How to Apply
HILO CAMPUS ONLY
Serving Hawai’i Island, Maui County, Kauai, and select schools on Oahu
Class dates: January through June & July through December
Pathways
- Credit Recovery
- HiSET
Application Process
Step 1: Sign up for an Orientation
- Call or Text: 808-430-4184
- Email: [email protected]
- Online Form: Sign up here
Step 2: Attend an Orientation
Where: Zoom (contact admissions for link)
Dates:
- TBA
Bring or submit the following:
- Completed Application – signed by candidate and all custodial parents/guardians
- Birth Certificate – copy
- Social Security Card – copy
- Medical Insurance Card – copy
- Government Issued ID (State ID, Driver’s License, Military ID, or Passport) – copy
Step 3: Ohana Interview
Bring or submit the following:
- Enrollment Agreement (Completed/Signed by applicant and all custodial parents/guardians are sent back to YCA)
- Parent Questionnaire, Custody, 911 Contact form (Completed/Signed by all custodial parents/guardians are sent back to YCA)
- Waivers (Completed/Signed by all custodial parents/guardians are sent back to YCA)
- Family Tree Project (Completed/Signed by applicant and all custodial parents/guardians are sent back to YCA)
- Medical Aid Station, Rx (Completed/Signed all custodial parents/guardians are sent back to YCA)
- Medical Provider forms (Please fill out parent/guardian sections ONLY, then bring to medical appointments. Completed/Signed forms are sent back to YCA)
- Juvenile Criminal Report (This is REQUIRED for all applicants. Requests are processed at your Family Court, results are sent back to YCA)
Step 4: Attend an Endurance Event (Hilo Schedule)
Where: Liliuokalani Gardens
Dates:
- TBA
Please bring or wear:
- WATER!
- Athletic clothes
- WATER!
- Running shoes
- WATER!
- Your game face
- WATER!
- Any questions you have about the program
- Last but not least, WATER!
Selection Process
Step 1: Review Board
- Team leads in all departments will review each candidate that have successfully completed all steps in the Application process.
Step 2: Letters of Acceptance
- Sent via email and/or USPS to candidates that are selected
Step 3: Ohana Decisions
- TBA
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