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Hawaii Becomes the First State to Adopt a Filipino History Course in Its Statewide Public Schools
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Hawaii has become the first state to adopt a Filipino history course in its statewide public schools.
The history course is titled CHR 2300 Filipino History Culture and was created by a group called the Filipino Curriculum Project which consists of Filipino students who wanted their stories to be represented in the classroom.
“It honestly feels very unreal to me,” said Marissa Halagao, the founder of the group. “I’m so excited and so grateful that this course is finally getting approved. I started this project as a sophomore in high school and now I’m a graduated senior and it’s just so amazing to see how far we’ve come.”