{"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\/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.\u00a0Asosi a Hawai'i Pule o Aoga Maualuluga<\/a>\u00a0(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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