The Garden Island: Anahola students call for statewide Hawaiian Honeycreeper Day

Jackson Healy / The Garden Island

Fourth graders at Kanuikapono Public Charter School hold up reports they’ve written about Hawaiian honeycreepers.

“A class of fourth grade students in Anahola are campaigning for members of Hawai‘i’s Legislature to create a statewide day recognizing and celebrating Hawai‘i’s threatened and endangered honeycreepers.”

“Students of Auntie Elizabeth Sancho at Kanuikapono Public Charter School have spent the past several weeks researching Hawaiian honeycreepers and their importance to the Aloha State. After researching the birds, they wrote out a call to action in support of recognizing Aug. 8 as Hawai‘i Honeycreepers Celebration Day across the state.”

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