{"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\/sm\/2025-kaimuki-high-maui-waena-intermediate-principals-named-hawaiis-2025-principals-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaimuk\u012b High, Maui Waena Pulea'oga Intermediate na fa'aigoaina o Hawai'i's 2025 Principals of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

HONOLULU\/KAHULUI \u2014 O le Pule Aoga Maualuga a Kaimuk\u012b Lorelei Aiwohi ma Maui Waena Intermediate School Principal Jacquelyn McCandless ua filifilia e le setete o le 2025 Puleaoga o le Tausaga. Asosi a Hawai'i Pule o Aoga Maualuluga<\/a> (HASSA). O McCandless o le tulaga maualuga o le aoga tulagalua ae o Aiwohi o le aoga maualuga. E le'i leva ona aloa'ia ta'ita'i a'oga i fa'atasiga na fa'amaopoopoina e a latou a'oga ma le HASSA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O le fa'aaloalo fa'aletausaga e fa'amanatuina ai pule a'oga tulagalua ma a'oga maualuluga o lo'o fa'aalia le ta'ita'iga fa'apitoa ma le fa'amaoni malosi i a latou tamaiti a'oga, aufaigaluega ma nu'u. O le faiga filifiliga ma'oti e manatu i le tomai o le pulea'oga e fa'atupu ai se aganu'u saogalemu a le a'oga, fa'alauiloa le fa'aaloalo i le va o tamaiti a'oga, faia fa'ai'uga e fa'atatau i fa'amaumauga ma fa'amalosia tamaiti aoga e avea ma tagata a'oa'o fa'atauva ma fatufatua'i.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Faatasi ai ma le 29 tausaga o le poto masani i le avea ai ma pule \u2013 e aofia ai ma le 19 tausaga o le puleaoga \u2013 ua faaalu e Aiwohi le 2\u00bd tausaga talu ai e suia ai le Kaimuk\u012b High i se faataitaiga o le faamalosia o tamaiti aoga. I lalo o lana ta\u02bbita\u02bbiga, ua fa\u02bbalauteleina ai e le a\u02bboga ana kalapu fa\u02bbaleaganu\u02bbu, fa\u02bbaleleia le lagona o le mimita, auai ma le fa\u02bbaaloalo i le va o tamaiti a\u02bboga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O le tautinoga a Aiwohi i tamaiti aoga o lo\u02bbo atagia atili i le manuia o le polokalame a le a\u02bboga Igilisi, lea na va\u02bbaia le fa\u02bbaleleia atili o le fa\u02bbatinoga o a\u02bboa\u02bboga, fa\u02bbamalosia le lagona o le auai ma fa\u02bbateleina le lesitalaina. O lo'o fa'amatalaina e uo faigaluega ma tagata o le nu'u ia Aiwohi o se ta'ita'i lelei na te fa'alauteleina leo o tamaiti a'oga i le faia o fa'ai'uga. E fa'afetaia e tamaiti a'oga le fa'atupuina o se si'osi'omaga latou te lagona ai le saogalemu ma le fa'atauaina, ma le mea e a'afia sa'o ai fa'ai'uga a le a'oga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"I le iloaina o le taua o le leo o tamaiti a\u02bboga, ua matou fa\u02bbatinoina le tele o fuafuaga e fa\u02bbamautinoa ai o lo\u02bbo tu\u02bbufa\u02bbatasia le sao a tamaiti aoga i le faia o filifiliga a le a\u02bboga," o le tala lea a Aiwohi. \u201cO nei taumafaiga o se fa\u2019ata\u2019ita\u2019iga lea o lo\u2019u talitonuga ma lo\u2019u tiute o le fa\u2019atupuina o se si\u2019osi\u2019omaga fa\u2019aaloalo e a\u2019oa\u2019oina ai fa\u2019apea fo\u2019i ma le tu\u2019uina atu o avanoa mo tamaiti a\u2019oga e fa\u2019ataunu\u2019u manuia ai a latou matata i le kolisi po\u2019o le aufaigaluega.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

