Fifteen Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) principals – one from each complex area – were honored as the latest nominees for the 18th annual 時岡雅之優秀スクールリーダーシップ賞.
HIDOE leaders joined the Island Insurance Foundation and public officials including state Sen. Karl Rhoads, state Rep. Nadine Nakamura and Honolulu City Councilwoman Val Okimoto to recognize the honorees at an event at Island Insurance’s Honolulu offices.
The 2024 principal-nominees, who each received a $1,000 prize, are:
- Lynne Ajifu, Mililani ‘Ike Elementary School (Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua Complex Area)
- Tommy Cox, Kapaʻa High School (Kapa‘a-Kaua‘i-Waimea Complex Area)
- Allyson Doherty, Kailua Elementary School (Kailua-Kalaheo Complex Area)
- Eliza Loha Kanahele Kaka, Lā‘ie Elementary School (Castle-Kahuku Complex Area)
- Gary Kanamori, Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary School (Hāna-Lahainaluna-Lāna‘i-Moloka‘i Complex Area)
- James Kau, ‘Aiea Intermediate School (‘Aiea-Moanalua-Radford Complex Area)
- Marc Kawahara, Kalihi Kai Elementary School (Farrington-Kalani-Kaiser Complex Area)
- Hannah Loyola, Kohala Elementary School (Honoka‘a-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena)
- Ty Ogasawara, Pukalani Elementary School (Baldwin-Kekaulike-Kūlanihāko‘i-Maui Complex Area)
- Sheldon Oshio, Waikele Elementary School (Pearl City-Waipahu Complex Area)
- Joseph Passantino, Keʻelikōlani Middle School (Kaimukī-McKinley-Roosevelt Complex Area)
- Tiffany Pratt, Kaʻūmana Elementary School (Hilo-Waiākea Complex Area)
- Wilma Roddy, Nāʻālehu Elementary School (Ka‘ū-Kea‘au-Pāhoa Complex Area)
- Kim Sanders, Ewa Makai Middle School (Campbell-Kapolei Complex Area)
- John Wataoka, Wai‘anae Intermediate School (Nānākuli-Wai‘anae Complex Area)
4月に開催されるハワイ公立学校基金の年次晩餐会で最優秀賞が発表され、$25,000ドル（個人賞$10,000ドル、校長が選択する学校プロジェクトに充てる賞金$15,000ドル）が授与される。セミファイナリスト2名には、それぞれ$2,000の賞金が授与される。
この賞は、アイランド保険会社の創立者であり、ハワイの公立学校を卒業した故時岡正幸氏を称えるものです。この賞は 2004 年に設立され、アイランド保険財団が後援しています。
“Thank you very much to the Island Insurance Foundation and the Tokioka family for taking the time to recognize our school leaders,” Superintendent Keith Hayashi said.
Hayashi, who was a recipient of the top award in 2013 when he was principal of Waipahu High School, added: “You are all inspiring, you’re dynamic, you’re able coalescenot only your school, but your school communities, parents, and everyone around public education. Your recognition here today is testament to your dedication, your inspiration and your ability to inspire all of us as well as those in your school communities.”
