for social change.” Amara Humphry ’05
“Learning how to work across cultures, and across different skills and expertise is extremely valuable.” Zak Stone ’00
“What really matters is the ability to take a problem and solve it and be able to showcase what you can deliver.” Albert Cheng ’88 17
A Community for
Finding Your Passion
Through an interdisciplinary integration of music, movement, speech and drama, students build their capacity for self-expression with an approach that values experimentation, improvisation and creative problem-solving. Patrick H. Quilter Lab for Creative Arts – adjacent to the Learning Commons – will provide unparalleled opportunities for creativity for generations to come.
Creative Expression
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» The Patrick H. Quilter Lab for Creative Arts will house an array of spaces – including music and art classrooms, a covered lanai for outdoor work, a ceramics kiln and an exhibit area – that support students learning to translate their questions, interests and passions into concrete forms.
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A Community for
Caring for the Earth
Sustainability
From building features that can teach students about principles of resource conservation to a landscape designed to support Punahou’s rich Outdoor Education and Hawaiian Studies curriculum, the Kosasa Community boldly affirms Punahou’s commitment to sustainability education through its learning environments and instructional program.
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Many sustainable architectural features in the 2 – 5 community can be observed, interacted with, and even operated by students.
Âť Examples include: interior climate control based on centralized atmospheric data; transparent wall or floor cutouts that show structural workings of the buildings; digital dashboards that provide comparative information between buildings; water management systems like the rain water cisterns, bioswale and gabion walls. 21
Kosasa Community Second Phase Opening Fall 2019
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Âť Below: Rendering of the planned Patrick H. Quilter Lab for Creative Arts, part of the Junior School Learning Commons.
» Top: Planned James Kapae‘alii Scott ’70 Playground, Ka‘au McKenney Hale and Lo‘i. Bottom: Planned Junior School Learning Commons adjacent to the beloved Banyan Tree and Barwick Playground.
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Mahalo to the Punahou ‘ohana for your support of Kosasa Community.
PUNAHOU SCHOOL