Please mark your calendars and plan to attend our first meeting this year at Kahuku High School, Dr. Kendra Martin’s classroom W104.
Please send me your agenda items, invite new members, etc.
Here’s some ideas that Jeff shared from one of our meetings:
• Provide enough credits for an associate degree (along with other AP classes already offered at KHIS) when they graduate from high school. The extra credit for the KEEP (K-12 Energy Education Program) curriculum would be offered after school and during summer vacation. This would save each student 2 year of college time and expenses). http://www.uwsp.edu/CNR/wcee/keep/AboutKEEP/about.htm. We could also tie into Hawaii STEM program after school and during the summer.
• We could get started by offering 1 or 2 KEEP classes until KREIC is fully funded to do the entire 2 year associate degree program.
• Promote and support student’s junior and senior projects (paid internships) during Hawaii State science fair. Opportunity for projects to be recognized by the public.
• Promote and support student’s junior and senior projects during Hawaii State Renewable Energy Science Competition hosted by KHIS. Another opportunity for projects to be recognized by the public.
Windward Community College has an Environmental Science course each summer for students ages 16 – 17 and for teachers too! The students earn 4 college credits and get paid $600. Amber O’Reilly was one of our teachers who attended this past summer.
