ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi

Ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao o ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi

2025 Ua hoʻolaha ʻia nā mea i koho ʻia ʻo Tokioka 'Excellence in School Leadership'

He ʻumikūmālima mau poʻokela o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi Mokuʻāina ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao (HIDOE) – hoʻokahi mai kēlā me kēia wahi paʻakikī – i hoʻohanohano ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau koho hou loa no ka makana makahiki 19 o Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award. 

Ua ʻike nā alakaʻi o HIDOE, ka Island Insurance Foundation a me nā luna aupuni, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻo David Alcos III, ka Lunamakaʻāinana mokuʻāina ʻo Mike Lee, ka Lunamakaʻāinana mokuʻāina ʻo Lauren Matsumoto, a me ka Lunamakaʻāinana mokuʻāina ʻo Jackson D. Sayama i ʻike i nā mea hanohano ma kahi hanana ma ke keʻena ʻo Island Insurance ma Honolulu. Hāʻawi ʻia nā mea koho he 15 i ka makana $1,000.

ʻO nā mea i koho ʻia i kēia makahiki:

  • Kimberly Anthony-Maeda, Kailua High School (Kailua-Kalāheo Complex)
  • ʻO Bryan Arbles, ke kula haʻahaʻa o Hilo Union (Hilo-Waiākea Complex)
  • Kasey Eisenhour, Keonepoko Elementary School (Kaʻū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa Complex)
  • Albert Hetrick, ʻAliamanu Middle School (ʻAiea-Moanalua-Radford Complex)
  • Lisa Ann Higa, ke kula haʻahaʻa o Nānākuli (Nānākuli-Waiʻanae Complex)
  • Kimberly Kaʻai, Maunaloa Elementary School (Hāna-Lahainaluna-Lānaʻi-Molokai Complex)
  • Noreen Kunitomo, Hōnaunau Elementary School (Honokaʻa-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena Complex) 
  • Ryan Kusuda, Waikīkī Elementary School (Farrington-Kalani-Kaiser Complex)
  • Corey Nakamura, Elsie H. Wilcox Elementary School (Kapaʻa-Kauaʻi-Waimea Complex)
  • Walter Santiago, Kahaluʻu Elementary School (Castle-Kahuku Complex)
  • Paul Taga, Keone'ula Elementary School (Campbell-Kapolei Complex)
  • Troy Tamura, Ke kula haʻahaʻa o Mililani Waena (Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua Complex)
  • Gavin Tsue, Kula Haʻahaʻa ʻo Palisades (Pearl City-Waipahu Complex)
  • Merilee Valentino, Pāi'a Elementary School (Baldwin-Kekaulike-Kūlanihakōʻi-Maui Complex)
  • Christopher Babā Yim, Ke Kula Kaiapuni ʻO Ānuenue (Kaimukī-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex)

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chairman of Island Insurance Foundation ʻo Tyler Tokioka, "Ua like ka nui o ke kula me kona alakaʻi - a ua hana kēia mau poʻo kumu he 15 i nā wahi hoʻonaʻauao e hoʻoikaika ana i nā kumu, nā limahana a me nā haumāna e hoʻoikaika i ko lākou kiʻekiʻe." 

"ʻO koʻu mahalo nui i ka Island Insurance Foundation a me ka ʻohana Tokioka no ko lākou kākoʻo mau ʻana i ko mākou mau alakaʻi kula ma o kēia makana hanohano," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Superintendent Keith Hayashi. “ʻO kēia mau poʻo kumu ke kumu o ka holomua o kā lākou mau kula. Mahalo nui mākou i ko lākou kūpaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana o nā haumāna o Hawaiʻi. Ua loaʻa iā Hayashi ka makana kiʻekiʻe i ka makahiki 2013 i kona noho poʻo kumu o ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Waipahu.

E koho ʻia ka mea lanakila ma ʻApelila ma ka ʻahaʻaina makahiki o nā Kula Aupuni o Hawaiʻi Foundation a loaʻa iā ia ka $25,000 – he makana kālā pilikino $10,000 a me $15,000 no kahi papahana kula i koho ʻia e ke poʻo. E loaʻa i ʻelua semi-finalists ka makana kālā $2,000.

Hoʻohanohano ka makana iā Masayuki Tokioka, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Island Insurance Company, Ltd. a he puka haʻaheo o nā kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2004 a ua kākau ʻia e ka Island Insurance Foundation.