celebrating 70 years
Since 1954
PAAC has worked with 100,000+ Students
Bringing the World to Hawai'i’s Youth
PAAC offers many opportunities for high school students and teachers to enrich their knowledge and perspectives on critical global issues. For more information, please call 808-944-7780.
PAAC empowers Hawaiʻi teens with the skills to be the global leaders of tomorrow. PAAC’s award-winning High School Global Education Program (HSGEP) uses non-traditional, experiential learning to engage and excite students about global issues. PAAC strives to develop students' leadership, empathy, critical thinking, and cross-cultural collaboration skills.
PAAC's HSGEP includes student-led clubs, after-school global studies classes, inter-school conferences and competitions, global action service projects, study tours to Asia and the Pacific, and over $120,000 in academic and travel scholarships to support students annually.