ABOUT US
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ABOUT US |
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Like the lychee in Kalihi Valley, the students are rough on the outside but sweet on the inside. Public perception of Farrington is of gangs, violence and low achievement. We want to change that perception to more accurately reflect the wide array of positive talents, accomplishments and possibilities of our urban youth. We are establishing a model that other 'tough' high schools can adopt. We consciously work to meet the demands of Hawaii's employers and communities for worker-citizens with higher-order thinking skills: critical thinking, agility in judgment, creativity, imagination, cooperative decision making, literacy, communication, and the capacity for problem-solving. Kalihi Works is a program dedicated with this charter.
TST engages youth in all aspects of play production. They write
original material, dance, Students also tour to 5th grade classes and teach performer and audience skills. These Envoy Tours to Kalihi elementary schools help youngsters gain the performing courage needed to score in class while underscoring the support an audience needs to offer shy classmates the courage to take their turn in front. This tour ranks as irreplaceable base line to insure our kids understand what a REAL work commitment entails and to realize what being a trouper requires. After offering a short performance together, each of 6-8 TST performers solo coach 6-12 fifth graders and bring them to supported performance before the period ends. They do this 5 to 7 times per day. The T-Shirt Theatre program helps Graduates embark with enhanced esteem that encourages future life success. See Honolulu Magazine feature on TST
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multi-ethnic adolescents, ages 13-20, rehearse after school in the Farrington High School
auditorium, home to the largest inner-city student body in Hawaii.
sing, act, run lights and sound, manage
front-of-house, and perform for