Karen Kalena Laepa'a
Kamehameha Schools Maui
Kumu, High School
I have been teaching now for 23 years and currently teach 9th Grade Eng. I earned both my B.A. in English as well as my teaching credential from Cal Poly Pomona, my teaching license from U.C. Irvine, and I have a Master's in Library and Information Science from U. Hawai'i at Manoa and another Master's of Science in Literacy and Reading Instruction from U. of Kansas. Two areas that I focus on in my curriculum are literacy esp for low readers and a unit called "Inforned Decisions" where students not only learn about the research process, but how to understand oppossing views and come up with their own decision on the topic.