​LAHAINA — Lahainaluna High School faculty and staff welcomed approximately 700 students back to their home campus today for the first time in more than two months since the Maui wildfires. The school day started off with morning piko, or protocol, in the gym with an emotional assembly that included song, chant, a student tribute,…

Governor Josh Green, M.D., announced another step toward recovery from the devastating Lahaina wildfires with the completion of an emergency access route prior to the reopening of Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate, and Lahainaluna High. “The community stressed the importance of reopening for our Lahaina keiki,” said Governor Green. “Having a mass evacuation route available hopefully…

Pearl City High School (PCHS)  fashion students collaborated with island sportswear company Tori Richard on a unique, custom aloha shirt which incorporates Hawaiian culture and the history of their beloved campus. Over the span of two years, students from the Fashion and Artisan Design program met regularly with seasoned designers from the Tori Richard team…

The Hawaiʻi State Board of Education has appointed veteran public policy and government affairs leader Capsun M. Poe as its executive director overseeing the planning, coordination, monitoring and improvement of the Board’s operations. The state Constitution grants the Board the power to formulate statewide educational policy. “I am excited for this opportunity to empower the Board…

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) named Leilehua High School’s natural resources teacher Jackie Freitas the 2024 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year. Freitas received the state’s top teaching award from Gov. Josh Green and Superintendent Keith Hayashi during an awards ceremony at Washington Place this afternoon. The honor is presented annually to a…

After weeks of comprehensive air, drinking water and soil quality testing at the three Lahaina campuses affected by the Aug. 8, 2023 wildfires, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) is set to bring students back to the Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary, Lahaina Intermediate and Lahainaluna High campuses as part of a phased reopening plan starting…

HONOLULU — Enrollment at Hawaii’s public schools is 167,649 at the beginning of the school year. Enrollment is relatively steady compared with an enrollment of 168,634 students at the start of last school year — a difference of 0.6%.  The figures represent students enrolled in Department of Education schools, including students enrolled in the Department’s distance…

The Department today named 15 complex area teachers of the year and one charter school teacher of the year as finalists for the 2024 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year recognition. The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education (HIDOE) today named 15 complex area teachers of the year and one charter school teacher of the year…

Over 250 Lāhainā students from King Kamehameha III Elementary, Princess Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary and Lāhainā Intermediate were in attendance today for the opening of the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education’s (HIDOE) distance learning hub. The learning hub, located at Citizen Church in Kahana, provides students enrolled in distance learning with in-person opportunities for teacher support and…

HONOLULU — Kaʻelepulu and Maunawili Elementary schools in Kailua, Oʻahu, have been named 2023 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education in recognition of their high academic achievement. The Blue Ribbon program honors public and private elementary, middle and high schools based on high academic performance and progress in closing achievement gaps…