WAIPIO — Ua kapa ʻia ka ʻAhahui Luna Hoʻokele o ke kula haʻahaʻa a me ke kula waena (HEMSAA) ʻo Pauoa Elementary School ʻo Dale Arakaki ka mokuʻāina ʻo 2024 National Distinguished Principal ma kahi hanana makana i ka Lāpule, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kāna "paʻa paʻa ʻole i ka holomua o ka hoʻonaʻauao."

Hāʻawi ka National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā poʻo kumu kula haʻahaʻa a waena o ka ʻāina i hoʻonohonoho i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe no ke aʻo ʻana, ka holomua o nā haumāna, ke ʻano a me ke aniau no kā lākou mau haumāna, ʻohana a me nā limahana kula.

Ma ke ʻano he Poʻo Kūkākūkā Lahui o ka mokuʻāina no ka makahiki, e kū ana ʻo Arakaki i luna o Hawaiʻi a e ʻike ʻia no kona kūlana maikaʻi ma ke alakaʻi ʻana me nā mea ʻē aʻe o ka mokuʻāina.

ʻO Arakaki, ka mea nāna i alakaʻi i ke kula haʻahaʻa o Pauoa no 10 mau makahiki, ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia ʻo ia me ka hoʻoikaika nui ʻana i ka hoʻokō kula ma ke kula, kahi kula Title I kahi i ʻike ʻia ai ka hapalua o nā haumāna he haʻahaʻa kālā a loaʻa iā ia no ka ʻaina awakea manuahi a hoʻemi ʻia. Ua hōʻemi pū ke kula i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā haumāna me nā pono kiʻekiʻe a me kā lākou mau hoa.

“Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ʻo Pauoa loaʻa (National Blue Ribbon School) kūlana i ka makahiki 2018, he hōʻike i kāna ʻike makaʻala, ka hoʻoholo kūpono, a me ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻonaʻauao," wahi a Linell Dilwith, ka luna hoʻokele paʻakikī no nā kula ma Kaimuki-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area, a me Pauoa Elementary. “ʻO ka hiki iā Dale ke hoʻoikaika a hoʻoikaika i nā haumāna a me nā limahana ua alakaʻi i nā holomua nui i nā hopena hoʻonaʻauao."

Ma waho aʻe o ka kūleʻa hoʻonaʻauao maikaʻi, mahalo ʻia ʻo Arakaki no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kahi moʻomeheu kula haʻaheo, kamaʻilio ākea, kaiāulu a me ka 'ohana.

“ʻAʻole ʻo ke poʻokela Arakaki i hoʻokūpaʻa wale i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻonaʻauao kula akā, ʻoi aku ka mea nui iaʻu, ʻo ka ulu pilikino a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke ʻano o nā haumāna," wahi a Sergio Alcubilla, he makua haʻahaʻa o Pauoa a he lālā a he luna o ke kula PTA o Pauoa Ohana a Aha Kula Kaiapuni. “ʻO ka ʻōlelo maʻamau o ke kula, ʻO ka Manaʻoʻiʻo e Achieve, Kū i luna, E Lohe ʻia, E Hoʻomaikaʻi kākou i kēia manawa!' ʻo ia ka ʻōlelo a ke Kumu Arakaki i hoʻolaʻa ai ma ke kula haʻahaʻa o Pauoa."

He 27 makahiki ko Arakaki ma na kula aupuni, e hoomaka ana ma ke ano he kumu a'o ma Kamaile Elementary kahi i a'o ai a noho hope pookela. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he hope poʻokela ma Waipahu Elementary ma mua o kona komo ʻana i ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo Pauoa i ka makahiki 2014.

ʻO Arakaki (Ka Apana ʻo Honolulu) kekahi o nā mea hope ʻehiku no ka makana poʻokela poʻokela o kēia makahiki – e pani ana i kēlā me kēia apana kula o ka 'Oihana. ʻO nā mea hope ʻē aʻe (kiʻi ʻia ma lalo, e noho ana) ʻo:

• Lynne Ajifu, poʻo o Mililani Ike Elementary (Apana Waena)
• Daniel Espaniola, poʻokela o Kaunakakai Elementary (Maui District)
• Sam Izumi, poʻo o Kapunahala Elementary (Mahele Windward)
• Noreen Kunitomo, poʻokela o Hōnaunau Elementary (Ka Apana Hawaiʻi)
• Jean Morris, poʻo o ke Aliʻi wahine Kamakahelei Middle (Kauai District)
• Kim Sanders, poʻo o 'Ewa Makai Middle (Leeward District)

Ua ʻike pū ʻia kēia hanana iā Jennifer Pimentel, hope poʻo ma Lānaʻi High & Elementary, ʻo ia ke Kokua Poʻo Poʻokela Lahui Nui o ka makahiki 2024.

