{"id":9757,"date":"2024-08-20T10:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=9757"},"modified":"2025-03-21T10:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T20:09:02","slug":"2024-hidoe-names-finalists-for-the-2025-hawai%ca%bbi-state-teacher-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/2024-hidoe-names-finalists-for-the-2025-hawai%ca%bbi-state-teacher-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"HIDOE names finalists for the 2025 Hawai\u02bbi State Teacher of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

HONOLULU \u2014 The Hawai\u02bbi State Department of Education (HIDOE) today named 15 complex area teachers of the year and one charter school teacher of the year as finalists for the 2025 Hawai\u02bbi State Teacher of the Year recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEach of these educators utilize innovative approaches to cultivate high-quality environments of teaching and learning where students can thrive,\u201d Superintendent Keith Hayashi said. \u201cTheir passion for teaching and unwavering dedication to student success inspire and elevate our students, staff, schools and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The honored finalists, in alphabetical order, are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teacher<\/strong><\/div><\/td>
\u00c1rea compleja<\/strong><\/div><\/td>
Escuela<\/strong><\/div><\/td>
Subject or Grade<\/strong><\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Leah \u02bbAiwohi<\/div><\/td>
Kapaa, Kauai y Waimea<\/div><\/td>
Escuela secundaria Kauai<\/div><\/td>
Computer Science, STEM and Career Technical Education<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Ian Cablay<\/div><\/td>
Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua<\/div><\/td>
Waialua High<\/div><\/td>
Music\/Band<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Tennelle Clark<\/div><\/td>
N\u0101n\u0101kuli-Wai\u02bbanae<\/div><\/td>
Escuela primaria Wai'anae<\/div><\/td>
5to grado<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Lauren Collier<\/div><\/td>
Castillo-Kahuku<\/div><\/td>
Kane\u2018ohe Elementary<\/div><\/td>
Educaci\u00f3n especial<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Robin Cone-Murakami Barros<\/div><\/td>
Public Charter Schools<\/div><\/td>
The School for Examining Essential Questions of Sustainability (SEEQS)<\/div><\/td>
Art<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Leah Gouker<\/div><\/td>
Ka\u2018\u016b-Kea\u02bbau-P\u0101hoa<\/div><\/td>
P\u0101hoa High<\/div><\/td>
Estudios sociales<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Nicole Laeha<\/div><\/td>
Kailua-Kal\u0101heo<\/div><\/td>
Nivel intermedio de Kailua<\/div><\/td>
Computer Science and Engineering Electives<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Karla \u201cViviana\u201d Martinez<\/div><\/td>
Honoka'a-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena\u00a0<\/div><\/td>
Preparatoria Konawaena<\/div><\/td>
Artes del lenguaje ingl\u00e9s<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Jessie O\u2019Neill-Prest<\/div><\/td>
Baldwin-Kekaulike-K\u016blanih\u0101ko'i-Maui<\/div><\/td>
Escuela primaria Kihei<\/div><\/td>
Curriculum Coordinator<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Jaime \u201cKumu Eva\u201d Palakiko<\/div><\/td>
H\u0101na-Lahainaluna-L\u0101na\u02bbi-Molokai<\/div><\/td>
Escuela Secundaria Lahainaluna<\/div><\/td>
Hawaiian Language, Hula, Hawaiian History<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Jonathan Peralto<\/div><\/td>
Hilo-Wai\u0101kea<\/div><\/td>
Nivel intermedio de Wai\u0101kea<\/div><\/td>
Estudios sociales<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Jennifer Sato<\/div><\/td>
Kaimuk\u012b-McKinley-Roosevelt<\/div><\/td>
Escuela primaria K\u016bhi\u014d<\/div><\/td>
Academic Coach<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Bryan Silver<\/div><\/td>
Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani<\/div><\/td>
Preparatoria Kalani\u00a0<\/div><\/td>
Career Technical Education: Engineering<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Erin Takamura-Luu<\/div><\/td>
'Aiea-Moanalua-Radford<\/div><\/td>
Escuela primaria Red Hill<\/div><\/td>
1er grado<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Sherry Tenn<\/div><\/td>
Ciudad Perla-Waipahu<\/div><\/td>
Preparatoria Waipahu<\/div><\/td>
Career Technical Education: Natural Resources<\/div><\/td><\/tr>
Kim Virtudazo<\/div><\/td>
Campbell-Kapolei<\/div><\/td>
Escuela secundaria Campbell<\/div><\/td>
Artes del lenguaje ingl\u00e9s<\/div><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In October, one teacher will be announced as the 2025 Hawai\u02bbi State Teacher of the Year and will go on to represent Hawai\u02bbi in the National Teacher of the Year program<\/a>. The honor is presented annually to a teacher selected from more than 13,000 HIDOE educators.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HONOLULU \u2014 The Hawai\u02bbi State Department of Education (HIDOE) today named 15 complex area teachers of the year and one charter school teacher of the year as finalists for the 2025 Hawai\u02bbi State Teacher of the Year recognition. \u201cEach of these educators utilize innovative approaches to cultivate high-quality environments of teaching and learning where students […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","wp_popup_display_lightbox":0,"wp_popup_suppress":"","wp_popup_trigger":"","wp_popup_trigger_amount":0,"wp_popup_disable_on_mobile":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":21,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Chanel Honda","author_link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/author\/chanel-hondak12-hi-us\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":21,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":320,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":21,"category_count":320,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-15 06:36:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_status","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}