Niihau School of Kekaha

21°58′09″N 159°42′40″W / 21.9692823°N 159.7111523°W / 21.9692823; -159.7111523 Niihau School of Kekaha (NSK, Hawaiian: Hale Kula Niihau o Kekaha), also known as Ke Kula Niihau O Kekaha Learning Center (KKNOK), is a K-12 charter school in Kekaha, Kauaʻi, Hawaii catering to Niʻihau people living on Kauaʻi.

According to Christine Hitt of Hawaiʻi Magazine, the school is trying to keep the Niʻihau dialect alive due to a growing Niʻihau diaspora in Kauaʻi, where the dominant languages are instead English and Hawaiian Pidgin.

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