The 2024 ʻŌlelo Youth Xchange Video Challenge included handmade bird puppets, lab scientist costumes, moʻolelo, and animated infographics.

K-12 students across Hawaiʻi used these items to create video projects about forest birds as part of the video contest, run by ʻŌlelo Community Media, which included a video category called “Makahiki o Nā Manu Nahele: Year of the Forest Birds,” sponsored by the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW).

 Twenty-four student groups submitted videos for the forest bird category, which were reviewed by judges and narrowed down to nine finalists, including three from elementary schools, three from middle schools, and three from high schools.

The top-ranked videos were submitted by Pearl City Highlands Elementary School, Kaimukī Middle School, and ‘Alo Kēhau o ka ʻĀina Mauna High School. 

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