Ua hoʻolaha ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi (HIDOE) i ke kumu ʻepekema a me ka hana a me ka hoʻonaʻauao ʻenehana (CTE) o ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kalani ʻo Bryan Silver i kumu kumu no ka makahiki 2025. Ua loaʻa i ke kālā ka makana aʻo kiʻekiʻe o ka mokuʻāina mai Gov. Josh Green a me Superintendent Keith Hayashi i ka wā ʻaha makana ma Wakinekona Place i kēia ahiahi.

Hāʻawi ʻia ka hanohano i kēlā me kēia makahiki i kekahi kumu lumi papa i koho ʻia mai nā kumu aʻo HIDOE ma mua o 13,000. Aia ʻo kālā ma waena o 16 mau kumu maʻamau o ka makahiki a me ke kumu kula Charter o ka makahiki i ʻike ʻia i kēia lā.

“Mahalo iā ʻoukou, e nā kumu, no ka hoʻonoho ʻana i ke kūlana a me ka hāpai ʻana i kēia i mua. Haʻahaʻa mākou e noho pū me nā kumu hoʻonaʻauao o kou ʻano kiʻekiʻe, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Gov. Josh Green i ka hanana. “Ma ka inoa o ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa, mahalo iā ʻoukou a pau. Mahalo mākou i kou noho ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao. Mahalo i kāu hana a pau a me ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou keiki.”

"He alakaʻi ʻo Bryan ma CTE Engineering a me nā robotics ma nā pae kūloko a me ke aupuni," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Superintendent Keith Hayashi. “ʻO kāna hana ikaika ʻana i ka Innovation Station, nā ʻōnaehana iʻa a me nā ʻōnaehana hydroponics ma ka pā kula, a me nā polokalamu robotics ua lilo ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kalani i wahi no ka hoʻonaʻauao STEM ma Hawaiʻi. Ma muli o ko Bryan moʻomeheu o ka launa pū ʻana a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana, kono ʻia nā kula ʻē aʻe, nā haumāna, a me nā kumu e aʻo, e hāpai ana i ka pae no ka maikaʻi ma ka mokuʻāina.

ʻO STEM a me nā robotics ka makemake o Bryan Silver. He 24 makahiki o Silver ma ke ano he kumu ma ka Apana Kula o Honolulu, e hoike mai ana i kona hooikaika i kana mau haumana a me ke kula o STEM a me ka robotics. I kēia mahina, ua lilo ʻo ia i Hawaiʻi mua i loaʻa i ka makana ʻo 2024 Harbour Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, ua lanakila ʻo ia i $50,000 no ka papahana robotics o Kalani High School. Ma Kalani, hoʻomau ʻo Silver i kona mau lā ma ke ʻano he kumu ʻoihana Career and Technical Education e alakaʻi ana i ʻehā pae o nā papa ʻenekinia, STEM Capstone a me ka holo ʻana i ʻehā papahana robotic ma hope o ke kula - FIRST Robotics, FIRST Tech Challenge, VEX a me Drones.

Ua piʻi aʻe ka papahana lopako a Kalani i mea hou ma Hawaiʻi ma lalo o ka mākaʻikaʻi a Silver, i hoʻomaka ʻia i ka makahiki 2002. He mea nui ke kālā i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā polokalamu robotics a puni ka mokuʻāina, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nui o nā hui robotics LEGO FIRST i ʻoi aku ma mua o 220 ma kēia wahi hou e ulu nei. Ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo no ka hui robotics lanakila ʻo Team Magma 3008, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Silver i ka $283,000 i ke kākoʻo hāʻawi no Team Magma a ua hoʻomohala i ʻekolu mau ʻoihana hoʻokele haumāna e hoʻomau i ka hoʻomohala kālā e mālama i nā polokalamu robotics. I kēia kauwela i hala aku nei, ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻo Silver me nā Kumu Ma waho o nā Borders ʻApelika Hema, e hoʻokele ana i nā haʻawina hoʻopaʻa haʻawina STEM robotics no 600 mau kumu. ʻO nā hana lawelawe e like me kēia ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana Pelekikena Lifetime Volunteer Achievement no nā hola 4,500 o ka lawelawe kaiāulu.

Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Silver i ka papa ʻEnekinia CTE ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Kalani kahi i loaʻa ai i kāna mau haumāna he mau haʻawina a hahai i nā ʻoihana STEM. I kēia mau lā, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hana ʻana i ka Innovation Station, kahi lumi papa kelepona i lako me nā paʻi 3D, nā mea ʻoki laser a me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ʻia e hiki ke loaʻa nā kumuwaiwai STEM i nā haumāna a me nā kumu ma nā kula like ʻole ma Oʻahu. Ua loaʻa ke kālā i ka makana Pelekikena hanohano no ka Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, ka Albert Einstein Educator Fellowship Award, a me kahi makana NASA Fellowship Activity. He Eagle Scout ʻo ia a i kona manawa kūʻokoʻa hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā ia ka luʻu scuba a me nā waʻa holo heihei.

