Ua koho ka 'Oihana Ho'ona'auao o ka Moku'āina 'o Hawai'i (HIDOE) i ka po'e lanakila o ka makahiki 2024 Employee, Manager and Team of the Year, no ka 'ike 'ana i kā lākou kōkua nui i ka ho'ona'auao aupuni ma Hawai'i.

"ʻO nā haumāna ke kumu o nā mea a pau a mākou e hana ai," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Superintendent Keith Hayashi. "Ke hōʻike nei kēia poʻe i loaʻa i ka makemake a me ka hoʻokō, e hele ana ma luna a ma waho o ka lawelawe ʻana i kā mākou mau kula. Mahalo mākou no kā lākou hoʻolaʻa a haʻaheo e hoʻohanohano i kā lākou mau hana."

2024 limahana o ka makahiki: Gary Bignami

Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Gary Bignami, he mea hoʻolālā hale o ka Environmental Service Unit o ke Office of Facilities and Operations i ka HIDOE's 2024 Employee of the Year. He loea "hele i" i ka palekana kaiapuni, he kuleana koʻikoʻi ʻo Gary i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā wahi e like me ka asbestos, ka pena alakaʻi, ka lepo lepo, ka maikaʻi o ka ea a me ka palekana o ka wai inu ma nā kula. He mea koʻikoʻi kona ʻike i nā pilikia e like me ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka wai Red Hill a me nā ahi ahi o Lahaina, kahi āna i hana ai e hōʻoia i ka wehe hou ʻana o nā kula. ʻO kona makaʻala, ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana no nā hoʻonā palekana, a me ka hiki ke kamaʻilio maikaʻi me nā mea hoʻoholo i mea nui i ka mālama ʻana i nā wahi hoʻonaʻauao palekana no nā haumāna o Hawaiʻi.

2024 Luna o ka Makahiki: Renee Kim

Ua koho ʻia ʻo Renee Kim, ka luna lawelawe meaʻai kula ma Wilson Elementary, i Luna Hoʻokele o ka makahiki 2024 o HIDOE. No nā makahiki he 40, ua haʻaheo ʻo Renee i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i nā meaʻai meaʻai, nā meaʻai ʻono, ka hana ʻana i kahi papahana ʻaina awakea kula kaulana loa e noi pinepine ai nā haumāna i nā lawelawe ʻelua. Ma waho aʻe o ka hale ʻaina, hāʻawi ʻo Renee i ka ʻaha leʻaleʻa makahiki o ke kula, hana pū me nā hui makua, a kākoʻo i nā hanana ʻohi kālā. ʻO kāna kūlana maikaʻi a me kāna hoʻolaʻa ua waiho i kahi hopena mau loa i ke kaiāulu Wilson Elementary. 

2024 Hui o ka Makahiki: Leadership Institute's Maui Support Team

Ma hope o ke ahi ahi o Lahaina, ua kōkua ka Hui Kākoʻo Maui o ka Leadership Institute i ke kōkua ʻana i nā kula, nā haumāna a me nā limahana e hoʻokele i kahi kaʻina hana hoʻōla paʻakikī. ʻOiai ua pani ʻia nā kula no ka loiloi kaiapuni, ua hoʻomaka ka hui a hoʻohana i kahi laina wela e kōkua i nā ʻohana o Lahaina, e pane ana i nā kelepona he 900 i loko o ʻelua mahina. I ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai nā hale hoʻonaʻauao mamao a wehe hou ʻia nā pā kula, ua hāʻawi ka hui i ke kākoʻo koʻikoʻi i nā poʻo o Lahaina, e kōkua ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana, logistic a me nā kuʻina palekana. Ua kōkua kā lākou hana i nā haumāna 2,000 e hoʻi i ka pā kula me ka hilinaʻi a me ka palekana.

ʻO ka hui Kākoʻo Maui o ka Leadership Institute: Kami Apao, Reychelle Nicole Ayau-Odom, Alisa Bender, Pamela Goodwin, Donna Kagawa, Shauna Kikiloi, Stacie Kunihisa, Jill La Boy, Jaclyn Lone Elk, Rodney Luke, Gina Mata a me Lisa Nagamine.

Ua ʻike pū ka hanana i nā hana koʻikoʻi o nā limahana a me nā hui HIDOE:

2024 Nā makana hoʻokō kiʻekiʻe

• ʻO Donna Au, ke kākau ʻōlelo, lālā o nā pono a me ka mālama ʻana, ke keʻena o nā lako a me nā hana
• ʻO Tiffany Frias, loea hoʻonaʻauao, lālā aʻo lōʻihi, keʻena o ka curriculum a me ka hoʻolālā aʻo.
• ʻO Jason Locke, kahu kula, 'Ewa Makai Middle School
• Normann Olegario, kākā'ōlelo, Ke Kula Haʻahaʻa ʻo ʻIlilahi 

2024 Luna Hoʻokele o ka Makahiki Makahiki

• Michael Bio, kahu kula, Hoʻokele Elementary School

2024 Hui Pūʻulu Pōmaikaʻi o ka Merit

• Hoʻonaʻauao no nā keiki home ʻole a me ka hui papahana ʻōpio
  ʻO Sara Alimoot, ʻApelila Lum, Donna Manibog, Lisa Martinez, Toby Portner, Lillian Segal, Maryellen Stewart a me Jennifer Yang
• Hui Hana o ke Keena o ke Kula Waena o Ewa Makai
  ʻO Carol Alama, Christine Bodnar, Malama Botelho, Carolyn Kaneshiro, Reanette Lacuesta, Lori-Lee Lopez, Shayna Paresa, Johnelle Sua a me Kris Tanuvasa 
• Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani Resource Team
  ʻO Colleen Carson, Jo Ann Eckert, Jill Ibi, Kristen Iwashita, Julie Kaohi, Careyanne Nakamura, Katherine Nakamura, Rayna Nitta, Luana Seitz, Tammy Shiraki, Alec Shimizu, Julie Solarz, Terrence Tenjoma a me Beckey Wong
• Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua ESSER Team
  ʻO Clayton Haida, Kerry Kawamura, Lynn Kitaoka, Benjamin Miura, Mavis Nakabayashi, Alicia Nakamitsu, Harmony Paz, Marjorie Pudiquet a me Tasha Tanda 
• RL Stevenson Hui Keena o ke Kula Waena
  ʻO Mary Anton, Susan Horikawa, Nellie Kaheaku-Kalamau, Lynn Nakabayashi, Heidi Yasuda a me Reina Yonesaki 
• Hui Kaena Kula Alii
  ʻO Emmanuel Guittap Jr., Keshia Kaneshiro a me Shelly Montalbo 
• Hui Ola Ola Pili Kula
  ʻO Ayada Bonilla, Martin Hackel, Hui-Lien Hsia-Rominger a me Kimberly McDonald
• Hui Keena Nui o ke Kula Haʻahaʻa o Waiākea
  ʻO Tiffany Lee-Read Pascual, Melanie Rodriguez, Saesha Saldana a me Lianne Tamashiro