ʻO Pimentel, he haumāna o Lānaʻi High & Elementary, ʻike ʻia ʻo ia i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pilina maikaʻi i loko o ke kula, ma waena o ke kula a me kona kaiāulu, a ma ka ʻOihana holoʻokoʻa.

“Ua haʻi aku ʻo Mrs. Ua hōʻike ʻo Pimentel i nā ʻano alakaʻi kupaianaha me ka hōʻike ʻana i ka manaʻo maikaʻi a me ka ʻoihana hiʻohiʻona ma o ka lawelawe ʻana i nā kūlana paʻakikī me ka hilinaʻi a me ka noʻonoʻo," wahi a Lānaʻi High & Elementary Principal Douglas Boyer. "ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia kāna mau loea interpersonal me nā hoa hana a me nā mea pili i ke kula, a ua hele mau ʻo ia i luna a i ʻole e hoʻomohala i ka ʻike like ʻana i nā hana a me nā kulekele hui aupuni, moku a me ke kula."

Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Boyer, ua kōkua ʻo ia i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā pilikia pili i ka hana a nā haumāna ma ke kula, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi hāʻawi no ka pōmaikaʻi i ka poʻe i pōʻino i ke ahi ahi o Maui, a ua hoʻopiha ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kumu pani no ka hapaha e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu kula kiʻekiʻe.

“I koʻu mau makahiki ʻelima e hana pū ana me Mrs. Pimentel, ua ʻike au i kona ulu ʻana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi kūpaʻa, ʻike maopopo," wahi a Simeona Tajiri, he kumu ma ke kula kaiapuni ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi o Lānaʻi High & Elementary, Ke Kula Kaiapuni ' o Lānaʻi. “Ke aʻo mau nei, ka hoʻololi ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻike paʻa o kā mākou kula ma ke ʻano he ʻohana me ka puʻuwai o ko mākou kaiāulu mokupuni, ola ʻo ia i nā huaʻōlelo āna i hōʻailona ai ma ka hope o kēlā me kēia leka uila: 'I ulu nō ka lālā i ke kumu,' ( Ulu nā lālā no ka lāʻau, ulu nā keiki no kā lākou kumu).

ʻO nā mea hope ʻē aʻe (kiʻi ʻia ma lalo, e noho ana) i ʻike ʻia no ka makana hope poʻokela:

• Kevin Dias, hope poʻokela ma Kaimuki Middle
• Deanna Shibaoka, hope poʻokela ma Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary
• Taharra Stein, hope poʻo ma Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle
• Lisa Tominaga, hope poʻo ma Kanoelani Elementary

Ua ʻike ʻia ka poʻe hanohano no nā makana ʻelua ma kahi hanana ma ka Hawaiʻi Okinawa Center ma ka Lāpule e Superintendent Keith Hayashi, Hope Superintendent for Academics Heidi Armstrong, nā luna HEMSAA a me nā lālā o ka papa, Greg Young, pelekikena a Luna Nui o ke kākoʻo ʻo HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union, a me nā luna kula a me nā wahi paʻakikī, nā hoahana a me nā kākoʻo.

“ʻO nā alakaʻi kula koʻikoʻi he poʻe ʻike maka nāna e hoʻokumu a alakaʻi i kā mākou ʻōnaehana hoʻonaʻauao i kā mākou pahuhopu like e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka holomua haumāna. ʻO lākou nā mea hoʻolālā, nā mea hoʻolālā a me nā mea kūkulu hale e hoʻohui i kā lākou ʻike o ka holomua hoʻonaʻauao i loko o kā lākou mau kumu kula a hana i ka holomua mau i ka manawa, "wahi a Superintendent Hayashi. "ʻO koʻu hanohano nui ke ʻike a hoʻolauleʻa i kā mākou poʻe koho hanohano no kā lākou alakaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā wahi hoʻonaʻauao kahi e ulu ai nā haumāna a me nā limahana."