March 2017 marked the first PAAC study tour to French Polynesia (Tahiti) with 11 students from across Hawaii. The students shared their knowledge and love of Hawaiian culture, and deepened their understanding of their place in the world in the most time-honored way – by leaving home. Mahalo to the Mamoru & Aiko Takitani Foundation and the Sidney Stern Memorial Trust for providing scholarships for this study tour.