CANDO! DAYS
FOR STUDENTS
2025-2026
ABOUT CANDO! DAYS
The MACC’s longest-running and most comprehensive arts education field trip program. CanDo! Days engages students (primarily 1-5) in interactive, hands-on lessons in Visual Arts, Theater, Movement, Mele. Each session integrates Hawaiian cultural knowledge, social-emotional learning (SEL), and Department of Education content standards, and is offered in English and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi.
2025-2026 SY THEME
We’re thrilled to invite everyone, from the uplands to the shores, to join us for this year’s CanDo! Days. The theme builds on 2024-2025’s exploration of the ahupua‘a system, focusing on mea kanu—the plants that nourish, heal, and sustain. By deepening our understanding of how plants connect to the land and culture, this theme highlights sustainable practices, native flora, and the vital role of plants in building resilient communities.
Through Nā Hopena A‘o (Hā) learning outcomes, students will engage in a day filled with arts integration, exploring mele, theater, visual arts, and movement. It’s an invitation to reconnect with the environment through creativity, knowledge, and hands-on experiences.
INTEGRATED STANDARDS
Explore our 2025- 2026 Arts Integration Crosswalk, a comprehensive guide aligning the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s CanDo! Days lesson plans with Hawaiʻi DOE Common Core (ELA & Math), Nā Hopena Aʻo (HĀ), Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and National Core Arts Standards (NCAS).
This document provides educators with clear, genre-based connections across Music, Movement, Theater, and Visual Arts, making it easy to see how each lesson supports academic rigor, cultural grounding, and whole-child development.
REMINDERS
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Due to the limited amount of CanDo! Days available, we are only offering CanDo! Days for Grades 1-5.
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To accomidate the island-wide bus shortage, CanDo! Days will end at 12:35pm.
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This year, all attendees (students, teachers, chaperones, etc.) are required to submit a participation waiver prior to beginning their scheduled CanDo! Day. Teachers/Administrators may upload all completed forms or notify education@mauiarts.org if you be bringing them on your scheduled CanDo! Day.
PRINTABLE FORMS & RESOURCES
Upload Completed Waivers
PRE & POST CANDO! DAYS ACTIVITIES
Get Ready for Your CanDo! Days Visit
Before your CanDo! Days experience, use the resources linked on this page to help your students step into the day with excitement and confidence. You’ll find key vocabulary, essential concepts, and curated links that offer a glimpse of what they’ll explore. These tools are designed to build anticipation, support understanding, and help your class make meaningful connections once they arrive.
Continue the Learning!
After your CanDo! Days experience, return here to keep the momentum going. This is where you’ll find take-home worksheets, creative prompts, and classroom-ready lesson ideas designed to help you continue sparking curiosity, creativity, and joyful learning with your students. These resources are meant to support reflection, deepen connections, and inspire new ways to bring the arts into your everyday classroom activities.
INFO & INSTRUCTIONS
ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE
Plan to arrive at the Education Complex by no later than 8:50am as the program will begin promptly at 9:00am and will end at 1:00pm, unless arranged prior to attendance.
Please note, if your group arrives prior to 8:40am, you are welcome to offload your students from their buses, however, you may need to wait in the grassy area in the MACC's McCoy Courtyard until our staff has completed their setup.
GROUPS
The program requires 4 (four) groups, one for each class rotation. Please divide and identify groups by A,B,C,D prior to arrival. Please bring at least one chaperone to be present for each group. Teachers and/or chaperones are encouraged to be actively participating with your students. The MACC’s Teaching Artists are not responsible for behavior management or supervision.
COST, ATTENDANCE & CANCELLATIONS
This year, the cost is FREE! However, available days are limited, therefore we kindly ask if you register for a particular date that you commit to attending. Otherwise please cancel no later than 30 (thirty) days of your reserved date. Failure to do so may result in an automatic $500 fee charged to your school.
ATTIRE
Students should wear slippers/sandals and comfortable clothing so that they can move easily. Girls will be most comfortable wearing shorts. All students will be participating in I Ola Kakou A pau (IOKA, Movement), sitting on floors and in grassy areas.
SCHEDULE (Subject to change)
ARRIVAL 8:40-8:50
INTRODUCTION 9:00-9:10 (10 min)
SESSION I 9:10-9:55 (45 min)
SESSION 2 9:55-10:40 (45 min)
LUNCH 10:40-11:05 (25 min)
SESSION 3 11:05-11:50 (45 min)
SESSION 4 11:50-12:35 (45 min)
LUNCH
Please have each student bring a lunch including a beverage. They will have a lunch break in the courtyard.
SPECIAL REQUESTS
If you have concerns about special needs for students, please let us know in advance. Prior knowledge helps our professional instructors to be prepared and keep a creative and safe learning environment for them and all other attending students.
COST, ATTENDANCE & CANCELLATIONS
This year, the cost is FREE! However, available days are limited, therefore we kindly ask if you register for a particular date that you commit to attending. Otherwise please cancel no later than 30 (thirty) days of your reserved date. Failure to do so may result in an automatic $500 fee charged to your school.
ʻŌLELO HAWAIʻI
GRADES
DATES
TIME
COST
CAPACITY
2nd through 5th
February 2026
9:00 am - 12:35 pm
FREE!
Maximum Students: 100 per day
Minimum Students: 50 per day
Maximum Adults: 1 adult per 10 students
All Dates Fully Booked? Join the Waitlist!
Mahalo for your interest! If none of your preferred dates are available, or if all dates are filled, please complete the waitlist form
by clicking the link below. Don’t worry, schools do occasionally cancel, and spots may open up. Once you’ve submitted the form, we’ll contact you right away if a date becomes available.