Convert high school into a 2-year College
Saves 2 years of college and 2 years of expenses
Create opportunities for college enrollment
Help students into best colleges
Create opportunities for general scholarships
Create funds for students to pay for college
KHIS students receiving renewable energy scholarships
$2 million per year for 6 year projects
Hawaiian Immersion/Ahupua’a Programs
Create new networking connections with top exports
Increase test scores for college entrance
Extra training and resources can help improve test scores
Junior College/AP Program at KHIS
Provide hands-on cutting edge skills that are now sought after
Provide tutoring for Elementary and High School students
Help student improve learning skills and grades (NHS)
Tie into BOE’s STEM
Experiences tie into all learning skills needed
Create a Renewable Energy library
Put resources in one place
Provide a timeline of technology breakthoughs as a mural
Put in lobby
Build hands-on partnerships with high tech mentors
Lifetime mentors are very important
Create opportunities for higher paying, fulfilling careers
Give Hawaii students a chance for the best careers
Learn and implement leading edge RE technology
Value of new technology being testing in Hawaii first
Help other schools in the state with RE programs
They can get inspired by the youth of the community
More KHIS students enrolling in colleges
Become a role model for Hawaii, the US and the world
Reduction of Brain Drain, more Hawaii Taxes
Share program with other schools so they can also benefit
The facility can become an Alumni house
Share program with alumni
Improve quality of life in Hawaii
Money to keep environment pristine for community and tourists
Promote organic farming in Koolauloa
Reduces cost to import food
Recycle
Money saved, landfills reduced, earthworms used to breakdown PCC waste into mulch
Reduced dependence on oil
Find alternatives to oil, reduce consumption
Fitness/Bike path (plus 2012 state funding)
Encourages fitness, less gas used
Benefits to companies supporting REIC
Incentivize students to work on RE projects and receive recognition, scholarships, awards, macbooks, iphones, etc
Participating sponsors receive great PR by helping students
Media has an easy story to tell
Contests (projects, videos, boards, papers, t-shirt)
Promote programs-KHIS T-Shirt PR campaign
Showcase talent of youth
Give out certificates for work and project completed, for referal letters, college and job application references
Create Hawaii’s 1st sustainable community
Become a role model for Hawaii, the US and the world
Energy self-sufficiency for campus and communities
Companies can test their new RE technology here
Improve recycling efforts, recycling, beach cleanups
Get the word out about saving energy, promoting sustainibility, promoting renewable energy
Make KHIS REIC an honorable cause for the environment
Build a program that people can support
Tags: Renewable Energy, scholarships, students, Sustainibility