Ua wehewehe ʻo Principal Mitchell Otani i ke ʻano hana a me ka hoihoi o Silver i mea hoʻoikaika no kāna mau haumāna. "Ke ho'āʻo nei ʻo Bryan i kāna mau haumāna e hāʻawi ʻoi aku ma mua o 100%, e lilo i poʻe noʻonoʻo koʻikoʻi a e ʻimi i nā ala ambisious," wahi a Otani. "ʻO ka holomua o kāna mau haumāna ma hope o ka puka ʻana he hōʻike ia i kāna hana hoihoi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hanauna hou o nā alakaʻi STEM. Hōʻike ʻo Bryan iā Falcon Pride i ke ala āpau!

"He hanohano nui ke kū ʻana i mua o ʻoukou ma ke ʻano he Kumu Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi 2025 o ka makahiki," wahi a Silver ma kāna haʻiʻōlelo ʻae ʻana i mua o ke anaina me kona makuakāne, makuahine a me kona ʻanakē. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo kona makuahine, he kumu hoʻonaʻauao no 36 mau makahiki, he mea hoʻoikaika nui iā ia e hele i ke aʻo ʻana.

Ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia i ka mahalo no kāna pūʻulu kumu. "ʻAʻole loa he huakaʻi hele kaʻawale ke aʻo ʻana," wahi āna. "ʻAʻohe pilikia i lawe wale ʻia. He ʻāpana mākou o ke kaiāulu nui e kākoʻo a hāpai kekahi i kekahi. Inā mākou e hana like, kaʻana like i nā hoʻolālā, a kākoʻo kekahi i kekahi e lilo mākou i mau kumu aʻo maikaʻi. Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ko kāua hui ʻana ma mua o ko kāua hoʻokahi, no laila e hoʻoheheʻe kāua i nā paia.

E lilo ana ke kala i ka Hawai'i ma ka papahana Kumu Lahui o ka Makahiki. E koho ʻia ka mea lanakila aupuni i kēia pūnāwai ma Wakinekona, DC Today's Teacher of the Year makana makana:

• Hāʻawi ʻia nā makana kālā i kēlā me kēia Māhele Paʻakikī a me ke Kumu Kula Charter Public o ka makahiki i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Polynesian Cultural Center, ke kākoʻo hui o ka papahana no nā makahiki he 30.
• ʻO kahi hoʻolimalima hoʻokahi makahiki o Nissan Sentra SV 2024 i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Hawaiʻi Automobile Dealers Association a me King Windward Nissan i ke Kumu Mokuʻāina o ka Makahiki.

ʻO ka papa inoa piha o nā mea hope i hoʻohanohano ʻia i kēia lā, ma ke ʻano pīʻāpā:

• Leah ʻAiwohi of Kauaʻi High (Kapaʻa-Kauaʻi-Waimea complex area)
• Ian Calay of Waialua High (Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua complex area)
• Tennelle Clark o Waiʻanae Elementary (Nānākuli-Waiʻanae complex area)
• Lauren Collier o Kāneʻohe Elementary (Castle-Kahuku complex area)
• ʻO Robin Cone-Murakami Barros o ke kula no ka nānā ʻana i nā nīnau koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomau ʻana (SEEQS) (nā kula hoʻohui aupuni)
• Leah Gouker of Pāhoa High (Kaʻū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa complex area)
• Nicole Laeha o Kailua Intermediate (Kailua-Kalāheo complex area)
• Karla “Viviana” Martinez of Konawaena High (Honoka'a-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena complex area)
• Jessie O'Neill-Prest of Kīhei Elementary (Baldwin-Kekaulike-Kūlanihākoʻi-Maui complex area)
• Jaime “Kumu Eva” Palakiko o Lahainaluna High (Hāna-Lahainaluna-Lānaʻi-Molokai complex area)
• ʻO Jonathan Peralto o Waiākea Intermediate (Hilo-Waiākea complex area)
• ʻO Jennifer Sato o Kūhiō Elementary (Kaimukī-McKinley-Roosevelt complex area)
• Bryan Silver of Kalani High (Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani complex area)
• Erin Takamura-Luu o Red Hill Elementary ('Aiea-Moanalua-Radford complex area)
• Sherry Tenn o Waipahu High (Pearl City-Waipahu complex area)
• Kim Virtudazo o Campbell High (Campbell-Kapolei complex area)