Show Hawaii Island LEI (Leadership Exploration Inspiration) - April 18 -19

ClimbHI seeks to inspire students to finish high school and proceed to post-secondary educations or employment by educating them about future career paths and the process necessary to achieve those goals. 

ClimbHI has been developed to seek community support to sustain education for students through real-life exposure. Students will be able to pick areas of interest and visit businesses and entities in that field for a guided experience of the operation, the opportunities available, and the requirements to take advantage of the opportunities in the future, all conducted by volunteer professionals from those specific businesses and institutions and ClimbHI. The goal is to take ClimbHi’s sustainable model nationwide, but the initial focus will be on Hawaii.

On April 18-19, 2023, ClimbHI will kick off the 11th annual LEI program by putting on an overnight exposure event on Hawaiʻi Island. LEI is a workforce development project to inspire Hawaiʻi youth to select careers in the Hawaiʻi visitor industry by providing them with the necessary means to achieve success. From the student’s perspective LEI represents an opportunity for Leadership, Exploration, and Inspiration, and from the hospitality industry’s perspective LEI provides an opportunity to Lead, Expose, and Inspire Hawaiʻi’s youth. LEI 2023 will take place on four different islands (Maui, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi, and the Big Island), include 1,000 high school and college students from across the state, and involve over 100 businesses.

Hawaiʻi Island’s program will include 40-60 high school students from Hawaiʻi Island.

Details:

• Tuesday, April 18th (1:45pm) – Wednesday, April 19th (1pm)
• Event location and accommodations: The Westin Hapuna Beach Resort
• Transportation is to be organized on your own, with reimbursement available.
• 1 educator and up to 4 students will be selected per school. Student capacity for your school will be dictated by your school's approval of the capacity of students per hotel room accommodation. Accepted schools will be allocated 2 rooms for student accommodation for a minimum of 2 and maximum of 4 students per room. Educators will share accommodations with one other educator of the same sex.
• Once ClimbHI accepts your participation, please have your students:
  • complete and sign the ClimbHI Bridge and overnight wavier forms and submit a PDF copy to Anafe at Anafe@climbhi.org
  • complete the application via ClimbHI Bridge. Access will be provided once ClimbHI Bridge waiver forms are received. Deadline March 19th. Please have as many students as possible apply. We will select 4 students and 1 alternate from all of the applications for your school.

Please make the request to secure your spot.