{"id":9586,"date":"2025-03-18T12:58:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=9586"},"modified":"2025-04-24T09:51:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:51:39","slug":"2025-kaimuki-high-maui-waena-intermediate-principals-named-hawaiis-2025-principals-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/2025-kaimuki-high-maui-waena-intermediate-principals-named-hawaiis-2025-principals-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"\u02bbO Kaimuk\u012b High, Maui Waena N\u0101 kumu kula waena i kapa \u02bbia \u02bbo Hawai\u02bbi's 2025 Principals of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

HONOLULU\/KAHULUI \u2014 Ua koho \u02bbia ke po\u02bbo kumu kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe \u02bbo Kaimuk\u012b \u02bbo Lorelei Aiwohi a me ke po\u02bbo kula waena o Maui Waena \u02bbo Jacquelyn McCandless i mau po\u02bbo kumu o ka makahiki 2025 e ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina.\u00a0Ahahui Luna Hooponopono o ke Kula Kiekie o Hawaii<\/a>\u00a0(HASSA). \u02bbO McCandless ka mea hanohano o ke kula waena a \u02bbo \u02bbAiwohi ke kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe. Ua \u02bbike \u02bbia n\u0101 alaka\u02bbi kula \u02bbelua ma n\u0101 hanana i ho\u02bbonohonoho \u02bbia e ko l\u0101kou mau kula a me ka HASSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho\u02bbohanohano ka hanohano makahiki i n\u0101 po\u02bbo kula waena a me ke kula ki\u02bbeki\u02bbe e h\u014d\u02bbike ana i ke alaka\u02bbi k\u016b\u02bboko\u02bba a me ka k\u016bpa\u02bba ikaika i k\u0101 l\u0101kou haum\u0101na, limahana a me ke kai\u0101ulu. No\u02bbono\u02bbo ke ka\u02bbina koho ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi i ka hiki i ke po\u02bbo kumu ke ho\u02bboulu i kahi mo\u02bbomeheu kula palekana, ho\u02bboikaika i ka mahalo i waena o n\u0101 haum\u0101na, ho\u02bboholo i ka \u02bbikepili a ho\u02bboikaika i n\u0101 haum\u0101na e lilo i mau haum\u0101na ho\u02bbok\u016bk\u016b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lorelei Aiwohi, po\u02bbo, Kaimuk\u012b High<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Me 29 mau makahiki o ka \u02bbike ma ke \u02bbano he luna ho\u02bbomalu \u2013 me 19 mau makahiki ma ke \u02bbano he po\u02bbo \u2013 ua ho\u02bbolilo \u02bbo Aiwohi i n\u0101 makahiki he 2\u00bd i hala iho nei e ho\u02bbololi i Kaimuk\u012b High i kumu ho\u02bboh\u0101like o ka ho\u02bboikaika \u02bbana i n\u0101 haum\u0101na. Ma lalo o k\u0101na alaka\u02bbi \u02bbana, ua ho\u02bbonui ke kula i k\u0101na mau hui mo\u02bbomeheu, ho\u02bboulu i ka ha\u02bbaheo, pili a me ka mahalo i waena o n\u0101 haum\u0101na.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\u014d\u02bbike hou \u02bbia ko Aiwohi k\u016bpa\u02bba i n\u0101 haum\u0101na i ka holomua o ka papahana a\u02bbo \u02bb\u014dlelo Pelekania o ke kula, \u02bbo ia ka mea i \u02bbike \u02bbia ka ho\u02bbomaika\u02bbi \u02bbana o ka hana ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao, ka mana\u02bbo i ho\u02bboikaika \u02bbia a me ka pi\u02bbi \u02bbana o ke komo \u02bbana. H\u014d\u02bbike n\u0101 hoa hana a me n\u0101 l\u0101l\u0101 o ke kai\u0101ulu i\u0101 \u02bbAiwohi he alaka\u02bbi maika\u02bbi e ho\u02bbonui i ka leo haum\u0101na i ka ho\u02bboholo \u02bbana. Ho\u02bbomaika\u02bbi n\u0101 haum\u0101na i\u0101 ia no ka hana \u02bbana i kahi kaiapuni kahi e mana\u02bbo ai l\u0101kou i ka palekana a me ka waiwai, a kahi e ho\u02bbopili pololei ai k\u0101 l\u0101kou mana\u02bbo i n\u0101 ho\u02bboholo kula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"No ka ho\u02bbomaopopo \u02bbana i ke ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi o ka leo haum\u0101na, ua ho\u02bbok\u014d m\u0101kou i kekahi mau hana e h\u014d\u02bboia i ka ho\u02bbokomo \u02bbana o n\u0101 haum\u0101na i ka ho\u02bboholo \u02bbana i ke kula," wahi a Aiwohi. "\u02bbO k\u0113ia mau hana he la\u02bbana ia o ko\u02bbu mana\u02bbo\u02bbi\u02bbo a me ko\u02bbu kuleana e ho\u02bbokumu i kahi \u02bbano ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao hanohano a me ka h\u0101\u02bbawi \u02bbana i n\u0101 manawa no n\u0101 haum\u0101na e \u02bbimi k\u016ble\u02bba i k\u0101 l\u0101kou \u02bboihana ma o ke kulanui a i \u02bbole ka limahana."