Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Gold Medalist, and Jesse Sapolu, Super Bowl Champion and Farrington High School and University of Hawaiʻi graduate, visited Linapuni Elementary to do a meet and greet and read aloud with students.
Linapuni Elementary is a partner school of Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream, a nonprofit organization committed to ensuring that children have access to high-quality books and extensive family engagement support. As a partner school, Linapuni students were provided with a tablet and digital children’s books to help increase access to reading.
In the 2022-23 school year, Always Dream partnered with 11 Hawai'i schools and helped 940 students and family members develop at-home reading routines.