Scholarships
HEA Richard Keakahiwa/Wilhelmina Luna Scholarship
Scholarship Requirements and Procedures
The HEA Richard Keakahiwa/Wilhelmina Luna Scholarship has been established for an education major, intending to teach in a Hawaii public school, elementary or secondary level. One $2,000 scholarship is being offered to full-time undergraduate students currently attending an accredited institution of higher learning. Applicants must have a grade point average of 3.2 or better. A payment of $1,000 will be sent each semester to the credit of the recipient at the institution enrolled.
Richard Keakahiwa was a 6th grade teacher at Fern School in Honolulu! He was an innovative teacher, with more than 20 years of teaching service! He inspired his students to further their education & to give back to their community! He taught innovatively in music, art, penmanship, horticulture, English, math, agriculture, Hawaiian culture & language!
Wilhelmina Luna was the mother of one of Mr. Keakahiwa’s students! She worked with him to ensure her son, Wilbur Luna, would work to become a public school teacher who would help students to complete & further their education as Mr. Keakahiwa had done!”
Wilhelmina Torres Luna completed 9 years of education in Pāpaloa, Hawai’i! She was a self-educated woman, a mother, seamstress, welder at Pearl Harbor during World War II, & custodian at Moanalua (One Room) School & Kawananakoa Intermediate School!”
Selection will be based on the following information:
- Completed HEA Richard Keakahiwa/Wilhelmina Luna Scholarship Form, including summary paragraph on financial need
- Personal statement
- Summarize your pursuit of education degree, etc.
- Recommendations (three required)
- Three recommendations are required, two from college instructors, and one from a club advisor or employer or a community leader. Applicant should provide each person with the Recommendation Form provided below.
- Official college transcripts
The following table of points will be applied in scoring:
1-10 points Financial Need
1-5 Points Personal Statement
1-5 points Recommendations
1-10 points Official College Transcript
The HEA Scholarship Committee will review all applications and select the scholarship winners. The Committee’s decision will be final.
If mailing or emailing applications, transcripts, forms and reference letters, please address them and any questions to:
HEA Scholarship Committee (Keakahiwa/Luna Scholarship)
1953 South Beretania Street, Suite 5C
Honolulu, HI 96826
Phone: 949-6657
or hea.office@hawaiieducationassociation.org
Applications, transcripts, forms and reference letters must be received by 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 via mail, email or submitted through the website.
TO APPLY ONLINE (Click form below):
SY 2026-2027 HEA Richard Keakahiwa/Wilhelmina Luna Application Form
SY 2026-2027 HEA Richard Keakahiwa/Wilhelmina Luna Recommendation Form
TO OBTAIN PDF FILLABLE (Click form below):
SY 2026-2027 HEA Richard Keakahiwa/Wilhelmina Luna Application Form
SY 2026-2027 HEA Richard Keakahiwa/Wilhelmina Luna Recommendation Form