SUPERHEROES IN ACTION
We believe that kids have superpowers! The Kids4CPR Superhero Program empowers our students with the knowledge to save lives and the ability to teach their family and friends to do the same. Learn more about students who are making a difference in their community!
CPR Superheroes of Kalani HS
Kalani High School Health Academy
The Kalani Health Academy program is the embodiment of what Hawaii Heart Foundation strives to establish schools statewide. With Hawaii Heart’s guidance, in 2011 a group of Kalani students created the Ourbeat CPR program to fulfill a class requirement, deciding to teach students within the community basic CPR and use of an AED. Fast forward to present, each senior in the Health Academy is required to design & execute a major event (like a Health Fair, Fitness Fair or Ourbeat Training) in order to pass the class and to meet State Health Pathway Standards. The Kalani Health Academy teacher, Audie Kimura says “I feel that having students practice/teach what they learned (to an audience outside the KHS fishbowl), is one of the highest levels of learning.”
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Every year Health Academy students provide Ourbeat classes to students at neighboring feeder schools and to fellow Kalani classmates, teachers and staff. The Kalani Health Academy program has been operating autonomously since 2014, only seeking Hawaii Heart for guidance and support.
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Waianae Intermediate Teen Health Class
“All students enrolled in the Teen Health class learn and get certified on how to provide First Aid/CPR and use an AED. In the beginning, we discuss the importance and value having this education. We discuss the resources available (or limited availability) in Waianae such as the low number of ambulances in the community. We talk about how many of them live with Aunty/Uncle, Grandma/Grandpa, little cousins, etc... and that it could be awhile before help gets there, so it is important to have the knowledge to be able to help and save a life. I get students onboard by having them see the importance of this knowledge and how it applies to their everyday life. We discuss events that have taken place in the community and the potential impact if others had this training. Then I teach students the curriculum but always expand on certain topics and bring it to life for them. I make projects out of it and get the kids really involved as often as possible through hands on activities.”
-Monica Delvalle, Teen Health Teacher
