The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) this week announced Waikele Elementary’s Stacy Kawamura as a 2022 National Outstanding Assistant Principal. Each year NAESP recognizes a select cohort of assistant principals from across the country. This year 22 assistant principals nationwide were recognized — 17 from elementary schools and five from the middle school…

Public high school graduation ceremonies have been scheduled for the Class of 2022. Ceremony guidelines are being eased to reflect less restrictive COVID-19 health and safety requirements across the state, but certain restrictions will still apply to attendees. High school graduation ceremonies have been scheduled for the Class of 2022, with dates and locations listed…

HONOLULU – Michelle Le Iwasaki, an academic coach at Kalihi Kai Elementary School has become the latest recipient of the prestigious Milken Educator Award. Regarded as the “Oscar Award of Teaching,” the award honors outstanding excellence in education and comes with an unrestricted $25,000 cash prize. Iwasaki is the only Milken Educator Award winner from…

HONOLULU — Proud Kalihi Waena Elementary students and staff held a special tree-planting ceremony to dedicate a new walkway that provides a safe path and a unique learning environment for students walking to and from the Kalihi Stream-side of campus.  Students planted 23 lemon trees along the new walkway named Alanui ‘Ohana ‘Ālani (Citrus Street)…

KAILUA — “There is no loss in choosing Kaiapuni,” exclaims Pahonu Coleman, a freshman at Kailua High School in Windward O‘ahu. “No loss, only opportunity.” This school year Kailua High joins 21 other public schools that host the Department’s Hawaiian Language Immersion Program, Ka Papahana Kaiapuni — or Kaiapuni for short. Students in Kaiapuni not only speak primarily in…

WAIKIKI — Students from 13 Hawai‘i public schools won a total of 36 national media awards — including eight first-place awards — during the 2022 Student Television Network (STN) National Convention that was held over the President’s Day weekend. STN, which aims to support, promote and recognize excellence in scholastic broadcast journalism, filmmaking and multimedia, announced the winners Feb.…

HONOLULU — Students, staff and community members commemorated the renaming of the former Central Middle School back to its original name honoring Princess Ruth Keanolani Kanāhoahoa Keʻelikōlani in a ceremony today celebrating her 196th birthday. “The restoration of the schoolʻs name celebrates Princess Keʻelikōlaniʻs devotion to the education of children in Hawaiʻi and connects our…

HONOLULU – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is seeking sponsor organizations on all islands to help provide children in low-income communities with free meals during the summer months.  The SFSP provides nutritious meals that help children to learn, play, and grow during the summer break when many schools are not in…