HONOLULU – Ua loaʻa i ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi (HIDOE) ʻekolu mau haʻawina mai ka hui ʻo Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) e hoʻolalelale i nā hana e hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻokō makemakika ma nā kula ʻo Campbell-Kapolei Complex Area, e hoʻomohala i ka ʻepekema kamepiula a me nā mākau makemakika ma nā kula ʻo Kailua-Kalāheo Complex Area, a e hoʻohui i nā papahana mahiʻai me ka Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (Waaluai Area) ke aʻo ʻana i ka Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (Waaluai Area. nā kula. E loaʻa i kēlā me kēia wahi paʻakikī kahi hāʻawi DoDEA o $2 miliona.
Hāʻawi ʻo DoDEA i nā lawelawe hoʻonaʻauao kūpono i nā poʻe hilinaʻi pūʻali koa a puni ka honua a hana pū me HIDOE e hoʻonui i nā manawa ma nā kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi me ka heluna nui o nā haumāna hilinaʻi pūʻali koa e lawelawe ana nā mākua ma nā lālā like ʻole o ka pūʻali koa US. Mai ka makahiki 2008, ua hoʻokomo kālā ʻo DoDEA ma kahi o $29 miliona ma nā haʻawina kōkua kālā ma nā kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hopena haumāna.
"Mahalo nui mākou i ke kākoʻo mau ʻana o kā mākou mau hoa DoDEA nāna i hāʻawi i nā manawa aʻo hou a hoʻonui i ko mākou mau kula i hoʻopilikia ʻia i ka pūʻali koa i nā makahiki he 15," wahi a Bob Davis, Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua Complex Area Superintendent. "ʻO kēia mau haʻawina lokomaikaʻi e hoʻonui i ke aʻo ʻana iā STEM a hāʻawi i kā mākou mau haumāna i ka ʻenehana hou a me nā ʻike lima lima e lilo i kumu no nā ʻoihana a me ka kūleʻa e hiki mai ana."
Ua loaʻa i ka ʻāpana ʻo Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua ka hāʻawi kālā he $2 miliona no kāna "Agricultural Technology Innovation Project" e hoʻohui i nā papahana mahiʻai me ke aʻo ʻana i ka Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). E loaʻa i nā haumāna a me nā limahana nā manawa e noʻonoʻo ai, hoʻolālā a hoʻohui i ke kaʻina hana hoʻolālā ʻenekinia no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka meaʻai hoʻomau ma o ka hoʻohui ʻenehana, ʻoihana culinary a me nā hana mahiʻai hou i ka laulima ʻana me nā kula ʻē aʻe. E lawelawe ana ka haawina ia Wheeler, Waiawa, Daniel K. Inouye, Helemano a me Mililani Uka elementaries, Wheeler Middle a me Leilehua High.
Ua loaʻa i ka Campbell-Kapolei Complex Area kahi haʻawina $2 miliona no kāna papahana “Pōhaku Kumu: Foundation Stones for Math Achievement” e hoʻoikaika i ke aʻo makemakika ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke aʻo ʻana i loko o ka papa ma o ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka Project Based Learning (PBL). E loaʻa i nā haumāna nā manawa e hoʻohana ai i ka ʻenehana i kēlā me kēia lā e hoʻoikaika i ke aʻo ʻana i ka makemakika. E hāʻawi pū ke kākoʻo haumāna papa nui a me nā hana ma hope o ke kula i nā haumāna me nā mākau kumu koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻokō makemakika. E lawelawe ana ka haawina i ke kahakai o Ewa, Ho'okele a me Iroquois Point elementaries, Ewa Makai Middle, Ilima Intermediate, Kapolei Middle, Campbell High a me Kapolei High.
Ua loaʻa i ka ʻĀpana Pākīpika o Kailua-Kalāheo he haʻawina $2 miliona no kāna papahana “Kūlia i ka nuʻu: Striving for Excellence in Developing Computational Thinkers through Enriching Computer Science and Math Education” e kālele ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mākaukau makemakika a me ke komo ʻana i nā papa ʻepekema kamepiula. E loaʻa i nā haumāna nā kākoʻo ʻenehana i loko o ka lumi papa e like me nā Chromebook a me nā pahu aʻo Lego, me nā manawa aʻo extracurricular e like me nā kahua hoʻomoana ʻepekema kamepiula a me nā hui robotics. The grant will serve 'Aikahi, Kainalu, Mōkapu, Kailua, Maunawili and Kaʻelepulu elementaries, Kailua Intermediate and Kalāheo High.
No ka 'ike hou aku e pili ana i DoDEA a me kāna hana e kākoʻo ana i nā haumāna hilinaʻi pūʻali koa a puni ka honua, e kipa www.dodea.edu.
