​MILILANI — Ua ʻike ʻia ka Hope Poʻo Nui o ke Kula Waena ʻo Mililani Jeffrey Horstman i kēia lā ma kahi ʻaha kula no kona koho ʻia ʻana ʻo Hawaiʻi 2024 Kokua Poʻo Nui o ka Makahiki a he mea hope loa no ke poʻo kumu kōkua aupuni o ka makahiki.

ʻO ka National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Ka papahana kōkua kumu o ka makahiki ʻike i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā poʻo kumu koʻikoʻi o ka pae waena a me ke kula kiʻekiʻe i kūleʻa i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manawa aʻo kiʻekiʻe no nā haumāna.

ʻO ka mokuna kūloko o ka NASSP, ka Hui Hawaiʻi o nā Luna Hoʻokele o ke Kula Kiʻekiʻe (HASSA), ua kapa ʻia ʻo Horstman ʻo ia ke poʻo kumu kumu o ka makahiki 2024.

"ʻO ko Mr. Horstman koʻikoʻi a me ka hopena ma waho o nā palena o ke kula waena o Mililani ma muli o kāna kūpaʻa i kā mākou mau haumāna," wahi a ka Luna Nui ʻo Keith Hayashi. "Me ka hopena o kāna hana ʻana, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ʻo ia ke Kokua Poʻo Nui o ka Makahiki a ʻo ia ka mea hope loa no ka lāhui.

Aia ʻo Horstman i kona makahiki ʻelima ma ke ʻano he hope poʻokela no Mililani Middle a ua hana pū me nā haumāna papa waena no nā makahiki he 15. Ua aʻo mua ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania papa ʻeono ma Wahiawa Middle mai 2008 a 2010. A laila ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kākāʻōlelo ma Mililani Middle no ʻeiwa mau makahiki ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i hope poʻokela o ke kula i ka makahiki 2019. Ua aʻo pū ʻo ia ma ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻo McKinley, Waipahu, a me Wahiawa Community Schools for Adults mai 2016 a hiki i 2019, he alakaʻi alakaʻi no ke kalaima a hiki i 2019. ma YMCA Kalihi.

Ma ke ʻano he hope poʻo kumu, ua alakaʻi ʻo Horstman i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo hoʻololi mua i nā haumāna kula haʻahaʻa ma o ka hui pū ʻana me nā kumu, nā mea hoʻoponopono lawelawe haumāna, a me nā mea hoʻoponopono haʻawina e hoʻokō i nā papahana kauwela no nā haumāna papa ʻelima e hiki mai ana. Ua kōkua pū ʻo ia i ka loaʻa kālā hou ʻana no nā papahana hoihoi nui ma hope o ke kula. Hana pū ʻo ia me nā haumāna ma ka nūpepa ʻehā hapaha makahiki o ke kula, "Blazer Bugle," a me nā wikiō e hōʻike i nā leo a me nā hiʻohiʻona o nā haumāna.

"He nui nā luna hoʻomalu maikaʻi e hana nei i nā mea kupanaha ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi a ke manaʻoʻiʻo maoli nei au ʻo wau kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa," wahi a Horstman i pane ai i ka makana. Ua ʻae ʻo Horstman i ka laulima a me ka hui pū ʻana o nā kumu a me nā limahana o Mililani Middle ma ke ʻano he kumu nui i ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia ʻike. 

"He hanohano nui ka lilo ʻana i luna no ka mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi akā ʻaʻole wau e pani wale nei i nā luna hoʻomalu ke piʻi au i DC, ʻo wau ka ʻelele no ʻoukou āpau," wahi āna me kona mau hoa. 

ʻO Erin Conway, ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Trish La Chica, a me ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo Lauren Matsumoto, nā mea ʻelua e kū nei i ka ʻāina ʻo Mililani, ua hāʻawi pū aku ʻo Horstman i kahi palapala hoʻomanaʻo mai ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi e kōkua i ka hōʻailona ʻana i kēia hanana. ʻO Val Okimoto ka lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Honolulu, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana o ʻAiea, Mililani, Pearl City a me Waipahu.

Ma kahi o Horstman, ʻo ka hui aupuni i kapa ʻia ʻo Sheri Murphy o ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Frederick ma Maryland a me Courtney Walker o ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Carrollton ma Georgia ma ke ʻano he ʻelua hope loa no ka 2024 NASSP National Assistant Principal of the Year award. E hoʻolaha ʻia ka mea lanakila ma kahi gala ma Wakinekona, DC, i ka lā 5 ʻApelila.

"Ke hōʻike nei ʻo Mr. Horstman, Ms. Murphy a me Ms. Walker i ke alakaʻi kūʻokoʻa e wehewehe ana i ka maikaʻi loa o kā mākou mau kula," wahi a ka Luna Nui o NASSP ʻo Ronn Nozoe i loko o kahi nūhou. "ʻO kā lākou hoʻolaʻa ʻana ma mua o ke kāhea o ka hana, e pili pono ana i nā ola a me nā wā e hiki mai ana o kā lākou mau haumāna a me nā kumu aʻo i nā ala maikaʻi loa. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke haʻaheo e hoʻohanohano i kā lākou hana kupaianaha."

ʻO kēia ka lua o ka makahiki ma ka lālani i koho ʻia ai kekahi poʻokela poʻokela Hawaiʻi o ka makahiki i koho hope loa no ka poʻokela aupuni. Ua koho ʻia ka mea lanakila o ka mokuʻāina o ka makahiki i hala, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Kauka Bebi Davis ʻo Kawānanakoa Middle School Vice Principal.

'O Horstman kekahi e 'elele no Hawai'i ma ka Hui Hui i kēia Iulai ma Nashville i mālama ʻia e ka National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) a me NASSP.

E nānā i ka papa inoa o nā mea hanohano mai nā mokuʻāina he 50.