{"id":9586,"date":"2025-03-18T12:58:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T22:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/?p=9586"},"modified":"2026-09-01T07:47:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T17:47:33","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. Ahahui Luna Hooponopono o ke Kula Kiekie o Hawaii<\/a> (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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