Category: Balita
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HIDOE names finalists for 2025 Employee, Manager and Team of the Year awards
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) has announced its nominees for the 2025 Employee, Manager and Team of the Year awards, recognizing employees whose work reflects sustained excellence, leadership and teamwork. One recipient in each category will be named at a recognition ceremony next month honoring nominees from schools and offices across…
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HIDOE to reopen public schools statewide on Tuesday, Feb. 10
HIDOE to reopen public schools statewide on Tuesday, Feb. 10 The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education announced that all public schools and offices are expected to reopen on Tuesday, Feb. 10, following the improvement of weather conditions statewide. State and county emergency officials have indicated that the severe weather impacting the state has subsided and…
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Students take the helm at Secondary Student Conference, charting Hawai‘i’s future
At the State Capitol this week, Hawaiʻi public school students stepped into roles often reserved for adults, debating legislation, drafting testimony and meeting directly with lawmakers on issues that affect their daily lives. For more than 165 student delegates from across the state, the experience was part of the Secondary Student Conference (SSC), a long-running…
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Staff Spotlight: Anneliese Tanner (School Food Services Branch)
Anneliese Tanner Title: School Food Program AdministratorJob site: Diamond Head AnnexYears in the HIDOE: < 1 yearYears in the position: < 1 year Anneliese Tanner joined the Department last fall as School Food Services Administrator, overseeing statewide operations that provide over 100,000 student meals daily. A seasoned leader in K-12 food systems, she previously served…
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Student Voice: I can be the change (and so can you!)
From left to right, students Kūlia Numazawa-Larnio, a ninth grader at Kanu O Ka ‘Aina Charter School, Tapu Hakaumotu, a 2025 Kaua‘i High graduate, and Caleb Saiki-Fabro, an eighth grader at Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School, were invited to attend a Kaua‘i County Council meeting on Jan. 7.
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Bridging the future: Kealakehe Elementary breaks ground on $16M classroom building
KEALAKEHE — Kealakehe Elementary School has begun work on a $16 million classroom building that will expand learning space, better serve a growing student population, and physically connect the school’s upper and lower campuses. The new two story, 13,000 square foot building will add four classrooms, special education spaces, an outdoor classroom, covered learning lanai,…
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Niu Valley Middle School signs sister-school agreement with Taiwan’s Guang Wu Junior High School
The partnership marks the first formal partnership between a Hawaiʻi and Taiwan school HONOLULU — Niu Valley Middle School yesterday held a Sister School Cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) signing ceremony with Guang Wu Junior High School from Hsinchu, Taiwan. The partnership marks the first formal partnership between a Hawaiʻi and Taiwan school. The signing…
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First AINA Kitchen Network facility breaks ground to create centralized kitchen to prepare, distribute school meals
WAHIAWĀ – State and local leaders gathered to break ground on a new regional centralized kitchen facility in Whitmore Village that will modernize school meal preparation, incorporate more locally sourced ingredients and boost efficiency across public school cafeterias. The regional kitchen is a centralized facility where meals will be prepared in bulk and distributed to…
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Alumni Spotlight: Kathryn Ko (Kalani High)
Kathryn Ko Occupation: NeurosurgeonWhat school you grad? Kalani High School ‘73College: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Academy of Art UniversityMedical School: University of Hawai’i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)Location: New York City Dr. Kathryn Ko believes that art and medicine go hand in hand—both hands, in her case. An artist and…
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ʻEwa Makai Middle and Waialua High & Intermediate recognized as inaugural middle-level Hawaiʻi Schools of Democracy
ʻEWA BEACH AND WAIALUA — The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education today recognized ʻEwa Makai Middle and Waialua High & Intermediate as the state’s inaugural middle-level Hawaiʻi Schools of Democracy, honoring the schools’ exemplary commitment to civic education, student voice and democratic engagement. The Hawaiʻi Schools of Democracy initiative recognizes schools that excel at preparing…