O McCandless e 23 tausaga o lona poto masani i le pulega, 9\u00bd tausaga o le puleaoga ma le valu tausaga o le puleaoga i Maui Waena Intermediate. Ua fa'ailoaina o ia i lana faiga fa'ata'ita'i felagolagoma'i, lea e fa'agaoioi ai tamaiti a'oga, tagata faigaluega ma aiga i le faia o fa'ai'uga a le a'oga. O se tasi o fa'ata'ita'iga o le Family Fun Nights a le a'oga - o mea na fa'atulagaina atoa e tamaiti a'oga, mai le fuafuaina o gaioiga i le mamanuina o mea fa'alauiloa ma le fa'atonutonuina o fa'ataga. O tupe na maua mai i nei fa'afiafiaga na foa'i atu i se fale o manu i le atunu'u, e fa'aalia ai le lagona o tamaiti a'oga o le tiute tauave ma le galulue fa'atasi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sa ia faia se sao taua i le fa\u02bbatuina o se ta\u02bbaloga e ta\u02bbuta\u02bbua e filifilia i luga o le lotoa, fa\u02bbamautinoa le avanoa o potuaoga, fa\u02bbatupeina ma se faiaoga faaopoopo e lagolago le polokalame. O le filifiliga na maua ai e tamaiti a'oga se auala fou mo feso'ota'iga, fatufatuga ma le atina'eina o tomai. E masani ona matauina e tamaiti a'oga le loloto o tupe a McCandless i lo latou soifua manuia. Pe o lo'o siaki ma tamaiti a'oga i le taimi o le 'aiga o le aoauli, fesoasoani i aiga, po'o le aufaigaluega lagolago, e va'aia ma auai i le lotoa. O lona fa'alatalata'i ma le tausiga o lana a'oga ua fa'atupuina ai se lagona malosi o le auai ma le mimita a'oga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI le avea ai ma se ta\u2019ita\u2019i, ou te talitonu o tagata uma lava o se tagata autu i le manuia o la tatou aoga,\u201d o le tala lea a McCandless. \u201cO la\u2019u fa\u2019amoemoe o le fa\u2019aaofia lea o pa\u2019aga uma i faiga fa\u2019ai\u2019uga felagolagoma\u2019i ina ia fa\u2019alogoina leo uma, fai fa\u2019ai\u2019uga tu\u2019ufa\u2019atasi ma fa\u2019atupu ma fa\u2019atino fuafuaga fa\u2019atasi ma fa\u2019atinoina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I le avea ai ma Uluaoga o le Tausaga 2025 a Hawaii, o Aiwohi ma McCandless o le a fai ma sui o le setete i le tulaga faaleatunuu e ala i le National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). O le a fa\u02bbaaloalogia i latou fa\u02bbatasi ma isi malo manumalo i Uosigitone, DC, lea o le a latou tauva ai mo le fa\u02bbauluuluga a le atunu\u02bbu o le tausaga. Na tauaaoina foi e puleaoga taitasi le $2,000 siaki mai le HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union e faailoa ai lo latou galulue malosi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O le HASSA, na faavaeina i le 1980, o lo\u02bbo avea ma so\u02bbotaga fa\u02bbapitonu\u02bbu a le NASSP ma e fa\u02bbamaoni i le lagolagoina ma le fa\u02bbalauteleina o ta\u02bbita\u02bbiga tau a\u02bboa\u02bboga i le setete atoa.<\/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 Hawai\u2018i Association of Secondary School Administrators (HASSA). McCandless is the middle school honoree and Aiwohi is the high school honoree. Both school leaders were recently recognized at events coordinated […]<\/p>\n","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":"10412,16234,18705,10154,8774,9867","_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\/sm\/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":358,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":21,"category_count":358,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-12 10:41:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"post_status","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hawaiipublicschools.org\/sm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}