Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Noelani Butcher o ke Aliʻi Wahine Kamakahelei Middle School ma Līhuʻe i ka 2025 American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Hawaiʻi School Counselor of the Year.

Hoʻohanohano ka ASCA School Counselor of the Year i ka poʻe ʻoihana i hāʻawi i kā lākou ʻoihana i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā haumāna o ka lāhui a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kā lākou hoʻomohala kula a me ka pilikanaka-naʻau a me ke kulanui a me ka mākaukau ʻoihana. Hoʻoholo ʻia ka poʻe hanohano ma muli o ko lākou hiki ke hana i ka hoʻololi ʻōnaehana i loko o ka ʻoihana aʻoaʻo kula.

"He hopena koʻikoʻi ko nā kākā'ōlelo kula i ke alakaʻi ʻana i kā mākou mau haumāna i loko a i waho o ka lumi papa," wahi a ka Luna Nui Keith Hayashi. “Hoʻomaikaʻi iā Noelani no ka lilo ʻana i kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā haumāna i nā ala maʻalahi a me nā ala e loaʻa ai ke kākoʻo e pono ai lākou e kūleʻa i ke kula."

"ʻO ke kōkua ʻana i nā haumāna e hoʻokō i ko lākou hiki a hāʻawi iā lākou i ke kākoʻo a me ke alakaʻi ʻana ma ke kula ʻo ia ka hapa nui o kaʻu hana," wahi a Butcher, nāna e mālama i nā haumāna papa ʻewalu. "I koʻu lohe ʻana i nā haumāna e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ko lākou lanakila ʻana i kahi pilikia pilikino a kamaʻilio maikaʻi e pili ana i ko lākou wā e hiki mai ana ma muli o ke alakaʻi aʻu i hāʻawi ai iā lākou - ʻo ia ke kumu i makemake nui ai au i ka ʻōlelo aʻo."

Ua hōʻike ʻo Butcher i ke kula waena he "manawa ʻino i ka wā e hoʻokele ai nā haumāna i ka ʻāina, ʻike i ka ulu pilikino, a kūkulu i nā pilina," no laila ua hana ʻo ia i ʻelua papahana ma ka pā kula e hāʻawi i nā haumāna i ka manaʻo o ke ʻano.

ʻO ka Needs Closet kahi waihona meaʻai, nā mea maʻemaʻe a me nā lako kula i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻokō i nā pono o nā haumāna. Ua hana pū ʻo ia me kahi panakō meaʻai kūloko e hāʻawi i nā meaʻai manuahi no nā haumāna āpau o ke kula. 

"ʻO kaʻu pahuhopu nui ʻo ia ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kā mākou kula kula ma ka paipai ʻana i ka ʻai olakino a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā koho meaʻai momona no kā mākou mau haumāna," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia, me ka hoʻohui ʻana mai ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā huaʻai hou, nā mea kanu, a me nā meaʻai maikaʻi i kēlā me kēia lā i nā haumāna, ua hōʻike nā kumu ua ʻoi aku ka nānā ʻana o nā haumāna i ka papa a mākaukau e aʻo.

ʻO kekahi papahana āna i hoʻomaka ai ʻo "Da Gameroom," kahi wahi e hiki ai i nā haumāna ke launa a leʻaleʻa i ka wā hoʻomaha. Ma Da Gameroom, hiki i nā haumāna ke pāʻani i ka hockey ea, ping pong a me ka loko wai no nā manawa hou aku e launa pū ai.

“ʻAʻole makemake nā haumāna āpau i ka pāʻani haʻuki a i ʻole ka hele wāwae ʻana i ko lākou wā hoʻomaha. ʻO Da Gameroom kahi wahi palekana kahi e hoʻokipa ʻia ai nā haumāna āpau e pāʻani a hui me nā poʻe hou, "wahi āna. 

Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Butcher, a me nā kumu aʻo kula 2025 ʻē aʻe o ka makahiki, ma kahi hui ASCA ma Wakinekona, DC ma Ianuali 30.

He kākā'ōlelo kula ʻo Butcher mai ka makahiki 2011 a loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma ka Hoʻonaʻauao Nui a me ke kēkelē laepua ma ka Hoʻonaʻauao Kūikawā mai ke Kulanui o North Texas. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē laepua ma Psychology-School Counseling mai ke Kulanui o Texas A&M a loaʻa iā ia ka National Board Certification mai ka American School Counseling Association ma 2014.

Hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ka wiki aʻoaʻo kula aupuni 2025 i Pepeluali 3-7, e kālele i ka manaʻo o ka lehulehu i ka hāʻawi kūʻokoʻa o nā kākāʻōlelo kula i loko o nā ʻōnaehana kula US.