<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacquelyn McCandless, po\u02bbo, Maui Waena Intermediate<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Loa\u02bba i\u0101 McCandless he 23 mau makahiki ma ke \u02bbano he luna ho\u02bbomalu, 9\u00bd mau makahiki ma ke \u02bbano he po\u02bbo kumu a \u02bbewalu mau makahiki ma ke \u02bbano he po\u02bbokela ma Maui Waena Intermediate. Ho\u02bbomaopopo \u02bbia \u02bbo ia no k\u0101na \u02bbano alaka\u02bbi hui p\u016b \u02bbana, e ho\u02bbopili ikaika ana i n\u0101 haum\u0101na, n\u0101 limahana a me n\u0101 \u02bbohana i ka ho\u02bboholo \u02bbana i ke kula. \u02bbO kekahi la\u02bbana, \u02bbo n\u0101 p\u014d le\u02bbale\u02bba \u02bbohana o ke kula - n\u0101 hanana i ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 \u02bbia e n\u0101 haum\u0101na, mai ka ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 \u02bbana i n\u0101 hana a hiki i ka ho\u02bbol\u0101l\u0101 \u02bbana i n\u0101 mea ho\u02bbolaha a me ka m\u0101lama \u02bbana i n\u0101 \u02bbae. \u02bbO n\u0101 mea i loa\u02bba mai k\u0113ia mau hanana i h\u0101\u02bbawi \u02bbia i kahi hale m\u0101lama holoholona k\u016bloko, e h\u014d\u02bbike ana i ka mana\u02bbo o n\u0101 haum\u0101na i ke kuleana a me ke komo \u02bbana i ke kai\u0101ulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He kuleana ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi \u02bbo ia i ka ho\u02bbokumu \u02bbana i kahi koho esports kaulana ma ka p\u0101 kula, m\u0101lama i ka lumi lumi papa, k\u0101l\u0101 a me kahi kumu hou e k\u0101ko\u02bbo i ka papahana. H\u0101\u02bbawi ka mea koho i n\u0101 haum\u0101na i kahi ala hou no ka pilina, ka no\u02bbono\u02bbo a me ka ho\u02bbomohala m\u0101kaukau. Ho\u02bbomaopopo pinepine n\u0101 haum\u0101na i ka ho\u02bbopukapuka pilikino hohonu a McCandless i ko l\u0101kou pono. In\u0101 \u02bbo ia e n\u0101n\u0101 p\u016b ana me n\u0101 haum\u0101na i ka w\u0101 \u02bbaina awakea, ke k\u014dkua \u02bbana i n\u0101 \u02bbohana, a i \u02bbole n\u0101 limahana k\u0101ko\u02bbo, \u02bbike \u02bbia \u02bbo ia a komo i ka p\u0101 kula. \u02bbO kona hiki ke ho\u02bbokokoke a m\u0101lama i k\u0101na kai\u0101ulu kula i ho\u02bboulu i ka mana\u02bbo ko\u02bbiko\u02bbi a me ka ha\u02bbaheo o ke kula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"Ma ke \u02bbano he alaka\u02bbi, ke mana\u02bbo\u02bbi\u02bbo nei au he mea p\u0101\u02bbani nui n\u0101 mea a pau i ka holomua o k\u0101 m\u0101kou kula," wahi a McCandless. "\u02bbO ka\u02bbu pahuhopu ka ho\u02bbokomo \u02bbana i n\u0101 mea kuleana a pau i n\u0101 ka\u02bbina hana ho\u02bboholo like \u02bbana i lohe \u02bbia n\u0101 leo \u0101pau, hana \u02bbia n\u0101 ho\u02bboholo hui a hana \u02bbia a ho\u02bbok\u014d \u02bbia n\u0101 papa hana hui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ma ke \u02bbano he po\u02bbokela o ka makahiki 2025 o Hawai\u02bbi, \u02bbo Aiwohi l\u0101ua \u02bbo McCandless e pani i ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina ma ka pae aupuni ma o ka National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). E ho\u02bbohanohano \u02bbia l\u0101kou me n\u0101 mea lanakila \u02bb\u0113 a\u02bbe o ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina ma Wakinekona, DC, kahi e holo p\u016b ai l\u0101kou no ke po\u02bbo kumu aupuni o ka makahiki. Ua h\u0101\u02bbawi p\u016b \u02bbia k\u0113l\u0101 me k\u0113ia po\u02bbo kumu i kahi helu $2,000 mai HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union no ka \u02bbike \u02bbana i k\u0101 l\u0101kou hana ikaika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u02bbO HASSA, i ho\u02bbokumu \u02bbia ma 1980, lawelawe ma ke \u02bbano he hui k\u016bloko o NASSP a ua ho\u02bbola\u02bba \u02bbia i ke k\u0101ko\u02bbo \u02bbana a me ka holomua \u02bbana i ke alaka\u02bbi ho\u02bbona\u02bbauao ma ka moku\u02bb\u0101ina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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HONOLULU\/KAHULUI \u2014 Kaimuk\u012b High School Principal Lorelei Aiwohi and Maui Waena Intermediate School Principal Jacquelyn McCandless have been named the state\u2019s 2025 Principals of the Year by the\u00a0Hawai\u2018i Association of Secondary School Administrators\u00a0(HASSA). McCandless is the middle school honoree and Aiwohi is the high school honoree. Both school leaders were recently recognized at events coordinated […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","wp_popup_display_lightbox":0,"wp_popup_suppress":"","wp_popup_trigger":"","wp_popup_trigger_amount":0,"wp_popup_disable_on_mobile":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":21,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-Distinguished-Principal-of-the-Year-1024x768.jpg",1024,768,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Sara Miyazono","author_link":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/author\/sara-miyazonok12-hi-us\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":21,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":21,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":320,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":21,"category_count":320,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-16 02:05:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_status","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/haw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}