Welcome to HWP

HWP is a school-university collaborative program to provide training in writing and its classroom uses to teachers of all levels, K-16, public and private, and of all disciplines. Established in 1980, HWP has served over 1200 teachers in our Summer Institutes and thousands more through various school-year in-service programs. We are one of 195 sites of the National Writing Project. Our main office is at Kapi`olani Community College near Diamond Head on O`ahu. We also maintain an office at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa and a satellite site on Maui. Most of HWP's intensive programs earn both University of Hawai`i and DOE Professional Development credit. HWP publishes a newsletter mailed twice yearly to over 1050 teachers statewide who have participated in HWP summer institutes. During the first 28 years of our existence, HWP dramatically expanded its scope and range. Each summer we now offer seven or eight intensive institutes with a variety of emphases (including writing, reading/writing connections, and technology) on O`ahu and outer islands. We also offered institutes in American Samoa and, in collaboration with the National Writing Project and a private donor, Shantou China. HWP's school-year programs and partnerships have also expanded dramatically.

Navigating this Website

All side bar links to national and local sites of special interest to Hawai`i teachers will be found on this home page only except for our Celebrate Reading (Teen Reading) Program. Writing Fix is a fun site for students and teachers, with a lot of great ideas for teacher exercises. This free non-profit site is the result of a partnership between the Northern Nevada Writing Project and the National Writing Project. Bamboo Ridge Press is also of special interest because of a Hawai`i focus. The press offers free regularly featured samples from writers with a particularly local flavor.

The top of page navigation bar provides links to the main sections of this website. Our Program Descriptions page highlights HWP's various summer institutes and school-year programs. Announcements and Registration has downloadable current information and forms for next summer's institute and program offerings. Our Selected Works Main Page gives a brief description of the type of writing teachers do in each institute and samples of writing done by teachers from various institutes. All page side bar navigations except this one also contain quick links to selected writings produced by our fellows.

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For more information or comments on our website:
email us or contact the HWP office at (808) 734-9432. Fax us at: 734=9207, or you can write us at:

• Kapi` olani Community College Arts and Sciences Division
• 4303 Diamond Head Road, Kalia 101
• Hawaii Writing Project: C/O Shel Hershinow
• Honolulu, HI 96816