Educational programs to train farmers
Two programs aimed at introducing high school students and aspiring farmers on Hawaii Island to agricultural careers are seeking applicants for upcoming cohorts in October.
Ku I Ka Mana, a beginning farmer and rancher training program administered by The Kohala Center, is accepting applications from prospective students for its fourth cohort. The 30-session course begins Oct. 17 and is conducted in Honokaa from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fridays and from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. More information and application materials are available at kohalacenter.org/farmertraining/application or by calling The Kohala Center at 887-6411. The deadline to apply is Oct. 10.
Open to Hawaii Island high school students and recent graduates, the fourth cohort of The center’s weeklong High School Agriculture Internship Program will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 6 through 10. More information and applications are available at kohalacenter.org/farmertraining/internships or by calling the center. The deadline to apply is Oct. 1.
With the aina serving as their classroom, interns are introduced to various aspects of agriculture in Hawaii through site visits to Waipio, Kohala, Hamakua, Kona, and Hilo. Participants gain hands-on experience in sustainable agriculture, learn about island food systems, and receive a $125 stipend upon completion.
Bautista completes basic training
Navy Seaman Vincent C. Cervantes Bautista, son of Virgilio C. Bautista of Kapaa, Kauai, and Kimberlee A. Cervantes of Kailua-Kona, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. He was promoted to his current rank upon graduation.
Bautista received the early promotion for outstanding performance during all phases of the training cycle. The training included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. An emphasis was also placed on physical fitness.
Bautista is a 2014 graduate of Kealakehe High School.
Teachers encouraged to apply for Space Foundation Scholarship
The Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship is given annually by the Space Foundation to provide professional development for a qualified educator of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry, or who works with prekindergarten- through 12th-grade students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry.
The recipient will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., during the summer of 2015 for one of the Space Foundation’s weeklong Space Across the Curriculum courses.
These intensive graduate-level summer courses for educators provide space-related science, technology, engineering and mathematics content that is instantly transferable to the classroom.
The facilities at Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs offer extraordinary teaching tools, including Science On a Sphere, developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with more than 360 datasets, special software, satellite imagery and four projectors to render images that provide full-motion views of the Earth, sun, moons and planets in space. Space Foundation labs also offer programmable robots used in a simulated Martian environment, and sophisticated software programs used by professional aerospace engineers.
The Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship covers tuition, fees, expenses and lodging for the recipient. Apply for the scholarship by submitting a letter, not exceeding two pages, detailing the motivation for applying and interest in integrating space themes into the classroom. The application letter must be endorsed with a letter of support by a principal or other supervisor. Send application and letter of support by March 1 to: Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship, Space Foundation, 4425 Arrowswest Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80907.
Learn more about Space Foundation education programs and Space Across the Curriculum course offerings for teachers at spacefoundation.org/education.
VFW open for NFL games
VFW Post 12122 in Kona’s Old Industrial Area is open for community members to view NFL football games. Attendees do not need not be VFW members as long as they believe in supporting veterans.
Buddhist teaching given in Volcano
A Buddhist teaching “Our Precious Human Life,” will be discussed from 4 to 5:45 p.m. Sept. 14 at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus, one block south of the Volcano Post Office. This class is free, open to non-Buddhists and Buddhists, and no experience is required.
Class begins promptly. Dress warmly. For more information, call 985-7470. No reservations are required.