Kamehameha Schools is an educational institution that was begun through the will of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, a devout believer in Jesus Christ and a faithful leader of her Hawaiian people. Throughout her life Ke Ali‘i Pauahi exemplified Christian and Hawaiian values. The thirteenth and fourteenth articles of her Will describes her desire to have the trustees and teachers be persons of the Protestant religion. Her charge was to have students that would be educated in “morals and in such useful knowledge as may tend to make good and industrious men and women.” Furthermore, the strategic plan Values Statement begins, “Nui ke aloha o Pauahi i ke Akua, kona po‘e Hawaii….Great was Pauahi’s love for God and the Hawaiian people, whom she served.” Lastly, our Vision Statement describes us as being “grounded in spiritual and Christian values.”
Kamehameha Schools affirm these guiding principles: