History

Established in 1895 as Kindergarten and Children's Aid Association and one of Hawaii's first eleemosynary organizations, KCAA offered the first teacher training program and free kindergarten to all of Hawaii's children. The teacher training program was eventually moved to what became the University of Hawaii, and the kindergartens were taken over by the Territorial Department of Education, allowing the organization to focus on serving younger children. During it's over 100 year history, KCAA has served over 100,000 children and trained hundreds of teachers of young children.