Ho‘oulu Kaiaulu: Community Service Hours Requirement

Community service is a vital part of our legacy, inspired by our founder, Bernice Pauahi Bishop. It benefits our Native Hawaiian community and Hawaii, offering volunteers valuable professional experience and promoting personal growth. This service brings people together, strengthens community bonds, and boosts self-esteem. Moreover, each act of volunteering is a learning opportunity that deepens our connections and our bonds of aloha and kuleana that Pauahi embodied. All of our scholarship recipients must engage in these transformative community service experiences to fulfill their scholarship terms and conditions.

In AY 2023-2024, the community service requirement was optional for some of our scholarships and required for others. All students receiving a AY 2024-2025 KS College Scholarship must complete community Service.

For SY 2023-24 Awardees:

• 10 hours of community service are required for Po‘okula, Ka‘i Lanakila, and Nowelo scholarship recipients.
• You must complete your ten (10) hours of community service by June 30, 2024.
• Report your community service hours in the Community Service Portal.
• KS Community Service Guidelines

For SY 2024-25 Awardees:

• 50 hours of community service are required for Nā Hoʻokama a Pauahi, Mauo, and Hoʻokawowo scholarship recipients.
• 20 hours of community service are required for Po‘okula, Ka‘i Lanakila, and Nowelo scholarship recipients.
• You may complete your community service hours beginning July 1, 2024. The Community Service Portal will open August 1, 2024 to report the community service hours you completed.
• For those students who are receiving more than one scholarship, please refer to the Terms and conditions of your scholarship for more details.
• KS Community Service Guidelines

College Transcript Submission

Scholarship recipients of Po‘o Kula, Ka‘i Lanakila, and Nowelo are required to submit their college transcripts.

For SY 2023-24 Awardees:
Please send in your transcript with final grades within 30 days after the completion of the 2023-2024 school year, starting in May 2024. You may upload your transcripts to your AY 2023-2024 KS Net Partner Student Portal.

For SY 2024-25 Awardees:
Please send in your transcript with final grades within 30 days after the completion of the 2024-2025 school year. You will be able to upload your transcripts to your KS Net Partner Student Portal beginning in May 2025.