'a pó now offers official high school curriculum in cooperation with the Padre Sebastian Englert Anthropological Museum and Brother Eugenio Eyraud High School. Local students that enroll in the course will be provided opportunities for computer learning, library work, laboratory analysis, and field research. The first semester of the academic year focuses on classroom education and introduces students to topics such as Pacific Island prehistory and biogeography, Polynesian and Rapa Nui prehistory, basic archaeological theory, and current issues in cultural conservation.
During the second semester of the academic year, students will learn basic archaeological field methods for data acquisition. While a variety of archaeological methods are explored, the outreach program is dedicated primarily to non-invasive and non-destructive field research. We concentrate on GPS and GIS mapping, digital photography, and quantitative/qualitative site descriptions. Field methods will be directly applied to cutting-edge research projects and high-priority conservation efforts on the island. Late in 2008, students will begin work on the Inland Statue Project.

Special thanks to the following contributors for making this project possible:

Vicky Abigania, Tammy Adams, Ann Altman, Eric Caldwell, Kurtis Derell, Luara and Jonathan DeVilbiss, Easter Island Foundation, Frances Wong, Toni Agustin, Jeanne Herbert, Leslie and Jamie Jeffryes, Tim Jeffryes, Carol Kuboyama, Yuri Lang, Jim and Lisa Maino, Rick and Ruby Marine, Darlene Markovich, Sydney and Sharon Martin, Alan and Monica McClelland, Elizabeth McFarlane, Randy Munro, Lita Olegario, Fred and Julia Shepardson, Leonard and Kiyomi Smothermon, Eileen Wacker, Kim Wischman.

Students of the inaugural high school outreach class:

Yemima Andrade, Marisela Carrizo, Mareva Cruz, Cristina Osorio, Teresita Manutomatoma,
Mayra Ramirez, Vai Torres Riroroko, Javiera Tuki, Verónica Tuki, Marta Vigouroux, Tiare Zuniga