Team Up! Punahou School Podcast Team Up – Punahou School

Former Junior School Principal Paris Priore-Kim ’76 spoke with Denise Pope, who co-founded Challenge Success, which partners with schools, including Punahou, to promote student well-being by broadening the definition of success and implementing research-based strategies.

Veteran educator Linda Inlay spoke to Molly Takagi – Punahou's School’s K – 8 social, emotional and ethical learning coordinator – about the importance of family meetings and how they can improve family relationships and children’s well-being.

Hawai‘i State Department of Health Director Bruce Anderson, from Punahou's Class of 1970, and State Deputy Epidemiologist Sarah Kemble of the Class of 1993, discuss how they're working to keep Hawai‘i safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they're handling their roles at such a critical time.

Punahou teachers and administrators discuss the shift to online learning, making innovative modifications in the classroom, dealing with contingencies and looking toward the future.

Podcast producers and alumni Allen Murabayashi ’90 and Kim-Hee Wong ’14 tell the story about the formation of the PunsUnited Fund amid COVID-19, and the need to provide financial assistance to affected students so they can return to Punahou for the next school year.

For this very special episode of the Punahou Team Up podcast, senior Noelle Nakaoka ’20 and alumna Kim-Hee Wong ’14 interviewed a dozen students to understand how their lives were abruptly changed because of coronavirus and the threat of COVID-19. Initial thoughts of disappointment and sadness are replaced by feelings of gratitude. The kids are alright!